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* "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" is the story from Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' that introduced ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' to the world.
* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'''s ''Dr. Pat'' feature had a pair of stories titled ''The Case of the Absent-Minded Doctor'' and ''The Case of the Mechanical Brain''.
* "The Case of the Crushed Cake" of ''ComicBook/SunnyvilleStories'' involves the protagonist [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rusty trying to figure out who really destroyed a prized cake]].
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: "The Case of the Drugged WAC" has Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor realizing that Dr. Psycho's abused wife who escaped him and became a WAC is probably unconscious due to Dr. Psycho using her as his medium against her wishes once more.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': "The Case of the Chemical Syndicate" is the story from Creator/DCComics' ''ComicBook/DetectiveComics'' [[ComicBook/DetectiveComicsNumber27 #27]] that introduced ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' Batman to the world.
* ''ComicBook/SensationComics'''s ''ComicBook/SensationComics'': The ''Dr. Pat'' feature had a pair of stories titled ''The Case of the Absent-Minded Doctor'' and ''The Case of the Mechanical Brain''.
* ''ComicBook/SunnyvilleStories'': "The Case of the Crushed Cake" of ''ComicBook/SunnyvilleStories'' involves the protagonist [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rusty trying to figure out who really destroyed a prized cake]].
* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: "The Case of the Drugged WAC" has Diana and ComicBook/SteveTrevor Steve Trevor realizing that Dr. Psycho's abused wife who escaped him and became a WAC is probably unconscious due to Dr. Psycho using her as his medium against her wishes once more.

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* In a commercial for Miller Lite Beer, crimewriter Creator/MickeySpillane is at a party when someone steals an entire case of the advertised beer.
-->'''Spillane:''' It started out as a party, but turned into... The Case of the Missing Case!
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** This is possibly an example of BeamMeUpScotty, as virtually every ''Sherlock Holmes'' pastiche or parody uses the format, yet the actual stories almost always use "The Adventure of X" instead.
** "A Case of Identity" comes close.

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** This is possibly an example of BeamMeUpScotty, as virtually every ''Sherlock Holmes'' pastiche or parody uses the format, yet the actual stories almost always use "The Adventure of X" instead.
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instead. Though "A Case of Identity" comes close.close.
** In ''Dead Man's Land'' by Robert Ryan, Winston Churchill tries to interest Dr. Watson in what he calls "The Case of the Man Who [[FakingTheDead Died Twice]]".
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* Of the 12 ''Literature/MilesPennoyer'' stories by Creator/MargeryLawrence, 8 keep to "The Case of..." naming convention. Those are ''The Case of the Bronze Door'', ''The Case of the Haunted Cathedral'', ''The Case of Ella [=McLeod=]'', ''The Case of the White Snake'', ''The Case of the Moonchild'', ''The Case of the Young Man with the Scar'', ''The Case of the Leannabh Sidhe'', and ''The Case of the Double Husband''.
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* Almost all of the books in ''The [=McGurk=] Organization'' series by E.W. Hildick were titled this way.

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* Almost all of the books in ''The [=McGurk=] Organization'' ''Literature/TheMcGurkOrganization'' series by E.W. Hildick were titled this way.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' has the NoirEpisode "The Case of the Girl with the Long Face", and "Fern and the Case of the Stolen Story", which involves some characters writing detective fiction.

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