Sexton Blake
Sexton Blake is a
fictional detective who has appeared in many British
comic strips and
novels. He first appeared in the story "The Missing Millionaire", by Harry Blyth (writing as Hal Meredith), in
The Halfpenny Marvel #6, on
December 20,
1893. He appeared in a few more stories by Meredith before being adopted by a string of writers (whose number has been estimated at 177).