Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #80 [Direct Sales]

(June 2017)

Wash, Rinse, Refreak! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Derek Fridolfs (credited)

Pencils

Randy Elliott (credited)

Inks

Randy Elliott (credited)

Colors

Silvana Brys (credited)

Letters

Saida Temofonte (credited)

Editing

Rob Levin (credited) (editor)

Job Number

DCCO38898

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I had a claim on that land. And I would've gotten away with it too, if you lousy kids hadn't come along.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; unmasked villain who posed as The Bog Beast; state trooper I; car wash owner; The Clean Fiend; angry customer; berated car wash worker; Walt (rival car wash owner heard on phone call); state trooper II

Synopsis

After unmasking "The Bog Beast" in some mucky swampland, the gang takes the slime-covered Mystery Machine to a car wash. As the van moves through the sudsy water-pressured works and great whirling brushes, Scooby spots a tentacled, cyclopean brush monster dubbed "The Clean Fiend". A second run through the wash proves the existence of The Clean Fiend to the rest of the gang, who characteristically vow to get to the bottom of this mystery.

Keywords

car wash; monster; mystery; Mystery Machine

Indexer Notes

Good Bit of the "Surprised-They-Got-Away-With-It-Variety":
SHAGGY (upon first seeing the brush monster through the soapy waters): "Zoinks! It's The Clean Fiend! Like, it SUDS to be us!"

New story.

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

Script

Paul Kupperberg (credited)

Pencils

Fabio Laguna (credited)

Inks

Fabio Laguna (credited)

Colors

Heroic Age (credited)

Letters

Travis Lanham (credited)

Editing

Harvey Richards (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Happy birthday, dear Velma! Happy birthday to... Huh?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; web-footed actor in shorts and a winter coat; Sally Gerber; Sally's mother; Sally's Uncle Howard; doorman; Sally's mother's maid; taxi driver; two police officers

Synopsis

The gang sets up a mock-mystery (complete with actors) for Velma to solve, leading her to a surprise birthday party in her honor. But, along the way, Velma becomes involved in a real mystery.

Reprints

• from Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 series) #155 (June 2010)

Keywords

birthday; chocolate; desperate search; frequently reprinted story; mystery; mystery novels; poison; surprise party

Indexer Notes

This story has been reprinted twice within the span of seven issues, in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series) #80 (June 2017), #86 (December 2017).

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