Scooby-Doo
#22
(May 1999)
- Price
- 1.99 USD; 3.25 CAD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1999-03-10
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
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DC [bullet]
- Barcode
- 761941211015 02211
- Editing
- Dana Kurtin (credited) (editor); Harvey Richards (credited) (assistant editor)
[Daphne Don't Cotton to These Candy Monsters]
Scooby-Doo / cover / 1 page
- Script
- Rurik Tyler (credited) (cover sketch idea)
- Pencils
- Joe Staton (credited) (signed as Staton)
- Inks
- Andrew Pepoy (credited) (signed as Pepoy)
- Colors
- Paul Becton (credited)
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Eeek! I think those cotton candy monsters are sweet on me!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Daphne; cotton candy monsters
Indexer Notes
Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.
Tyler, Staton, Pepoy, and Becton are all credited on the letters page. Staton and Pepoy have also signed the cover.
Goop on the Loose
Scooby-Doo / comic story / 12 pages
- Script
- Rurik Tyler (credited)
- Pencils
- Joe Staton (credited)
- Inks
- Andrew Pepoy (credited)
- Colors
- Paul Becton (credited)
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hortense, you're so beautiful in this light...
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Melvin (tunnel of love romantic hopeful); Hortense (not into Melvin); Mr. Tonklin (carnival boss); snack vendor; science genius kid; cotton candy monsters
- Synopsis
- Huge monsters made of cotton candy threaten the opening day celebration at a carnival.
- Reprints
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in Scooby-Doo (DC, 2003 series) #5 - Surf's Up! ([April] 2006)
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- Keywords
- carnival; cotton candy; monsters; mystery; roller coaster; tunnel of love
Indexer Notes
GOOD BIT: Daphne notes the boundless energy of these monsters made of cotton candy:
DAPHNE: "Those monsters sure are energetic!"
SHAGGY: "Must be all that SUGAR!"
The Curse of Wrangler Field!
Scooby-Doo / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Joe Edkin (credited) (as "Pitcher")
- Pencils
- Joe Staton (credited) (as "First Base")
- Inks
- Andrew Pepoy (credited) (as "Third Base")
- Colors
- Paul Becton (credited) (as "Shortstop")
- Letters
- John Costanza (credited) (as "Center Field")
- Editing
- Harvey Richards (as "Mascot"); Dana Kurtin (as "Coach")
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The excitement builds here at Wrangler Stadium!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery; sports
- Characters
- Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Mark McSosa; Midge Shaft (Chi-Town Sharks owner); George Delbert (owner of "The Boar and Whistle Tavern"); Eullabelle (George Delbert's pet boar); 1945 ticket booth clerk; The Ghost Boar; other team members of the Chi-Town Sharks
- Synopsis
- The Ghost Boar, a manifestation of a 1945 "curse", jeopardizes the Chi-Town Sharks first World Series since the placing of the curse in 1945.
- Reprints
- in Scooby-Doo Spooky Summer Special (DC, 2001 series) #1 (August 2001)
- in Scooby-Doo (DC, 2003 series) #5 - Surf's Up! ([April] 2006)
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- Keywords
- baseball; ghost; mystery; parody or tribute references; The Curse of the Billy Goat; World Series
Indexer Notes
"Chi-Town Sharks", "Wrangler Field", and "Mark McSosa" are homages to the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, and ballplayers Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire.
"Midge Shaft" is a parody/tribute to Marge Schott, noted and controversial owner of the Cincinnati Reds.
Also referenced is "The Curse of the Billy Goat" - Per Wikipedia: "The Curse of the Billy Goat was a sports curse that was supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball franchise in 1945, by Billy Goat Tavern owner William Sianis. The curse lasted 71 years, from 1945 to 2016. During game 4 of the 1945 World Series at Wrigley Field, Sianis's pet goat, named Murphy, was bothering other fans, and so the pair were asked to leave the stadium. Outraged, Sianis allegedly declared, "Them Cubs, they ain't gonna win no more," which had been interpreted to mean that the Cubs would never win another National League pennant, at least for the remainder of Sianis's life."
With its Sosa and McGwire homages, and beyond the boar, steroids may be the REAL "ghost" haunting this story from today's perspective. And even the "Pete Rose betting scandal" is touched upon.
The story's 1945 flashback scenes are suitably seen in black and white, with blue-gray tones.
Major League Baseball's "other" great curse, "The Curse of the Bambino”, was referenced in Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 Series #112 (November 2006) in the story "Eek-stra Innings". https://www.comics.org/issue/293983/#2774855
Scooby's Mystery Mail
Scooby's Mystery Mail / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's face it, Scooby's just the best-- and your letters prove it!
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma
- Keywords
- letters of comment; repurposed art
Indexer Notes
Letters and drawings from Eugene "Scooby" Weatherform, Kevin Tromp, Sonny Thomas and Matty Dewese.
Repurposed "clip-art" of Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma are scattered around the edges and margins of the page, as well as Scooby art submitted by readers.
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[Daphne Don't Cotton to These Candy Monsters]
Scooby-Doo -
1.
Goop on the Loose
Scooby-Doo -
2.
The Curse of Wrangler Field!
Scooby-Doo -
3.
Scooby's Mystery Mail
Scooby's Mystery Mail
- Bill Devine
- Jim Stangas
- Joe Torcivia
- Jim Van Dore
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