Scooby-Doo Team-Up #28

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #28
Writer: Sholly Fisch
Art and Cover: Dario Brizuela
Published by DC Comics

I love Scooby-Doo Team-Up. The team of Sholly Fisch and Dario Brizuela pits the Mystery Inc gang with pillars of the DC Universe. It's tons of fun to see your favorite monster hunters rub elbows with the likes of Batman, Supergirl, and the Flash. But that latest issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up plays fast and loose with the concept.

The cover of issue #28 shows Scooby and the gang riding horses with the notorious bounty hunter Jonah Hex. Since Hex’s time period is the Old West, you would expect some sort of time warp. Either the Scoobies would venture to the 1880s or Jonah Hex jumps forward to 2017. However, that is not the case here at all. Instead, Fred recounts a time that his great-grandfather and his band of monster hunters teamed with Jonah.

I love how Dario Brizuela has Scooby-fied Jonah Hex and some other surprise Western guest stars.The monster is one of the best designed in this entire series. When it comes to those Old West detectives, you guessed it: Fred’s grand-pappy is drawn as Fred is western gear. Shaggy is now a funky prospector and everyone confuses redhead Daphne with the famous cowgirl Cinnamon. But this isn’t a Scooby-Doo Team-Up!

Lassoing In My Expectations

Don’t get me wrong- this was a very enjoyable story. While the writer, Sholly Fisch, masterfully taps into the rich history of DC Comics, he does get a little redundant. You can only make so many jokes about meddling kids and unmasking the bad guys. But this issue steers clear of a large majority of thse corny jokes.

Still, I expected the actual Scooby gang to team with Jonah Hex. Having Velma, Scooby, and the rest drawn as their ancestors just feels like a cheat to the concept of the series. I know t
hat the detectives have time-traveled before. In a two-part crossover, Scooby-Doo and friends went back in time to meet the Flintstones. They then jumped forward in time to assist the Jetsons. Maybe the writer didn’t want to reuse an old plot line. But I would have preferred that to having the Mystery Gang play roles like in a period play.

This is one of the best scripted stories in the series. However, it’s not what I expected when I went to my LCS to picked up my monthly fix of Scooby-Doo Team-Up!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.