Scooby-Doo #12

The whole Mystery Inc. gang heads to a comics convention in this delightfully self-aware 1998 issue, with Shaggy front and center marveling at a Scooby-Doo comic book tagged at a whopping seventy-five dollars — a joke that lands even better when you're holding the real thing in your hands. Daphne, Fred, Velma, and a wide-eyed Scooby crowd the background amid stacks of colorful back-issue bins, all rendered with Joe Staton's warm, expressive linework on both pencils and inks. It's a charming cover that captures the fun-loving spirit of "The Comic Book Convention Caper" before you've even cracked the spine.