Cover: Jim Aparo

Detective Comics #496

Nov 1980 · DC · 0.50 USD

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“Murder on the Mystery Ship!”

In "Murder on the Mystery Ship!", a murder mystery unfolds aboard a glamorous cruise ship in Gotham Harbor, where the line between fiction and terror blurs. When Basil Karlo—furious at being left out of a horror film's star-studded event—escapes Arkham and storms the vessel, chaos erupts under the guise of entertainment. Written by Michael Fleisher and brought to life with sharp, atmospheric art by Don Newton, inks by Dan Adkins, and colors by Adrienne Roy, this 1980 tale pulses with suspense, all wrapped in a striking cover by Jim Aparo.

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writer Michael Fleisher · artist Don Newton · inker Dan Adkins · colorist Adrienne Roy · letterer Milt Snapinn · cover Jim Aparo

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Full credits

writer Michael Fleisher

artist Don Newton

inker Dan Adkins

colorist Adrienne Roy

letterer Milt Snapinn

cover pencils, inks Jim Aparo

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When a horror film exposition takes place on a cruise ship in Gotham Harbor, Basil Karlo takes offense at not being invited, so he breaks out of Arkham and boards the ship to get revenge.

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