SHERLOCK HOLMES IN BRITISH COMICS

DONALD AND MICKEY




Appearances by Sherlock Holmes and his imitators in British comics.

WARNING: These are summaries, not reviews, and may contain story spoilers.


Number 151 (1st February 1975)



The
                    Mystery of the Missing Masters


Part III: On the trail of a forged painting, Mickey, Minnie and Goofy have been imprisoned by Count Bovino. They manage to escape from their cell, but find Bovino waiting for them. Shamrock Bones, on the trail opf the missing "Mona Lisa", comes to their rescue. They fall victim to the Count's booby-traps, but manage to turn his robots against him and free the artists that he is holding prisoner.








Number 168 (31st May 1975)



The
                    Creepy Case of Ghost Rock Basin


During a blackout, Shamrock Bones uses his homing rock to fetch Mickey and Goofy. He takes them to the City Art Museum, where he has detected a robbery in progress. They find the assistant curator, Prebbles Blackstone, and use her statue tracker to pursue the thieves to Ghost Rock Basin, a valley full of moving rocks. Prebbles disappears.







Number 169 (7th June 1975)





Mickey and Goofy realise that Prebbles has been imprisoned in a hollow rock, but before they can rescue her, Shamrock Bones reappears and tells them that Emil Eagle is behind the theft of the statue. A tracker leads them to Emil's lair, where Prebbles is being held prisoner, and they face the army of robots he has programmed to steal the world's great artworks.







Number 170 (14th June 1975)



The
                    Creepy Case of Ghost Rock Basin

With Mickey feared a victim of Emil's booby trap, Emil attempts to turn the others into human robots, programmed to do his bidding. Mickey uses Shamrock Bones's homing stone to thwart his plan.