Detective #150 Comments
The Batman story, "The Ghost of Gotham" is solid, with excellent artwork by Dick Sprang. Dick and Bruce attend a stage presentation of Macbeth on the third page. The major problem is that the plot is so convoluted that they devote 12 panels (the entire last two pages) to explaining how things happened. As usual, however, the background story is excellent. An expert mentions three famous ghosts, the
Drury Lane Theatre Ghost (mispelled Dury),
Jane Seymour of Hampton Court and
Borley Rectory, known as the most haunted house in England. All of them, as you can see, exist and are considered famous now, 50 years later.
But by far the star of the show is the final Boy Commandos episode in Detective (the series staggered on for two more issues in its own mag before folding). The story is a very clever takeoff on the Around the World in 80 Days story, with the BCs required to circumnavigate the globe while using prescribed methods of transportation. It's a very enjoyable story, with a superb plot and excellent art.
