C. Auguste Dupin of their around-the-world adventure. A Pierre Dupin appears in Universal Pictures' 1932 horror-mystery film "Murders in the Rue Morgue". "The Mystery of Marie Roget" was also filmed in 1942. Dupin (played by Joseph Cotten) is a character in the 1951 Fletcher Markle film "The Man with a Cloak". Dupin's true identity is revealed at the end of the film to be Poe himself. In the comic series "Batman Confidential", the creation of Batman's crime-solving super-computer which is linked to Interpol, FBI, and CIA databases is introduced. Commonly known as the "Bat Computer," it is originally nicknamed "Dupin," after Batman's "hero."
Lance Lewis, Space Detective SMASH that had been placed in suspended animation after an alien invasion from the moon in 1969. Awakened 30 years later, Lance Lewis joined his former comrades in the fight against the alien. After SMASH disbanded, Lance and Halford opened The Magnet Detective Agency. Lance Lewis was killed three years later by Mystico ("Terra Obscura" #2, September 2003). 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.