Li See Lion (story)

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Li See Lion
Description
Date published	February 1973
Part of	Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #16
# of pages	20
Penciler	Dan Spiegle
Inker	Dan Spiegle
Letterer	Bill Spicer
Chronology
Previous story	The Phantom Wolf
Next story	The Trail of the Wailing Ghost

Li See Lion is the single story in Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #16, by Gold Key Comics.

Premise

A Chinese New Year's tradition of a lion-costumed acrobat collecting payments for the common good of businesses has been turned into a protection racket.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• None

Villains:

• Li See Lion ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(Dr. Yang's disguise)}
• Dr. Yang ^{(only appearance)}
• Chang ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Patrons ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Wu Lung ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Sing Lee ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Chinatown, San Francisco
  • Tien Gardens
  • Wu Lung's Curios
  • Merchants Association of Chinatown ^{(flashback only)}
  • Sing Lee Imports

Objects

• Letter
• 100 dollar bill
• Fred's pocket flashlight
• Fortune cookies
• Tea
• Dr. Yang's college broad jump trophy
• Dragon chair

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Dr. Yang	To shake down other restaurants for protection money.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Dr. Yang as the Li See Lion Chang	To shake down other restaurants for protection money.

Notes/trivia

• This is the second consecutive story to have Scooby be requested for help by someone, after The Phantom Wolf.

Miscellaneous

• Disguises:
• Scooby Snacks bribe: 0.

Cultural references

• When Scooby jumps from one roof to the next, he's called "Super Scooby", in reference to Superman.

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo! Classic Comics: Vol. 1 CD-Rom (Sep 2009)

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• On page 5, panel 2, "Merchant's club" should be "Merchants' club", and "Merchants Association of China Town" should be "Merchants Association of Chinatown".

Quotes

Velma: Heh! It's the Chop Suey Scooby Phantom!