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Scooby-Doo
From The TV IV
Scooby-Doo! Hanna-Barbera | |
Creator(s) | Joe Ruby & Ken Spears |
Notable Actor(s) | Don Messick Frank Welker |
First Appearance | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You episode 1x01 - What a Night for a Knight |
First Appearance Date | September 13, 1969 |
First Medium | TV show |
First TV Appearance | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You episode 1x01 - What a Night for a Knight |
First Appearance Date | September 13, 1969 |
Alternate Names | Scooby |
Associated Characters | Fred Herman Jones Daphne Ann Blake Norville "Shaggy" Rogers Velma Dace Dinkley Scrappy-Doo |
The great dane detective Scooby-Doo first appeared in a long running series of Saturday morning cartoon shows, airing from 1969 to 1985, and subsequently in additional series and films, both animated and live-action, proving to be one of the most enduring Hanna-Barbera franchises.
Original programs
Other media
Comics
Scooby Doo has been featured in comic books since his first season five decades hence. His appearances:
- Gold Key (Western Publishing): 30 regular issues, 4 March Of Comics premiums (in conjunction with Sears), Dec. 1969 - Dec. 1974, as Scooby-Doo...Where Are You! issues 1-16 and 26 (reprint of issue #6); as Scooby-Doo Mystery Comics issues 17-25, 27-30
- Charlton: 11 issues, Feb. 1975 - Oct. 1976, as ...Where Are You!
- Marvel: 9 regular issues (7 issues had lead-in stories in issues of Dynomutt), 13 issues of Laff-A-Lympics (appearances as Scooby Doobies captain), 2 appearances in special issues (Yogi Bear's Easter Parade and Laff-A-Lympics: The Man Who Stole Thursdays), Aug. 1977 - Feb. 1979
- Harvey Comics: 3 issues (reprints from Charlton stories), June 1992 - Dec. 1992
- Archie Comics: 21 regular issues, 1 special appearance (Hanna-Barbera Christmas Parade), plus 1 issue of A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Aug. 1995 - May 1997
- DC Comics: 159 regular issues plus 4 special issues, June 1997 - Sept. 2010 as Scooby Doo; Oct. 2010 - present as Scooby Doo, Where Are You? (first issue on sale in October 2010); also limited series Scooby Apocalypse and Scooby-Doo Team-Up (featuring crossovers with other Hanna-Barbera characters)
- A special 2000 publication by Time-Warner from Cartoon Network featured a comic story that had the Scooby Doo gang meeting the Powerpuff Girls.