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The World's Greatest Detective faces off against The World's Greatest Lawman!

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: Crime-solving duo who influenced the genre to come

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Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday: Lawmen and gunslingers fighting for justice and vengeance!

Its a battle in the 19th Century! Who is Deadliest?!

Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a graduate of the University of Edinburgh Medical School. A London-based "consulting detective" whose abilities border on the fantastic, Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to adopt almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases.

X-factors

 * Highly intelligent. Has 190 IQ.


 * Trained Martial Artist


 * Drug addict

Dr. John H. Watson
Watson was a soldier who fought during the Afghan War. Described as a crack shot[citation needed] and an excellent doctor and surgeon. Intelligent, if lacking in Holmes' insight, he serves as a perfect foil for Holmes: the archetypal late Victorian / Edwardian gentleman against the brilliant, emotionally-detached analytical machine. He is famous for being the autobiographer of Sherlock Holmes.

X-factors

 * Trained and Experienced soldier


 * Athletic

Wyatt Earp
a REAL-LIFE pUNISHER, Wyatt Earp was Town Marshal in Tombstone, Arizona, and took part in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral during which lawmen killed three outlaw Cowboys. To Wyatt's displeasure, the 30-second gunfight defined the rest of his life. He is often regarded as the central figure in the shootout in Tombstone, although his brother Virgil was Tombstone City Marshal and Deputy U.S. Marshal that day, and had far more experience as a sheriff, constable, marshal and in combat.

During the Earp vendetta Ride, the Earp posse briefly returned to Tombstone where Sheriff Behan tried to stop them. The heavily armed posse brushed him aside and set out for Pete Spence's wood camp in the Dragoon Mountains. They found and killed Florentino "Indian Charlie" Cruz. Two days later, near Iron Springs (later Mescal Springs), in the Whetstone Mountains, they were seeking to rendezvous with a messenger for them. They unexpectedly stumbled onto the wood camp of Curly Bill Brocius, Pony Diehl, and other Cowboys. According to reports from both sides, the two sides immediately exchanged gun fire. Except for Wyatt and Texas Jack Vermillion, whose horse was shot, the Earp party withdrew to find protection from the heavy gunfire. Curly Bill fired at Wyatt with a shotgun but missed. Eighteen months prior Wyatt had protected Curly Bill against a mob ready to lynch him and then provided testimony that helped spare Curly Bill from a murder trial for killing Sheriff Fred White. Now, Wyatt returned Curly Bill's gunfire with his own shotgun and shot Curly Bill in the chest from about 50 feet (15 m) away. Curly Bill fell into the water by the edge of the spring and died.

X-Factors

 * Experienced Lawman


 * Tenacious and Bloodthirsty. Fights for justice and vengeance


 * Expert Marksman


 * Calm in a gunfight, seen during his gunfight at the Battle at Iron Springs

Doc Holliday
John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887) was an American gambler, gunfighter, and dentist of the American Old West who is usually remembered for his friendship with Wyatt Earp and his involvement in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Even though Holliday was sick of tuberculosis, this did not hamper his ability as a gambler and a marksman. Holliday was ambidextrous, and was known to have carried two pistols into fights. There were three to four instances that Holliday used a shotgun. In three of his four known pistol duels, he shot one opponent (Billy Allen) in the arm and one (Charles White) across the scalp and missed one man (saloon-keeper Charles Austin) entirely. In an early incident in Tombstone in 1880, shortly after he arrived in town, a drunken Holliday managed to shoot and disarm Oriental Saloon owner Milt Joyce in the hand when the latter brandished a pistol at Holliday, and also wounded his bartender Parker in the toe.

It is believed that Holliday had killed between three to six men in his lifetime, had been to eight or more shootouts, and wounded countless others.

X-Factors

 * Cunning and intelligent


 * A Quickdraw artist and marksman


 * Been to 8 shootout, including the murder of two army soldiers.

Note

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 * Voting ends next Saturday. Enjoy!