Scooby-Doo #122 [Newsstand]
(September 2007)

DC, 1997 Series
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Price
2.25 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
2007
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [swirl - Johnny DC]
Barcode
070989309470 09

Issue Notes

No editor credited in indicia. Editors are credited for the individual stories, but not for the issue overall.

Fred is in his "ascot-less" outfit, as seen in the TV series What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-2006), as this issue was influenced by the run of that series.

This is a Fourth of July/Independence Day themed issue, with the first two Scooby-Doo stories centering on the subject.
This issue is a variant of Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 series) #122 [Direct Sales].

4th of July Spook Out! (Table of Contents)

Scooby-Doo / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Robert Pope (signed)
Inks
Scott McRae (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy
Synopsis
Shaggy barbecue stirs up some scary smoke.
Keywords
barbecue; smoke
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Cover gallery

Let Liberty Scream! (Table of Contents: 1)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Cunningham (credited)
Pencils
Scott Jeralds (credited)
Inks
Dan Davis (credited)
Colors
Heroic Age (credited)
Letters
Mike Sellers (credited)
Editing
Jeanine Schaefer (credited) (editor)
Job Number
DCSD7133
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Just think, Shaggy - the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia - it's one of America's most beloved icons.
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; The Spirit of '76; security guard; Professor Chapel; visitors to the Liberty Bell
Synopsis
The Spirit of '76, a ghost in the form of a Revolutionary War Minuteman, causes panic at the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia at an Independence Day celebration.
Keywords
ghost; Independence Day; Liberty Bell; maze; Minuteman; mystery; Philadelphia; reader participation; Revolutionary War

Indexer Notes

2/3 of page six is comprised of a maze in the shape of the Liberty Bell, through which readers must guide Scooby-Doo and Shaggy as they run from The Spirit of '76.

Accompanying text reads as follows: "Man, running blind through all those hallways - it's just like being lost in a giant maze. Can you help Shag and Scoob get away from 'The Spirit of '76'? HINT: The place that looks the most dangerous is exactly where Shag and Scoob should hide... if they every want to crack this case."

At the end of the maze is a door marked "DANGER", where Scooby-Doo and Shaggy end up at the top of page seven.

As was somewhat common of the Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 series) title of the time, a maze puzzle is inserted into the story.

Scooby's Mini-Mysteries: Franklin, My Dear... (Table of Contents: 2)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch (credited)
Pencils
Scott Jeralds (credited)
Inks
Jorge Pacheco (credited) (miscredited as "penciler")
Colors
Heroic Age (credited)
Letters
Mike Sellers (credited)
Editing
Jeanine Schaefer (credited) (editor)
Job Number
DCSD7132
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There it is -- one of America's greatest landmarks, Independence Hall!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Benjamin Franklin; Willie Morris (agent); visitors to Independence hall; reporters; security guard
Synopsis
Benjamin Franklin suddenly appears at Independence Hall in 2007, causing quite a stir, with a pushy agent in tow looking to sign up endorsement deals.
Reprints
Keywords
agent; Benjamin Franklin; inaccurate creator credits; Independence Hall; mystery; Philadelphia; reader participation

Indexer Notes

Inker Jorge Pacheco is miscredited as a "penciller", leaving the story with two credited pencillers and no credited inker.

Willie Morris, self-proclaimed agent for the returned-from-the-dead Benjamin Franklin, is a pun on the famous William Morris Talent Agency.

Per Wikipedia: "The William Morris Agency (WMA) was a Hollywood-based talent agency. It represented some of the best-known 20th-century entertainers in film, television, and music. During its 109-year tenure it came to be regarded as the 'first great talent agency in show business'. In April 2009, WMA announced it would merge with the Endeavor Talent Agency to form William Morris Endeavor. William Morris Endeavor was renamed WME-IMG in 2013, then Endeavor in October 2017."

Readers are asked to try to solve the mystery along with the Scooby Gang, per this caption in the final panel: "How did they know "Ben Franklin" was a fake? Try to spot the telltale clue. Then turn to the end of this issue to see if you're right!"

What Are You Afraid Of? (Table of Contents: 3)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Cunningham (credited)
Pencils
Dan Davis (credited)
Inks
Dan Davis (credited)
Colors
Heroic Age (credited)
Letters
Mike Sellers (credited)
Editing
Michael Siglain (credited) (editor)
Job Number
DCSD7370
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, man, it's a giant sp-sp-sp...
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma
Synopsis
Velma tells Shaggy and Scooby of many different types of fears.
Reprints
Keywords
fears

Indexer Notes

Nicely educational in its approach, Velma discusses seven different specialized types of fear - with Fred introducing one more, as well as a final additional fear named by the story's closing caption - for a total of NINE separate types of fear. Any susceptible readers could possibly be triggered into a case of Arithmophobia or Numerophobia (both names for a "fear of numbers") by this totaling - which, when added to these NOTES, bring the fear-count to an even TEN.

Museum Mayhem (Table of Contents: 4)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Darryl Kravitz (credited as Darryl Taylor Kravitz)
Pencils
Robert Pope (credited)
Inks
Scott McRae (credited)
Colors
Heroic Age (credited)
Letters
Mike Sellers (credited)
Editing
Jeanine Schaefer (credited) (editor)
Job Number
DCSD7182
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahhhhh!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Mr. Daniels (museum curator); Mr Gracen (former museum curator); lots of panicked museum patrons; two police officers
Synopsis
Hideous phantom conquistadors frighten folks away from a museum.
Reprints
Keywords
awkward-presentation-of-story-title; brevity-of-story; conquistadors; museum; mystery

Indexer Notes

The title, written across a "floating scroll" at the top of the opening splash panel, actually reads: "In Museum Mayhem" - as if the name of Scooby-Doo (or a Scooby-Doo logo) would have preceded it, making it "Scooby-Doo in Museum Mayhem".

The extreme brevity of this story (4-pages) gives the phantom conquistadors - and the very plot itself - no buildup whatsoever. They appear in only FOUR PANELS, the opening splash and a three-panel denouement - and are not even named as such, leaving one to believe that the story underwent some "evolution" during the creative or editorial processes.

Scooby's Mini-Mysteries: Flour Power (Can you solve it before Scooby and the Gang?) (Table of Contents: 5)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch (credited)
Pencils
Scott Jeralds (credited)
Inks
Jorge Pacheco (credited)
Colors
Heroic Age (credited)
Letters
Mike Sellers (credited)
Editing
Jeanine Schaefer (credited) (editor)
Job Number
DCSD7132
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get out! This bakery is closed -- forever!
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Velma; ghost-baker; Mister Canoli (bakery owner)
Synopsis
A rolling-pin wielding ghost-baker is driving Mister Canoli's bakery to the point of going out of business.
Reprints
Keywords
bakery; ghost; mystery; reader participation

Indexer Notes

Fred and Daphne do not appear in this story.

Readers are asked to try to solve the mystery along with the Scooby Gang, per this caption in the final panel: "Did you catch the clue that the ghost was Mister Canoli? Take another look, then turn to the end of this issue to see if you're right!"

Scooby's Mini-Mysteries -- Solved! (Table of Contents: 6)

Scooby-Doo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sholly Fisch (credited)
Pencils
Scott Jeralds (credited)
Inks
Jorge Pacheco (credited)
Colors
Heroic Age (credited)
Letters
Mike Sellers (credited)
Editing
Jeanine Schaefer (credited) (editor)
Job Number
DCSD7132
First Line of Dialogue or Text
How did you know he wasn't really Ben Franklin's ghost?
Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
Characters
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Benjamin Franklin; Willie Morris (agent); police officer; reporter; security guard; Mister Canoli (bakery owner)
Synopsis
The answers to the two Scooby's Mini-Mysteries: "Franklin, My Dear..." and "Flour Power".
Reprints
Keywords
answers; fourth-wall-breaking; ghosts; mysteries; reader participation

Indexer Notes

The gang actually deliver their version of a "Spoiler Warning" in the middle-tier of this three-tiered page of answers, as they pop out from behind a huge stop sign:

SHAGGY: "Stop! Don't keep reading! First, go back and read the mystery called "Flour Power".
DAPHNE: "Then turn back to this page to check your answer!"

Editing
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Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. 4th of July Spook Out!
    Scooby-Doo
  2. 1. Let Liberty Scream!
    Scooby-Doo
  3. 2. Scooby's Mini-Mysteries: Franklin, My Dear...
    Scooby-Doo
  4. 3. What Are You Afraid Of?
    Scooby-Doo
  5. 4. Museum Mayhem
    Scooby-Doo
  6. 5. Scooby's Mini-Mysteries: Flour Power (Can you solve it before Scooby and the Gang?)
    Scooby-Doo
  7. 6. Scooby's Mini-Mysteries -- Solved!
    Scooby-Doo
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