Sexton Blake

Sexton Blake is a fictional detective who has appeared in many British comic strips and novels. He first appeared in the story "The Missing Millionaire," by Harry Blyth (writing as Hal Meredith ), in The Halfpenny Marvel #6, on December 20, 1893. He appeared in a few more stories by Meredith before being adopted by a string of writers (whose number has been estimated at 177).

Sexton Blake is a Cockney rhyming slang for the word 'fake'.