Sexton Blake, the "poor man's Sherlock Holmes", is due for a comeback as the license to the character has been sold by IPC Media to Obverse Books, who plan to revive the Sexton Blake Library, starting with a novel by George Mann, who has written several Doctor Who books.
In an interview with Starburst magazine George said:
"I fell in love with the saga of Sexton Blake many many years ago, when I first happened upon 'The House of the Hanging Sword' by Gwyn Evans. Ever since reading that very first story I've known I wanted to write for this character, and hearing the outlandish tales of those who did, you could almost believe they were fictional characters in their own right. It's a club I'm honoured to be able to join, and it's a bit of a dream job to be the person charged with writing the first official issue of the Sexton Blake Library for almost 50 years."
Although there's no date yet as to when the first books will be released, Obverse books have said that they will be in hardback and electronic forms, so there's something to suit everybody.
