Arsène Lupin is an ingenious French criminal mastermind and "gentlemen thief".
History[]
In the early 20th century, aeronaut Jean Robur convinced Lupin to join Les Hommes Mystérieux, and becoming its second member. He also served as a counterpart to the English burglar A.J. Raffles of Mina Murray's second League.
Source material[]
Arsène Lupin was created by Maurice Leblanc and appeared in a number of stories and twenty novels and short story collections from 1905 to 1939. Lupin is the "Prince of Thieves," the archetypal Gentleman Thief of popular culture.