Scarlet in Gaslight

In this four-issue miniseries from Malibu Comics, Martin Powell and Wayne R. Smith reimagine Sherlock Holmes’s nemesis Professor Moriarty as a woman—the enigmatic Scarlet—who matches wits with the detective in a gaslit Victorian London. Illustrated by Seppo Makinen, the story casts Moriarty’s criminal network in a new light, blending classic mystery with a fresh, gender-swapped dynamic. A distinctive entry in the Holmesian pastiche tradition, it stands out for its bold reworking of a canonical villain.