Issue Detective 572
Subtitle The Doomsday Book
Date March 1987
Writer(s) Mike W. Barr
Artist(s) various
storyline A man came to Gotham from London to hire Slam Bradly to find his kidnapped fiancee. The gang that took her broke in and captured him as well. Bradly gave chase, but not even intervention from Batman and Robin stopped the kidnappers. Bradly tracked down a friend of the first victim, from her he learned that his client's real name was Moriarty, hers was Watson. Elongated Man got into 221B Baker Street in London - goons were after an unpublished Sherlock Holmes manuscript. Batman and Robin joined Elongated Man and Slam Bradly in London. They uncovered a plot against the royal family and took action - in the palace, Batman was unexpectedly assisted by a still very much alive Sherlock Holmes. The master detective explained to the group how he'd survived all the years.