Scooby-Doo Team-Up #32

Continuing from the last issue, the Mystery Inc. squad re-emerge from their adventure with the Atom in the subatomic realm in order, only to find themselves dwarfed by another diminutive superhero, Atom Ant! 

After restoring themselves to normal height, the detectives learn that a bunch of monsters have been terrorizing the local residents of the city park. Since monsters are a part of the Mystery Inc. wheelhouse, the gang is on the case! But their new partner might not be any help. A giant picnic spread has appeared and Atom Ant is under the creator of this feast's spell!

The Scooby-Doo Team-Ups are at their best when it involves a DC character. The Hanna-Barbera stories aren't bad as Scooby and his friends do exist in that shared universe. But only when the character is one that I am familiar with and the writer is Sholly Fisch, those stories are best. Issue #32 has one thing going with it- Fisch crafted this tale!

I'm not familiar with Atom Ant. I know he's a Hanna-Barbera character. He's a super hero. And he's got an arch-enemy known as Professor Von Gimmick.

Other than Atom Ant being a tiny hero, I don't really see much of a reason to select Atom Ant as the guest star of this compared to Captain Caveman or Dastardly and Muttley. Even Droopy Dog would have been a better selection as he was a private detective once. This issue marked the first time in 19 years that Atom Ant even appeared in a DC Comic. And the character wasn't in any of the Hanna-Barbera/DC crossovers. 

So why pick this C-list character? Was it another Dan DiDio pipe dream in tribute to his childhood Saturday mornings as with the former editor adding the Impossibles to the ranks of 2017's Future Quest? Or maybe a lifelong dream of Fisch's or artist Scott Jeralds? Either way, this was a good read. I just didn't enjoy this one as much as I could due to the lack of familiarity with the character.

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.