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kiarrasayshi's review against another edition
3.0
This was super fun. I have some complaints with the art seeming out of sync with the writing and the annoyance of Velma's various doctorates she presumably acquired over the course of a maximum of three years, but overall I'm still enjoying it. Oh, and I find Daphne's character change to be a bit jarring. Now that's it. I love Scooby and o think the story is interesting and fun enough. It's quite simple, but it's Scooby Doo, I'm not reading Sandman here. I'll definitely keep up with this series.
foofers1622's review against another edition
5.0
An awesome upgrade to a classic cartoon series. Bitchy Daphne needs to go somewhere!
himbointraining's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
tinynavajo's review against another edition
5.0
Had to reread in order to know what was going on in the second volume. Glad that I did, I'm enjoying this version of Scooby and the gang a lot!
xsleepyshadows's review against another edition
1.0
This is...ok? I think some people will like this story a lot more than I do. The art is pretty good though. I wish I was a little more subtle or actually had a lead in to the apocalypse part. This has so much unnecessary dialogue in it that it is repeating itself. Like, What if they just solved mysteries and they're learning the monsters are real and need to discover how...then find out about the lab and the whole transformation nanobot things. That would defiantly be a lot more mystery! Instead they just kinda put you in the middle of it, Go! Right off the bat with crazy monsters!
Daphne's character is ehh?...I don't understand why she has a mystery show and they don't give her much character besides angry.
Fred wouldn't be missed if he wasn't in this vol. at all.
Shaggy seem pretty true character.
Scooby I actually like the smart dog origin story. He still has his character but I like the more vicious bits.
Velma is still brainy..and why is she the only one who gets an origin story?
What in fact is anyone's motivation?! ~Ashley
Daphne's character is ehh?...I don't understand why she has a mystery show and they don't give her much character besides angry.
Fred wouldn't be missed if he wasn't in this vol. at all.
Shaggy seem pretty true character.
Scooby I actually like the smart dog origin story. He still has his character but I like the more vicious bits.
Velma is still brainy..and why is she the only one who gets an origin story?
What in fact is anyone's motivation?! ~Ashley
erincataldi's review against another edition
3.0
I've been on a Scooby Doo kick this year. I re-watched the entire first season a few months ago and read "Meddling Kids" an adult spoof and everyone's favorite teenage gang of crime solvers. I thought Scooby Doo Apocalypse might be some more of that but I was wrong. It's entirely different. The gang didn't know each other as teenagers and they only come together because evil genius, Velma had been working on nano-technology when some scientists re-wired it and caused it to be bad. Velma reached out to Daphne's low rated cable mystery show (Fred is the loyal filming assistant) to help expose what was going on in her secret high tech lab. Unfortunately all hell breaks loose and everyone starts turning into monsters. Shaggy and his genetically enhanced dog, Scooby, help the three escape the lab alive. Now the five of them must rely on each other for survival because it looks like the whole world has gone mad. So yeah... completely different. They even made Shaggy a giant hipster. Not horrible, not great, I may check out volume two.
libeerian's review against another edition
2.0
Maybe a tad harsh with the rating, but it just felt the issues kept repeating the same action, arguments, etc, without expanding on the concept.
katreadingbooks's review against another edition
5.0
This is not your childhood Scooby Doo and I am here for it. This graphic novel is the first 6 issues and follows the gang trying to survive after an experiment gone wrong.
In this series the kids have not grown up knowing each other instead they are adults who meet while Daphne and Fred are investigating looking for a story to put Daphne’s show back on the map.
What I love: Shaggy is not such dork. The gang has actually aged
In this series the kids have not grown up knowing each other instead they are adults who meet while Daphne and Fred are investigating looking for a story to put Daphne’s show back on the map.
What I love: Shaggy is not such dork. The gang has actually aged
siemarilyn's review against another edition
love the concept and scooby is a cutie 4ever - but rat's too much rialogue, raggy.
dantastic's review against another edition
4.0
I'm a Scooby Doo fan from way back and I've been enjoying DC's Hanna-Barbera line so far, for the most part. I got this as part of a trade-in at my now defunct LCS but didn't have time to read it until we went into self-isolation.
Scooby Apocalypse is a reimagining of the Scooby Doo gang in a survival horror scenario. The world has been stricken by a nanotech plague that turns people into monsters. The only people not effected are Daphne Blake, a TV reporter, Fred Jones, her cameraman, Shaggy Rogers, the dog trainer from the top secret facility that spawned the plague, Scooby-Doo, one of the failed subjects from the smart-dog project, and Velma Dinkley, one of the scientists from the installation.
I'm largely a purist when it comes to Scooby Doo but I really enjoyed this. Really, though, how could a team like Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Howard Porter put out something less than excellent? It kind of feels like one of those video game movies where there's not enough backstory to do much with so the team is forced to invent a lot of it. Velma's backstory was easily my favorite part of the book. I also liked that the issues are linked but largely self-contained, a result of decades of expertise on the part of Giffen and DeMatteis.
The action is fast and furious and the gang doesn't get a lot of breathing room. There's lots of monster killing action. It's a little lighter on humor than I would like but when the world is going up in flames, there's not a lot of time for jokes. I like the new take on the characters, although Fred seems really unnecessary now that Daphne is the leader of the group.
How are Giffen, DeMatteis, and Porter not on a higher profile book? Howard Porter's art is as great as it ever was and Giffen and DeMatteis haven't lost a step either. Scooby Apocalypse shows that a veteran creative team like Giffen, DeMatteis, and Porter can make a fun comic out of almost any crazy concept. Four out of five Scooby Snacks.
Scooby Apocalypse is a reimagining of the Scooby Doo gang in a survival horror scenario. The world has been stricken by a nanotech plague that turns people into monsters. The only people not effected are Daphne Blake, a TV reporter, Fred Jones, her cameraman, Shaggy Rogers, the dog trainer from the top secret facility that spawned the plague, Scooby-Doo, one of the failed subjects from the smart-dog project, and Velma Dinkley, one of the scientists from the installation.
I'm largely a purist when it comes to Scooby Doo but I really enjoyed this. Really, though, how could a team like Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Howard Porter put out something less than excellent? It kind of feels like one of those video game movies where there's not enough backstory to do much with so the team is forced to invent a lot of it. Velma's backstory was easily my favorite part of the book. I also liked that the issues are linked but largely self-contained, a result of decades of expertise on the part of Giffen and DeMatteis.
The action is fast and furious and the gang doesn't get a lot of breathing room. There's lots of monster killing action. It's a little lighter on humor than I would like but when the world is going up in flames, there's not a lot of time for jokes. I like the new take on the characters, although Fred seems really unnecessary now that Daphne is the leader of the group.
How are Giffen, DeMatteis, and Porter not on a higher profile book? Howard Porter's art is as great as it ever was and Giffen and DeMatteis haven't lost a step either. Scooby Apocalypse shows that a veteran creative team like Giffen, DeMatteis, and Porter can make a fun comic out of almost any crazy concept. Four out of five Scooby Snacks.