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The Phantom Clown (Gold Key Comics story)

Main image
Title card

Description

Part of

Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #9

# of pages

26

Chronology
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Night for a Fright	The Ghosts of Grimstone Castle

The Phantom Clown is the single story of Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #9, by Gold Key Comics.

Premise

The circus is in town, but not for long, if the Phantom Clown scares away all the acts. When the gang try to help, they fall victim to his hypnotizing coin.

Synopsis

Insert details here.

Characters

Main characters:

Mystery Inc.

Supporting characters:

Max the Midget ^{(only appearance)}
Samson ^{(only appearance)}
Mr. Barnstorm ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

Phantom Clown ^{(only appearance)}^(disguise)/
Petros, the Palm-Reader ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

Big Bertha ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Lion ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Elephant ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Police officer ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}
Circus attendees ^{(only appearance)}^{(no lines)}

Locations

Barnstorm Circus

Objects

Vehicles

The Mystery Machine

Suspects

None

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Petros, the Palm-Reader as the Phantom Clown	He made Big Bertha look like a jinx, so Mr. Barnstorm would sell his circus cheap.

Notes/trivia

This story is an adaptation of Bedlam in the Big Top, from the original Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! TV series. The following changes have been made:
- The circus went unnamed in the cartoon.
- The Ghost Clown is renamed the Phantom Clown, and in different colours.
- Samson the Strongman is simply, Samson.
- Mr. Barnstorm has gone from being a young man with black hair to a middle-aged man with balding, brown hair.
- The culprit is called "Petros, the Palm-Reader" in this version, instead of Harry the Hypnotist. Also, was doing it for revenge for being fired after he had been caught stealing from the circus. Big Bertha isn't in the cartoon at all.
- In the end, none of the acts return (including Samson), so Shaggy and the others volunteer to help out the ringmaster by being hypnotized to do dangerous circus stunts for him until he can get new performers.
Velma can count in German.

Miscellaneous

Scooby Snacks bribe: 9.

Reprints

Scooby-Doo! Classic Comics: Vol. 1 CD-Rom (Sep 2009)

Quotes

Shaggy: Y-You go up and get him! I'll put something soft underneath!
Velma: Like your backbone?

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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Phantom Clown'' (Gold Key Comics story)}}
-{{Expansion}}
+{{Expansion|Synopsis.}}
 {{Story Infobox
-| image= [[File:Phantom_Clown.png]]
+| mainimage= Phantom_Clown.png
+| titlecard= The Phantom Clown (GK) title card.jpg
 | publishedby= [[Gold Key Comics]]
 | releasedate= December 1971
 | partof= [[Scooby Doo... Where Are You! issue 9 (Gold Key Comics)|''Scooby Doo... Where Are You!'' #9]]
-| pages=
+| pages= 26
 | writer=
 | pencils=
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 | next= ''[[The Ghosts of Grimstone Castle]]''
 }}
-'''''The Phantom Clown''''' is the featured story in [[Scooby Doo... Where Are You! issue 9 (Gold Key Comics)|''Scooby Doo... Where Are You!'' issue 9]] by [[Gold Key Comics]].
+'''''The Phantom Clown''''' is the single story of [[Scooby Doo... Where Are You! issue 9 (Gold Key Comics)|''Scooby Doo... Where Are You!'' #9]], by [[Gold Key Comics]].
 ==Premise==
+The [[Mr. Barnstorm's circus|circus]] is in town, but not for long, if the [[Ghost Clown|Phantom Clown]] scares away all the acts. When [[Mystery Inc./biographical account of comic appearances|the gang]] try to help, they fall victim to [[Ghost Clown's gold coin|his hypnotizing coin]].
-''Insert details here.''
 ==Synopsis==
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 ==Characters==
+'''Main characters:'''
-{| class="wikitable"
+* [[Mystery Inc./biographical account of comic appearances|Mystery Inc.]]
-! Character
+** [[Scooby-Doo/biographical account of comic appearances|Scooby-Doo]]
-|-
-| [[Scooby-Doo/biographical account of comic appearances|Scooby-Doo]]
+** [[Shaggy Rogers/biographical account of comic appearances|Shaggy Rogers]]
+** [[Fred Jones/biographical account of comic appearances|Fred Jones]]
-|-
-| [[Shaggy Rogers/biographical account of comic appearances|Shaggy Rogers]]
+** [[Daphne Blake/biographical account of comic appearances|Daphne Blake]]
+** [[Velma Dinkley/biographical account of comic appearances|Velma Dinkley]]
-|-
-| [[Fred Jones/biographical account of comic appearances|Fred Jones]]
-|-
-| [[Daphne Blake/biographical account of comic appearances|Daphne Blake]]
-|-
-| [[Velma Dinkley/biographical account of comic appearances|Velma Dinkley]]
-|}
+'''Supporting characters:'''
-==Villains==
+* [[Max the Midget]] {{Only}}
-* Ghost Clown/Petros, the Palm-Reader
+* [[Samson the Strongman|Samson]] {{Only}}
+* [[Mr. Barnstorm]] {{Only}}
+'''Villains:'''
+* [[Ghost Clown|Phantom Clown]] {{Only}}{{Disguise}}/
+* [[Harry the Hypnotist|Petros, the Palm-Reader]] {{Only}}
+'''Other characters:'''
+* [[Big Bertha]] {{Only}}{{NL}}
+* Lion {{Only}}{{NL}}
+* Elephant {{Only}}{{NL}}
+* Police officer {{Only}}{{NL}}
+* Circus attendees {{Only}}{{NL}}
+==Locations==
+* [[Mr. Barnstorm's circus|Barnstorm Circus]]
+==Objects==
+* [[Ghost Clown's gold coin|Phantom Clown's gold coin]]
+* [[Trampoline]]
+==Vehicles==
+* [[Mystery Machine|The Mystery Machine]]
 ==Suspects==
+* None
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Suspect
-! Motive/reason
-|-
-| Suspect
-| Motive/reason
-|}
 ===Culprits===
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 ! Motive/reason
 |-
+| [[Harry the Hypnotist|Petros, the Palm-Reader]] as the [[Ghost Clown|Phantom Clown]]
-| Culprit
+| He made [[Big Bertha]] look like a jinx, so [[Mr. Barnstorm]] would sell [[Mr. Barnstorm's circus|his circus]] cheap.
-| Motive/reason
 |}
-==Locations==
+==Notes/trivia==
+* This story is an adaptation of ''[[Bedlam in the Big Top]]'', from the original ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' TV series. The following changes have been made:
-* TBA
+** The circus went unnamed in the cartoon.
+** The Ghost Clown is renamed the Phantom Clown, and in different colours.
+** Samson the Strongman is simply, Samson.
+** Mr. Barnstorm has gone from being a young man with black hair to a middle-aged man with balding, brown hair.
+** The culprit is called "Petros, the Palm-Reader" in this version, instead of Harry the Hypnotist. Also, was doing it for revenge for being fired after he had been caught stealing from the circus. [[Big Bertha]] isn't in the cartoon at all.
+** In the end, none of the acts return (including [[Samson the Strongman|Samson]]), so [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] and the others volunteer to help out the ringmaster by being hypnotized to do dangerous circus stunts for him until he can get new performers.
+* Velma can count in German.
-==Notes/trivia==
+===Miscellaneous===
+* [[Scooby Snacks]] bribe: 9.
-* This story is an adaptation of ''[[Bedlam in the Big Top]]'' from the original ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' TV series.
-** The culprit is called "Petros, the Palm-Reader" in this version.
+===Reprints===
-** In the end, [[Shaggy Rogers|Shaggy]] and the others volunteer to help out the ringmaster by being hypnotized to do dangerous circus stunts for him until he can get new performers.
+* ''[[Scooby-Doo! Classic Comics: Vol. 1]]'' CD-Rom (Sep 2009)
-** The [[Ghost Clown]] is the same model, only in different colours.
 ==Quotes==
+{{Quotes
+|
+'''Shaggy:''' Y-You go up and get [[Scooby-Doo/biographical account of comic appearances|him]]! I'll put something '''soft''' underneath!<br>
+'''Velma:''' Like your '''backbone'''?
+}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Phantom Clown, The}}