C. Auguste Dupin features Dupin befriending a young boy named Edmund. The two solve mysteries together in Providence, Rhode Island. Dupin is revealed to be Edgar Allan Poe himself. Novelist George Egon Hatvary uses Dupin in his novel "The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe" (1997) as detective and narrator. Dupin travels to America to investigate the circumstances of Poe's mysterious death in 1849. In the novel, Dupin and Poe became friends when Poe stayed in Paris in 1829, and it was Poe who assisted Dupin in the three cases about which Poe wrote. Hatvary writes that Dupin resembles Poe, so much so that
Lance Lewis, Space Detective Lance Lewis, Space Detective Lance Lewis, Space Detective is a fictional superhero from the Golden Age of Comics. He first appeared in "Mystery Comics" #3 (1944), published by Nedor Comics. The character was revived by writer Alan Moore for America's Best Comics. Lance Lewis is a detective from the 22nd century. With his girlfriend Marna, Lance would solve mysteries involving Martians, rocket ships, and rayguns. Lance Lewis's adventures debuted in Nedor's "Mystery Comics", but later moved to "Startling Comics", beginning with issue #44 (March 1947). No credits were given for the debut story; later stories were written and drawn by