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===Other media=== [[William Gillette]]'s 1899 stage play ''[[Sherlock Holmes (play)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' is based on several stories, among them "The Final Problem." Films released in [[Sherlock Holmes (1916 film)|1916]] (starring Gillette as Holmes) and [[Sherlock Holmes (1922 film)|1922]] (starring [[John Barrymore]]), both titled ''Sherlock Holmes'', and a 1938 ''[[The Mercury Theatre on the Air|Mercury Theatre on the Air]]'' radio adaptation titled ''The Immortal Sherlock Holmes'', starring [[Orson Welles]] as Holmes, were based on the play. However, in none of these retellings does Holmes die (and indeed in the two film versions he marries).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurytheatre.info/ |title=The Mercury Theatre on the Air |publisher=Mercurytheatre.info |access-date=2012-03-28}}</ref> In 1975, [[DC Comics]] published ''Sherlock Holmes'' #1, a comic book which adapted both "The Final Problem" and "The Adventure of the Empty House".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.astudyinsherlock.net/2006/05/28/dc-holmes-1/ |title=DC Comics: Sherlock Holmes #1 |publisher=A Study in Sherlock |date=2006-05-28 |access-date=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430193359/http://www.astudyinsherlock.net/2006/05/28/dc-holmes-1/ |archive-date=30 April 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It was intended to be an ongoing series, but future issues were canceled due to low sales. The 1999 comic series ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume One]]'' by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Kevin O'Neill (comics)|Kevin O'Neill]] briefly adapts "The Final Problem" in issue #5 and shows Holmes triumphing over Moriarty and climbing the cliff, although Moriarty survives as well. The [[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|film adaptation]] references these events, but does not show them; the novelization copies the event almost verbatim from the graphic novel. An arc of the Japanese manga series ''[[Moriarty the Patriot]]'', a series featuring a young Moriarty as a crime consultant, is named after the Japanese translation of the story's title. The final two episodes, "The Final Problem Act 1" and "The Final Problem Act 2", feature Sherlock and William (Moriarty) falling from Tower Bridge to River Thames, though revealed that both of them are alive and in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-03/moriarty-the-patriot-manga-the-final-problem-arc-reaches-climax-in-14th-volume/.165934 |title=Moriarty the Patriot Manga's 'The Final Problem' Arc Reaches Climax in 14th Volume |website=Anime News Network |last=Mateo |first=Alex |date=3 November 2020 |access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>
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