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REVIEW: Sherlock Holmes #5 by John Reppion, Leah Moore
Here we are. The final chapter of Dynamite's new Sherlock Holmes series and Holmes is in the dock for a murder that he supposedly didn't commit.
But this is not just a courtroom drama in which Holmes pulls his defence out of the bag, and finds the true culprit through deduction and logic from within the witness stand. Because on the roof above there's a very physical life-or-death confrontation that juxtaposes and echoes the court case beautifully. The mental and the physical battles squeezed together which also helps push the otherwise visually dry courtroom scenes up a notch or seven.
It also has an astounding final scene with Mycroft Holmes that suddenly gives the whole series a deeper, greater resonance and backstory, pitching both characters perfectly and very convincingly. And the last panel hits with a definite thump on the table.
Sherlock Holmes: #5 is published this week by Dynamite.