The Real Ghostbusters (comics)

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title = The Real Ghostbusters


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schedule = NOW: Monthly
Marvel UK: Weekly
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publisher = NOW Comics
Marvel UK
date = NOW: August 1988 - December 1990
Marvel UK: March 1988 - March 1992
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TPB = A Hard Day's Fright
ISBN = 1-84576-140-5
TPB1 = Who You Gonna Call?
ISBN1 = 1-84576-141-3
TPB2 = Which Witch Is Which?
ISBN2 = 1-84576-142-1
TPB3 = This Ghost Is Toast!
ISBN3 = 1-84576-143-X
subcat = Marvel UK
sort = Real Ghostbusters, The
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addpubcat1 = NOW Comics titles

"The Real Ghostbusters" was the first comic book adaptation of Ghostbusters franchise this version was based on the television series of the same name.

Publication history

Two original series started in 1988 published in American and the UK by NOW Comics and Marvel UK, respectively. Towards the end of the NOW Comics run they also reprinted

The Marvel UK title was created by writers like John Freeman and Dan Abnett.

Collected editions

Some of the Marvel UK stories have been collected by Titan Books into trade paperbacks:

* "The Real Ghostbusters" (by Dan Abnett and Anthony Williams):
** "A Hard Day's Fright" (collects "The Real Ghostbusters" #1-7, 9, 11, 19, 50 and 99, 96 pages, October 2005, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-140-5) [ [http://www.titanbooks.com/products/us/9555-the_real_ghostbusters_a_hard_days_fright/ Titan Books listing for "A Hard Day's Fright"] ]
** "Who You Gonna Call?" (collects "The Real Ghostbusters" #12, 16, 19, 24, 33, 48, 52 and 53, 1989 Annual, 1990 Annual, 1992 Annual, 96 pages, April 2006, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-141-3) [ [http://www.titanbooks.com/products/us/9664-the_real_ghostbusters_who_you_gonna_call/ Titan Books listing for "Who You Gonna Call?"] ]
** "Which Witch Is Which?" (96 pages, July 2006, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-142-1) [ [http://www.titanbooks.com/products/us/9708-the_real_ghostbusters_which_witch_is_which/ Titan Books listing for "Which Witch Is Which?"] ]
** "This Ghost Is Toast!" (96 pages, November 2006, Titan Books, ISBN 1-84576-143-X) [ [http://www.titanbooks.com/products/us/9764-the_real_ghostbusters_this_ghost_is_toast/ Titan Books listing for "This Ghost Is Toast!"] ]

ee also

*List of comics based on television programs

Notes

References

*gcdb series|id=17683|title="The Real Ghostbusters" (1988, NOW)
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=2277|title="The Real Ghostbusters" (1988, NOW)
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=2440|title="The Real Ghostbusters" (1988, Marvel UK)
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=2278|title="The Real Ghostbusters" (1991, NOW)

External links

* [http://www.gbfans.com/real-ghostbusters/now-comics/ NOW Comics] , cover gallery