Jules de Grandin

Jules de Grandin
Drawing of a white haired man with a moustache facing right, holding a glass of wine in his left hand.
Jules de Grandin, picture by Virgil Finlay
First appearanceWeird Tales
Created bySeabury Quinn
In-universe information
OccupationOccult detective
NationalityFrench

Jules de Grandin is a fictional occult detective that, from 1925-1951, starred in 92 short stories and one novel by Seabury Quinn in the pulp magazine anthology series Weird Tales. In the pages of Weird Tales, Quinn also authored a serialized novel featuring de Grandin entitled The Devil’s Bride, which deals with a young girl being kidnapped by satanists. In 1966, Arkham House published a collection of 10 de Grandin stories as The Phantom Fighter, leading some fans to refer to the character by this nickname afterward. The character's methods of reasoning and investigation has led to comparisons with Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot.