Worse Than a Curse

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Worse Than a Curse
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	March 2008
Part of	Scooby-Doo #130
# of pages	6
Writer	Terrance Griep, Jr.
Penciler	Karen Matchette
Inker	Karen Matchette
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Randy Gentile
Editor	Jeanine Schaefer
Chronology
Previous story	Chupacabra-Cadabra
Next story	Velma's Monsters of the World - Rokuro-Kubi

Worse Than a Curse is a story in Scooby-Doo #130, by DC Comics.

Premise

Scooby and the gang solve the mystery of the curse of Crybaby Bodine, who haunts baseball's Wenfrey Field.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Joey Braggadocio ^{(only appearance)}
• Jin Rocket ^{(only appearance)}
• Mr. Hazard ^{(only appearance)}
• Coolsville Blue Sox fan ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Ghost of Crybaby Bodine ^{(only appearance)(Beau Owen Buford's disguise)}
• Beau Owen Buford ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Coolsville Blue Sox ^(mentioned)
• Empire City Emperors ^(mentioned)

Locations

• Coolsville
  • Wenfrey Field
    • Locker rooms

Objects

• Briefcase

Vehicles

• None

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Joey Braggadocio	He wanted his team to win the final game of the Universal Series.
Jin Rocket	He wanted to be taken off the roster because the pressure was too much for him.
Mr. Hazard	He put his life's savings betting on the Empire City Emperors to win.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Beau Owen Buford as the Ghost of Crybaby Bodine	He made a secret wager against his own team.

Notes/trivia

• The writing "BOB" on the briefcase Daphne found is an abbreviation of Beau Owen Buford.
• The possibility of the existence of multiple realities in the DC Comics' iterations of Scooby-Doo is strengthen by the fact the Universal Series' finals are held in SD issue #112's "Eek-stra Innings" and here in SD issue #130; as not enough time had passed to allow this to happen.

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

Terrence Griep adds a little spice to "Worse than a Curse" through his dialogue for the Gang who look splendid in Karen Matchette's slightly askew style. The trouble is that the mystery is too easy to solve and the ghost isn't all that spectral.