Scooby-Doo Team-Up #42

It's a case of serious monkey business in this issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up! Grodd, the super intelligent outlaw from Gorilla City has organized the evil simians of the DC Universe to take over the world! This is a case too big for the Mystery Gang along. So the teenage detectives call in for help. Enter Sam Simian, Congorilla and Detective Chimp!

I've praised how series writer Sholly Fisch has evolved this series away from the standard Scooby-Doo formula. Jokes about pulling the mask off of the monsters and goofy traps are still in the mix. But there's no ghosts or monsters in this story. Okay, there's a Nazi gorilla in the story. He's a monster. But how many episodes of Scooby-Doo do you remember Fred, Velma and Daphne battling agents of the Third Reich?

Dario Brizuela is on point in this story filled with more primates than the St. Louis Zoo! His technique is so classic. He's really the artist to go to in these DC crossovers.

A really exciting issue. It's jammed packed with guest stars. I'm a little disappointed that Detective Chimp wasn't used as much as he could have been. My hope is for him to return in another mystery, only maybe by himself. Or with Cain and Abel, the hosts of the House of Mystery and the House of Secrets. I'd be okay with a Halloween special with Scooby and those three supernatural characters.

Worth Consuming.

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.