Seaside Frights

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Seaside Frights
Description
Part of	Scooby-Doo! #109
# of pages	6
Writer	Vito Delsante
Penciler	Joe Staton
Inker	Horacio Ottolini
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Travis Lanham
Editor	Michael Siglain
Chronology
Previous story	Field of Screams
Next story	UFO-No!

Seaside Frights is a story in Scooby-Doo! #109 by DC Comics.

Premise

The Mystery Inc. Gang take a trip to Brooklyn to attend the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, but run into trouble when a monster called the Coney Island Kelp threatens to ruin the parade and swipe the trophy for the best float in the parade. But how come?

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Seaweed Surprise team ^{(only appearance)}
  • Ellie May Pike ^{(only appearance)}
  • Ellie May Pike's brother ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Coney Island Kelp ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(disguise)}/
• Oceanic Splendor team ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Mermaid parade visitors ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• King Triton look-a-like prize-giver ^{(only appearance)}
• Princess Ariel look-a-like prize-giver ^{(only appearance)}
• Police officers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• New York City
  • Coney Island
    • Mermaid parade
    • Boardwalk
    • Beach

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Oceanic Splendor team	Wanted to be sure that they won the contest again, as they always did.
Seaweed Surprise team	Wanted to make sure that they won the contest this year, since they always lost to the Oceanic Splendor team.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
A member of the Oceanic Splendor team as the Coney Island Kelp, with the others helping	They were afraid they might lose, so they stole the trophy to ruin the contest.

Notes/trivia

• The man in the mermaid costume in the first panel resembles the story's penciler, Joe Staton.
• The prize-givers resemble King Triton and Ariel from Disney's The Little Mermaid.

Reception

Vito Delsante's "Seaside Frights" seems obvious, but Delsante treats his audience instead to a fairplay mystery in which the gang searches for and finds clues as well as a motive for the crime. Readers can play along or simply watch Delsante's on model characterization of Scooby-Doo and Mystery Inc.

Joe Staton, Horacio Ottolini and Heroic Age make this mystery easy on the eyes and a splendid animated romp. Delsante adds a genuinely fun twist that fits with the personality of cast, and Staton accomplishes the timing needed to make the joke work.