April 2023 Comic Solicitations

1/20/2023

Courtesy of GamesRadar+ as always, here are the two Scooby-Doo comic solicitations for April!

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #121
Written by JOHN ROZUM
Pencils by WALTER CARZON
Inks by HORACIO OTTOLINI
Cover by WALTER CARZON and HORACIO OTTOLINI
$2.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 4/4/23
Mystery Inc. is on the case when a small town is plagued by claims of monster sightings. What could Bigfoot, the Goat Man, the Lizard Man, and the other creatures be up to? And what will it mean for the town if the gang can't find out?

THE BATMAN & SCOOBY-DOO MYSTERIES #7
Written by AMANDA DEIBERT
Art and cover by DARIO BRIZUELA
$2.99 US | 32 pages
ON SALE 4/11/23
Daphne's martial arts hobby takes center stage at a national competition: Gotham's Got Talent! It's all good until her competitors start being talent-napped. Judge Bruce Wayne calls in Batman, who teams up with Mystery Inc. to infiltrate the competition. Can they solve the mystery before front-runner Daphne winds up in real trouble?

17 Comments

Jakob123

1/21/2023 03:31:39 pm

Very interesting concept for the first upcoming comic book. I think this is the first time in a while that Scooby and the gang have encountered a goat-like monster since Krampus from Mystery Incorporated and The Demon of Salem from BCSD!

Speaking of which I can see that the first two monster shadows on the cover look a lot like El Chupacabra from Monster of Mexico and one of the Sea Creatures from the BCSD episode All Paws on Deck.

WildwindVampire link

1/21/2023 06:12:42 pm

I thought it was an interesting plot too! Yeah, they haven't encountered a goat monster since those instances you mentioned, plus I guess the Piranha-Goat who shows up briefly in "Dead Justice" from Mystery Incorporated.

I agree they both look like the Chupacabra and Sea Creatures! I bet the designs were inspired by those villains.

Jakob123

1/22/2023 08:31:28 am

Indeed but I can't make out who the third monster shadow at the top is. However judging from the cram claw it has, I will assume it is some type of crab like monster.

WildwindVampire link

1/22/2023 09:20:09 am

I can't either. The crab claw looks like the Man-Crab, but the little bit of the rest of its body that we see is different, so I'm not sure!

Jakob123

1/22/2023 08:42:43 pm

Have you by any chance ever heard of the legends of (The Goatman of Maryland)?,
(The Pope Lick Monster of Louisville Kentucky)?, Old Alton Bridge aka (Goatman's Bridge) in Texas?, and the (Lake Worth Goatman) also in Texas?

WildwindVampire link

1/22/2023 08:48:29 pm

I haven't heard of any of those! Are those real-life legends?

Jakob123

1/22/2023 10:13:43 pm

Yes! WildWind I guarantee you that they are.

WildwindVampire link

1/23/2023 09:01:33 am

That's cool!

Jakob123

1/24/2023 05:25:14 pm

The topic about goat men monsters also gave me an idea for a future Scooby-Doo episode/special.

It is called... (Scooby-Doo! and the Trestle of Terror!)

In this episode/special... While driving through the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky in search of a new mystery, the scooby gang come across the urban legend of a half-human and half-goat creature that is said to live underneath an old yet still active railway trestle bridge crossing over pope lick creek, where according to legend the creature itself uses ether hypnosis or voice mimicry to lure trespassers into walking up on to the trestle only for them to meet their untimely death before an oncoming train.

WildwindVampire link

1/24/2023 07:23:18 pm

Wow, this is a really cool idea for an episode! I would love to see an episode or special like this! Nice job!

Jakob123

1/24/2023 09:31:27 pm

Thanks, However I should inform you that my idea is based on real-life events that I personally have heard about. One part of The Legend of the Pope Lick Goat-man is actually true. It has been all over the American news.

You see lots of people really have died at the pope lick trestle itself while trying to find out if the legendary goat-man himself is real or not over the past few decades , even in recent years!

Tragic! isn't it?

WildwindVampire link

1/25/2023 07:30:51 am

Oh wow, I didn't realize that it was a real story. That is really sad!

Jakob123

1/28/2023 12:02:41 pm

I know, there has been a number of documented deaths and accidents at the bridge over the years ever since it was first constructed back in the early 1800's

According to legend, back in the day the Pope Lick Goatman was said to be a freak show attraction belong to a traveling circus who swore revenge on humanity after a life of mistreatment by his owners and one night he escaped after the circus train that he was on derailed while crossing the pope lick trestle, and to this day he has stayed at the trestle ever since still reeking his horrible vengeance on innocent passers by.

WildwindVampire link

1/28/2023 02:49:54 pm

That's really creepy! I'd never heard about that legend before.

Jakob123

1/28/2023 03:14:11 pm

It's true, You can look it up on Wikipedia.

Jakob123

1/28/2023 03:11:57 pm

I have heard other stories that claim the monster jumps down from the trestle onto the roofs of cars passing beneath it. Yet other legends tell that it attacks its victims with a blood-stained axe and that the very sight of the creature is so unsettling that those who see it while walking across the high trestle are driven to leap off.

WildwindVampire link

1/28/2023 08:45:25 pm

I looked up a bit of info on it, that's super freaky!

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