Ocean City
The Case Files
26 cases. One detective. Every story is a rabbit hole you climb into willingly — and crawl out of changed.
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26 cases. One detective. Every story is a rabbit hole you climb into willingly — and crawl out of changed.
Stolen instruments. Dangerous women. Dark alleys and darker secrets. Every case file below is a self-contained noir story — pick one, start reading, and don't blame us when you can't stop.
780 panels. All free. No catch.
Detective Ocean's first adventure - a missing drum machine worth millions leads to conspiracy and chase.
Music and danger intertwine through rainy city streets as Ocean investigates a stolen flute.
A stolen Stradivarius violin worth millions leads Ocean through train stations and surveillance.
A missing piano worth millions takes Ocean on a tropical island adventure full of intrigue.
Stanley Ocean's newest case - nothing is what it seems. A tale of deception in Rome.
A mysterious invitation. Detective Ocean boards a train, but who sent the invitation?
A stolen artist's prize possession. A furious detective. The neon-lit chase begins...
Ocean's back! A red electric guitar, jazz club secrets, and debts that lead to trouble...
Ocean's back with a love interest who lives on the edge. A mythical flute stolen...
Cindy hate grows more and more. Part 2 of the Magical Flute saga...
Stanley Ocean returns! Part 1 of 2 - Part 2 Coming Soon!
Stanley Ocean is back! Breaking hearts, kicking butt - who's got the drum?
An ancient clock has been stolen. A twist brings back an old friend. Stanley Ocean's newest mystery!
A tropical noir mystery — Ocean finds love and danger on a vacation he never asked for.
A mysterious book holds dangerous secrets. In rain-slicked streets, Ocean discovers some stories are written in blood.
A client in a red wig pulls Ocean back in. But this time the detective becomes the hunted — and the truth wears a dangerous shade of red.
A magical harmonica stolen. A beautiful love interest. Time itself begins to warp — and Ocean is pulled into his most surreal case yet.
A family that can't trust each other. Slick Hansen tries to fool them all — but no one outsmarts Detective Ocean.
Ocean boards a plane for vacation — but when he meets Melisa, drama follows at every turn. Will he save her or walk away?
A golden flute stolen from a private museum. Erica Ocean X is accused — will Ocean save the girl or follow the case?
Hank Cheddar and his niece plan a diamond heist. Daisy Flamingo enters the picture. Ocean's got other plans — and no one can be trusted.
Ocean's partner Robert was erased from the files — declared rogue, then dead. But a ledger hidden in the morgue whispers from the grave. The system itself is the conspiracy.
Love hits Ocean City hard. The detective finds romance in the neon glow — but in this town, love might be the most dangerous case of all.
They call him the Tide Watcher. Ocean records every lie, every silence — because sooner or later, everything washes up.
Five years after the band vanished, The Orpheum calls. A single piano note breaks the silence — and Detective Ocean walks into his darkest case yet. 50 panels of pure noir.
Writing as Stanley Ocean
Independent music producer from Mount Vernon, WA. Every dark alley in Ocean City, every stolen instrument, every femme fatale who walks through the detective's door — it all comes from one mind.
26 cases. 780 panels. One creator who built a city out of sound and shadow. Thanks for reading — this is just the beginning.
Picked a case? Now find out where it went down. 10 districts, 23 crime scenes — the city is the story.
Click the map — every street has a story