SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #107 (2010)
DC COMICS – @DCComics
STORY: Derek Fridolfs; John Rozum
PENCILS: Randy Elliot; Cameron Stewart
INKS: Randy Elliot; Andrew Pepoy
COLORS: Pamela Lovas; Paul Becton
LETTERS: Saida Temofonte; John Costanza
EDITORS: Courtney Jordan; Joan Hilty (reprint)
COVER: Derek Fridolfs with Pamela Lovas
32pp, Color, $2.99 U.S. (February 2021)
Ages 8+
“Striking Terror”
Welcome, dear readers, to my continuing journey through the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? comic book series, which began publication in 2010. I renewed my subscription (for a second time), and this is the ninth issue of my third subscription run that I have received.
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #107 opens with “Striking Terror,” which is written by Derek Fridolfs and drawn by Randy Elliot. Mystery Inc.: Scooby-Doo, Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, and Velma solved “The Mystery of the Terror-Dactyl” a day earlier. Now, it's time for a day off, and the Coolsville bowling alley is the place to be on a Friday night.
The gang aren't the only ones that feel that way because “Coolsville Bowl” is packed. However, electrical problems are causing the bowling pins on several lanes to freeze, which means the kids are going to have to wait for a lane to open up for them. Lanes may become available soon though, as the the ghostly and headless “Skulldugger” is haunting the place. Using his bowling ball, which glows with a cackling green skull inside, the Skulldugger wants everyone to leave the bowling alley. Looks like Mystery Inc. will have a mystery to solve after all
The second story, “Witch Pitch,” is, as usual, a reprint story and is written by John Rozum and drawn by Cameron Stewart and Andrew Pepoy. [This story was originally published as the back-up story in Scooby-Doo #37 (cover date: August 2000).] Once again, Scooby and company are looking for an opportunity to sit down and have some fun. This time they are at Maize Field for a game featuring Fred's favorite baseball team, the Nebraska Corndogs. The evening is nearly ruined when a witch flies in on her broom and puts a curse on Corndogs pitcher Hector Martinez, just as she recently did to his teammate, “Spanky” Schultz. Time to chase a witch!
Ever since I first started watching the seminal Scooby-Doo Saturday morning cartoon, “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” (1969-70), so many decades ago, I have been a fan of the green-hued specters and haunts that Mystery Inc. has chased. “Striking Terror” is an average story as the stories in this series go, but I love the look of the Skulldugger as drawn by Randy Elliot and colored by Pamela Lovas.
“Witch Pitch” is a good story, and I would would like to see it adapted into one of those direct-to-DVD films that Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has been releasing since 1998's Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island. Also, I think this is the first time that I have come across the idea that Fred is a baseball fan and that the kids like to bowl.
So, I recommend Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #107 to fans of Scooby-Doo haunted sports stories. And until next time, Scooby-Dooby-Doo!
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6 out of 10
Reviewed by Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You"
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