The Murders in the Rue Morgue as the first detective fiction story, the character of Dupin became the prototype for many future fictional detectives, including Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. The genre is distinctive from a general mystery story in that the focus is on analysis. Poe's role in the creation of the detective story is reflected in the Edgar Awards, given annually by the Mystery Writers of America. "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" also established many tropes that would become common elements in mystery fiction: the eccentric but brilliant detective, the bumbling constabulary, the first-person narration by a close
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