Titan Comics Bringing Sherlock: The Blind Banker Manga To U.S.

BBC’s Sherlock will soon return with its fourth season, and fans are more excited than ever to see the series return. The critically acclaimed show will come back next year as fans hope for an early spring release. If that should be the case, then Sherlock’s newest season will be accompanied by a long awaited spin-off when the newest Sherlock manga debuts in English.

Sherlock: The Blind Banker will be published in the U.S. by Titan Comics starting in January 2017. The series will be collected in a six-issue run. The Blind Banker comes after Titan Comics’ debut of A Study In Pink which just released its fourth issue.

Of course, these titles will sound very familiar to Sherlock fans. The series are named after episodes of the BBC show and retell each story from Sherlock. An artist known as “Jay” drew the first Sherlock manga installment in 2012. The Blind Banker followed in 2013 while The Great Game hit shelves in 2015. Titans Comics secured English rights to the manga and have since started rolling out the adaptations in the U.S.

Sherlock isn’t the only manga adaptation that Titan Comics has brought to the West. ComicBook.com reported the publisher was taking the Tekken video games and turning them into a comic book series next year.

“Tekken is one of the most exciting games on the market, and as a lifelong fan, I can’t wait to delve more into these characters’ thrilling stories!” said Titan Comics editor Jessica Burton, “The incredible visuals and fighting pace are sure to make a brilliant transition into comics, one we’re delighted to be adding to our games line!”

Titan Comics has also adapted other game series like Assassin’s Creed, Dishonored, and Dark Souls. They also reached out to other pop culture franchises such as Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful, and Vikings. And, what’s more, the Sherlock adaptations aren’t their first foray into the Sherlock Holmes universe. Titan Comics also runs a series called Mycroft, a comic which follows the activities of Sherlock’s older brother.

[H/T] Anime News Network