''Sherlock Time'' is an Argentine comic book by

Héctor Germán Oesterheld Héctor Germán Oesterheld, also known as his common abbreviation HGO (born July 23, 1919; disappeared and presumed dead 1977), was an Argentine journalist and writer of graphic novels and comics. He has come to be celebrated as a master in his ...

and

Alberto Breccia Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was an Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. A gifted penciller and inker, Breccia is one of the most celebrated and famous comics/Historieta creators in the world, and specially pro ...

Premise

The retiree Julio Luna buys a mansion in San Isidro, whose previous owners disappeared in strange circumstances. It turns out that the tower of the mansion is actually a spaceship used to abduct people, but Luna is saved from that fate by Sherlock Time. From then on, Luna helps Time with his investigations, usually involving aliens and supernatural events.

Editorial history

''Sherlock Time'' was first published in '' Hora Cero extra'' #5, in 1958. Eleven short stories were published in ''Hora Cero Extra'' and ''Hora Cero Semanal'', ending in 1959. The stories were reprinted in the comic book ''

El Eternauta ''The Eternaut'' ( es, El Eternauta) is a science fiction Argentine comic created by Héctor Germán Oesterheld with artwork by Francisco Solano López. It was first published in ''Hora Cero Semanal'' between 1957 and 1959. Since its original rele ...

'', also by

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, and in ''Pif Paf'', by Ediciones Record. Ediciones Colihue published a trade paperback with all the stories in 1997.

Reception

Comic book artist Juan Sasturain considers the comic a breakthrough in the genre. It was the first important joint work by Breccia and Oesterheld, the first episode was the best comic that Breccia made up to that point, and Oesterheld explored genres that he had not worked with previously. Sasturain considers that, with its mixture of

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and

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, ''Sherlock Time'' was unlike any other comic produced before.

References

{{Reflist 1958 comics debuts 1959 comics endings Comics by Héctor Germán Oesterheld Comics characters introduced in 1958 Fictional Argentine people Horror comics Science fiction comics