When the Scrappy era of Scooby-Doo returned to the classic mystery solving elements of the paranormal that was shoved into the chase-only seasons of Scooby-Doo And Scrappy-Doo didn’t disappear. In one episode the gang, now rejoined by Daphne, solved an old Doo family mystery that led to the spirit of one of his ancestors being reunited with her lost fiancé and their spirits finally put to rest. Later on, in one of the stories where Freddy and Velma occasionally came back the gang ran across actual monsters menaced by a supposed ghost witch. And in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo the gang had a real ghost as a client, and yet the kids still insisted there were no such things as ghosts. It wasn’t until The 13 Ghosts Of Scooby-Doo that the threat of actual demons were an issue, something that continued in various TV movies. However, even the most threatening of real spirits weren’t all that scary and there were plenty of goofballs among the real monsters.
That changed with Scooby-Doo On Zombie Island, the first in a series of direct-to-video movies that put the fake spirits right up there with the real ones, blurring the lines. The following video by NerdSync goes over how that movie changed the classic Scooby formula without tossing it out, but I don’t think he went far enough, and ignores the disappointing direction the video movies have gone in.
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“We’re back to the Bendis stories! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!”
The New Avengers #12
Marvel Comics (December, 2005)
WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILER: David Finch
INKER: Danny Miki
COLORIST: Frank D’Armata
LETTERER: Albert Deschesne
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Molly Lazer & Aubrey Sitterson
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Andy Schmidt
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
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Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Running late after shopping and needed a nap so I’m praying for coherence at this point. So last time we started the fight between the teacher and her ego-driven students. Already our heroine (relatively speaking as these are the villains…it’s like watching Megatron take out an army of Starscreams, which has been done actually) has dispatched with two of our quintet of brats. I can’t wait to see how she deals with the next two.
This whole section is showing us the difference between the “falconer” and her trainees. They aren’t really using any kind of strategy while Joanna takes necessary risks and basically suckers them in. Meanwhile we know they’re actually trying to kill her and make it look like an accident during the challenge while she’s sticking to the no kill rules currently among the rank depleted Clan, showing she also has the honor they lack. How will this turn out? Well, it’s her book and it’s only chapter four so I don’t feel like I’m spoiling a lot, therefor it’s only a question of in what state she’ll be in at the end of this challenge. Let’s find out.
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Ever since Seto Kaiba expanded his card game operation no game is safe. You should see what happened to Uno.
Justice League Unlimited #42
DC Comics (April, 2008)
“Raw Deal”
WRITER: Dan Raspler
PENCILER: Christopher Jones
INKER: Mark Propst
COLORING: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Sal Cipriano
EDITORS: Rachel Gluckstern & Steve Wacker
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