Not trusting the Genie to keep its word of letting him go and also knowing that no one would believe him about the Genie, Valiant drops the Genie's lamp into the fish tank and the salt water dissolves the Genie.
The Genie is then forced to grant a wish made by Valiant for proof of Roger's innocence which is provided in the form of a suicide letter from Dominic confessing to both Roger and Rocco DeGreasy's murders along with his own suicide. Valiant holds the Genie hostage over a salt-water fish tank salt water being its weakness. When Roger accidentally activated the lantern a third time but this time witnessed the apparition, the Genie killed him. He further explains that the words to command him happen to be part of a children's song that Roger habitually sings, and as such Roger wished for success without actually realising he had done so. The Genie explains its origins and that over thousands of years it has become embittered, now only granting wishes with a catch, and admits to being the one who shot Roger. He eventually finds the kettle which was in Roger's possession and gives it to Dominic, only to find it is actually a magic lamp with a Genie, who then kills Dominic. While Valiant investigates, the key suspects ask him to be on the lookout for a certain kettle in exchange for a reward. At the same time, Roger's former boss Rocco DeGreasy is also murdered and witnesses point to Roger as the killer, as he was allegedly seen fleeing the scene of the crime. Valiant then meets a doppelgänger of Roger's and promises to solve the mystery of his death. Valiant's search for the killer takes him to a variety of suspects which includes: Roger's estranged widow Jessica Rabbit Roger's former co-star Baby Herman and Roger's photographer Carol Masters. His speech balloon, found at the crime scene, indicates his murder was a way of " censoring" the star, who apparently had just heard someone explain the source of his success. Soon after, Roger is mysteriously murdered in his home. Evidence shows that there was no mystery buyer and the reason Roger Rabbit remained in a secondary role was because of his lack of talent. Roger hires Valiant to find out why his employers, the DeGreasy Brothers (Rocco and Dominic), who are owners of a cartoon syndicate, have reneged on a promise to give Roger his own strip and potentially sell his contract to a mystery buyer. It was later adapted by Disney and Amblin Entertainment into the critically acclaimed 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.Įddie Valiant is a hardboiled private eye, and Roger Rabbit is a second banana comic strip character. Who Censored Roger Rabbit? is a fantasy mystery novel written by Gary K.
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