Scooby-Doo Team-Up Vol. 4

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #4

by Sholly Fisch

Scooby and the gang team up with some of the greatest heroes of the DC Universe, including Harley Quinn, Martian Manhunter, Zatanna, Hawkman and more in SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP VOL. 4!

Magic tricks and spooky scares are everyday occurrences at the Mystic Mansion, but when famous magician Zatanna Zatara's father goes missing, she needs the help of the professionals at Mystery, Inc. to find him! And deep in outer space, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred join a very different sort of ghost than they're used to in order to investigate a mysterious message on the moon. Back on Earth, someone new wants to join the team--none other than the Clown Princess of Crime, Harley Quinn!

And when Frankenstein Jr. unleashes a robotic rampage across the city, Scooby and the gang will team up with the Impossibles to do the impossible and solve the mystery of who turned this superhero into a supervillain! Then the team from the Mystery Machine takes a trip to Gopher Gulch, where they meet Quick Draw McGraw and his nemesis, the Fastest Ghost in the West! Finally, Martian Manhunter calls on Scooby-Doo to help clear the names of all the aliens living on Earth--including innocent superheroes like Starman, Starfire and Hawkman!

The World's Greatest Super Heroes team up with your favorite ghost-busting detectives in these all-ages adventures from writer Sholly Fisch (TEEN TITANS GO!) and artist Dario Brizuela (GREEN LANTERN: THE ANIMATED SERIES), and solving mysteries has never been so much fun!

Collects SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP #19-24.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Dc Comics, Fiction, Superheroes, Comic Book, Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2017

About the author

His credits run the gamut from Superman to Star Wars to Scooby-Doo, and from Clive Barker’s Hellraiser to Looney Tunes. His comics for kids have won a Comics Buyer’s Guide Fan Award, and been nominated for an Eisner Award and two Diamond gem awards, while several of his stories for older readers were included in the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novels Action Comics.

Reviews

[Bill Riggs · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m really enjoying these Scooby Team-up comics. It’s amazing how they perfectly capture the essence and fun of the old tv series!

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun jump back to my childhood due to all Scooby comics being free right now through DC Comics. The mash-ups were entertaining and intertwined the characters well.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scooby-Doo Team-Up volume 4 collects issues 19-24 of Scooby-Doo Team-Up.

Volume 4 is another dose of all ages fun. Scooby and the gang team up with Zatanna, Spaaaaaaaaaaaaace Ghoooooost, The Impossibles, Quick Draw McGraw, and the Martian Manhunter. The Impossibles and the Quick Draw McGraw stories were the week ones for me, though I appreciated the appearance of Ricochet Rabbit. Also, I'm about three decades older than the target audience so I cut them some slack.

I love how Sholly Fisch writes the stories with a young audience but throws things in for adults too, like Daphne's conversation with Mikaal Tomas or the appearances of obscure Silver Age DC characters like Ultra the Multi Alien. Dario Brizuela's art takes me back to afternoons watching the gang unmask crooked businessmen every damn time.

While I liked it a little less than volume 3, Scooby-Doo Team-Up volume 4 earns three out of four Scooby Snacks. I'll enjoy forcing it on my son when he's a little older.

[Diz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume is not as good as the first three volumes of the Scooby-Doo Team-Up series. The real clunker in this volume is a team-up with the Impossibles and Frankenstein Jr. Scooby and the gang don't get to work their ghost busting magic as superheroes and a giant robot fight. They are relegated to observer status.

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

Take a trip back with old friends this summer - sure to make you smile.

[alyssa · Rating 3 out of 5]

I exclusively wanted to read this comic for the Quickdraw team-up, and it was everything I wanted it to be. My childhood heart was singing.
As for the title team-up with Harley Quinn, it was definitely fun and it made me smile a few times with the unique humour throughout it...however I lost interest when the joker and batman (et al) showed up. I loved the joke about Shaggy's name being Shaggy even in Harley Quinn's gang (especially considering what the show "Velma" has done with Shaggy - changing his name to Norville only).
The other team-ups in this volume were fairly subpar for me because I don't know who the characters are, but they were still fun enough. Scooby Doo is my lifelong passion, so I always love getting into a mystery or two with the gang.

[Sophia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess I'm hooked on this graphic novel/comics series so I picked up Volume 4 which covers Issues #19-24.

I only recognized one of their Team Up guests, for sure, so this was less reunion and fun introductions all around.

In issue 19, Scooby and the gang spend Halloween helping a Superhero magician, Zatanna, locate her missing father and some missing magician artifacts.

In issue 20, the Mystery gang helps Space Ghost and his crew capture the space villains who damaged their ship and plan to take over the earth.

That leads to Issue 21, when a department store has a ghostly problem on Christmas Eve and Harley Quinn shows up ready to join (ahem, lead) the Mystery gang detecting whose the ghost. Then, her boyfriend shows up wanting the present he left her under the tree back. No Joke(r)! And, that means the dynamic duo I recognized and welcomed had to come after.

Issue 22 has Frankenstein Jr rampaging the city- or has he? A young boy genius and the Mystery gang must get to the bottom of it.

Heading out west for Issue 23, the Mystery gang ends up in Golpher Gulch and must help Quick Draw McGraw, sheriff horse hero and his sidekicks figure out their ghostly mystery. This was an old one and I vaguely remember the cartoon. Funny puns!

The finish in Issue 24 is when all the alien superheroes are in trouble, especially the Martian Manhunter when someone impersonates him and threatens the world. Agents in Plaid are investigating and the Mystery Gang must help get to the bottom of things before all the aliens- good and villains are rounded up and this mystery villain gets away with their plot. I wasn't familiar with Martian Manhunter, but this was the best issue of the lot for actual investigative work happening which is a favorite element in Scooby Doo.

Another solid series of comic stories and well-illustrated pages to draw me in.

[Gina · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not terrible, but terribly formulaic. And that matches the show, but with the show you get music and chase sequences. Here they attempt to fill the void with endless cameos. So I was excited to see Zatanna and Martian Manhunter, but then you need every hero and villain that uses magic or is an alien (respectively).

In addition, there will always be one joke where meddling is applied to someone other than the "kids", something about pulling off masks - usually a reference to their not being a mask to pull off in this case - and jokes about the cowardice of Shaggy and Scooby as well as their appetites. Totally on brand, but there should be some substance added to keep it interesting.

[Jaime Guzman · Rating 3 out of 5]

In this volume guest team-ups are Zatana, Space Ghost, Harley Quinn, Frankenstein Jr & The Impossibles, Quickdraw McGraw, and Martian Manhunter. Let me tell you up front I am a huge Hanna-Barbera fan and I absolutely loved seeing my favorite cartoon characters in this book The art is just like the animated cartoons and is a fun quick read. It's mostly geared towards kids but I really didn't mind.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even if it feels a bit more child oriented than all ages, I'm finding this series very enjoyable. If you liked those old team ups like the New Scooby-doo movies, I'd say this is even better.

I am likely biased, Scooby was my favourite childhood show for years, and is still a comfort show. I actually first knew Batman from their team up episode (didn't know Robin or Joker then), so this has been rather nostalgic.

This has been a weak entry however, maybe because the appearances of other (I'm assuming) old Hanna-Barbera properties aren't that great if you don't know them, like the guest star episodes. They get boring quickly.

The more famous, like the earlier Flintstones and Jetsons were fine, this was just a bit harder to get through. I feel the DC issues are stronger overall, and I like the more obscure characters and references they bring.

[Fraser Sherman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Follows the formula of the previous volumes faithfully: DC or Hanna-Barbera characters (Martian Manhunter, Space Ghost, the Impossibles, Zatanna) call the meddling kids in to investigate supernatural goings on. Someone's mask gets ripped off. Justice is served. But it works.
That said, if you're not a fan or at least familiar with Hanna Barbera's 1960s output, I suspect a lot of the humor will be lost; I can enjoy jokes about the Impossibles or Frankenstein Junior but would that work if I'd never seen their cartoons? So YMMV, but I'm looking forward to getting Vol. 5.

[Brandon · Rating 1 out of 5]

A couple of the issues in this volume are solid, but the rest are dreadfully boring. It's repetitive, cliche, and both looks and reads like a generic comic aimed at children that writes down. The "Scooby-Doo meets DC characters" concept isn't just a premise, it's the entire story. It is accessible, it has some cheap laughs, but there's nothing that makes it worth recommending. Heck, the Scooby-Doo gang themselves are barely relevant aside from making a few quips- unlike previous volumes, most of the action is done by the featured guests while the Scooby gang stands around commenting on it.

[Chloe Dean · Rating 4 out of 5]

I get that having Harvey Quinn on the cover naturally brings in more customers as she's one of the most popular DC Anti-Heroes but I honestly felt hers was probably the weakest story in the collection, it didn't really leave the Scooby gang much to do.

However ended on a high as the Martian Manhunters story was the best in there, using both the Scooby gang and the crossover character to the best of their abilities and with both being necessary to the story.

Though that panel of Martian Manhunter turning from Scooby into himself was truly cursed.

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

I recently acquired the Kindle version for free on Amazon. I loved the cartoon as a kid, although the storylines are often cookie cutter, with the mysteries solved by accident. Additionally, I think cross-overs are usually pretty dumb, but these stories are pretty enjoyable. This time, the featured characters are ones that I have never heard of apart from Harley Quinn: Zatanna, Space Ghost, Harley Quinn, The Impossibles, Quick Draw McGraw and Martian Manhunter.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

Do you like Scooby-Doo? Do you like other classic Hanna-Barbera shows like Quick Draw McGraw, Ricochet Rabbit, Frankenstein Jnr, or The Impossibles? Did you enjoy those episodes from the 70s where Scooby-Doo had insane crossover that didn't make sense but were fun as hell anyway? Well then what are you waiting for? Read this book.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these collections. They're chock full of nostalgia.

This was a good collection. I didn't know most of the additional characters yet was still able to follow along easily. Harley's was my favorite.

[Jack · Rating 4 out of 5]

More adventures with Scooby and the gang meeting up with several DC heroes, including Harley Quinn (Harley Smash!), Hawkman and Hawkgirl, Martian Manhunter, et al.

Inventive storytelling, nice artwork, engaging for the whole family. Also, fun.

[DOUGLAS J BERRY · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scooby and the gang team up with dc heros.

Good color artwork. Dc comics freebie. 130 pages. Scooby teams up Space ghost in one story. And quick draw mcdraw and the Martian manhunter in other stories

[Suzan Amin Khoja · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mind blown

With each and every volume this series gets better and better. I love these comics and can't wait to start the fifth volume of this wonderful Team-Up series of Scooby-Doo.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun quick reads. But I suspect they’ve already teamed up with the best heroes they have rights to write about, so I’m finding characters I’m not/less familiar with more often as the series goes on. But they’re fun for a few minutes for an issue.

[Jenn Palomino · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this volume a lot more than the last one because it had team ups with old school cartoons like Space Ghost and Quick Draw McGraw. Just weird old crap I’d watch on daytime Cartoon Network as a kid.

[Karla Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was filled with a lot of old super heros I was not familiar with but I did recognize. Quick draw Mcgraw was in this one and it was my fav. I like the western doggo them and scooby making frans.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

The cover shows a scene from the one with Harley, which was quite funny. The opening one too was quite good. There are also crossovers with Quick Draw and Space Ghost. It was a fun read.

[Megan McCauley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

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[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

A light and colorful comic that I enjoy even as adult. Typically, these team-ups are with DC comic characters, but this volume had 2 stories with Hanna-Barbera characters.

[John Wright · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay collection of children’s comics that respects the history and characterizations of all the crossover characters.

[Jasen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much weaker than the first volume; my four-year old enjoyed but the bar was set pretty low.