Gridiron Ghoul (story)

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Gridiron Ghoul (story)
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	November 2005
Part of	Scooby-Doo #102
# of pages	6
Writer	John Rozum
Penciler	Leo Batic
Inker	Horacio Ottolini
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Travis Lanham
Editor	Michael Siglain
Chronology
Previous story	You Do Voodoo Dolls
Next story	Super-Duper Superstitions

Gridiron Ghoul is a story in Scooby-Doo #102, by DC Comics.

Premise

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Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Coach Tim Sample ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Gridiron Ghoul ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(concession stand worker's disguise)}
• Concession stand worker ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Other characters:

• Bisons ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Other football team ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Football fans ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Football stadium
  • Football field
  • Hallway
  • Locker room
  • Equipment room

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• None

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Coach Tim Sample	He thought if his team lost he would be fired and free to coach someplace else.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Concession stand worker as the Gridiron Ghoul	To get back the jewels he stole.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #21 (May 2012).

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

In "Gridiron Ghoul" Rozum has Mystery Inc. tackle a Fieldgoal Fantomas, and he gives the reader an extra kick by laying out a very clever red herring. Rozum furthermore carries a theme through the tale in which armchair--or bleacher--detective work provide the necessary clues to find the answers to two questions.

Leo Batic--known for his Pinky and the Brain work--gives the Gang good scale and score. In fact it doesn't matter who is drawing Scooby-Doo and "those meddling kids." Joe Staton, Scott McRae, Leo Batic, Horacio Ottolini, Houngun meister Robert Pope and far from hayseed Pablo Zamboni acquit the Gang consistently and to the model of the cartoons.