Comic Review: Scooby Apocalypse #28

Scooby Apocalypse #28

DC Comics

Writers: Keith Giffen & J.M. DeMatteis

Artists: Patrick Olliffe and Tom Mandrake

I can’t get enough of this comic. Scooby Apocalypse is a very fun series to read and a great twist on the classic Scooby-Doo characters. There are some problems, and at certain points, it felt very sluggish, but there’s always been something enjoyable in every issue. This issue is, in my opinion, a home run of an issue.

The comic opens with Daphne alone stalking a group of monsters by herself. She fights them off and finds Scrappy-Doo is following her. The two decide to team up and hunt down any monsters they run into. The Daphne and Scrappy main story is split with a few pages of Velma, Shaggy, Cliffy and Daisy in the safety of Jonestown.

I really like everything that happens in this issue. The main focus is on Daphne and Scrappy. Scrappy, while not yet admitting it, finds someone he relates to in Daphne, and calls her out on her death wish. I wouldn’t say the two bond, but it’s definitely something. We also get a couple of pages with Shaggy and Velma, and Daisy and Cliffy to break things up a bit.

The art by Pat Olliffe was really great in this issue. Specifically, the opening pages where Daphne is slaughtering random monsters is a highlight. I don’t doubt that there have been some violent sequences in past issues, but none that I can remember as brutal as this one. The rest of the issue looks good. It’s just a couple of pages with other characters, but the other characters look good as well. All around, this is a good looking issue.

You can’t talk about Scooby Apocalypse without mentioning The Secret Squirrel backup story.  Secret Squirrel, Morroco, and Agent Bea have stopped Doctor O’s evil plans, but they’re surrounded by henchman on every side. Using a variety of gadgets and spy ingenuity they escape before the whole base gets blown to pieces, with the explosion leaving their fate a question mark.

J.M. DeMatteis writes the Secret Squirrel story, and he does a good job of it. It’s always a short, four or five-page story, but it really catches my attention. Tom Mandrake’s art is very fitting for the story. It’s very dynamic, and for being animals, Secret Squirrel and Morroco look good alongside the human characters. Some pages can get a little crowded and busy, but the action flows nicely.

The main Scooby story is really good. The opening pages being some of my favorites from the entire series. The Secret Squirrel backup is as entertaining and fun as it’s ever been. This is another all-around great issue of Scooby Apocalypse. I’d recommend this to any comic book or Scooby-Doo fan.