Ghouls on Film

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Ghouls on Film
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	April 2002
Part of	Scooby-Doo #59
# of pages	12
Writer	Frank Strom
Penciler	Joe Staton
Inker	Dave Hunt
Colorer	Paul Becton
Letterer	Jenna Garcia
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	Creature from the Blue Lagoon
Next story	Mr. Sandman, Bring Me a Scream!

Ghouls on Film is the first of two stories in Scooby-Doo #59, by DC Comics. It was followed by Mr. Sandman, Bring Me a Scream!

Premise

The gang is called in to investigate a ghost sighting on the set of a Hong Kong film studio.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

• Mystery Inc.
  • Scooby-Doo
  • Shaggy Rogers
  • Fred Jones
  • Daphne Blake
  • Velma Dinkley

Supporting characters:

• Samo Hong ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Government official ^{(only appearance)}
• Mina Leung ^{(only appearance)}
• Runme Shek ^{(only appearance)}
• Gyonsi 1 ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(Mina Leung's disguise)}
• Gyonsi 2 ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(Runme Shek's disguise)}
• Gyonsi 3 ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(government official's disguise)}

Other characters:

• Film crew members ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}

Locations

• Hong Kong
  • Golden Harrow Studios
  • Shek Productions Film Studio

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Government official	Likes that the Gyonsi shuts down a nongovernment company like Golden Harrow.
Mina Leung	Angry that her father left the studio to her ex-husband.
Runme Shek	Mr. Hong's business rival.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Mina Leung	To force Mr. Hong to sell the studio.
Runme Shek	To force Mr. Hong to sell the studio.
Government official	To force Mr. Hong to sell the studio.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reprints

• Scooby-Doo Annual 2003 (UK)

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

Both of these Scooby Doo mysteries are well drawn by Joe Staton. Would you expect anything less? The stories however are so implausible that they could have come from the dreaded and feared Dark Ages of Scrappy-Doo.

I'm asked to believe that a Hong Kong studio is in so much demand that three individuals are after the property. You can't swing a hopping vampire in Hong Kong without hitting a film studio or amateur film-maker. I would wager at least eighty-percent of all movies originated in Hong Kong. So, okay, Sammo doesn't wish to sell, then there are plenty of others from which to choose.

I'm then asked to believe that these three individuals would use the same ghost and the same costume to scare off the personnel. I'm asked to believe that this is coincidence. The perpetrators do not know each other, nor is this a team scheme. It doesn't help that the gang really do not deduce the meaning behind the mischief but simply follow a suspect. How could they guess wrong? Bad dog! Bad!