Barnstormin' Banshee

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Barnstormin' Banshee
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	August 2002
Part of	Scooby-Doo #63
# of pages	10
Writer	Robbie Busch
Penciler	Anthony Williams
Inker	Jeff Albrecht
Colorer	Paul Becton
Letterer	Tom Orzechowski
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	The Dragon's Eye Part 4: The Mask in Damascus
Next story	The Dragon's Eye Part 5: The Kali of the Wild!

Barnstormin' Banshee is the first of two stories in Scooby-Doo #63, by DC Comics. It was followed by The Dragon's Eye Part 5: The Kali of the Wild!.

Premise

The farm belonging to Shaggy's cousin Jamison P. Willikers is being run out of business by a banshee flying an old biplane.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Jamison P. Willikers ^{(only appearance)}
• Betsy Willikers ^{(only appearance)}
• Willikers sons ^{(only appearance)}
• Farmer Gortly ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Barnstorming Banshee ^{(only appearance)(Kirk Hammley's disguise)}
• Kirk Hammley ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}
• Jenny Willikers ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}

Other characters:

• Great Grandpa Willikers ^{(only appearance)(portrait)(deceased)}

Locations

• Willikers Farm
• Gortley Farm

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• Barnstorming Banshee's plane

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Great Grandpa Willikers (as a ghost)	Angry at the family for all being farmers instead of great airmen.
Farmer Gortly	To drive the rival Willikers off their farm.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Kirk Hammley as the Barnstorming Banshee Jenny Willikers	So they could be married in a church instead of eloping.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo Annual 2004 (UK)

Miscellaneous

• Disguises:
• Traps:
• Scooby Snacks bribe:
• "Ruh-roh" count:
• "Zoinks" count:
• "Jeepers" count:
• "Jinkies" count:

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

This issue would have been another perfect Scooby-Doo had Robbie Busch's story made sense. The motive of a cleverly created ghost lacks the umph to keep the story aloft. Nevertheless, the Banshee is a neat update. The plane takes the place of spectral flight and makes his displacement from Scotland more believable.

Anthony Williams and Jeff Albrecht make the Banshee suitably ghoulish with a too wide grin and fire-red eyes as flight goggles. They nicely render the cast, and because the mystery involves Shaggy's cousin, they make his appearance Shaggy-like but not his demeanor.