Detective fiction Dupin is a fictional character created by Edgar Allan Poe. Dupin made his first appearance in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" (1841), widely considered the first detective fiction story. He reappears in "The Mystery of Marie Rogêt" (1842) and "The Purloined Letter" (1844). C. Auguste Dupin is generally acknowledged as the first detective in fiction. The character served as the prototype for many that were created later, including Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle and Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie. Conan Doyle once wrote, "Each [of Poe's detective stories] is a root from which a whole literature has
C. Auguste Dupin Dupin was highlighted in volume 10 of the "Detective Conan" manga's edition of "Gosho Aoyama's Mystery Library", a section of the graphic novels where the author introduces a different detective (or occasionally, a villain) from mystery literature, television, or other media. C. Auguste Dupin is the protagonist of the "Dark Tales" Hidden Objects series, developed by ERS Game Studios, published by Bigfish Games. In "The Vile Village", Count Olaf disguises himself as "Detective Dupin" in order to falsely accuse the protagonists of murder. In the comic series "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" Dupin appeared as a minor character where we