Sherlock Holmes miraculously survives a deadly fight with an opponent based on what real-life criminal?
Professor Moriarty Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and the main antagonist in some of the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Moriarty is a criminal mastermind whom Holmes describes as the "Napoleon of crime". Doyle lifted the phrase from a Scotland Yard inspector who was referring to Adam Worth, a real-life criminal mastermind and one of the individuals upon whom the character of Moriarty was based. The character was introduced primarily as a narrative device to enable Doyle to kill Sherlock Holmes, and only featured in two of the Sherlock Holmes stories. However, in many adaptations, he has been given a greater prominence and treated as Holmes' archenemy.
Victorian Undead Victorian Undead is a series of comics about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson dealing with the supernatural. The first series "Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies" is a six-issue American comic book limited series published by Wildstorm. The series was written by Ian Edginton, with art by Davide Fabbri. The story is set in Victorian England and follows Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson in the midst of a zombie outbreak. It was followed by "Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll/Hyde" (one issue) and a second series "Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula" (five issues), which sees Holmes and Watson helping to track down the title character (Count Dracula) before he kills Queen Victoria.