Martens was the
editor of the
Franco-Belgian comics magazine Spirou between 1968 and 1977. He published several highly documented anthologies[1] and studies about popular "
Holmesian-style" French-language crime novels of the early twentieth century.[2] Martens also authored some dark Holmesian pastiches in French as well as super-science novels.[3]
Introduction to the Belgian re-edition (in French language) of the
Lord Lister German novels - Claude Lefrancq Editeur
Brussels 1995 (Vol.I) 1996 (Vol.II)
Holmesian novels
Le Requin de la Tamise Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1997
Les Meurtres du
Titanic Lefrancq coll. En Poche, Paris 1998
L'otage de Fraulein Doktor
Sherlock Holmes et les Fantômes anthology (Fleuve noir 1999)
Anthologies
Sherlock Holmes revient : an
anthology of six
German anonymous short stories (translated into
French) originally
published between 1907 and 1911. Introduction authored by
editor/
translator. (1996, éditions Fleuve Noir, collection Super Poche n° 27)