Scooby-Doo Team-Up (2013-) Vol. 1

A great collection of Scooby and classic Dc heroes comics brought together in this short volume for great read and a breath of nostalgia

If you're of a certain age, you'll remember "The New Scooby-Doo Movies," the second incarnation of Scooby-Doo that teamed the Mystery, Inc. gang with weekly guest stars including real-life celebrities and well-known cartoon characters. There are no celebrities to be found in this first collection of DC's "Scooby Doo Team-Up" series, but there's plenty of fun to be had for both the young and the young at heart. Credit goes to writer Sholly Fisch, who lets his imagination run wild in his tales featuring the DC Universe heroes as guest-stars. He leads off the series with a multi-part story featuring Batman and Robin, who guested in two "New Scooby-Doo Movies" episodes. Along the way, the gang encounters not only Ace the Bat-Hound and Bat-Mite from the late 50s-early 60s Bat-titles, but even Scooby-Mite (yes, Scooby-Mite), an imp from Bat-Mite's fifth dimension who worships Scooby the same way Bat-Mite worships the Caped Crusader. The Super Friends also appear in a wild bookend story that sees Velma and Shaggy posing as Wendy and Marvin, the group's original junior partners, while Fred and Daphne are disguised as Zan and Jayna, the Wondertwins. Fisch's tale also involves the Legion of Doom posing as rainbow ghosts inside the great Hall of Justice so the Super Friends will be unable to defeat them. This brief summary does not begin to do this story justice (so to speak). In between, there's a team-up with Wonder Woman that sees Daphne and Velma become honorary Amazons after training on Paradise Island...and even a guest turn by the Teen Titans of "Teen Titans Go!" Of course, Robin in that cartoon is decidedly different from the Boy Wonder of the aforementioned multi-parter, but part of the fun is that Fisch makes no effort to explain away the discrepancy. It simply is. Roll with it. In addition, series artist Dario Brizuela captures expertly the Hanna-Barbera house style in his work. "Scooby-Doo Team-Up" is great fun for fans of both the Mystery, Inc. gang and the DC Universe heroes.

Scooby-Doo Team-Up is a very good comic series. You might think it's a spin-off to the New Scooby-Doo Movies, but since one episode with Batman and Robin, they knew it was the time to do this comic series. This book is Volume 1, which collects Issue 1-6 of the series pairing Scooby and Mystery Inc. with your favorite DC Superheroes. In this book, we get the appearances by Batman and Robin, Ace the Bat-Hound, Bat-Mite, the Teen Titans Go characters, Wonder Woman, and Super Friends, with Aquaman and Supergirl. Villians include the Man-Bat, Scarecrow, Duke of Deception, the Legion of Doom, and I think that's it. In issue 1, Scooby, Mystery Inc., Batman and Robin team-up once again to stop the menacing Man-Bat, along with three criminals who were disguised as Man-Bat. In issue 2, Scooby teams up with Batman's partner, Ace the Bat-Hound, to stop the Scarecrow (and fulfill his dream as the magnificent Dog Wonder) when Scarecrow uses his fear gas to distract Mystery Inc. and the Mystery Analysts of Gotham City with their overactive imaginations. In issue 3, Things went awry when Bat-Mite shows up and makes things crazy, and also there's a new mite in this issue and its name...is Scooby-Mite. I mean, 'Crisis on Infinite Scoobies'? Really?!? < : ) In issue 4, Robin (the Teen Titans Go version of himself, not the one who's with Batman last 3 issues) and the Teen Titans Go versions of Cyborg, Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy had called Mystery Inc. to Titans Tower to investigate the hauntings in their home. It turns out it was a prank set by Beast Boy and Cyborg. And they thought it was an easy mystery...but it's not over yet. They had a visit from Raven's uncle, Myron the mildly irritating, who's a crooked real estate developer from the neitherworld who want the world for his high-priced luxury vacation homes. So he left and so ends this silly team-up In issue 5, Daphne and Velma are training to be Amazons? Huh?!? And also Wonder Woman had called them to investigate strange stuff happening in her home, Paradise Island, and since the guys aren't allowed to set foot on it, thanks to Aphrodite's rule, they want Scooby to see it. Oh, and Wonder Woman tells them that Batman recommeded them to do this mystery. Then they deals with a Red Bull, a Cyclops, and a Hydra. In the end, it was the work of the Duke of Deception, but he defeated for now. And Daphne and Velma became honorary amazons. In issue 6, the Super Friends (consisted of Superman, Batman, Aquaman, Robin, and Supergirl) call upon Mystery Inc. to investigate the hauntings in their headquarters, the Hall of Justice. And since people will notice them, they decided to disguise as their Junior Super Friends. It turned out it was the work of the Legion of Doom (consisted of Lex Luthor, Cheetah, Sinestro, Gorilla Grodd, Solomon Gundy, Scarecrow, and Brainiac) who disguised as the Rainbow Ghosts attacking the Super Friends, and also Bizarro shows up as well, but the Super Friends aren't gone, they were shrinked by Brainiac, who was the green ghost, and were trapped in a jar. So the battle rages on, and the funny part is there's a giant octopus in the swimming pool and Sinestro's ring is attracted to Shaggy and Scooby. So the day is saved thanks to the Super Friends, Scooby and Mystery Inc., after Shaggy show the new card for Fred's Super Friends collection, which shows Mystery Inc. and the Super Friends. This series is the greatest thing they had to do for us fans of Scooby. This series was written by Sholly Fisch, and drawn by Dario Brizula. Next time, we'll check out Volume 2 of Scooby-Doo Team-Up which collects issues #7-12! Thanks for enjoying it.

These are great for my kid. We'd sporadically find random issues are comic shops but I wanted to get him the trade to start from the beginning. These are fun books and definitely recommended for Scooby-Doo fans and fans of quirky team-up's.

Different Story

They did a good job in this book, of making it not too violent or wild for my 3yo boy. However, he very much prefers certain characters, and Batman is not in every story. Some stories have Teen Titans or other Batman-adjacent characters. What I like most about this book is that is has so many stories. I have paid the same amount for a single Batman story before. This book was easier for my son to wrap his head around than the Ninja Turtle Batman book we got.

It’s not necessarily for a beginner reader. But, if you’re reading with your child, it can be a great read for the both of you.

All good here!

Wie schon das Zitat von IGN auf dem Cover besagt: es ist auch in meinem Augen ein "all-ages book". Ich habe gerne die Scooby-Doo-Zeichentrickserie als Kind im Fernsehen gesehen. Trotzdem habe ich nun auch als Erwachsene meinen Spaß mit diesem Buch gehabt. Es ist eine ungewöhnliche, aber tolle Mischung aus den typischen Scooby-Doo-Geschichten und verschiedenen DC-Superhelden.

Something like a wild dream come true. Been a fan of Scooby Doo and DC superheroes being a kid. And never imagined there’s a comic where your favorite characters come together to solve mysteries. The Team-Up comics focuses on Scooby’s gang collaborating with DC super heroes one by one in every chapter until the last wherein they’re invited by the justice league to their headquarters to solve a ghost mystery that has led even the superheroes to bafflement. Loved every chapter and Scooby’s trademark phrases starting with ‘R’. Would like to explore further volumes on this collection.

Bought as stocking stuffer for my kids (5&8), they both loves these books. My kids love super-hero books and love Scooby-Doo. My son particularly loves the way Scooby's language is written. They would say "Rhat Rhey Rove Rhis Rook!" We will probably buy the rest of these!

Gratis

What a great little comic book this is. For information, this is the first 6 volumes of the Scooby Doo Team Up comic books, yes it is short but so are comic books and it represents good value to buy them as one collection rather than 6 individual comics. The basic premise is that Scooby and the gang meet up with Batman after several years ( in the TV films from the 1970's Batman was one of many of the guest stars but probably the only really enduring one) and help to solve some odd mysteries. It is fun and probably really good for children, i can't say what age range it is intended for as i have no children, but as a 50 year old it kept me amused for a couple of days (not solidly, i don't read that slowly and it is not that intense) and i have been back to re-read it, it does have the odd moment of humour, enough to make me chuckle. Art work is excellent and printing is high quality. In my opinion well worth the money