May 2018 Comic Solicitations

2/20/2018

Here are the solicitations from Newsarama for the Scooby comics that will be released in May 2018!

SCOOBY APOCALYPSE #25
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J.M. DeMATTEIS
Art by RON WAGNER, ANDY OWENS and others
Cover by HOWARD PORTER
Variant cover by BRYAN HITCH
After nearly fifty years of Scooby-Doo, the unthinkable occurs! This month death claims one of the most beloved figures in pop-culture history: Fred Jones! This stunning turn of events will have repercussions that you won’t want to miss!
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $3.99 US • RATED T

SCOOBY-DOO, WHERE ARE YOU? #93
Written by SHOLLY FISCH
Art and cover by SCOTT JERALDS
Off on a long-overdue vacation, Scooby and the gang travel to a photographic safari park, where their only plan is to get up close with nature. But nature gets a whole lot more up close than they planned when their safari’s interrupted by the ancient Spirit of the Land! Thrust into the midst of lions, leopards and rhinos, the gang will have to unmask the bogus spirit...assuming they can escape the all-too-real savage beasts long enough to do it!
On sale MAY 9 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E

SCOOBY-DOO TEAM-UP #38 f/Blue Falcon & Dynomutt
Written by SHOLLY FISCH
Art and cover by WALTER CARZON and HORACIO OTTOLINI
Why has the Blue Falcon suddenly transformed from a bright, sunny superhero into a dark and gritty vigilante who sends his most monstrous villains fleeing for safety? Dynomutt wonders: could the Blue Falcon be…possessed? Scooby and the gang will have to join forces with the Dog Wonder to crack the mystery when the dark kite returns!
On sale MAY 23 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED E
Note: This solicitation has been edited to correctly reflect the issue number. The official DC Solicitation says this is #36, however, the correct number is #38.

5 Comments

Scoob16

2/20/2018 08:58:49 pm

OMG, that Apocalypse looks terrifying!! Hope it's not true!
I love the cover though. Porter's back, baby! :D

Finally, BF and Dynomutt on Team-Up! Now this issue, I will read when it comes out online.

WildwindVampire link

2/20/2018 09:42:04 pm

It does look really terrifying! Though I must admit I love Howard Porter's art style as well.

Btw, I haven't had a chance yet to read these last few (I did read through #18 though thanks to your suggestion about buying the TPs! :D), but are the solicits still sometimes incorrect?

Scoob16

2/21/2018 05:27:34 am

Hm, ok, I'll start with #19 then.

#19 solicit says hints that the gang fight among themselves, hence Daphne and Daisy face-to-face on the cover, but it doesn't happen, the story focuses on Cliffy. Secret Squirrel does "face the consequences of his disastrous actions", as promised.

#20 is indeed a Christmas issue, but the solicit incorrectly mentions that the gang wakes up on Christmas morning to find two members missing (the covers hint that it's Shaggy and Fred), but no one goes missing besides Velma for a couple of pages. Secret Squirrel doesn't face his enemy as the solicit promises, but that's where Morocco Mole steps in, first seen in the previous issue.

#21 solicit mentions an underground base, but the only thing underground is a sewer through which Daphne and Fred go to reach a mall in order to fortify it, according to Velma's plan. The solicit also says that we see what became of Scrappy after his presumable death in #18, but he's not even mentioned in the story. Plus, Secret Squirrel doesn't go "where many men have gone before", but instead the story continues from the end of the previous one, in Morocco's penthouse.

Finally, whereas the #22 solicit - and cover - hints a major catastrophe and the end of the human race, the actual story just continues from where the previous one left off, with Daphne and Fred reaching the mall - though there's something strange going on. As for Secret Squirrel, he's barely seen in this story as the focus is on the Wily Wolf and Double-Q (separately).

All that withstanding, I think the #23 solicit will be about right.

WildwindVampire link

2/21/2018 09:26:09 am

That's really strange that the solicits would be that far off from the final comics. Particularly the Scrappy's demise one, since it doesn't even come remotely close to happening. It's a shame, I was looking forward to seeing what happened! :(

Hmm, interesting about the Secret Squirrel descriptions being incorrect as well. Though, in honesty, I haven't enjoyed the Secret Squirrel plotlines all that much. Just seems like filler to me. The "Willy Wolf and Double Q" story that you mention doesn't give me a lot of hope either, unfortunately.

Scoob16

2/21/2018 02:49:41 pm

Well, considering that the solicits are written months before the final comic, and the fact that Apocalypse has a story arc and it's not standalone stories (like Where Are You and Team-Up), I guess it's justified that they're incorrect.
But still, I'd give anything to have Scrappy back. He was so dimensional.

May 2018 Comic Solicitations

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