What a Night for a Knight (Gold Key Comics)

This article is about the Gold Key comic story. For the episode it is based on, see What a Night for a Knight.

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What a Night for a Knight (Gold Key Comics)
Description
Publisher	Gold Key Comics
Date published	March 1970
Part of	Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #1
# of pages	14
Chronology
Next story	Never Ape an Ape-Man

What a Night for a Knight is the first of two stories in Scooby Doo... Where Are You! #1, by Gold Key Comics. It was followed by Never Ape an Ape-Man.

Premise

Coming home late from the movies, Shaggy and Scooby discover an abandoned truck with a mysterious crate. In it is a suit of armor, the Black Knight, which appears to come to life under a full moon.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc. ^{(first comic appearance)}
  • Scooby-Doo ^{(first comic appearance)}
  • Shaggy Rogers ^{(first comic appearance)}
  • Velma Dinkley ^{(first comic appearance)}
  • Fred Jones ^{(first comic appearance)}
  • Daphne Blake ^{(first comic appearance)}

Supporting characters:

• Professor James Hyde White ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Black Knight ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(disguise)}/
• Mr. Wikles ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Frog ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Worker 1 ^{(only appearance)}
• Worker 2 ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• County Museum
• Library

Objects

• Hyde White's special glasses
• Scooby Snacks
• Hyde White's shoe

Vehicles

• Hyde White's pick-up truck
• The Mystery Machine

Notes/trivia

• This is a comic-book adaptation of What a Night for a Knight, the first episode of the original, TV series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!.
  • Jamison Hyde White is called James Hyde White, and wears a cowboy hat, despite being an Englishman. This is based on the storyboards for the episode.
  • The culprit's name is spelled "Mr. Wikles" in this version. This is also based on the episode storyboards
• Except for the first speech bubble, everything else Scooby says comes from a thought bubble.

Reprints

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

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• The archeaologist is called White by Velma, and Hyde White by the sheriff.

Quotes

Daphne: If the professor was driving that truck, it looks like he's disappeared. What happened to him? Fred: I think we're up to our armor plates in another mystery, Daphne!