Mystery Macabre

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Mystery Macabre
Description
Part of	Scooby-Doo! #83
# of pages	10
Writer	Frank Strom
Penciler	Leo Batic
Inker	Horacio Ottolini
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Nick J. Napolitano
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	You'll Never Lurk In This Town Again
Next story	Curse Of The Irate Pirate

Mystery Macabre is a story in Scooby-Doo! #83 by DC Comics.

Premise

Scooby and the gang are backstage for the filming of the Mystery Macabre TV show. The show is being haunted by a ghost that is sabotaging the star of the show, Evil Ella. The gang snoop around to learn that the entire stage crew was behind the haunting. They were unhappy with the way Ella changed their parking spots and cut their pay.

Characters

Character
Scooby-Doo
Shaggy Rogers
Fred Jones
Daphne Blake
Velma Dinkley
Evil Ella
Cousin Tedd (Fred's cousin)

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Suspect	Motive/reason

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Culprit	Motive/reason

Reception

The second story also deals with Hollywood, but it lacks the insiders eye evinced by John Rozum. Still it's a pleasant tale featuring an Elvira-like horror hostess that bedazzles the usually unflappable Shaggy. This scene incidentally does not contradict the scene in Rozum's mystery where Shaggy and Scoob express their distaste for romance movies.

The artwork by Batic while slightly off model is often interesting in through a choice of unusual camera angles. Batic for instance in one panel takes a bird's eye/slanted view of the Gang's investigation. He also creates some pretty gruesome masks for our "ghosts" to wear.

Rozum's mystery while a little obvious is still a perfect Scooby-Doo caper with classic characterization and nuances of character growth. Frank Strom provides admirable backup that probably could have been just a little more fairplay.