Usually it’s Scooby and Shaggy who don the disguises for Mystery Inc., but this time Velma and Daphne are getting in on the fun! And no, this Scooby-Doo/Wonder Woman crossover isn’t an inspired piece of fan art—it’s an actual DC comic.
That’s right—DC recently released an all-ages Wonder Woman comic where Paradise Island plays host to detectives Velma and Daphne. See, because a land with no crime has trouble finding a detective to solve their latest mystery—mythological monsters popping in and out of existence. Diana’s first choice of detective, Batman, isn’t allowed to set foot on Paradise Island… but he recommends two sharp Mystery Inc. ladies who can.
The fact that Velma and Daphne come recommended by the Caped Crusader is one of many nods to the Scooby-Doo TV series. We really dig how the overall art style matches the Hanna-Barbera cartoons—from Amazonians jousting on kangas to Shaggy and Fred stuck inside the invisible jet. Take a deeper look at the crossover with Comics Alliance’s review.
And get a load of that battle armor! We smell a new cosplay on the horizon—maybe not in time for San Diego Comic-Con, but we definitely expect to see some Amazon!Velmas and Amazon!Daphnes at New York Comic-Con.
Image: DC Comics
You know, this would be great if they made it into the next Scooby Doo movie. Usually, I don’t like when Scooby goes outside it’s universe, but what the heck. The recent movies have all done it. They give sly winks and nods to a whole range of fans. I particularly like the hat-tips to Gandalf and Harry Potter in one, and San Diego Comic Con in another.
Is the fact that Scooby, unlike Mr. Wayne, can set paw on Amazon Island a clue that “he” is not who whe have thought “he” is all these years?
Presumably Scooby got, umm, trimmed, and is now an “it”.
Depends on how the Paradise Island restriction is termed in this version. If the wording is “no man” than a male dog is fine since man = male human. If the wording is “no male” then I want to know where baby kangas come from.
Really I’m just happy to see Wonder Woman in an all ages book.
But but but…anything supernatural is always proved to be fake in the Scooby-Doo universe! Will Velma and Daphne discover that Paradise Island’s mythical origins are all a scam? That WW has been cleverly *faking* her powers all these years? That her lasso of truth is just a fancy way of hypnotising people? That the invisible jet doesn’t exist?
So Queen Hippolyta will be revealed to be the villain?
“And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t been for you meddling kids!”