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“M. Holmes” would later be included in a list of Jenny's “known associates” across her incarnations on a Wanted poster put out by a large conglomerate of security organisations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wanted for Questioning (short story)|Wanted for Questioning]]'') | “M. Holmes” would later be included in a list of Jenny's “known associates” across her incarnations on a Wanted poster put out by a large conglomerate of security organisations. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wanted for Questioning (short story)|Wanted for Questioning]]'') | ||
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[[wikipedia:Mycroft Holmes|Mycroft Holmes]] was a character introduced by Arthur Conan Doyle himself to his ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' series, being defined as Sherlock's even more perceptive, but less proactive, older brother. Doyle depicted Mycroft as a unique “all-purpose government advisor”, discreetly dispensing his advice as needed to any department, high or low; later reimaginings have often moved Mycroft away from this generalised hypercompetent bureaucrat to an advisor to, or even the Victorian head of, the British secret services. | [[File:Mycroft Holmes.png|thumb|right|The original Mycroft Holmes as drawn by Sidney Paget for the ''Strand Magazine''.]][[wikipedia:Mycroft Holmes|Mycroft Holmes]] was a character introduced by Arthur Conan Doyle himself to his ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' series, being defined as Sherlock's even more perceptive, but less proactive, older brother. Doyle depicted Mycroft as a unique “all-purpose government advisor”, discreetly dispensing his advice as needed to any department, high or low; later reimaginings have often moved Mycroft away from this generalised hypercompetent bureaucrat to an advisor to, or even the Victorian head of, the British secret services. | ||
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