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Scream Star

Main image
Title card

Description

Publisher

Gold Key Comics

Date published

September 1973

Part of

Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #21

# of pages

12

Writer

Mark Evanier

Penciler

Dan Spiegle

Inker

Dan Spiegle

Letterer

Bill Spicer

Chronology
Previous story	Next story
Unlucky Luck	Charmed Strife

Scream Star is the first of two stories in Scooby-Doo... Where Are You! #21, by Gold Key Comics. It was followed by Charmed Strife.

Premise

After watching Winston Shocket horror movies, the monsters start coming to life and scaring people on the streets. It seems that it is the crazy antics of Mr. Shocket, himself.

Synopsis

Insert details here.

Characters

Main characters:

Mystery Inc.

Supporting characters:

None

Villains:

Mummy ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}^{(Harry Decker's disguise)}
Ghoul ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}^{(Harry Decker's disguise)}
Winston Shocket imposter ^{(only appearance)}^{(Harry Decker's disguise)}
Harry Decker ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

Winston Shocket ^{(only time mentioned)}
Tarzan ^(mentioned)
Police officer ^{(only appearance)}
Radio announcer ^{(only time heard)}
Macbeth ^(mentioned)
Hamlet ^(mentioned)
Reporter ^{(only appearance)}^(disguise)

Locations

Movie theatre
Old abandoned theatre
- Dressing room
One of the kid's homes
Rosewood Street ^(mentioned)
Culver Street ^(mentioned)
Chamberlain Park

Objects

Academy Award
Son of the Ghoul mannequin
Zombie mask
Radio

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Winston Shocket	Scaring people with his movie roles, to promote his "comeback."

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Harry Decker as a mummy, a ghoul, and Shocket imposter	He wanted people to know that he was the genuis behind Shocket's monster make-up.

Notes/trivia

An older Winston Shocket also appeared in Crossfire #3 and #4, by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle. In this version, Shocket had begun to lose his grip on reality.

Coloring mistakes

None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

On page 1, panel 3, Fred wonders about Winston Shocket, "I wonder where's he's been all these years!" when it should be "I wonder where he's been all these years!"

Quotes

Shaggy: That man has monsters in his closet!

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Scream Star''}}
-{{Expansion}}
+{{Expansion|Synopsis.}}
 {{Story Infobox
+| mainimage= Son of the Ghoul mannequin falls out.jpg
-|image=[[File:Sdway_21.jpg]]
+| titlecard= Scream Star title card.jpg
-|publishedby=[[Gold Key Comics]]
+| publisher= [[Gold Key Comics]]
-|releasedate=Sep 1973
+| published= September 1973
-|partof=[[Scooby Doo... Mystery Comics issue 21 (Gold Key Comics)|''Scooby Doo... Mystery Comics'' #21]]
+| partof= [[Scooby Doo... Where Are You! (Gold Key Comics) issue 21|''Scooby Doo... Where Are You!'' #21]]
-|pages=
+| pages= 12
-|writer=
+| writer= [[Mark Evanier]]
-|pencils=
+| pencils= [[Dan Spiegle]]
-|inks=
+| inks= Dan Spiegle
-|colors=
+| colors=
-|letters=
+| letters= [[Bill Spicer]]
-|editing=
+| editing=
-|previous=''[[Unlucky Luck]]''
-|next=''[[The Gypsy's Curse!]]''
+| previous= ''[[Unlucky Luck]]''
+| next= ''[[Charmed Strife]]''
 }}
-'''''Scream Star''''' is a story in [[Scooby Doo... Mystery Comics issue 21 (Gold Key Comics)|Scooby-Doo... Mystery Comics #21]]
+'''''Scream Star''''' is the first of two stories in [[Scooby Doo... Where Are You! (Gold Key Comics) issue 21|''Scooby-Doo... Where Are You!'' #21]], by [[Gold Key Comics]]. It was followed by ''[[Charmed Strife]]''.
 ==Premise==
+After watching [[Winston Shocket]] horror movies, the monsters start coming to life and scaring people on the streets. It seems that it is the crazy antics of Mr. Shocket, himself.
-After watching a classic horror film festival, Fred remarks that Winston Shocket was the greatest actor of the genre. A stranger offers to introduce the gang to the now-reclusive actor. At an abandoned theater, the stranger reveals himself to be Shocket, who is planning a comeback. The next day, the gang hears a report of a mummy terrorizing people.
 ==Synopsis==
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 ==Characters==
+'''Main characters:'''
-{| class="wikitable"
+* [[Mystery Inc./biographical account of comic appearances|Mystery Inc.]]
-! Character
+** [[Velma Dinkley/biographical account of comic appearances|Velma Dinkley]]
-|-
-| [[Scooby-Doo - biographical account of comic appearances|Scooby-Doo]]
+** [[Daphne Blake/biographical account of comic appearances|Daphne Blake]]
+** [[Fred Jones/biographical account of comic appearances|Fred Jones]]
-|-
-| [[Shaggy Rogers - biographical account of comic appearances|Shaggy Rogers]]
+** [[Shaggy Rogers/biographical account of comic appearances|Shaggy Rogers]]
+** [[Scooby-Doo/biographical account of comic appearances|Scooby-Doo]]
-|-
-| [[Fred Jones - biographical account of comic appearances|Fred Jones]]
+'''Supporting characters:'''
-|-
+* None
-| [[Daphne Blake - biographical account of comic appearances|Daphne Blake]]
-|-
+'''Villains:'''
-| [[Velma Dinkley - biographical account of comic appearances|Velma Dinkley]]
+* [[Mummy (Scream Star)|Mummy]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Green|Harry Decker's disguise}}
-|-
+* [[Ghoul (Scream Star)|Ghoul]] {{Only}}{{NL}}{{Green|Harry Decker's disguise}}
-| [[Winston Shocket]]
+* [[Winston Shocket (imposter)|Winston Shocket imposter]] {{Only}}{{Green|Harry Decker's disguise}}
-|-
-| [[Henry Decker]]
+* [[Harry Decker]] {{Only}}
-|}
+'''Other characters:'''
-==Villains==
+* [[Winston Shocket]] {{Only mention}}
-*
+* Tarzan {{Mentioned}}
+* [[Police officer (Scream Star)|Police officer]] {{Only}}
+* Radio announcer {{Heard once}}
+* Macbeth {{Mentioned}}
+* Hamlet {{Mentioned}}
+* [[Reporter (Scream Star)|Reporter]] {{Only}}{{Disguise}}
+==Locations==
+* Movie theatre
+* Old abandoned theatre
+** Dressing room
+* One of the kid's homes
+* [[Rosewood Street]] {{Mentioned}}
+* [[Culver Street]] {{Mentioned}}
+* [[Chamberlain Park]]
+==Objects==
+* Academy Award
+* ''[[Son of the Ghoul]]'' mannequin
+* [[Zombie Walker|Zombie]] mask
+* Radio
+==Vehicles==
+* [[Mystery Machine|The Mystery Machine]]
 ==Suspects==
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 ! Motive/reason
 |-
+| [[Winston Shocket]]
-| Suspect
+| Scaring people with his [[The Mummy's Scarab|movie]] [[Son of the Ghoul|roles]], to promote his "comeback."
-| Motive/reason
 |}
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 ! Motive/reason
 |-
+| [[Harry Decker]] as a [[Mummy (Scream Star)|mummy]], a [[Ghoul (Scream Star)|ghoul]], and [[Winston Shocket (imposter)|Shocket imposter]]
-| Culprit
+| He wanted people to know that he was the genuis behind Shocket's monster make-up.
-| Motive/reason
 |}
-==Locations==
+==Notes/trivia==
+* An older Winston Shocket also appeared in ''Crossfire'' #3 and #4, by [[Mark Evanier]] and [[Dan Spiegle]]. In this version, Shocket had begun to lose his grip on reality.
-*
-==Notes/Trivia==
-* An older Winston Shocket appeared in Crossfire #3 and #4 (also by Evanier and Spiegle). Like this version of the character, the Winston Shocket in Crossfire was also a Shakespearean-trained horror actor, although by that time he had begun to lose his grip on reality.
-==Coloring Mistakes==
+===Coloring mistakes===
+* None known.
 ===Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities===
+* On page 1, panel 3, Fred wonders about Winston Shocket, "I wonder '''where's he's been''' all these years!" when it should be "I wonder '''where he's been''' all these years!"
-*
 ==Quotes==
+{{Quotes
+|
+'''Shaggy:''' [[Winston Shocket (imposter)|That man]] has '''monsters''' in his closet!
+}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Scream Star}}
 [[Category:Gold Key Comics stories]]