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Scooby Apocalypse (Single Issues) #3
Scooby Apocalypse (2016-) #3 (Scooby Apocalypse
After fleeing a monster-infested underground base, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy and Scooby stumble upon a desert ghost town where they hope to catch their breath. But when night falls, they learn it’s not a ghost town after all—and the terrors that show up like to bite! Scooby Snack is about to take on a whole new meaning.
27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 20, 2016
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Keith Giffen
1,931 books217 followersKeith Ian Giffen was an American comic book illustrator and writer. He is possibly best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug. Giffen is known for having an unorthodox writing style, often using characters in ways not seen before. His dialogue is usually characterized by a biting wit that is seen as much less zany than dialogue provided by longtime collaborators DeMatteis and Robert Loren Fleming. That approach has brought him both criticism and admiration, as perhaps best illustrated by the mixed (although commercially successful) response to his work in DC Comics' Justice League International (1987-1992). He also plotted and was breakdown artist for an Aquaman limited series and one-shot special in 1989 with writer Robert Loren Fleming and artist Curt Swan for DC Comics.
Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.
He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.
Giffen's first published work was "The Sword and The Star", a black-and-white series featured in Marvel Preview, with writer Bill Mantlo. He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher (to be re-released in a collected edition by Boom! Studios)., T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and Vext. He was also responsible for the English adaptation of the Battle Royale and Ikki Tousen manga, as well as creating "I Luv Halloween" for Tokyopop. He also worked for Dark Horse from 1994-95 on their Comics Greatest World/Dark Horse Heroes line, as the writer of two short lived series, Division 13 and co-author, with Lovern Kindzierski, of Agents of Law. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.
He took a break from the comic industry for several years, working on storyboards for television and film, including shows such as The Real Ghostbusters and Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy.
He is also the lead writer for Marvel Comics's Annihilation event, having written the one-shot prologue, the lead-in stories in Thanos and Drax, the Silver Surfer as well as the main six issues mini-series. He also wrote the Star-Lord mini-series for the follow-up story Annihilation: Conquest. He currently writes Doom Patrol for DC, and is also completing an abandoned Grant Morrison plot in The Authority: the Lost Year for Wildstorm.
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July 21, 2016
Now this is really starting to get good. The puns are... very reminiscent of the original show, but everything else was great. And Fred's face artwork looks good for once! I hope the next couple of issues continue on with level of writing and artwork.
January 14, 2017
The fight to survive continues on with the gang and Scooby as they try to get out of the facility alive. And when the finally get a step forward, one of their own is injured.
I especially enjoyed this issue for there was a moment on the rooftop where we could see a few iconic things from the Scooby Doo universe at large!
Rating 5/5 stars
I especially enjoyed this issue for there was a moment on the rooftop where we could see a few iconic things from the Scooby Doo universe at large!
Rating 5/5 stars
June 1, 2017
The set up for the story on this one was a little odd. For a few pages I thought I'd accidentally skipped an entire issue. Then they provided the flashbacks, which did help to clarify things, but I think they could have done a better job. I still am enjoying the story and the graphics for the most part (Ugly Fred was back, but still not as horrible as issue #1). One other piece that bothered me a little was the dialogue. It's usually decent, with a lot of awesome references to the dialogue from the usual Scooby Doo iterations, but a few times (especially with Daphne and Velma), it was just cringeworthy.
May 12, 2020
The gang manages to escape the Complex in a high-tech vehicle called the “Mystery Machine, but what they find in the outside world is no better then inside the lab!
There’s a lot of action and time-jumping in this issue. The time jumps don’t really provide any dramatic tension to the story, they’re really just a gimmick in this issue to change it up from a linear timeline. It’s not super confusing, but the issue starts out in the future without telling us that, and I was convinced I picked up the wrong issue at first because I felt like I’d missed something. It finally jumps back several hours about 5 or 6 pages in, but that was just too long after the previous issue ended on a cliffhanger.
The action is pretty standard stuff, with mostly faceless monsters attacking the group en masse. This gives some of the main characters a chance to moralize a bit and develop anxiety over the threat of death and the idea of having to kill these creatures that were once human. While it’s a normal human reaction, every character except Scooby expresses it and that just takes some of the edge off the emotion for the reader. The characters are quite so much at each other’s throats this issue and have some actual conversation, which is a nice change. I want to like them, but they’ve all been a little grating up til now.
We still have a number of unresolved mysteries with little progress toward developing any sort of solution or finding any answers - or even a way to find answers. I’m interested in the overall story about what’s going on and how the characters are going to get involved in that, so I want to stick around and see where it goes. It’s kind of fun to see the familiar characters in a new way, but we need more story - and I expect more humor from Giffen and DeMatteis than we’re seeing here so far.
Not bad, but I still find I want more out of this book.
There’s a lot of action and time-jumping in this issue. The time jumps don’t really provide any dramatic tension to the story, they’re really just a gimmick in this issue to change it up from a linear timeline. It’s not super confusing, but the issue starts out in the future without telling us that, and I was convinced I picked up the wrong issue at first because I felt like I’d missed something. It finally jumps back several hours about 5 or 6 pages in, but that was just too long after the previous issue ended on a cliffhanger.
The action is pretty standard stuff, with mostly faceless monsters attacking the group en masse. This gives some of the main characters a chance to moralize a bit and develop anxiety over the threat of death and the idea of having to kill these creatures that were once human. While it’s a normal human reaction, every character except Scooby expresses it and that just takes some of the edge off the emotion for the reader. The characters are quite so much at each other’s throats this issue and have some actual conversation, which is a nice change. I want to like them, but they’ve all been a little grating up til now.
We still have a number of unresolved mysteries with little progress toward developing any sort of solution or finding any answers - or even a way to find answers. I’m interested in the overall story about what’s going on and how the characters are going to get involved in that, so I want to stick around and see where it goes. It’s kind of fun to see the familiar characters in a new way, but we need more story - and I expect more humor from Giffen and DeMatteis than we’re seeing here so far.
Not bad, but I still find I want more out of this book.
May 14, 2020
I'm still having fun with this take on Mystery Inc, but the story is slowing down with the need to fill out the first TPB before revealing too much. That said, there is some decent building of suspense with a few monsters at a gas station and the reveal of another character from one of the later cartoons. You'll shake your head in disbelief, but also in laughter because it makes complete sense.
Find it. Buy it! Read it!
Find it. Buy it! Read it!
December 28, 2019
Heck. This comic is quite an improvement from the previous issues. The pacing is much better and I'm definitely more interested in the direction it's taking now the characters are on the road. The nanites are actually more intriguing and mysterious. Characters are far more fleshed out and less stereotypical.
4 stars for the Velma panty shot.
4 stars for the Velma panty shot.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 12, 2021
Ok so why 2 stars when I gave the previous two books 5 stars? DAPHNE! Granted she is smarter successful and built like a shit brick house...she reverts. Crying, fits of guilt, confused, whining and bits of love flakes. Give her two slaps out of hysteria. We now know more about the baddies and need everyone on the ball!
December 8, 2019
Proper getting into this - I really like the humour and the characters are getting a bit more three dimensional
May 12, 2020
I could’ve done without the jumping back and forth in time in this one.
October 14, 2021
This is perfect for Halloween!
And who'd have thought ALL of the Scooby-Doo humans could be attractive?
And who'd have thought ALL of the Scooby-Doo humans could be attractive?
November 2, 2025
A SCOOBY DOOBY DOO WHERE ARE YOU IM HAVING AAAAA BIG POO
July 20, 2016
Excellent
Move into the world of creatures. Around every corner? Great mystery machine. The plague of nanites is out of control. Scooby is really great. Can't wait for the next one
Move into the world of creatures. Around every corner? Great mystery machine. The plague of nanites is out of control. Scooby is really great. Can't wait for the next one
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