Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #7 [Direct Sales]

(May 2011)

The Goal Line Ghost of Terrible Terry (Table of Contents: 1)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Scott Gross (credited)

Pencils

Scott Gross (credited)

Inks

Scott Gross (credited)

Colors

David A. Rodriguez (credited as David Rodriguez)

Letters

Travis Lanham (credited)

Job Number

DCCO23715

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sunday afternoon...

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Daphne Blake; Velma Dinkley; Scooby-Doo; Fred Jones; Shaggy Rogers; Marty the Maniac (Clevertown sports radio host); Clevertown sports radio program director; Terrible Terry Harris; Susan Stewart

Synopsis

The phantom voice of Terrible Terry Harris, now-deceased Pittaland football star and loathed rival of the Clevertown football team, overrides the broadcast of a Clevertown sports talk radio show each night with trash-talk from the great beyond.

Keywords

football; mystery; parody or tribute references; phantom voice; sports radio

Indexer Notes

"Terrible Terry Harris" is an amalgam of Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Franco Harris and quarterback Terry Bradshaw. "The Ridiculous Recovery" is a parody/tribute to "The Immaculate Reception", a forever celebrated 1972 pass play from Terry Bradshaw to Franco Harris via an indirect and unconventional route.

The basic structure of the name "Terrible Terry Harris" is derived from another Pittsburgh Steelers great, "Mean Joe Greene". "Marty the Maniac" may also be an amalgam of one-time New York sports radio host Chris "Mad-Dog" Russo" and former New York Giants and New York Jets broadcaster Marty Glickman. Susan Stewart, radio host of "Susan's Happy Home", is a parody/tribute to homemaking industry queen Martha Stewart.

Hanna-Barbera and Snoop Dog References combined with a Double Entendre: Shaggy and Scooby play "DJ" at the radio station:
SHAGGY: "That was JABBERJAW AND THE NEPTUNES on Shaggy 88 FM Clevertown. Next up in the studio we got a live set from DJ SCOOB DOGGY DOO--

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Scooby-Doo / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Jesse Leon McCann (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Andrew Pepoy (credited)

Colors

Paul Becton (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Editing

Dana Kurtin (credited) (original editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Egypt... At last! I've found it!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Daphne Blake; Velma Dinkley; Scooby-Doo; Fred Jones; Shaggy Rogers; Professor Henry Rogers (Shaggy's archeologist uncle); Habib (Professor Rogers' first assistant); two upset flight attendants; Ben Abi (executor of Professor Rogers' will); Omar (Professor Rogers' second assistant); Khyyam (Professor Rogers' third assistant); giant cobra

Synopsis

Shaggy's archeologist uncle, Professor Henry Rogers, has disappeared from the site of his Egyptian dig and is presumed dead. Shaggy is informed of this by telegram and is requested to come to Egypt for the reading of the professor's will. Once there, as the gang is awaiting the reading of the will, the professor's assistants and the will's executor suddenly vanish! Clues lead to a trio of walking mummies, a mysterious hooded duo, and one giant cobra.

Reprints

• from Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 series) #19 (February 1999)

Keywords

archeology; cobra; desert setting; Egypt; mummy; mystery; reading of a will