Night of the Jinkies

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Night of the Jinkies
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	June 2005
Part of	Scooby-Doo #97
# of pages	8
Writer	Ivan Velez, Jr.
Penciler	Joe Staton
Inker	Jeff Albrecht
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Nick J. Napolitano
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	Big Game Haunter
Next story	Yo Ho Haunted

Night of the Jinkies is a story in Scooby-Doo #97, by DC Comics.

Premise

Shaggy's Uncle Shug's construction project has been haunted by a horde of strange glowing creatures.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Uncle Shug ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Jinkies ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(redeemed)}
• Mayor's wife ^{(only appearance)(redeemed)}

Other characters:

• Construction workers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Uncle Shoogy ^(mentioned)
• Mayor ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Scientist ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Kids ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Judge ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Kids at Jinkie Jungle ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Construction site
  • Old Factory Jinkies: Space Monkeys
• Jinkie Jungle Official Sanctuary and Petting Zoo

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• Bulldozer

Suspects

• None

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Former mayor's wife	Raising the Jinkies underground to preserve them.

Continuity

• Uncle Shoogy appeared in The Monster of Shoogy Cove.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

In the first story, the source of Velma's famous exclamation gets multiple furry faces. The mystery is a clever little piece that makes use of classic pop culture staples--sea monkeys and some actual science--always welcome.

The Gang read as perfect-pitch characterization, and a real prevalent crime can be found in the center of the story.

Joe Staton of course does his usual fantastic job when illustrating the Gang. This issue he gets the chance to show a flashback of Daphne Blake as a kid, and the incarnation naturally bears a dead-on resemblance to the young Daphne seen in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, one of the less awful spin-offs of the show. Hey, at least Scrappy wasn't in it.