Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic
Character(s):
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Albert Hatchplot (film director); Phil M. Buff (writer); Mabel Leane (make-up department head); Flash Powder (special effects designer); Dolly Shott (head camera operator); actor in dressing room
Synopsis:
Director Albert Hatchplot, "The Maestro of Mystery", is being haunted by the haunts from his films.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
10
Job Number:
DCCO29155
Notes:
While intended to be a parody/tribute to famed suspense film director Alfred Hitchcock, "Albert Hatchplot", is oddly drawn to look more like a mash-up of Ed Asner and Ed McMahon, than Hitchcock - who has been visually tributed better in other comics, including even once as a duck. https://www.comics.org/issue/1722762/#2120861
GREAT BIT: Hitchcock film parody-titles abound: "Strangers with a Stain" (Strangers on a Train), "The Man Who Grew Too Much" (The Man Who Knew Too Much), "The Lady Varnishes" (The Lady Vanishes), and "Whacko" ("Psycho") appear on a succession of appropriately illustrated faux-movie posters.