CREATOR

Name: Gold Key Comics (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1962 as a continuation of the Dell Publishing Co. Stopped in 1984.
Other creations
: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Gold Key in the Creators section.
Successors
: None.
Comments
: Gold Key was also known and credited as Whitman Comics.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1970. Stopped in 1973 after 16 issues, but continued until 1975 with an additional 14 issues under the title Scooby Doo Mystery Comics.

The starring character, Scooby Doo, is a talking and very timid Great Dane, who constantly runs into mysterious crime cases often involving supposed supernatural creatures. To help him straighten things out he has four teenagers: Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Fred Jones.

The series is based on an animated cartoon TV series that started in 1969 (298 episodes until 2012). The full title of both the cartoon series is Scooby-Doo, Where are You!, while the comic book series is titled Scooby Doo...Where are You! (observe the minor changes).

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

Scooby Doo, Shaggy, Daphne, Velma, Fred

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1970

#3 - 1970

#8 - 1971

#10 - 1972

#11 - 1972

#16 - 1973

 

 

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