Scooby-Doo...Where Are You! - Gold Key - Issue 6
Released June 1971
Episode Premiere
Stories
The Ghost of Redbeard
An adaptation of the episode "Go Away Ghost Ship". The gang steps in to help a shipping magnate. They investigate the pirate ghost raiding his ships.
Fred says he knows where C.L. Magnus lives because he worked for the post office the previous summer. This is a great little bit of character of development. They hang a lantern on the creepy nature of the butler by having Shaggy literally say "The Butler did it" then play it off as a joke. The butler character is even explained. He was an insurance investigator. He wasn't just spying, he was undercover.
I think there's an oblique pot joke. Either that or it just plays as a pot joke to my ears.
Fred: Good! Now keep your eyes peeled for a mysterious fog bank!
Shaggy: That's the kind of bank I'd like to withdraw from!
The typography is a little more creative in this issue. They take a couple opportunities to stylize the lettering including onomatopoeia and old English oversized text to illustrate the pirate yelling.
Hand From the Wall
An original story. The gang runs out of gas. Shaggy and Scooby are elected to go to the gas station. On their way, they sit down and get conveyer belted into a haunted house. Velma, Daphne and Fred come to search for them. They find Shaggy and Scooby being frightened by an old man. His intent is...odd but ultimately benign. He ran a haunted house before he retired. He did his house up to scare people in his retirement which would be fine if he hadn't set up his house to take people in from the outside. He make amends by giving them tickets to a fair.
This is the first really good original story. It has a unique concept and "villain".
Rogue's Gallery
The Ghost of Redbeard and his crew
The Haunted House
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