Scooby-Doo #112 [Direct Sales]

(November 2006)

Eek-stra Innings (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Sholly Fisch (credited)

Pencils

Robert Pope (credited)

Inks

Scott McRae (credited)

Colors

Heroic Age (credited)

Letters

Mike Sellers (credited)

Job Number

DCSD383

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Welcome back, sports fans! Say, Dick – would you ever have bet that the Beantown Bombers would be this close to winning the playoffs?

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Dick and Vern (baseball play-by-play announcers); Sammy Dominguez (home run slugger); ghost of Rube Bluth (old-time baseball player); Coach Klass (Beantown Bombers manager); Longshot Loredo (Texas gambler); Coach Stage (Newark Colonials manager); various baseball players; various baseball fans

Synopsis

The sudden appearance of the ghost of old-time baseball player Rube Bluth unnerves slugger Sammy Dominguez and the rest of the Beantown Bombers team during a crucial playoff game.

Keywords

baseball; curse; ghost; parody or tribute references; rivalry

Indexer Notes

A cornucopia of actual and presumed references for baseball fans! The rivalry between Beantown Bombers and the Newark Colonials clearly refers to that of the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees. While Sammy Dominguez could correspond to Sammy Sosa, the character is more likely an analogue to Alex Rodriguez. The legend, and basis for this story, of the Beantown Bombers being “cursed” and not winning a playoff “…in almost one hundred years – not since they traded away Rube Bluth”, corresponds to the widely believed “Curse of the Bambino”, which supposedly fell upon the Boston Red Sox after trading the legendary Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. -- SPOILER ALERT: -- The Beantown Bombers finally defeat the Newark Colonials, breaking the curse in this 2006 story. The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees, breaking their own “curse” in 2004. -– END SPOILER ALERT --. The trade of Alex Rodriguez to the Boston Red Sox was nullified and A-Rod later signed with the New York Yankees – while, in this story, Sammy Dominguez is observed by Shaggy and Scooby surreptitiously discussing a move to the Newark Colonials with the Colonials manager. And, while not as indelibly associated with baseball as Vin Scully, announcers “Vern and Dick” are likely analogues (at least in name) to broadcasters Verne Lundquist and Dick Enberg.

Major League Baseball's "other" great curse, "The Curse of the Billy Goat”, was referenced in Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 Series #22 (May 1999) in the story "The Curse of Wrangler Field!". https://www.comics.org/issue/117830/?#1698544

Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Frank Strom (credited)

Pencils

Joe Staton (credited)

Inks

Dan Davis (credited)

Colors

Heroic Age (credited)

Letters

Mike Sellers (credited)

Job Number

DCSD384

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Not known for their tight familial ties, it is a rare occasion that the Lupyne Family holds a gathering.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Lucas Lupyne; various members of the Lupyne Family; Nancy Klew; Marcy Klew; werewolf

Synopsis

The gang investigates a werewolf sighting at the home of a wealthy family associated with a werewolf curse. In addition, Velma contends with Nancy Klew, a mystery writer, amateur detective – and contentious rival.

Keywords

curse; mystery; rivalry; werewolf

Indexer Notes

"Nancy Klew" is an aggressive and overblown parody/tribute to "Nancy Drew" of young readers' literature.

Dr. Krankenstone’s Monster (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Robbie Busch (credited)

Pencils

Scott Jeralds (credited)

Inks

Jeff Albrecht (credited)

Colors

Heroic Age (credited)

Letters

Mike Sellers (credited)

Job Number

DCSD385

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We finally made it to Krankonia.

Genre

humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery

Characters

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; monster (like the Frankenstein Monster); Sylvia Stroontz; Mayor Stroontz; Mrs Stroontz; Dr. Krankenstone; Hans Krankenstone; various villagers

Synopsis

A Frankenstein-like monster has kidnapped the daughter of the village mayor. Suspicions are cast on the reclusive Dr. Krankenstone and his son Hans.

Reprints

• in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series) #101 (December 2019)

Keywords

kidnapping; monster; old village