Saturday, October 27, 2018

Scooby-Doo Team-Up #43

Scooby and the gang find themselves in the middle of a mystery right in the middle of the Doom Patrol’s headquarters. The world's strangest heroes have been constantly attacked by some of their most fearsome foes! Can Mystery Inc discover who's behind the assaults before time runs out for the Doom Patrol?

Sholly Fisch pens another instant classic in this, the latest issue of Scooby-Doo Team-Up. This story features both classic and modern cameos of friends and foes of one of my favorite DC superhero teams. But I won't reveal just who shows up as that might ruin the fun and surprises!

If you are a regular reader of Madman With a Book, you'll know that I absolutely adore Dario Brizuela’s stylization of the DC characters. Well Brizuela has really upped his game on several members of the Doom Patrol. Robotman looked so sleek and powerful. Elasti Girl was stunning. And we've got the mystery characters who really rocked. But what was going on with the stars of this title?

When it came to drawing the teen detectives, they didn't really match the DC characters very well. Velma and Daphne in particular had very thick ink lines compared to the svelte design of Robotman. Plus there were a couple of panels that looked pixelated. Normally, all of the characters have a very fluid design style. But in those other panels, they looked fuzzy; like somebody made copies from a 1990s Hewlett Packard printer.
One of the best stories out of the entire series. If only the art was consistent, this would be perhaps the best issue of them all. An almost perfect read.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

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