Let’s Play Detective: The Murder of Betsy Kane
April 29th, 2008
Filed under: Comics
“Brenda Kane, famed actress of the stage is found murdered in her dressing room — we find Mike Trapp at the scene of the crime”

from Captain America Comics #40, July1944
For those of you having trouble reading the upside down answer, click here.
April 30th, 2008 at 12:49 am
I don’t know, there could have been evidence that the detective had been hit on the head, like blood, or bruising, or the fact that he was unconscious!
April 30th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Is there another part of the body that can be hit to render unconciousness? And that must have been some bloody thump to the back of Trapp’s head, what with him icing the front of his head. I would have thought that Trapp simply matched the voice of the letter thief to that of Ranes, but what do I know? It’s not like I can speak upside down.
April 30th, 2008 at 2:11 am
¿ʍouʞ ı plnoʍ ʇɐɥʍ ʇnq ˙ʎllıs ʎlǝɯǝɹʇxǝ sı ƃuıɥʇ ǝloɥʍ ǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı puɐ ‘uʍop ǝpısdn pɐǝɹ uɐɔ ı
April 30th, 2008 at 2:55 am
If you notice, he is holding his head as he’s coming to, so I’d naturally assume that he’d been hit on the head, as well.
And man, I thought Batman was the most obnoxious god-damned detective on earth. But this dude - so up himself he won’t give anyone an answer that isn’t upside down! He must be a real prick around the precinct.
“Trapp! You want some coffee?”
“..sǝʎ”
“…god-damn you, Trapp.”
April 30th, 2008 at 8:00 am
“Careful - He’s had his bell rung!”
But how does upside-down speech sound?
April 30th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Because of, oh I don’t know, that big ol’ gash in the back of your head??
May 1st, 2008 at 2:45 am
He obviously knew because Mr. Ranes had a name. It’s always the guy with a name, for some reason.
May 1st, 2008 at 6:11 pm
Wait, so was the actress named Betsy, or Brenda? … or maybe Bette? No no no, this is Marvel.
Admiral Ackbar: IT’S MR. TRAPP
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