"In a few minutes, this famous cartoonist will be dead. Who killed him? Was it the ambitious lettering man? The layout expert? The background artist? The figure specialist? His disillusioned secretary? Or was it someone else? Match wits with Ellery Queen, and see if you can guess who done it!"
This episode contains examples of:
- Adaptation Decay: The Ellery Queen comic books featured in the episode.
- Another in-universe example:Ellery: I'm just reading the latest episode of "Captain Cosmo". Three weird scientists predict that the space commander's gonna be Emperor of the Universe.Turnkey: Oh. You like that, huh?Ellery: I liked it better when it was Macbeth.
- Another in-universe example:
- Clear Their Name: Ellery has to do this for himself when he's accused of murder.
- Everyone Is a Suspect: Even Ellery!
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Pandering to the Base: Ellery accuses Bud Armstrong of doing this with the unnecessarily violent Ellery Queen comic he is planning. - Read the Fine Print: Ellery despises the proposed Ellery Queen comic, but he is legally powerless to stop it because a clause in hiss contract stipulates that the company can license his likeness to use in any way they see fit.
