The Ex-Verminators

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The Ex-Verminators
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	March 2001
Part of	Scooby-Doo #46
# of pages	12
Writer	Bob Fingerman
Penciler	Dan DeCarlo
Inker	Mike DeCarlo
Colorer	Paul Becton
Letterer	Ryan Cline
Chronology
Previous story	Ghost Writer
Next story	Bats What I'm Afraid Of

The Ex-Verminators is a story in Scooby-Doo #46, by DC Comics.

Premise

Scooby and the gang must discover who is haunting a motel with giant bugs and rats.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Delapore Motolodge manager ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Giant vermin ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(robot)(tampering)}
• Kenneth Carpal ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Motel guests ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(flashback only)}
• Police officers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Delapore Motolodge
• Diner

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• Mystery Machine
• Police car

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Kenneth Carpal	He was the only motel guest who hadn't any pest trouble yet and he was there for a while.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Kenneth Carpal	He was sent to run the motel out of business so his bosses could build a miniature golf curse there.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

Josie & the Pussycats creator Dan DeCarlo stops over to refuel the Mystery Machine. His version of the gang barely resembles the television source, but they're all enjoyable to watch. There's a tendency to belittle cartoonists, to separate them from other artists: as if what they do is easier than say a painting, but the work Mr. DeCarlo displays in Scooby-Doo shows just how accomplished a cartoonist can be. The gang may not look quite like their cartoon incarnations, but they also do not look like the Josie gang--although both harbor the dangerous weaponry of fetching red-heads.

Bob Fingerman's plot is a complex, multileveled scheme that still works within the rational formula of Scooby-Doo. Remember, there are no ghosts. There are no monsters. Every plot foiled by the gang usually had the plausible motive of money. Mr. Fingerman's tale falls in that category, but even the theft has an ulterior motive.