Chupacabra-Cadabra

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Chupacabra-Cadabra
Description
Part of	Scooby-Doo! #130
# of pages	8
Writer	Keith C. Champagne
Penciler	Scott Neely
Inker	Scott Neely
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Randy Gentile
Editor	Jeanine Schaefer
Chronology
Previous story	Snacks on a Plane
Next story	Worse Than a Curse

Chupacabra-Cadabra is the first of four stories 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.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Villains:

• Chupacabra ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(disguise)}/
• Accomplice ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(redeemed)}
• Roberto ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}
• Francesca ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}

Other characters:

• Magic show audience ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Senorita 1 ^{(only appearance)}
• Senorita 2 ^{(only appearance)}

Locations

• Mexico
  • Desert
    • El Roberto's Grande Fiesta Del Magico (The Great Roberto's Magical Party)
    • Campfire
    • Mysterious building
      • Shaggy's surprise birthday party

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Roberto	He knew all about the ancient legends of the monsterous El Chupacabras.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Fred Jones Daphne Blake Velma Dinkley Roberto Francesca Accomplice as Chupacabra	They were all trying to distract Shaggy whilst they set up a surprise birthday party for him at a mysterious building out in the desert.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo! Where Are You? #41 (January 2014).

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.