Sherlock Holmes, An American Idea? “Old Marvel Scientific Detective” New Book

Gary Lovisi And Paperback Parade brings you a great new book from Dark Lantern Tales titled “Old Marvel Scientific Detective”. Recently discovered by Joseph Rainone, (a noted collector and scholar of early American periodicals such as Dime Novels & Story Papers) is the story of “Old Marvel, Scientific Detective” by Gripp originally published in 1884, years before the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes! This 220+ page book reprints the original story along side “A Study In Scarlet” by Doyle back to back for comparison. Historical information on The Story Papers, Old Marvel And points of interest between the two detectives as well as original images as they
First appeared in print are
Also featured in the book. A very compelling argument can be made that “Sherlock Holmes” truly was an American idea! Copies are available on Amazon an on https://DarkLanternTales.wordpress.com/ . Please like and subscribe if you’d like to see more content like this and be sure to visit Gary on YouTube and on our website at https://www.gryphonbooks.com