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★ NOW SHOWING: The Last Stool at the Bar — A Detective Ocean Mystery ★ ALSO PLAYING: Precinct of Lies — The System Is the Conspiracy ★ COMING SOON: Twisted City — When the Music Dies ★ LATE NIGHT: The Tide Watcher — Every Lie Gets Recorded ★ WEEKEND MATINEE: Guitars and Villains — A Tropical Noir ★
Week of July 24 – July 30, 2026

This Week's Features

Movie poster for The Last Stool at the Bar — Detective Stanley Ocean noir mystery featuring The Blind Owl, compass, map, and leather bar stool
FEATURED
NOIR
A Stanley Ocean Mystery

The Last Stool at the Bar

A double rye. A cab dispatch log. A woman in a trench coat. The night shift at The Blind Owl is just getting started — and it might be Stanley Ocean's last.

StarringStanley Ocean·Daisy Flamingo·Victor Vance
30 PanelsComplete
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Movie poster for Precinct of Lies featuring Detective Stanley Ocean with noir themes
FEATURED
THRILLER
A Stanley Ocean Mystery

Precinct of Lies

Ocean's partner Robert was erased from the files, declared rogue, then dead — but left a trail. Now Ocean hunts the truth through Precinct 7 and into the heart of Ocean City's corruption.

StarringStanley Ocean·Robert Kane·The Guild
Multi-PartComplete
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Monday – Thursday

All Day

Free Reading

Friday – Saturday

Late Night Noir

New Panels Drop

Sunday

Weekend Matinee

Bonus Features

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This Week's Spotlight

Artist Dossier

The artists and musicians written into the Ocean City canon. These cards drop between the panels — a moment to discover who's behind the noir.

Case File Insert
The Wildcard

Outta.Style

"Loud. Unapologetic. Electric."

Ocean City's freshest sound. Creates from a garage in the Dock District. Weapon of choice: a custom drum kit and three chords that don't apologize.

3 tracks in the story | Appears in: The Last Stool at the Bar
Session Player
The Informant

Your Name Here

"Your three words here."

This could be your dossier card. Submit your answers, get placed between the panels, and become part of the Ocean City canon. $5 one-time, permanent.

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In Rotation

28 original Detective Ocean stories. Two new features every week. Browse the catalog.

Twisted City: When the Music Dies — noir comic poster
COMING UP

Twisted City

When the Music Dies
The Tide Watcher — noir detective mystery poster with man in cap and woman by the ocean

The Tide Watcher

Every Lie Gets Recorded
Guitars and Villains — tropical noir poster with two characters in Ocean City

Guitars and Villains

A Tropical Noir Romance
Red Headed Liar — noir poster with red-haired woman and cityscape with neon signs

Red Headed Liar

The Detective Becomes the Hunted
Not a Nice Guy — noir thriller poster with man in cap and coastal city neon signs

Not a Nice Guy

No One Outsmarts Ocean
Bigfall Two — heist poster with two characters and neon-lit city scenes

Bigfall Too

The Diamond Heist
Ocean City Love — noir romance poster with Detective Ocean, Ferris wheel, and neon motel

Ocean City Love

A Noir Romance
New Blood — noir poster with magical harmonica heist theme

New Blood

A Time Warp Mystery
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