The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Volume 2: Issue 1

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From NOW™ – November 1991

Story: Shannon McCutcheon & Barry Petersen (first story), John Carnell (Second story)

Pencils: Neil Grahame (first story), Brian Williamson (second story)

Inks: Jim Brozman (first story), Cam Smith (second story)

Colors: Suzanne Dechnik, Kelly Kinsey and Holly Sanfelippo (first story), Stuart Place (second story)

Letters: Caren Skibell (first story), Hel (second story)

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn and Barry Petersen (first story)

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Andy Lanning & Dave Hine

Scanned and restored in May 2012 by Richard Roy

“Tobin and the Maze of Time Part II”

The Ghostbusters are trapped in dreamspace, and they must find their way in order to help Tobin. However, things get hairy when the boys are separated and confronted with creatures straight out of mythology!

“Full Haunted House”

The boys are playing a mean game of poker and Peter’s cleaning house. The others go to bed, but Peter’s still raring to play. That’s when he’s visited by Satan, Death and the See-Through Kid, willing to give him the game of his life. And the stakes? His very soul!

Volume 2, Issue 1 information. (from NYGB Comic Guide)

The Real Ghostbusters Volume 2: Issue 1. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Spectacular 3-D Issue!

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From NOW™ – October 1991

Story: Barry Petersen (Story 1), Andrew Brenner (Story 2), Shannon McCutcheon & Barry Petersen (Story 3)

Pencils: Norm Dwyer (Story 1), Brian Williamson (Story 2), Neil Grahame (Story 3)

Inks: John Strangeland (Story 1), Dave Elliott (Story 2), Jim Brozman (Story 3)

Colors: Stuart Place (Story 2), Suzanne Dechnik, Kelly Kinsey & Holly Sanfellipo (Story 3)

Letters: Patrick Williams (Story 1), Nick Abadzis (Story 2), Caren Skibell (third story)

3-D Conversion: Bob Staake of Apartment 3-D (Story 1)

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn & Barry Petersen (Story 3)

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: John Strangeland

Scanned and restored in May 2012 by Richard Roy

“The Rise and Fall of Ghostbusting” (3-D)

There’s a ghost at the local amusement park on one of its most profitable rides, and its up to the Ghostbusters to get rid of it.  Except the roller coaster they ride takes them by too fast to effectively trap it, leaving the ghost free and the owner questioning their abilities!

“Nobody’s Slimer!”

Slimer has slimed once too often. The Ghostbusters are all agitated at their slimy houseguest, causing him to run off believing nobody loves him. Now all alone, he seeks residence with other people thoroughly unprepared for him as a resident!

“Tobin and the Maze of Time Part 1”

Tobin was chosen from his time in 1 AD to be the new chronicler of spirits, creating Tobin’s Spirit Guide, the Ghostbusters’ ultimate resource tool. Speaking of the Ghostbusters, in the midst of an experiment Tobin projected his image into Egon’s lab calling for their help. Now the Ghostbusters must go to the astral plane to rescue Tobin and save the world from the Evil that imprisoned him.

  1. Info: This issue is referred to The Real Ghostbusters Vol. 2 Issue 0 since it begins the story arc that carries across The Real Ghostbusters Vol 2 comics.

The Real Ghostbusters Spectacular 3-D. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

Stay-Puft Returns, Marshmallows That Is

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The weekend before Free Comic Book Day I was contacted by Mr. David Garth from the Parallax Corporation. He was telling me in a sentence most likely along with every major Ghostbusters fan site that the company has a new license to make and sell Stay-Puft marshmallows. And they already are!

Previously Omni Consumer Products had a license to make and sell Stay-Puft marshmallows. Their product contained squarish caffeinated marshmallows in a collectible rectangular box for $20. Unfortunately one of my boxes already past its expiration date when I received it.

New company, new ideas. Parallax Corporation’s box is probably more in line with how The Stay-Puft Corporation, if it really existed would be selling their delicious marshmallow treat in today’s snack world. It’s very competitive I’m sure. Only difference is they would never show an angry Mr. Stay Puft. Since this is for Ghostbusters fans, makes sense. If a fan didn’t want to display it that way all they would need to do is turn the box around.

Like O.C.P, Parallax Corporation is selling Stay-Puft marshmallows through Think Geek for a less costly price of $7.99. Which is feasible considering the new marshmallows are mini. Each box contains approx. 45 of them!

There is one caveat though. While I didn’t see this on the site, Chris from Proton Charging reported that Think Geek can’t ship the new Stay-Puft marshmallows outside the United States.

Equipment: Belt Gizmo

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Last month around April 13, 2012 a Ghostbusters fan, (HandSolo) shared his discovery of the animated version of the “Belt Gizmo.” A piece of Ghostbusting equipment that’s always been part of the uniform, we’ve never known its function. That wasn’t good enough for the creative behind The Real Ghostbusters. When a story or script called for it, they gave a couple of functions to the Belt Gizmo.

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In the season 1 episode Mr. Sandman, Dream Me A Dream we see for the first time what the Belt Gizmo can do, used as a communications device. Kind of like emergency personnel’s “walkie talkies.” It’s a professional term I first learned when I was a kid. Peter pulled the belt gizmo up from his belt in a hallway before the Sandman temporarily got to him.

In fact three out of four times the Belt Gizmo was used, it was as a “walkie talkie.”

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In the season 3 episode Baby Spookums Ray’s Belt Gizmo has a button that lights up. Which he answers. In the season 3 episode The Headless Motorcyclist Winston pulled his Belt Gizmo up from his belt in a client’s apartment to speak to the other The Real Ghostbusters.

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What I and others find more interesting for the Belt Gizmo’s function is it being used an alert/pager system. We did see that briefly in Baby Spookums. The full range of what the Belt Gizmo can do was seen in the season 3 episode Once Upon A Slime. In the episode Peter and Winston were in trouble with Ecto-2. About the same time Ray and Egon were at the library. This is when Egon’s Belt Gizmo “goes off.” He receives the text message “Ecto 2.” When a The Real Ghostbusters is out of range he (or Janine. maybe Louis) can use their Belt Gizmo to alert another The Real Ghostbusters.

Disclaimer: Screenshots are used for reference and no ownership is implied.

 

Free Comic Books Everyday

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Yesterday was the annual Free Comic Book Day around the US and abroad. Something I was able to participate in two years in a row if you can believe that. While Free Comic Book Day is an excellent day for publishers, store owners, comic book fans and their families I wanted to “gently” remind everyone that at Ectocontainment™ every day is (cheap plug) FREE The Real Ghostbusters comic book days, brought to you by NOW and myself.

I have scanned, cleaned, and where needed restored Volume 1, Issues 1-28 of The Real Ghostbusters comics from Now Comics. (Ghostbusters Firehouse) I also scanned, cleaned, and where needed restored, albeit in 2007 The Real Ghostbusters Starring in Ghostbusters II three parter. Originally I only had the limited to 1,000 copies trade paperback. Also this year I scanned, cleaned, and again where needed restored Issue 1 of Slimer!

Going forward I will be working on and putting up the special, the 4 issues from Volume 2, and annuals from The Real Ghostbusters comics. I will also be putting up Issue 2 of Slimer! As I’ve previously talked about I don’t have every issue of Slimer! and don’t know if I will add the comics I do have to Ectocontainment.

Equipment: Ghost Detector

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The second Kenner toy I wrote about was the Ghost Nabber. Although I knew it was based on the Ghost Sniffer from Ghostbusters and had been drawn as the Ghost Detector for The Real Ghostbusters, I didn’t know off hand (and I hadn’t researched it yet at the time) if the Ghost Detector had ever been used during the series. Last time I saw an episode with the Ghost Detector in it was Take Two in 2005.

Recently Ghostbusters fan Midcoast Ghostbuster clued me in that the Ghost Detector had indeed been apart of The Real Ghostbusters and proceeded to give me some information. I also heard from Ghostbusters fan Matthew (devilmanozzy) who runs the Ghostbusters Wiki about the Ghost Detector and the Wiki’s page about it.

The not as popular piece of ghostbusting equipment was seen and/or used three times during The Real Ghostbusters. It was first seen as a prop in Take Two, the season one episode where The (Real) Ghostbusters movie was being made. It was really used during the season 3 episode (“guest starring” Walter Peck) Big Trouble With Little Slimer.

With this recent information to me I’ve added a Ghost Detector equipment page to Ectocontainment and updated the Kenner Ghost Nabber write up.

Post Update: With Ecto-Containment’s evolution to an overall Ghostbusters web site, their isn’t a separate RGBs page for equipment from the series. Equipment like the Ghost Detector would be part of a “It’s Technical” part of an episode review.

The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Issue 26

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From NOW™ – October 1990

Closet Case

Story: James Van Hise

Pencils: Neil Grahame

Inks: Jim Brozman

Colors: Susan (as S.) Dechnik & Kelly (as K.) Kinsey

Letters: Joseph Allen

Art Director: Michele Mach

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Dougie Braithwaite & Dave Hine

Scanned and restored in April 2012 by Richard Roy

“Something lurks in the closet of Tommy Newkirk, something that fills him completely with terror! Something bothers Egon Spengler too, and a check-up later he learns his fears were just; when Samhain had escaped the containment unit the last time, so did another entity; the Boogieman! He’s out, and he’s looking for revenge against his favorite meal-ticket; Egon!”

  1. Reference: The Boogieman first appeared in the first season episode, The Boogieman Cometh.

The Real Ghostbusters Issue 26. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Issue 25

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From NOW™ – September 1990

Ghost Train

Story: James Van Hise

Pencils: Neil Grahame

Inks: Jim Brozman

Colors: Suzanne Dechnik & Holly Sanfelippo

Letters: Joseph Allen

Art Director: Michele Mach

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Neil Grahame

Scanned and restored in April 2012 by Richard Roy

“The Ghostbusters are hired by A.R.M.O.R. (Advanced Radical Military Occult Railroad) to head through a gateway at Mount St. Helens into another dimension to retrieve their prototype ghost train. Given high tech body armor, the Ghostbusters pass through a portal and find themselves in a strange world with strange creatures…all hungry for human flesh!”

  1. Reference: Pg 10: Mr. Badge: “Years later, after the explosion of Mt. St. Helens…”

Mt. St. Helens has been an active volcano and is located in Washington.

The Real Ghostbusters Issue 25. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

Episode Review: Mrs Roger’s Neighborhood

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After at least a two year absence I’ve begun reviewing The Real Ghostbusters episodes again. Unlike 2008 or 2009 I will not be writing about the episodes plots almost word for word like I’m writing a report. Each episode review will have a synopsis and any of the following:

  • Thoughts and comments.
  • Technical references.
  • Facts and/or trivia.
  • Product “placement.”
  • Mistakes/goofs from an episode.

Today’s case file continues from September 1986, titled Mrs. Roger’s Neighborhood. After The Real Ghostbusters had unplugged Killerwatt the week before business has slowed down considerably. That is until a “little old lady” named Mrs. Rogers calls about her haunted house. Mrs. Rogers and her house are more then they appear.

Photo File: Mrs. Rogers with her bird Precious.

Sears Christmas The Real Ghostbusters Pages

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I haven’t made a separate post for Kenner Collector in the past. It’s a web site run by Dan Flarida and John Wooten that is all about the toy company Kenner. Who as we know made many iconic and memorable toy lines, which included The Real Ghostbusters. You thought I was going to mention a certain space movie?

While I was looking at the most recent post by Dan, a link in the post lead to another site (Plaid Stallions) who has a link to Wishbook Web. A site that’s all about Christmas catalogs going as far back as the 1930s! I pursued the limited catalogs from 1987 and up to see if The Real Ghostbusters were in them. As a child of the 80s I vividly remember looking at Christmas toy catalogs. I didn’t remember as a 34 year old early The Real Ghoatbusters advertising.

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Fortunately Wishbook Web has Sears Catalogs from 1987 and 1988. Where I found three scans advertising The Real Ghostbusters toys and a sleeping bag. Also feel nostalgic for the Transformers toys that mattered.

The Real Ghostbusters Comics: Issue 24

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From NOW™ – August 1990

Carnival

Story: James Van Hise

Pencils: Neil Grahame

Inks: Jim Brozman

Colors: Suzanne Dechnik

Letters: Joseph Allen

Art Director: Michele Mach

Editor: Katherine Llewellyn

Editor-in-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Neil Grahame

Scanned and restored in March 2012 by Richard Roy

“The circus is in town and the Ghostbusters are chasing a shape-shifting spook. Little do they know that elsewhere, Denita escapes a small town ruled by Master Cosmos and goes in search of help. She finds the Ghostbusters and explains to them her problem. The Ghostbusters must travel back with her to her village and release the souls of the tortured inhabitants from the power of Cosmos. But first, they need to get past his killer circus!”

  1. Reference: Pg. 3 The ghost takes a similar form of comic strip character Little Orphan Annie.

 

  1. Goof: Pg. 3: Winston’s “no ghost” logo is incomplete, no slash, no ghost, and no color.

The Real Ghostbusters Issue 24. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)