detective and mystery comics

Sir Simon Spookington, professional scarer, gets transferred to a house to haunt, but something changes when he meets Chester.

"Alastair, Pete, Charlie, and Rachel aren't just magical teen detectives in their coastal town of Port Howl--they are also members of a local teen rock band. Before a show one night, Charlie and Rachel meet a famous rockstar, Gideon, and invite him to their show. He'll never come, but why not try, right? Little do they know, Gideon does show up, and he brings the threads of his dark past with him. In fact, he might even be the source of the rumored Devil's Music, a limited-release song that entrances all of its listeners in a deadly hypnosis. When Pete quickly gets drawn into Gideon's web, it's up to his brother and friends to save him. But Pete might not be the only Montague Twin at risk for Gideon's spell"--OCLC.

"A bump in the night? They're on the case! At Strander House, things are . . . weird. There's an ogre wedged in the closet, and you have to be careful not to slip on the leak coming from the ocean in the attic. What's possibly weirder than the fact that you can walk into the bathroom and end up in next Tuesday are the four brothers who investigate these strange supernatural occurrences . . . the Brothers Flick! Leo, Desmond, Remy, and Cub seek to get to the bottom of every shadow you swear you saw move. If they happen to stumble upon answers to the mysterious disappearance of their own family along the way, all the better"--Back cover.

"The great detective Banana [Zorro] is called back to duty to find a missing turtle. But the deeper he digs, the more he discovers, and it's worse than he thought! The [Sociedad Superagria Secreta] is back, and they're mixing up a bunch of trouble. Can Banana [Zorro] and his sidekick, [Linterna], put an end to the [Sociedad Superagria Secreta] once and for all?"--Provided by English version publisher.

"It's a beautiful fall day at the farm when the animals realize someone is missing...again! Cow is nowhere to be found, and her calves can't say where she is, so Hen, Sheep, Raccoon, and Pig call in Inspector Billiam Van Hoof, the world's best (and only) goat detective. The farm animals are certain Cow has been kidnapped, and clues lead them to some conspiratorial conclusions. Could a crop circle mean she was abducted by aliens? Did the farmer put her in a trailer to be sold, or worse--turned into a hamburger? But when Cow returns, they realize a celebration is in order (and that the answer was right in front of them all along)"--Provided by publisher.

Suspecting a camouflaged octopus is behind mysterious sightings in the Natural History Museum's new coral reef exhibit, Sherlock Bones and his team are surprised to discover a long-haired, green beast of unknown origin hiding in the museum's swampy habitat.

"Rora and the other Pup Detectives work to stop an art heist and prevent Rider from being framed for the theft"--OCLC.

While working on a school project about Bolingbroke's supernatural history, best-friend eighth graders Val and Laurie accidentally unleash a demonic presence connected to a series of mysterious tragedies throughout their town's sordid history and must find a way to return things to normal.

Dan and Amy Cahill are given the choice of receiving a million dollars or uncovering the thirty-nine clues hidden around the world that will lead to the source of the family's power, but by taking on the clues, they end up in a dangerous race against their own family.

"It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Urabe Kanoko has left her hometown after it turns against her for having the ability to hear lies when spoken. She collapses from hunger after arriving in a town called Tsukumoya, where she meets a poverty-stricken detective named Iwai Souma. Is this fate? Or something more?"--Back cover.