DC Comics Review: Scooby Doo, Where Are You? #80 By Philip Schweier April 5, 2017 - 08:24 Publisher(s): DC Comics Writer(s): Derek Fridolfs, Paul Kupperberg Artist(s): Randy Elliott, Fabio Laquna Colourist(s): Silvana Brys, Heroic Age Letterer(s): Saida Temofonte, Travis Lanham Cover Artist(s): Derek Fridolfs, Silvana Brys $2.99 As an all-ages book, Scooby Doo is usually better than most. This issue however is 50/50. “Wash, Rinse, Refreak” is a lame entry in the Scooby Doo canon, with no real list of suspects, nor a finger pointing in any one direction. A monster in the car wash, and Mystery Inc. captures him easy-peasy. The second entry, entitled “It’s a Mystery,” is a better selection, though it uses an unfair trope of the mystery genre. The Scooby gang has planned a surprise party for birthday girl Velma – complete with fake actors and a bogus murder plot to resolve. It’s based on her favorite author’s work, Cal Melvin Cullins (If that’s a nod to Max Allan Collins, I heartily approve). But Velma recognizes clues the reader can’t, because she’s read the books and we haven’t. Artwork is appropriately cartoony in the Hanna-Barbera style. It’s not something I’ve ever objected too, from the Golden age Captain Marvel to Kurt Schaffenberger’s stories of the 1960s to the more recent title based on the DC Animated Universe. It occurred to me the Scooby franchise was not among those featured in the Future Quest. But that may be due to grander plans. After all, too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. But who wouldn’t want to see Mystery Inc pay a visit to Quest Labs? © Copyright 2002-2020 by Toon Doctor Inc. - All rights Reserved. All other texts, images, characters and trademarks are copyright their respective owners. Use of material in this document (including reproduction, modification, distribution, electronic transmission or republication) without prior written permission is strictly prohibited.