Scooby-Doo and the Mystery, Inc. gang celebrate 50 years of spooks, scares and silliness in this all-ages collection of stories from the pages of SCOOBY-DOO #1, 10, 35, 68 and 72, SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP #2, 5 7, 8, 9, 12, 18, 37 and 40, and SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #48, 51, 54, 71, 78, 79, 83, 85! Includes appearances by Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Swamp Thing, the Flintstones, the Jetsons, and a whole menagerie of super pets!
Here's a huge collection of Scooby-Doo comics, giving the reader over 400 pages of fun. Probably not the scariest start to my Halloween reading, but certainly the most fun.
When I started fourth grade, I was all about educational media. Every weekday, I came home from school and watched Bill Nye and Wishbone. The only Saturday morning show I watched was Wheel 2000, a short-lived kiddie version on Wheel of Fortune that even some of my family members--who were adults, mind you--hated. I was proud that the computer games I played practically every day on my System 7 Mac were by developers such as Humongous Entertainment, The Learning Company, and Brøderbund, and I looked down on anyone who owned a video game console, because Nintendo and Sega weren't educational.
That went on for months...until that May, when I discovered a little show called Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Though it wasn't educational, I loved it, and watched it every chance I got; I was so proud of my fandom that I brought all three shirts I had with that mystery-solving Great Dane on them to church camp, though I unfortunately lost my favorite one. (That thing was glow-in-the-dark! To this day, I still wish I had that thing; it was so big, it might still fit me!) My family members, friends, and even teachers were bombarded with references to Scooby-Doo; even on writing assignments, I would make an allusion to it whenever possible. That obsession continued throughout fifth grade and even sixth grade; at one point, it was combined with Mork & Mindy, but, when that Robin Williams sitcom got taken off of Fox Family's lineup, I became all about "those meddling kids" and Pokémon.
Though I'm long past my obsessive days, I will always have a special place in my heart for Scooby-Doo, as long as it's done right; some of the recent cartoons--both in print and on television--have been garbage, and are an insult to the legacy of Hanna and Barbera. However, the comics here are true to the original episodes, and have fabulous artwork and fun stories. When you add in superheroes and other Saturday morning staples to the mix, you definitely have a winner.
I recently signed up for a library card in another city to be able to use the Hoopla app; my local 'berry doesn't have that service. I've read some great comics on that app, but this has to be the best. What's funny is: I was just typing random things in the app's search box when I found this!
EDIT: As good as this is, rereading this made me want to lower my score from five stars to four. Why? Two reasons: First off, some of the issues contained here feature ugly artwork; even the graphics from the old-school Hanna-Barbera cartoons put them to shame. Second off, a few issues had moments that bothered me: a séance, a monster that looks like and is referred to as the devil, etc. I must have been so nostalgic when I first read this that I failed to think anything of those problems; if I'd thought about them, I wouldn't have given this a perfect score. Still, compared to most modern comic omnibuses I've read, this is Disney clean.
I was five years old when Scooby Doo first aired, and I loved the show. The goofy Great Dane and his teenage sleuth friends were a Saturday morning staple for me, and I never outgrew my fondness for them.
So, I savored one adventure per night in this omnibus edition, which contained 50 years' worth of Scooby comics. With guest heroes like Wonder Woman or Batman, or beloved Hanna-Barbera characters like the Flintstones and the Jetsons, showing up from time to time, you just never knew what to expect next from "those meddling kids.
This book put a much-needed smile on my face; I loved every minute of it.
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.
Várias histórias são bem divertidas, mas sem nenhuma profundidade. Eu não esperava um quadrinho super cabeça, mas algo que gerasse no mínimo um gostinho de mistério. Muitos dos vilões apareciam do nada sem sabemos quem são. E alguns dos mistérios eram tão bestas que nem valia a pena ler.
I have loved Scooby my whole life and this collection is a good and fun way to get those childhood feelings back. There are some old fashioned creepy and silly fun content within and if you like comics then I recommend this book.
The stories were great. Some of them seemed very rushed though. The tv shows will at least show more process of finding clues, whereas in the comics, the gang figures out just by one or two panels and that’s it. But I guess the comics have to be short? Other times, they just unmask the person and don’t know who the person is (in the tv shows, they know who the culprit is). Again, could be just to surprise readers?
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. Since this is a collection, the art style has a few variations. It contains some of the crossovers like Supergirl, Harley Quinn, and The Flintstones.
I’ve always loved Scooby Doo and the gang. They have always been my favourite mystery team. Wanted to read for the nostalgia of it.
Boy this did not disappoint. Designs were the design I grew up with in the early 2000s (1986-2004 versions I believe) and most of the belived villians from the tv show are present in this graphic novel too. The gang always knows what to do 😊
This was a wonderful memory of my childhood. I loved Scooby-doo when I was younger. It was interesting to see them with other cartoons from my childhood as well.
Good color artwork. Old Scooby. New Scooby. Scooby team ups. Over 400 pages of quality material. The time travel ones where Scooby meets the Flintstones and the Jetsons is probably my favorite.
The first cartoon I remember as a little boy was Scooby Doo back in the day. So reading a lot of stories of the Mistery Inc gang just take me away to my childhood. Enjoyed this one
This volume contains a collection of Scooby-Doo and the gang comics, with beautiful illustrations and funny short stories.
It reminded me of afternoons at my grandparents' house, eating cookies or pancakes that my grandmother had baked, while watching Scooby-doo when I came home from school.
3,9 stars. Some of the stories are pretty predictable and the mysteries lack... well, the mystery. Sometimes I knew who was behind the mask from the beginning, just because they were drawn suspicious. On the other hand, issues from Scooby-Doo Team-Up are awesome! In these crossovers you can see the gang solving cases with other Hanna Barbera characters and DC Superheroes. The formula works surprisingly well, I'm also going go buy every issue that were left out from this collection. Overall it was a nice read, it's perfect if you want to take a break from hardcore comic stuff.