UPDATED: The real Ghostbusters - collected comics

Update (18th October 2026) - I've added the cover to issue #8 (with thanks to Richard Gilham) and #12 (with thanks to John Bolton). That just leaves the cover for issue #10 to find. Nearly there!

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

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

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: Marvel UK's 'Rugrats' comics

UPDATE (2nd October 2026); 

Turns out there was a special as well...I don't own this so can't comment on the artist / writers.

I've looked at all sort of Marvel (UK) comics on the blog just click on this link to check 'em all out but today it's a new title for me - yes it's Rugrats the comic. I'm unclear how long this actually lasted. I know it lasted at least 24 issues (see cover scan below) and issues were listed in Comics International up to #31 [in CI issue 94] but Comics International #95 has an issue listed but no issue number. So, issue 32 seems like the likeliest highest number that Rugrats could have reached but I'd be delighted to know for sure.

UPDATE: the letterer Gordon Robson has been in touch to say that issue 29 was (he believes) the final issue. I have therefore adjusted the listing below.

Updates are highlighted in red

Personally I'm still looking for issues 22, 25, 26, 27, 28 & 29 

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 1

Contributors include Bambos, Mario Capaldi, Steve White

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 2

Contributors include Adrian Salmon, Bambos, Simon Furman, Mario Capaldi, Stephen Baskerville 

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 3

Contributors include David Leach, Mario Capaldi, Simon Furman

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 4

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, Adrian Salmon, Simon Furman

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 5

Contributors include Bambos, David Leach, Adrian Salmon

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 6

Contributors include Bambos, Simon Furman, Steve White, Adrian Salmon

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 7

Contributors include Adrian Salmon, Bambos

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 8

Contributors include Adrian Salmon, Bambos, David Leach, Simon Furman

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 9

Contributors include Bambos, Adrian Salmon, Steve White, David Leach, Matt Brooker [D'Israeli]

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 10

Contributors include Adrian Salmon, David Leach, Matt Brooker [D'Israeli]

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 11

Contributors include David Leach, Adrian Salmon, Bambos, Matt Brooker [D'Israeli], Steve White

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 12

Contributors include Adrian Salmon, Nick Abadzis, David Leach, Simon Furman, Gordon Rennie

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 13

Contributors include Mike McMahon, Bambos, Steve White

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 14

Contributors include David Leach, Simon Furman, Mike Hadley

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 15

Contributors include Mike Hadley, Gordon Rennie, Steve White, Bambos

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 16

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, Simon Furman

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 17

Contributors include David Leach, Bambos, Adrian Salmon

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 18

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, Simon Furman

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 19

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, Gordon Rennie

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 20

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, Adrian Salmon, Simon Furman

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 21

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, David Leach

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 22

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 23

Contributors include Bambos, Steve White, David Leach

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 24

Contributors include Bambos, David Leach, Steve White

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 25

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 26

image not to hand - can you help?

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 27

image not to hand - can you help?

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 28

image not to hand - can you help?

Rugrats comic, published by Marvel UK, issue 29

image taken from

https://www.comics.org/issue/760301/cover/4/

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