Howl in the Family

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Howl in the Family
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	April 2006
Part of	Scooby-Doo #107
# of pages	8
Writer	Sholly Fisch
Penciler	Robert Pope
Inker	Scott McRae
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Nick J. Napolitano
Editor	Michael Siglain
Chronology
Previous story	Danger-Prone Daphne
Next story	Shaggy and the Killer Sandwich

Howl in the Family is the first of four stories in Scooby-Doo #107, by DC Comics. It was followed by Shaggy and the Killer Sandwich, A Case for the Birds!, and the sequel of sorts, Howl's Well That Ends Well.

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:

• Ghastleys ^{(first appearance)}
  • Blanca ^{(first appearance)}
  • Renaldo ^{(first appearance)}
  • Rex ^{(first appearance)}
  • Tiny ^{(first appearance)}
  • Grandma Freezia ^{(first appearance)}

Villains:

• Ghostly real estate salesmen ^{(only appearance)(Real estate salesmen's disguise)}
• Real estate salesmen ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Cian ^{(only appearance)}

Locations

• Ghastley mansion

Objects

• Mailbox
• Shaggy's jacket
• Shaggy's shoes
• Shaggy's socks

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

• None

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Real estate salesmen as the Ghostly real estate salesmen	They wanted to buy the Ghastley home but the Ghastleys wouldn't sell it.

Notes/trivia

• This story introduces the Ghastleys, a family of sideshow freaks who will appear in other stories (Howling Good Time, Family Plot, and Family Gathering).

Reception

In "Howl in the Family," Sholly Fisch has Scoob and the Gang come to the aid of the Ghastleys. This leads to some fine displays of Shaggy and Scooby terrified out of their wits all courtesy by reliable Scooby-Doo artists Robert Pope and Scott McCrae.

The quick reactions of Shaggy and Scooby however turn out to be all for a case of mistaken identity. The obvious ghouls are actually the Ghastleys--this will come to no surprise to anybody who has seen the Flintstones. Sholly though plays by the rules of the Scooby-Doo cosmos. Everything must have a rational explanation, and he provides a good one explaining the Ghastleys. The real fake ghosts, if you catch my drift, are much more frightening figures.