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When it comes to the Holmes brothers, most people know everything there is to know about Sherlock. But what about the mysterious life of his older brother Mycroft? This was a question Mycroft Holmes and The Apocalypse Handbook set out to answer. Collecting issues 1-5 of the ongoing series, this graphic novel collection follows a young and already brilliant Mycroft as he’s pulled into a globe-spanning adventure.

After Queen Victoria requests Mycroft’s assistance, the debonair investigator is thrust into secret organization at the heart of the British government. From battling a monstrous abomination in the bowels of Buckingham Palace to taking down a madman with advanced weaponry, Mycroft certainly has his hands full. All while searching for the purloined Apocalypse Handbook. With danger and intrigue at every turn, can the smartest man in England save his friends, and the world?

Basketball legend, novelist, and superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar breathes new life into Mycroft Holmes with Raymond Obstfeld. Meanwhile the steampunk inspired art by Joshua Cassara and Luis Guerrero practically leaps off the page. Discover what shaped Mycroft into the man he is today in Mycroft Holmes and The Apocalypse Handbook.

-Braelynn Bowersox