Prelude to Disaster!

Prelude to Disaster! is the single story in Scooby Apocalypse #24, by DC Comics.

Premise
Waiting around for the two groups of consumerites to kill each other is not working, so Fred and Daphne investigate, during which, Fred makes his final marriage proposal.

Synopsis
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Characters
Main characters:
 * Fred Jones
 * Daphne Blake

Supporting characters:
 * Shaggy Rogers
 * Dr. Velma Dinkley
 * Daisy Dinkley

Villains:
 * Consumerites
 * Monsters outside mall

Other characters:
 * Cliffy
 * Scooby-Doo
 * Rufus T. Dinkley
 * Mrs. Blake
 * Bud Abbott
 * Lou Costello
 * Mrs. Valdez
 * Cliffy's mom
 * Cliffy's dad
 * Moe Howard
 * Shemp Howard
 * Ned Blake

Locations

 * New York
 * Albany
 * Henry Hudson Mall
 * Mears
 * Candytown
 * CJNickel
 * Upstate New York
 * The Complex

Objects

 * Velma's goggles
 * Emotigoggles
 * Fred's camcorder

Vehicles

 * Mystery Machine

Full credits
The following credits try to match how they are displayed in the comic as much as possible:
 * Keith Giffen: Plot-Meister
 * J.M. DeMatteis: Word-Meister
 * Patrick Olliffe: Pencil-Meister
 * Tom Nguyen and Andy Owens: Ink-Meisters
 * Hi-Fi: Color-Meister
 * Travis Lanham: Letter-Meister
 * Liz Erickson: Assistant-Meister
 * Jill Thompson: Cover-Meister
 * Trevore Hairsine and Antoine Fabela: Variant-Meisters
 * Harvey Richards: Meister
 * Jim Chadwick: Meister of Meisters

Continuity

 * Cliffy's still getting over the attack he and Scooby faced in the previous story.
 * Shaggy took a job at the Complex in When Shaggy Met Scooby!
 * Daphne punched Shaggy in the nose in the previous story.
 * Fred admits to himself that he's attracted to Daisy since they bonded in Left Behind.
 * Fred compares Daphne and Velma to Moe and Shemp Howard, respectively.
 * Shaggy feels a "disturbance in the force" and a "glitch in the Matrix", references to the films Star Wars and The Matrix, respectively.

Notes/trivia

 * The solicit mentions how Fred & Daphne will fall in love, and that he will die, but neither of these things happen.
 * Daisy's maiden name is revealed to be Valdez.
 * Daphne Blake's Mysterious Mysteries has had at least ninety-two episodes.
 * Fred mentions in a flashback how they uncovered phony headless ghost with an axe which is a reference to the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode.
 * Daphne's middle name is revealed to be Ann.

Miscellaneous

 * "Ruh-roh" count: 1.
 * "Zoinks" count: 0.
 * "Jeepers" count: 0.
 * "Jinkies" count: 0.

Cultural references

 * Shaggy mentions the plays Les Miserables and Fiddler on the Roof, the latter of which he played Tevye in his junior year of high.
 * CJNickels and Mears are parodies of J.C. Penney and Sears, respectively.
 * Shaggy refers to Daphne and Velma as Abbott and Costello.

Coloring mistakes

 * None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

 * The Mystery Machine suddenly has "Mystery Machine" written on the side, but it's unclear if this has been added by the team or not.