Reincarnation Ruckus! is the second of two stories in Scooby-Doo #7, by DC Comics. It was preceded by The Ogre of O'Hare.
Premise[]
Returning home to Coolsville, Mystery Inc. exposes a scam by "Madame Regresso," who seems to be able to uncover their past lives.
Synopsis[]
Mystery Inc. returns to Coolsville, but discovers that the citizens are all wearing bizarre costumes. Daphne's father reveals that a psychic, Madame Regresso, has appeared in town, revealing people's past lives. The citizens are wearing costumes reflecting their past selves, such as Daphne's father dressed as a pirate. So, Mystery Inc. visits Madame Regresso, believing her to be a fraud.
Madame Regresso shows a "vision screen" depicting each member of Mystery Inc.'s past lives. She reveals Shaggy's past life to be detective Jack Bivouac, Velma to be art forgery detective Trudy Stinestein, Fred to be a Stone Age warrior named the Lord of the Jungle, Daphne to be ancient Greek warrior Atalanta, and Scooby to be the Saber-Toothed Dane, a prehistoric hunter. Suddenly, Scooby smells chips and follows the scent behind the vision screen, revealing it to be a computer simulation.
Madame Regresso is unmasked and revealed to be Mr. Cody, the owner of a costume shop. Cody used the disguise and pretended to be a psychic to sell costumes to his clients. Cody and his accomplice are handed to authorities, and Daphne's father commends Mystery Inc. for exposing them.
Characters[]
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
Villains:
- Madame Regresso (only appearance)(Mr. Coby's disguise)
- Mr. Coby (only appearance)
- Computer nerd (only appearance)
Other characters:
- People in costumes (only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)
- Jack Bivouac (only appearance)(no lines)(projection)
- Trudy Stinestein (only appearance)(no lines)(projection)
- Lord of the Jungle (only appearance)(no lines)(projection)
- Atalanta (only appearance)(no lines)(projection)
- Saber-toothed dane (only appearance)
- Police officer (only appearance)(no lines)
Locations[]
- Coolsville
- Costume shop
- Jungle Lord Inc. (projection)
Objects[]
- Vision screen
- Chicken wing (projection)
- Like, Howl (projection)
- Bananas (projection)
- Special computer
Vehicles[]
- Mystery Machine
- The Hep Mobile (projection)
- The Movable Feast (projection)
- Mysteria Makina (projection)
Suspects[]
- None
Culprits[]
| Culprit | Motive/reason |
|---|---|
| Mr. Coby as Madame Regresso | To bring in more business for his costume shop. |
| Computer nerd operating a computer disguised as Madame Regresso's vision screen. | To aid Mr. Coby's scam |
Full credits[]
The following credits try to match how they are displayed in the comic as much as possible:
- Story: Chris Duffy
- Art & Lettering: Tim Harkins
- Coloring: Trish Mulvihill
- Edited By: Bronwyn Taggart
Continuity[]
- This is the first comic story (since Archie Comics' Hanna-Barbera Presents #5) to explicitly place it in Coolsville, the gang's home town established in the TV series A Pup Named Scooby-Doo.
Notes/trivia[]
- Ironically, after the culprit is apprehended and his scam is exposed, while Mr. Coby and the nerd are arrested, Mystery Inc. is actually contemplating about their supposed past lives.
- At the end of this issue is an informative article explaining reincarnation as a religious concept, primarily to Indic religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism.
Miscellaneous[]
- Disguises: None.
- Traps: None.
- Clues: None. (When Scooby was attracted to the bag of potato chips, the mystery was inadvertently solved).
- "Ruh-roh" count: 0.
- "Zoinks" count: 1.
- "Jinkies" count: 1.
- "Jeepers" count: 0.
Coloring mistakes[]
- None known.
Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities[]
- None known.