
Hannibal Lecter - Hannibal Lecter is a notorious serial killer who eats his victims. And yet while Moriarty only appeared in a small handful of Holmes' short stories, he has been an extremely influential character, leaving a lasting impression not only on Holmes but on readers everywhere. Holmes also mentions Moriarty in five other stories. Moriarty first appears in the 1893 short story "The Adventure of the Final Problem." His next appearance wasn't until 1914 in a short story called "The Valley of Fear," written after "The Final Problem," but set before it. In "The Adventure of the Final Problem," Holmes calls Moriarty "the Napoleon of Crime," and says, "He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city." Professor Moriarty is a criminal mastermind who doesn't commit the crimes himself but rather uses his intelligence and charisma to get other people to get their hands dirty for him. While Holmes solves many crimes and encounters plenty of bad guys throughout the 56 stories and 4 novels that feature him, Moriarty is the one who really becomes the biggest threat to Holmes.

And that's what Sir Arthur Conan Doyle gave readers with Professor Moriarty.

But the chase has not ended.Professor Moriarty - When you're dealing with a detective as intelligent as Sherlock Holmes, you need a really formidable villain to face off against him. Baroness de Vibray, well known in the Parisian world and among artists, whose generous patroness she was, has been found dead in the studio of the ceramic painter, Jacques Dollon.” It ends with Fantomas' escape once again, and with Juve receiving a humiliating rebuke from the supreme head of the police detective department. Fantômas makes use of bizarre and improbable techniques in his crimes, such as plague-infested rats, giant snakes, and rooms that fill with sand. He is a master of disguise, always appearing under an assumed identity, often that of a person whom he has murdered. He is totally ruthless, gives no mercy, and is loyal to none, not even his own children. But whereas Lupin draws the line at murder, Fantômas has no such qualms and is shown as a sociopath who enjoys killing in a sadistic fashion. Marcel Allain (1885 - 1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874 - 1914)įantômas was introduced a few years after Arsène Lupin, another well-known thief.

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