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Issue: Scooby-Doo #16
Publication Date: November 1998
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Issues: #16 of 159 Issues (314 Printings)
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Variant: Direct Sales
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagDC
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Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 09/16/1998
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: 76194121101501611
Price: $2.95 CAD
$1.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 5 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No editor is credited for this issue, either in the indicia or for the individual stories. This could be a "transition issue" between editors Bronwyn Taggart and Dana Kurtin.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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The Spirit of the Sixties

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; The Ghost of Jimmy Hendryk-Hudson
First Line: Zoinks! It’s a groovy ghoulie!
Synopsis: The Ghost of Jimmy Hendryk-Hudson appears before the Scooby gang, wishing them "Peace, man!"
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

Shaggy wears a button saying, "Make Lunch Not War". Shaggy's reference to "a groovy ghoulie" harkens back to the Filmation animated series "The Groovy Ghoulies" that was packaged with its "Archie" animated series for Saturday morning television... in the same year, and the same network as the classic "Scooby Doo Where Are You!".
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Almost Live from Big Puce

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Rob Nylon (sixties rocker); members of Rob Nylon's band; Lavon Home (sixties rocker); The Ghost of Jimmy Hendryk-Hudson; holistic guru; state trooper
First Line: Jinkies! I can't believe we're actually here in the legendary village of Willowstock!
Synopsis: Touring the counterculture village of "Willowstock", the gang runs into sixties rock/folksinger Rob Nylon, whose efforts at recording a comeback album are disrupted by the Ghost of Jimmy Hendryk-Hudson, Nylon's rival rocker from the 1969 Willowstock Rock Festival.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Sixties rock and counterculture references abound: "Rob Nylon" = Bob Dylan. "Jimmy Hendryk-Hudson" = Jimi Hendrix (combined with a "Henry Hudson" reference for "Upstate New York"). "Lavon Home" = Levon Helm (vocalist and drummer for The Band). "Willowstock" = Woodstock, New York (home of the historic 1969 festival). "Big Puce" = Big Pink (house in West Saugerties, New York, where Bob Dylan and The Band recorded "The Basement Tapes", and The Band wrote their album "Music from Big Pink"). And more.
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Mystery... Adventure... Scooby Snacks!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Warner Home Video; Scooby-Doo
Character(s): Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma
First Line: Bring home the Master of Mystery today!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the direct-to-video feature "Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island" (1998). Between pages 9 and 10 of previous story.
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Blast Off!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): New Line Cinema; Lost in Space
Character(s): Professor John Robinson (photo of William Hurt); Dr. Maureen Robinson (photo of Mimi Rogers); Judy Robinson (photo of Heather Graham); Penny Robinson (photo of Lacey Chabert); Will Robinson (photo of Jack Johnson); Major Don West (photo of Matt LeBlanc); Doctor Zachary Smith (photo of Gary Oldman); Robot
First Line: Look for Lost in Space on video October 6!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the feature film "Lost in Space" (1998, New Line Cinema). This was the film that first dethroned "Titanic" as #1 at the box office after 15 weeks - albeit only briefly, before Titanic "rose" again to reclaim the top spot.

Between pages 11 and 12 of previous story.
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Guest Stars!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous, mystery
Character(s): Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Killer Corn Creature; Preston Pressman (publicist); Mr. Blake (Daphne's father); Italian Ice; Chicken Monster; Mama Cast; The Techno-Terror (car monster); Holly Heartworm (teen movie actress); Zebra Monster; McSmally Skulkin (shocked child star); Tony Flanza (handsome TV actor); Rob Pope (old comedian); reporters at press conferences; police officer
First Line: Killer Corn Creature Captured!
Synopsis: Hired by Daphne's father to ostensibly promote Mystery, Inc., Hollywood publicist Preston Pressman pursues an agenda of his own - saddling the teen mystery-solvers with one useless celebrity guest star after another.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: A superb parody of the core concept of "The New Scooby-Doo Movies" (1972-1973), the DC Comics series "Scooby-Doo Team-Up" (2014-2019), and the more recent animated series "Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?" (2019-2021) - but with (purposely) the most useless of "has-been" guest stars ever assembled, looking to reignite their own careers via association with "those meddling kids and their dog".

A guide to the celebrity knock-offs: "Italian Ice" = Sylvester Stallone combined with rapper Vanilla Ice. "Mama Cast" (singer/songwriter with two broken arms in "casts") = Mama Cass Elliot - who actually DID appear on "The New Scooby-Doo Movies". "Holly Heartworm" = Molly Ringwald. "McSmally Skulkin" = Macaulay Culkin. "Tony Flanza" = Tony Danza. "Rob Pope" = Bob Hope.

Interestingly, "Rob Pope" was referred to in a later Scooby-Doo comic book; Scooby-Doo Team-Up (DC, 2014 Series) #36 written by Sholly Fisch and appearing more like the comedian's "classic self". A Bob Hope comic book series was published by DC (1950-1968) - and an artist actually named "Robert Pope" worked steadily on the various Scooby-Doo comic books from DC.

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