UPDATED: The real Ghostbusters - collected comics

Update 11th Sep 2026 - I've added a cover for the Winter Special (from November 1989)

I'm not a collector of Marvel UK's 'The Real Ghostbusters' comic but I've seen that the collected editions seem to be quite expensive so I thought I'd see if I could identify how many there are.

Ideally I'd love to be able to tell you what stories they reprinted (and from which issues) and which issue of the comic the cover has come from but, sadly, I can't. 

Instead if you can help me fill the gaps in the covers gallery below (#8 and #10) and confirm if the series went beyond #11 that would be very helpful!

Enjoy!  

UPDATE: I've now identified that there was an issue 13 - so I've added that to the gallery.

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 1

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 2

from 1989

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 3

from July 1990

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 4

1991 Summer special

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 5

from February 1992

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 6

from May 1992; the cover had been originally used on issue #90

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 7

from December 1992

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 8
image not to hand


The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 9

Holiday special 1993

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 10

image not to hand - can you help?

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 11

produced in 1994

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 12

image not to hand - can you help?

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 13

image c/o here

and there was this too

There was also a Winter special - no image of that to hand

and here's what that Winter special looks like

UPDATED: The real Ghostbusters - collected comics

I'm not a collector of Marvel UK's 'The Real Ghostbusters' comic but I've seen that the collected editions seem to be quite expensive so I thought I'd see if I could identify how many there are.

Ideally I'd love to be able to tell you what stories they reprinted (and from which issues) and which issue of the comic the cover has come from but, sadly, I can't. 

Instead if you can help me fill the gaps in the covers gallery below (#8 and #10) and confirm if the series went beyond #11 that would be very helpful!

Enjoy!  

UPDATE: I've now identified that there was an issue 13 - so I've added that to the gallery.

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 1

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 2

from 1989

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 3

from July 1990

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 4

1991 Summer special

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 5

from February 1992

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 6

from May 1992; the cover had been originally used on issue #90

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 7

from December 1992

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 8
image not to hand


The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 9

Holiday special 1993

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 10

image not to hand - can you help?

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 11

produced in 1994

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 12

image not to hand - can you help?

The real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK - collected comics number 13

image c/o here

and there was this too

There was also a Winter special - no image of that to hand

UPDATED: Power Rangers - the official magazine (1996)

I've looked before (here) at Power Rangers comics from 1995 - there have been a lot of Power Rangers comics over the years so it's important to be able to tell them all apart. 

There was a Marvel UK comic [not yet covered on the blog] that ran from 1st March 1995 to 1st March 1996 (13 issues) and that title seems to have been followed by this title - "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine". There is comics content but it's limited. These are slim magazines, only 28 pages in total (including covers) but they do all feature a 5 page comic strip at the start of each issue. I'm reliably informed that there were 8 issues in total.

The credits on page 2 of issue one list Helen Nally as art director, Glenn Dakin as editor, Gary Ninja Gilbert as designer and Mark Irvine / Andy Parslow as 'production'.

By issue 4 Jason Quinn is project leader

Here's what I've found so far...the covers for issues 2 & 3 are new for this update

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #1, 10th May 1996

story - "Victims of Vegetabully", story & art by Paul Kirchner, inks by Ralph Reese 

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #2, 24th May 1996

no details of the writer / artists credits to hand

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #3, 7th June 1996

no details of the writer / artists credits to hand

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #4, 21st June 1996

story is untitled - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by John Burns, lettering by Elitta Fell, editor 'Rita' Dakin

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #5, 5th July 1996

story is "The return of Sabrina!" - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by John Burns, lettering by Elitta Fell, editor Glenn Dakin

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #6, 19th July 1996

story is "The ice cream caper!" - story by Ian Carney, art by Brian Williamson, colours by Maria Keane, lettering by Elitta Fell and editor "Chunky" Dakin

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #7, 2nd August 1996

story is "Duelling duet!" - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by John Burns, lettering by Elitta Fell and the editor is "Dumpster" Dakin

David Leach provides some spot illustrations on other pages

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #8, 16th August 1996

story is "Bee-ware" - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by Maria Keane, lettering by Elitta Fell and the editor is "Trumpetop" Dakin

Some feedback from the actual editor after my previous post about these...

Power Rangers - the official magazine (1996)

I've looked before (here) at Power Rangers comics from 1995 - there have been a lot of Power Rangers comics over the years so it's important to be able to tell them all apart. 

There was a Marvel UK comic [not yet covered on the blog] that ran from 1st March 1995 to 1st March 1996 (13 issues) and that title seems to have been followed by this title - "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine". There is comics content but it's limited. These are slim magazines, only 28 pages in total (including covers) but they do all feature a 5 page comic strip at the start of each issue. I'm reliably informed that there were 8 issues in total.

The credits on page 2 of issue one list Helen Nally as art director, Glenn Dakin as editor, Gary Ninja Gilbert as designer and Mark Irvine / Andy Parslow as 'production'.

By issue 4 Jason Quinn is project leader

Here's what I've found so far...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #1, 10th May 1996

story - "Victims of Vegetabully", story & art by Paul Kirchner, inks by Ralph Reese 

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #2, 24th May 1996

cover image not to hand - can you help?

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #3, 7th June 1996

cover image not to hand - can you help?

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #4, 21st June 1996

story is untitled - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by John Burns, lettering by Elitta Fell, editor 'Rita' Dakin

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #5, 5th July 1996

story is "The return of Sabrina!" - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by John Burns, lettering by Elitta Fell, editor Glenn Dakin

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #6, 19th July 1996

story is "The ice cream caper!" - story by Ian Carney, art by Brian Williamson, colours by Maria Keane, lettering by Elitta Fell and editor "Chunky" Dakin

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #7, 2nd August 1996

story is "Duelling duet!" - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by John Burns, lettering by Elitta Fell and the editor is "Dumpster" Dakin

David Leach provides some spot illustrations on other pages

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - the official magazine, Marvel UK, issue #8, 16th August 1996

story is "Bee-ware" - story by Pat Kelleher, pencils by Andrew Wildman, inks by Bambos Georgiou, colours by Maria Keane, lettering by Elitta Fell and the editor is "Trumpetop" Dakin

UPDATED: Saban's Power Rangers zeo (1997)

Updates are the inclusion of issues 6-10...

As far as I know this 10 issue series ran from 1997-8. The contents aren't particularly high quality but it is still comic strip & illustration focused (rather than just photos / screen-grabs). Anyway, for completeness I enclose them here and hope to add details of issues 6-10 soon.

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 1, April 1997 

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 2, May 1997

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 3, June 1997

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 4, July 1997

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 5, August 1997

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Tim Perkins, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 6, September 1997

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Stephen Baskerville, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 7, October 1997

editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher, Zordon Jr

Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 8, November 1997

editorial team = James Hill & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher, Zordon Jr

Artists = Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 9, December 1997

editorial team = James Hill & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 10, January 1998

editorial team = James Hill & Rob Sharp

design & DTP = Rob Sharp

Writer = Pat Kelleher

Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Stephen Baskerville, Rob Sharp