Script:	Sholly Fisch (credited)
Pencils:	Dario Brizuela (credited)
Inks:	Dario Brizuela (credited)
Colors:	Heroic Age (credited)
Letters:	Saida Temofonte (credited)
Editing:	Kristy Quinn (credited) (editor) Jessica Chen (credited) (assistant editor)

• Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
• Job Number:DCCO32021

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gasp! W-what is it?
• Keywords:classic horror films; fan mail; horror movie host; monsters; mystery; television; threats

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Nocturna [Sybil] (TV horror show host); Lew Gordon (TV horror show producer); Dennis Raye (intern); cabbage monster; the Space Dinosaur from Planet X; puppet man

Synopsis:

TV horror film host Nocturna, Mistress of Midnight receives, among her many fan letters, a threat to get off the air. To complicate matters, monsters from the horror movies that Nocturna hosts begin terrorizing the TV studio.

Reprints (1)

• in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (DC, 2010 series) #112 (December 2021)

"Nocturna, Mistress of Midnight" is clearly a tribute to TV horror film host Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Although this could only be coincidence, given this story is of 2013 vintage, but the character of Nocturna (sans fright wig) rather resembles a "Scooby-Doo style" pencil and ink version of Jodie Whittaker, who assumed the role of The Doctor for Doctor Who 2017.

This story offers "Special Thanks to Leandro Corral".

Script:	Earl Kress (credited)
Pencils:	Scott Jeralds (credited as Scott Jerralds)
Inks:	Scott McRae (credited)
Colors:	Sno Cone (credited)
Letters:	Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Editing:	Joan Hilty (credited) (editor) Harvey Richards (credited) (assistant editor)

• Genre:humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; detective-mystery
• Job Number:DCSD228

• First Line of Dialogue or Text:Daphne, you've got to thank your dad for scoring these tickets to the opening day of MTTV's new studio!
• Keywords:different generations of TV hosts; ghost; meta humor; music video television; mystery; New York; Times Square

Scooby-Doo; Shaggy; Fred; Daphne; Velma; Denise (director); Parson Weakly; Clark Barr; stage electrician; makeup artist; ghost of young Clark Barr

Synopsis:

In the heart of New York's Times Square, music channel MTTV opens a new studio - which is promptly haunted by the ghost of young Clark Barr, while present-day, older Clark Barr is in attendance.

Reprints (1)

• from Scooby-Doo (DC, 1997 series) #75 (October 2003)

Veejay "Parson Weakly" is a parody/tribute character of former MTV VJ Carson Daly. Music show host "Clark Barr" is a parody/tribute character of Dick Clark, whom Shaggy describes as "...The hottest M.C. of THE teen music show in the '50's and '60's 'American Grandstand' and he still hosts 'Rollin' In the New Year'!"

"American Grandstand" is a parody reference to pop music show "American Bandstand". "Rollin' In the New Year" is a parody reference to "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" - the famous annual broadcast where the "New Year's Ball" drops from a tower in New York's Times Square.

GOOD META BIT: Shaggy remains uncharacteristically calm when the ghost first appears.
VELMA: "Aren't you going to say 'ZOINKS!' and freak out?"
SHAGGY: "I already said it once today. I don't want it to become some kind of trite catchphrase!"
...But, by the very next panel, Shaggy has indeed exclaimed "ZOINKS!" and freaked out.