Scooby Apocalypse Vol. 1

by Keith Giffen, Howard Porter (Illustrator)

Overview

Fred. Daphne. Velma. Shaggy. Scooby-Doo. Roaming the globe in their lime-green Mystery Machine, they’ve solved countless crimes and debunked dozens of sketchy supernatural shenanigans.
 
But what if the horror was real?
 
Something terrible has transformed our world, turning millions of people into mindless zombie hordes. And only five people—well, four people and one mangy mutt—have the smarts, the skills and the sheer crazy courage to stare down doomsday.
 
Can these pesky kids and their canine companion—using every incredible contraption in their arsenal—defeat the evil that has overwhelmed planet Earth? We’ve got only one thing to say about that: ZOINKS!

 From comics mastermind Jim Lee and the superstar creative team of Keith Giffen (JUSTICE LEAGUE 3001), J.M. DeMatteis (Justice League Dark) and Howard Porter (JLA) comes Scooby Apocalypse, a whole new spin on the most beloved paranormal investigators in history. Get ready to give Scooby Snacks a whole new meaning! Scooby Apocalypse Volume 1 collects issues #1-6.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401267902
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	02/07/2017
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	301,148
Product dimensions:	6.40(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

Keith Giffen has provided plotting, scripting, artwork, or any combination thereof for titles such as All-Star Comics, Legion of Super-Heroes, Ragman, Creeper, Lobo, Suicide Squad, The Defenders, Hero Squared!, and, um... Ambush Bug. He's worked on the weekly series 52 and Countdown to Final Crisis, as well as 52 Aftermath: The Four Horsemen and Midnighter, plus a gazillion other things. He also was the illustrator of the new 52 series O.M.A.C.

Editorial Reviews

06/05/2017
What would happen if you took Scooby-Doo and the gang, gave them a postmillennial-snark update, and tossed them into a Resident Evil knockoff? Giffen, DeMatteis, and Porter, all alumni of various versions of the Justice League, aim to find out. Things start off with a new origin story for the bickering gang, whose members are a once-promising, now-low-rent cable-news duo (Fred and Daphne); an antisocial genius (Velma); and a hipster doofus and his cybernetically enhanced talking dog (Shaggy and Scooby) who both have the perpetual munchies. They come together at a top-secret underground research facility where a scientific plan to perfect humanity has gone awry. Before you know it, the gang is battling ravenous hell beasts and debating the moral expediency of killing partiers turned monsters at a Burning Man–type festival. Porter’s straight superhero drawing style, full of ’90s poses, is an odd fit for Scooby-Doo, but meshes with the occasionally witty but frequently repetitive writing. Instead of a brave, more-adult-oriented reboot, à la Archie, this is more a dull detour that confuses nonstop action with reimagination. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

With out-there costumes and psychedelic greens that slide into electric blues, they create a world that looks as ‘groovy’ as it does near-future.” —Comic Book Resources
  
“Howard Porter slinging some of his best ink since the early days of his run on JLA.” — Newsarama

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