A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - S01E04 - The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book - Toonstalgia

A Pup Named Scooby-Doo - The Schnook Who Took My Comic Book

Premiered September 24, 1988

Season 1, Episode 4

Quickly

A frog monster steals Shaggy's newly purchased rare comic.

Thoughts, Detail and Kind of a Recap

Shaggy goes to a comic convention to buy the first issue of Commander Cool & Mellow Mutt. It's one of three in the world. As he's leaving the convention, he's accosted by Dr. Croaker, a villain from the comic. Dr. Croaker steals his comic. 

Daphne oddly doesn't believe Shaggy when he says he saw a monster even though it's kind of their thing. They explain that in unseen scenes, Shaggy often freaks out and describes seeing other monsters that don't exist. Fred's constant suspicion of Red Herring is explained by the fact that he does dress up in costumes to scare people. It's nice when the holes get plugged with reasonable explanations.

The gang goes to the booth where Shaggy bought his comic to find out if the woman who sold him the comic saw the monster. They also explain why Shaggy could afford an extremely rare first edition of a popular comic book series. The owner of the comic likes Shaggy, he spends a lot of money at her store and has for years and she has another copy so she sold him his copy at a discount. Her copy is stolen by Dr. Croaker. Then he tries to abduct Scooby but Scooby escapes his mouth with a jack.

Meanwhile, Velma is investigating, finding clues and noting as each suspect emerges.

Shaggy and Scooby go to meet the last suspect and get his comic signed by Wendell McWendell, the Commander Cool creator. They get their comic signed and are about to leave when Dr. Croaker steals his comic.

Cue chase scene and superhero costumes.

Cue shenanigans.

Velma refocuses the investigation on investigating. She brings them to Mr. Cashmore, a suspect, and and learn that he collects comics.

While all of this is happening, Wendell McWendell is informally auctioning off the last first edition.

They set up a trap with a fake Commander Cool comic and a bubblegum bomb. It turns out that the creator, Wendell McWendell was the one behind Dr. Croaker. He wanted to drive up the value of his comic. It's a cheerful ending considering they just found out the creator of their favorite comic series is a criminal. Also, it's funny hearing the antiquated notion that comics are only for little kids.

"Wow Did you know Elvis's ghost landed in this man's backyard in a UFO and that Bigfoot secretly married the Loch Ness monster?" - Fred