Carland Cross (character)

Carland Cross
Carland Cross character
First appearance1990
Last appearance2003
Created byMichel Oleffe
Portrayed byOlivier Grenson
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationPrivate investigator
FamilyBrian George Cross (Father)
Millicent Mitchell (Mother)
NationalityEnglish

Carland Cross is a fictional character and the protagonist in the series of the same name. Created by Belgian author and illustrator Michel Oleffe and Olivier Grenson in late 1989, he made his first comic book appearance in 1990. He also went on to appear in a total of eight novels.

His first fantasy story, Le Golem, was later followed by further comic book publications. Due to the initial success of the character, the creators published in 1994 a series of four of the eight comics in the form of an animated series of 26 episodes simply called Carland Cross.

As with Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, he is a "private investigator" based in London in the 1930s. He specializes in curious, inexplicable cases, strange conspiracies and others.