Scooby-Doo #19 [Newsstand]

(February 1999)

The Curse of the Scary Scarab (Table of Contents: 1)

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)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

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

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; 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

• in Scooby-Doo (DC, 2003 series) #4 - The Big Squeeze ([April] 2005)
• in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series) #7 (May 2011)

Keywords

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

Psychic Psyche-Out! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Joe Edkin (credited)

Pencils

John Delaney (credited)

Inks

Dave Cooper (credited)

Colors

Paul Becton (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It was really generous to bring us to England with you, Cecelia.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Cecelia Fogbottom; various exhibitors and attendees of the "Bath, England Psychic Fair"; Wanda the Wise (psychic); waitress at the Susie Lynn House; Susie Lynn the Ghost of Bath; Inspector Morris

Synopsis

Elderly Cecelia Fogbottom, who "lived next to Shaggy's parents since he was a boy", takes the gang with her to Bath, England, to find the treasure she lost in Bath as a young woman. Convinced that Bath had "its very own ghost", Cecelia seeks a psychic to contact the ghost in the hope that the ghost can lead her to her lost treasure. The gang remains skeptical, until the trail of Cecelia's past leads to an encounter with Susie Lynn the Ghost of Bath.

Reprints

• in Scooby-Doo Spooky Spectacular 2000 (DC, 2000 series) #1 (October 2000)
• in Scooby-Doo (DC, 2003 series) #4 - The Big Squeeze ([April] 2005)
• in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series) #8 (June 2011)

Keywords

England; ghost; lost treasure; mystery; psychic; skepticism; unlocking memories

Indexer Notes

Cecelia *really was generous* (as described in the "First Line of Dialogue" above) considering that the Mystery Machine was also brought to England. It can be seen in the first panel. As it does not factor into the story, and is not seen beyond that first panel, might this be an art blooper?

Nice Page Layout: Page three consists of five horizontal panels, each the width of the page (except for margins). The top three panels show Fred, Velma, and Daphne each casually and matter-of-factly debunking the various psychics at the fair, while the lower two panels show Cecelia taking her selected psychic seriously.

Scooby's Mystery Mail (Table of Contents: 3)

Scooby's Mystery Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

They said it could never happen... a letters column in three consecutive issues!

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Keywords

letters of comment; repurposed art

Indexer Notes

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.