The Monster of Shoogy Cove

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The Monster of Shoogy Cove
Description
Part of	Scooby-Doo! #87
# of pages	8
Writer	Ivan Velez, Jr.
Penciler	Robert W. Pope
Inker	Dave Hunt
Colorer	Heroic Age
Letterer	Pat Brosseau
Editor	Joan Hilty
Chronology
Previous story	The Phantom Herd
Next story	Multi-Monster Mania

The Monster of Shoogy Cove is the first of three stories in Scooby-Doo! #87 by DC Comics.

Premise

The gang comes down to check out a shark monster that is haunting Shaggy's uncle Shoogy.

Synopsis

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Characters

Main characters:

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

Supporting characters:

• Uncle Shoogy ^{(only appearance)}

Villains:

• Great Shark Beast ^{(only appearance)(no lines)(Mike's disguise)}
• Mike ^{(only appearance)}
• Florita ^{(only appearance)}

Other characters:

• Beach goers ^{(only appearance)(no lines)}
• Beach guards ^{(only appearance)}

Locations

• Beach
  • Shoogy's Cove: Snacks And Surf Gear
    • Florita's office

Objects

• TBA

Vehicles

• The Mystery Machine

Suspects

Suspect	Motive/reason
Mike	Gruff attitude.
Florita	She knew about the Great Shark Beast's curse.

Culprits

Culprit	Motive/reason
Mike as the Great Shark Beast Florita as his accomplice	To force Shoogy to sell his business and split the money.

Notes/trivia

• TBA

Reception

This is a very unusual issue of Scooby Doo. All three stories in some way veer from the formula of Mystery Inc. All three however do not suffer from the attempt at doing something new.

In the first tale, a shark-like demon--read as man in rubber suit--attempts to frighten away the beachgoers at Shoogy's Cove. As you may have deduced from the name, Shoogy is Shaggy's relative, and though Ivan Velez Jr. portrays the Gang in character, he does not give the meddling kids any clues whereby they can uncover the identity of the Shark Monster. Instead, they just lay out a hilarious trap and put the kibosh on him.

Robert Pope does a fair job at capturing the Gang at work and at play. He does forget on occasion that Daphne has a prominent chin, but his take on the other characters--especially Velma and an emotive Scooby--do not embarrass him.