Credits
Writer(s):
Darryl Taylor Kravitz (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres:
anthropomorphic, humorous, mystery
Character(s):
Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Mr. Ditsel; police officers; the Crystal Key Ghost
First Line:
It didn’t take long to discover, when Scooby found the crystal key, that Mr. Ditsel was using it to control the ghost of his ancestors to scare the locals into selling their land cheap so he could make a profit.
Synopsis:
The resolution of a mystery, and subsequent de-ghosting of an old house, by Mystery Inc. leaves an overly verbose ghost without a home. Unbeknownst to the gang, he decides to take up residence in The Mystery Machine – and develops a taste for Scooby Snacks.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
4
Job Number:
DCSD8657
Notes:
The Crystal Key Ghost is an unusually rendered character, comprised of a skeleton’s skull and body – but filled-out by swirling black ink lines from neck-to-toe, filled-in with light gray coloring that leaves the bones visible. The Ghost delivers a full-page, six-panel soliloquy on page two, as the sole character on that page, on the state of his abrupt upheaval. A sequel appears to be set-up in the final panel. This story is reprinted again three issues later in #97, as well as in two earlier issues of Scooby-Doo Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series). See the index entry for Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 series) #127 (February 2008) for more detail.