Scooby-Doo #138

Poor Daphne finds herself in an impossible spot on Joe Staton's cover for this January 2009 issue — her friends Shaggy, Scooby, and Velma are pinned down by crackling energy beams from a menacing mechanical claw, while Fred dangles upside down over a bubbling green hazard above, leaving her to cry out "Oh, no!! Who do I rescue first?!?" The James Bond-flavored story title "Dead & Let Spy" promises a mystery adventure with a espionage twist, brought to life inside by writer Alex Simmons and artist Robert Pope. A fun, frantic entry in DC's long-running Scooby-Doo series that captures the gang at their most hilariously imperiled.