Chupacabra-Cadabra

Chupacabra-Cadabra is a story in Scooby-Doo! #130 by DC Comics.

Premise
The gang uses the legend of the Chupacabra to distract Shaggy while they set up a surprise birthday party for him.

Reception
The first tale by Keith Champagne moves along swimmingly and while the careful reader can deduce the nature of this particular monster, the otherwise perfect story is hamstrung by an additional explanation that's completely unnecessary and contradictory to what's seen in the panels. Those panels by Scott Neely are perfectly laid out and filled with cute extras. El-Chup differs strongly from the reports given alleged eyewitnesses of the legendary goat-sucker. In Scooby-Doo, he looks like an Aztec werewolf, but given the mystery, the appearance of El-Chup is immaterial.