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Revision as of 18:21, 20 October 2015
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Dead & Let Spy is a story in Scooby-Doo! #106.
Premise
Young British spy J.Z. Bang is being stalked by monsters everywhere he goes on his missions. He needs the help of MI-5, the five members of Mystery Inc., that is.
Synopsis
Characters
Main characters:
Supporting characters:
- J.Z. Bang (only appearance)
- Director G (only appearance)
- Cadaver (only appearance)
- Doctor Ooh (only appearance)
Villains:
- The Shag (a.k.a. Astro Turf) (only appearance)(disguise)/
- Professor Bits (only appearance)
- Assorted Monsters (only appearance)(disguise)
Other characters:
- TBA
Locations
- Arctic
- Snowy mountain
- Brittish Spy Service headquarters
- Train
- Dining car
- Baggage car
- Old Barn
- Japan
- Place where demon can-can dancers attacked
- Bottom of the sea
- Place where a rouge werewolf attacked
- Old abandoned riverboat
- Roy and Al's Casino
Objects
- TBA
Vehicles
- TBA
Suspects
Suspect | Motive/reason |
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Director G (J.Z.'s uncle) | Knew his nephew was afraid of ghosts and ghouls, but he thought he was over it. |
Cadaver | Director G thought the ghosts and ghouls his nephew kept running into were all hired by him. |
Professor Bits | Angry at how J.Z. Bang kept destroying his equipment. |
Doctor Ooh | Needed J.Z. Bang to retrieve the parts of his secret device, but he didn't say why. |
Culprits
Culprit | Motive/reason |
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Professor Bits as The Shag (a.k.a. Astro-Turf) | Angry at how the agent kept destroying his equipment. |
Notes/Trivia
- J.Z. Bang is a clear reference to James Bond.
- Professor Bits is like Q, his gadget-maker.
- In the end, Bang's superior says that Bits will be sent to a village for a rest. This references the British TV show The Prisoner.
Reception
I'm sure the score to Scooby-Doo will come as a shock to everybody familiar with my reviews. It well comes as a shock to me. Breaking formula can often lead to an effervescent surprise. The two Scooby-Doo movies broke with the formula of fake monsters. The threats Scoob and the Gang faced were very real and very supernatural. This issue of Scooby-Doo breaks formula and leaves behind a smelly mess.
The first story by the usually reliable Alex Simmons "Dead & Let Spy" almost seems like a back door pilot for James Bond Jr.--a real show, I kid you not, that was completely and utterly vile. The Gang's detective skills are unnecessary since already the agency knows that the spook in question is merely a charlatan interested in world domination. The resourceful spy in the story is just too good, and he steals the spotlight from Mystery Inc. At least Robert Pope throws in a gag about the Yeti that refers back to the original series Scooby-Doo Where Are You.[1]
Quotes
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References
- ↑ Ray Tate in Line of Fire Reviews