Get ready for more groovy team-ups of Scooby and he gang as they are joined by surprising guest stars-including Zatanna, Space Ghost and more--in Scooby-Doo Team-Up Vol. 7!
The supernatural detective team known as Mystery Inc. is back for a new round of eerie adventures! Canine mystery-solver Scooby-Doo and his team of fellow sleuths, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne, and Fred, head to Midvale, home of Supergirl. She enlists the gang's help when she's haunted by the ghosts of her home planet, Krypton. Can they discover the secret behind these alien specters? Then, they meet up with super-dog Dynomutt, who's worried about his partner, Blue Falcon. Falcon appears to be possessed, and it's up to the gang to save him!
Mystery Inc. has even more crazy capers in store. They travel back in time to take on historical menaces from World War II with the legendary JSA! And as soon as they're back to reality, they enter the spooky bayou home of Swamp Thing, who needs help stopping the villainous Voodoo Queen. What secrets of the swamp does the Queen guard? Next, the gang takes on a group of notorious gangsters known as the Ant Hill Mob, followed by a team of simian super-villains, including Gorilla Grodd, Monsieur Mallah, and the Ultra-Humanite. Then it's time for Mystery Inc.'s craziest adventure yet, alongside the misfit superhero group known as the Doom Patrol! The World's Strangest Heroes--Elasti-Girl, Negative Man, and Robotman, led by the Chief--enlist the help of Mystery Inc. as they take on some seriously weird evildoers.
From writer Sholly Fisch ( Teen Titans Go! ) and artist Dario Brizuela ( Green The Animated Series ), Scooby-Doo Doomed! features fun all-ages adventures packed full of spooky shenanigans!
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.
This was more fun that the last two or three volumes in this series. The main reason for that is there were fewer crossover stories featuring Hanna-Barbera characters (only one story in this volume) and more DC crossover stories. The humor of this series relies on running jokes (for example, Fred always trying to pull off masks) and DC heroes being put into fairly silly situations. The standout story for me was one featuring all of the DC ape characters. To see so many apes together just made the situation even more ridiculous than the usual ridiculous situations that occur in this series.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up: Doomed collects material from Scooby-Doo Team-Up #37-43.
As I've said before, I'm a Scooby-Doo guy from way back, specifically the ones where the gang teams with a special guest. In the case of this volume, the special guests are Supergirl & Streaky the super cat, Dynamutt & Blue Falcon, The Justice Society, Swamp Thing, The Ant Hill Mob, The Doom Patrol, and a host of DC's gorilla or gorilla adjacent characters.
The Doom Patrol story was easily my favorite but all of the stories were fun. I did not expect references to The Painting That Ate Paris or Danny the Street in a kid's comic! The only story I wasn't ass over teakettle for was the Ant Hill Mob one but that's because I wasn't familiar with the characters.
While the book is geared toward kids, it's still fun for adults. Sholly Fisch perfectly captures the tone of the Scooby-Doo characters and while he's respectful and reverent to the DC characters, he doesn't mind making jokes at their expense, like Wonder Woman's role as the Justice Society's secretary.
Scooby-Doo Team-Up: Doomed is fun for kids and adults and shows more love to the history of the DC universe than the main line has in years. Four out of five stars.
Sometimes a good comic can take you back while simultaneously looking forward. The creative team here clearly enjoyed themselves. The opening Supergirl story, though pretty simple and straightforward, is enjoyable for me because it revisits the character's Adventure Comics college years stories. And it's great seeing Nasthalthia Luthor again. The Blue Falcon/Dynomutt story lovingly skewers the dark and gritty Batman tales of today. The Justice Society story is an odd one, but it is cool seeing those classic characters drawn in this clean cartoon style. The Swamp Thing story feels a lot like the recent Scooby-Doo animated features (and obviously makes for the best visual to put on the collection's cover). The revealed connection between one of the teens and one of Swamp Thing's supporting cast (not telling) is genius and hilarious. The surprising standout is the Penelope Pitstop story. Out of the whole book, this is the one that follows the old Scooby-Doo TV formula, leading to a perfect conclusion to Penelope's old story and possibly leaving the character open to new kinds of adventures (hint hint). The encounter with numerous DC ape characters is, well, appropriately bananas. The last tale is the most intriguing. Leave it to a cartoon book to give us a version of the Doom Patrol that is the perfect mix of the Silver Age and Vertigo incarnations, with some unexpected faces turning up. Overall, I'm thrilled that all-ages books like this exist that don't write down for kids. Maybe I'm still just a big kid at heart.
Fun, as always. The highpoint is the gorilla issue which includes Congorilla, Monsieur M'allah, Sam Simeon, Grodd, Ultra-Humanite, Detective Chimp, Titano the super-ape and Pryemaul the Nazi vampire gorilla (and people wonder why I love comics). For some reason "It's the gorilla boss of Gotham City and the Mod Gorilla Boss, working together!" made me convulse with laughter. As a fan of the old "Perils of Penelope Pitstop" cartoon, I really enjoyed the Scooby gang crossing over to save her from the Hooded Claw. Overall this was a typical collection for the series as Scooby Doo & Co. help out Supergirl, Swamp Thing, the Blue Falcon and the Doom Patrol. But as I love this series, typical is fine.
I didn't know all the cartoons/characters being referenced, but that didn't matter. Sholly Finch does a great job summing up who is who and their defining characteristics without bogging down the story. It's easy to follow along and full of great references. My favorite were the little jabs to the old cartoons, and the asides to the reader.
I love Scooby Doo in all media so much. And these comics are so tongue-in-cheek it's great. The Shaggy and Scooby being scaredy cats was way over played but I love Fred so much. With his ascot and wanting to unmask everyone. Every time they bring up the villain usually being in real estate cracks me up. So fun and ridiculous
One of the stronger Scooby-Doo Team-Up volumes, you can tell the creators had a lot of fun making this. There are a few stand-out scenes that are a lot of fun, but it's not something I would recommend.
Ahh...this book was the funniest in the series. It was so good. I can't believe that it got over so early. I miss it already. I want to read more Scooby-doo mysteries and I hope to try them all soon.
In this volume Scooby and the gang team-up with Supergirl, Blue Falcon & Dynomutt, Justice Society of America, Swamp Thing, Penelope Pitstop & The Anthill Mob, Congorilla & Detective Chimp, and Doom Patrol. Good clean fun for all ages.
This series keep me laughing with all the characters the gang team with. Lots of heroes and villains, some of them I didn’t even remembered, a must read for people who enjoyed Old comics and cartoons
I loved this book! With all the kooky characters they team up with mixed with the gang makes a great, funny comic. Most definitely recommend, it is very good and has great illustrations.