Monster: The Manticore
Appearance: "Velma's Monsters of the World: The Manticore" Scooby- Doo #132. July 2008.
Karen Matchette: Artist, Heroic Age: Colorist, Randy Gentile: Letterer, Jeanine Schaefer: Editor
The manticore is one of my favorite mythological creatures. With the body of a lion, tail of a scorpion, quills of a porcupine and head of a human man, the manticore was a pretty cool and freaky looking monster that ranged through Persia and into India and was popular in the bestiaries of medieval Europe.
I've always wanted to use the manticore as a monster in a narrative story and not just an educational piece, but still haven't gotten around to doing so. Here's three more varying interpretations of the manticore's appearance from various medieval sources.
That freaks the freak out of me. Do not like human faces on animalistic bodies like that. argh.....
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