The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Issue 21
From NOW™ – May 1990
Three Fabulous Stories!
Story: John Carnell (first story), Phil Elliott (second story), Andrew Brenner (third story)
Pencils: Andy Lanning (first story), Phil Elliott (second story), Anthony Williams (third story)
Inks: Stephen Baskerville (first story), Phil Elliott (second story), Cam Smith (third story)
Colors: Louise Cassell (first story), Dondie Cox (second & third story)
Letters: Hel (first & third story) Phil Elliott (second story)
Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo
Cover: Uncredited
Scanned and restored in March 2012 by Richard Roy
- Info: Because of the artistic situation around the time of Issue 20 (that concluded with Issue 22) this issue featured reprints from Marvel’s UK The Real Ghostbusters.
- Issue 21’s cover is the same as Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters #50. Ecto-X is also a story in it.
- The cover is either a tribute or parody to Robocop’s poster.
Ecto-X!
“The Ghostbusters are busy as hell and can’t take the pace much longer. Egon, instead of enlisting more help, builds more help in the form of Ecto-X; a mechanical Ghostbuster that can track, blast and trap a spook. Soon, however, Ecto-X’s outstanding performance soon casts the Ghostbusters out of the limelight. And, if that wasn’t bad enough, it eventually turns on them!”
- Goof: Pg. 4: Ecto-X’s bill added up to $625.50. The total amount listed was only $125.50. An error with the original math or was a conversion done from pounds to dollars.
Reference: Pgs 7,8: Rotten Fruit Computers is either a tribute or parody of Apple Computers.
- Goof: Pg. 7: “It’s Egon! He took Ecto-X to a computergeist bust in Silicon Valley this morning…”
Silicon Valley is in California, of course Ghostbusters pretty much work in New York.
- Goof: Pg. 8: “It took possession of Robo-Buster’s memory circuits…” – Egon
Robo-Buster is a 4th season episode of The Real Ghostbusters. The character of Robo-Buster is a ghostbusting robot (equipment info stolen from the Ghostbusters’ files) built by Grossjuck Industries.
The Spooked Suit!
“The Ghostbusters get a call to deal with a ghost turning a man’s suits plaid every time he puts them on. Egon takes the suit for analysis, but realizes the spook may be more challenging than he thought.”
- Info: The Spooked Suit! is a story in Marvel’s UK The Real Ghostbusters #15.
- Goof: Pg. 1: Egon and Winston’s “no ghost” logo patches are on the opposite arm.
- Goof: Pgs 2,3: Egon’s uniform isn’t colored in 100%.
Neanderthal Nightmare!
“The Ghostbusters respond to a call that a caveman is loose in a local store. They investigate, but arrive too late. Or, so they thought as they emerge to find Ecto-1 smashed up outside. More reports of cavemen pour in around the city, leaving the Ghostbusters with some big problems.”
The Real Ghostbusters Issue 21. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)
Ecto-Containment 
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