History is History

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History is History
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	February 2008
Part of	Scooby-Doo #129
# of pages	8
Writer	John Rozum
Penciler	Roberto Barrios Angelelli
Inker	Horacio Ottolini
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Brian Durniak
Editor	Jeanine Schaefer
Chronology
Previous story	A Town Called Vladsburg!
Next story	The Creature of Lagoona Beach

History is History is a story in Scooby-Doo #129, by DC Comics.

Premise

Is the ghost of John Wilkes Boothe haunting an innocent history professor? The gang wouldn't be so sure of that!

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Emily Cook ^{(only appearance)}
• Walter Cook ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Ghost of John Wilkes Booth ^{(only appearance)(Robert Mitchell's disguise)}
• Taylor ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}
• Robert Mitchell ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}

Other characters:

• Students ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Emily Cook's home
• School
  • Emily Cook's history class
  • Hallway

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• None

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Walter Cook	The ghost seemed to only appear when he was out on one of his walks or after he had gone up to bed.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Robert Mitchell as the Ghost of John Wilkes Booth Taylor	They were sure they wouldn't pass the exam so they tried to scare Mrs. Cook out of giving it to them.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #24 (August 2012).
• Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? #61 (September 2015).

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

John Rozum informs the reader about the life of John Wilkes Boothe. He plausibly connects the Gang to the professor and cleverly throws in a metafictional joke involving their eternal youth.

Rozum trips up our ghost with a perfect clue requiring the Gang's acumen. He also gives Scoob and his friends depth that pertains to their behavior outside of the trappings of the mystery. This is something I have always liked about Rozum's take on Mystery Inc. He imagines their life beyond that of unmasking fake ghosts.

Artists Roberto Barrios Angelelli and Horacio Ottolini mesh well to forge a spooky drama. They impressed so much that I almost thought Joe Staton had returned to the book.