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NOW Comics: Volume 2, Issue 1 PDF

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November 1991

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!

NOW Comics: Volume 2, Issue 1, PDF (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

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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)

Slimer! Comics: Issue 1

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When NOW was working on The Father-Thing trilogy they were also working on a second The Real Ghostbusters comic, Slimer! Which is based off when The Real Ghostbusters series became Slimer & The Real Ghostbusters. Like the cartoon spin off Slimer! is about Slimer having an adventure with people, pets, and ghosts. And like its cartoon counterpart Slimer! establishes that Slimer has an (un)life of his own away from The Real Ghostbusters and the fire house.

I don’t own a copy of all 19 issues of Slimer! or its trade. I bought issue 2 on-line yesterday which should be on its way. I don’t have issue 3, I’ll probably buy a copy. I also don’t have issues 4 or 5. I own A LOT of Slimer! issues 6-11. As of now I don’t know if I’ll buy issues 12-19 or when I would. I haven’t decided yet if I’ll scan additional issues beyond the first three. It may depend on my schedule.

From NOW™ – May 1989

A Kindly Ghost & Ghostly Plumbing

Story: Hilarie Staton

Pencils: Dave Schwartz (story 1), Gary Fields (story 2)

Inks: Jorge Pacheco (story 1), Gary Fields (story 2)

Colors: Jorge Pacheco (story 1), Gary Fields (story 2)

Letters: Jorge Pacheco

Editor-In-Chief: Tony Caputo

Cover: Mitch O’Connell

Scanned and restored in March 2012 by Richard Roy.

  • Info: The Sedgewick Hotel featured in issue 1 is the same hotel where The Ghostbusters first met Slimer in the movie Ghostbusters.
  • Info: (from NYGB Comic Guide) An ad for Now’s Fright Night was deemed too scary for a children’s comic.

Slimer! Issue 1. (Ghostbusters Firehouse)

The Real Ghostbusters Comics

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About 4 years ago when I was putting together the old sub site I knew I wanted to add The Real Ghostbusters comic books. For personal reasons it had to be put on hold indefinitely or 2012. Before I started writing about Kenner toys I knew I was getting a little closer to when I could start adding comics to Ectocontainment.™

After Paul from Spook Central and Matthew from GB Wiki began launching the Ghostbusters PDF eBook Preservation Project which is to include Ghostbusters comics I chimed in about contributing to the digital preservation of Ghostbusters comics, beginning with The Real Ghostbusters issues from NOW Comics. (Ghostbusters Firehouse) Just as I had with The Real Ghostbusters Magazines. (Ghostbusters Firehouse) At the time I didn’t know when I could start this as I was getting ready to write about the history of Ghostbusters toys.

This week I scanned Issue 1 (Ghostbusters Firehouse) cover-to-cover and restored it as kids and teens probably would have seen it at comic book shops and finer retailers in August 1988. Their could be slight imperfections mainly with advertising which contains a dark background. With comic book pages some imperfections were left intentionally as that’s how it was originally printed. It gives the comics a bit of a nostalgic charm.