Scooby-Doo...Where Are You! - Gold Key - Issue 5 - Comic

Scooby-Doo...Where Are You! - Gold Key - Issue 5

Released March 1971

Episode Premieres

Which Witch is Which? - December 6, 1969

That's Snow Ghost - January 17, 1970

Stories

The Swamp Witch

This is an adaptation of the episode "Which Witch is Which?" where the gang gets lost in a swamp and encounters a swamp witch and her zombie minion.

The zombie is given a flesh tone rather than green. The witch is the usual hag stereotype and also with flesh tone. The character designs are decent. The limited color of the comics doesn't serve the designs.

The subtle changes to the story like simplifying the trap and changing when Scooby catches the fish at the end from a mystical occurrence in the bucket to a fish biting his tail when it drops in the water. It's a really good adaptation.

Scooby's thought bubbles have been replaced with a mix of show accurate one word answers, thought bubbles and longer lines.

That's Snow Ghost

This is an adaptation of the episode of the same name where the gang's ski trip is interrupted by the ghost of a yeti.

The comic drops the character of the Fu Lan Chi, the Tibetan man living in a cave. That's an easily excised character because it doesn't contribute to the mystery. His character is a brief detour from the plot that only serves to illuminate the villain's inspiration.

Also, the scene where Velma is nearly killed on a saw and the confusing scene where Shaggy is somehow convinced he's a ghost by coat of clown white are both dropped. The saw scene is a loss but the adaptation is pretty good.

Rogue's Gallery

The Swamp Witch and Zombie

The Snow Ghost