Land-Grabbing Ghosts (story)

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Land-Grabbing Ghosts
Description
Publisher	DC Comics
Date published	February 2003
Part of	Scooby-Doo #69
# of pages	10
Writer	Alex Simmons
Penciler	Joe Staton
Inker	Dave Hunt
Colorer	Paul Becton
Letterer	Tom Orzechowski
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	The Creepy Cruise
Next story	Skeleton Skare

Land-Grabbing Ghosts is a story in Scooby-Doo #69, by DC Comics.

Premise

Mystery Inc. investigates a Seattle neighborhood that is being haunted.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Deputy Mayor Leonard ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Land-Grabbing Ghosts ^{(only appearance)(Mr. Frobish and accomplices' disguises)}
• Mr. Frobish ^{(only appearance)}
• Mr. Frobish's accomplices ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Miscellaneous citizens ^{(only appearance)(miscellaneous speaking)}
• Elisha Potts ^{(only appearance)(portrait)(deceased)}
• Police officers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}

Locations

• Seattle
  • Grocery store
  • Alleyway
  • City Hall ^{(flashback only)}
  • Web (Internet) Cafe
  • Trolley
  • Norris Construction yard
• Old Seattle
  • Matheson Street
    • Hat store
    • Irene's Notions and Curiosities
    • Trixie's
    • Sweet Shoppe
    • Old house

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Deputy Mayor Leonard	He knew all about the land-grabbing ghosts.
Mr. Frobish	He claimed to have found the actual documents which proving the claim of the land-grabbing ghosts.
Citizens of Seattle	As descendants of the ghosts they benefitted from them trying to stop the redevelopment of the old neighborhood.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Mr. Frobish and his two accomplices as the Land-Grabbing Ghosts	To get the land with fake documents so they can sell it back to the city for a profit.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Coloring mistakes

• None known.

Inconsistencies/continuity errors and/or goofs/oddities

• None known.

Reception

In "Land-Grabbing Ghosts" the milieu of Kolchak: the Night Strangler becomes the underground center of exploration. However, the setting merely provides interesting window dressing and slug-trappings; the slimy creatures seem to be everywhere.

Alex Simmons more openly engages the gang in a real-estate swindle, but one must pay extremely close attention to the artwork and the dialogue in order to solve this puzzle. Whodunnit isn't as important as how the gang solves the crime.