Before Hanna-Barbera and writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears debuted the show in 1969, plenty of fictional detectives had already battled seemingly supernatural foes who turned out to be nothing more than imaginative thugs. Unbeknownst to most, the Scooby-Doo franchise has quite the lineage. In a word, I wanted my monsters to be real for a change, not just shoddy criminals in rubber masks and suits coated in phosphorus. That was certainly true in my case, for after years of wolfing down the adventures of Fred, Velma, Daphne, Shaggy, Scooby, and the Mystery Machine, I began to crave something more-something less reassuring. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s the adolescent’s gateway drug to darker, more disturbing horror.
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