UPDATED: Ewoks - Marvel UK

UPDATE: 17th October 2026 - now with covers for issues 6 & 10 added

Michael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics (here) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create cover galleries for them. Sometimes this is easier said than done but let's start off with the 10 issue Ewoks comic from 1987-88.

Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #1, November 1987, 45p

Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #2, December 1987, 45p

Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #3, January 1988, 45p

Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #4, February 1988, 45p

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Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #5, March 1988, 45p

Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #6, April 1988, 45p

Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #7, May 1988, 45p

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Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #8, June 1988, 45p

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Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #9, July 1988, 45p

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Ewoks, Marvel UK, issue #10, August 1988, 45p

The Real Ghostbusters covers gallery - part 1, issues 1-10

I've looked at a number of titles associated with The Real Ghostbusters 'brand' that were produced by Marvel UK...

Slimer here

Collected comics here

The best of Real Ghostbusters here
Puzzlebuster here

...but never the actual comics themselves. However, thanks to friend of the blog, Stu Bartlett, I can now make up that deficit. There are a lot of 'em so I'll present them in batches of 10. So here we go then...

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #1, 38p, 26th March 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #2, 38p, 9th April 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #3, 38p, 23rd April 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #4, 38p, 7th May 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #5, 38p, 21st May 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #6, 38p, 4th June 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #7, 38p, 18th June 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #8, 38p, 2nd July 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #9, 38p, 16th July 1988

The Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK, issue #10, 38p, 30th July 1988

  

UPDATED: Slimer! - Marvel UK

Update 19th October 2026 - friend of the blog Richard Gilham has helped to complete the covers gallery by supplying Marvel UK covers for issues 7, 8 & 10

Update 8th September 2026 - now with a Marvel UK (rather than a Now Comics) cover for issue #6

Michael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics (here) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create cover galleries for them. Sometimes this is easier said than done but let's start off with the 13 issue Slimer comic from 1989/90.

The comic was based on the Slimer! animated series, which was a spin-off of The Real Ghostbusters animated TV show and reprinted NOW! Comics Slimer! strips.

Many of the covers in this title’s run - but not all - were used NOW Comics US Slimer title, which had a longer run. Marvel's title featured reprints from NOW Comics, and NOW Comics utilised MUK material from The Real Ghostbusters in their title, and adapted some of the UK covers for the US market. For example, NOW Comics Slimer! #14 utilised their take on Dave Elliott's cover for The Real Ghostbusters #8...

You can look at other Ghostbusters related comic posts on this blog, as follows...

• Collected Comics here

• The Best of The Real Ghostbusters here

• The Real Ghostbusters - Puzzlebuster here

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #1, October 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #2, November 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #3, December 1989, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #4, January 1990, 45p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #5, February 1990, 45p

cover by Patrick Owsley

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #6, March 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #7, April 1990, 50p

Online images of this edition are poor - can you help?

Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #8, May 1990, 50p

Online images of this edition are poor - can you help?

Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #9, June 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #10, July 1990, 50p

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Here’s the NOW Comics edition, which used the same cover…

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #11, August 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #12, September 1990, 50p

Slimer, Marvel UK, issue #13, October 1990, 50p

Image sourced from here

Blimey! It's Slimer, Marvel UK, Holiday Special issue #1, 65p

There's a guide to Marvel UK's Slimer! title here on the Ghostbusters Fandom Wiki

There's a guide to NOW's Slimer! title here on the Ghostbusters Fandom Wiki

Get along gang weekly - covers gallery, part 8

I'm indebted to friend of the blog (and mad keen Marvel UK collector) Richard Gilham for taking the time to share these covers from his collection. Yes, it's the start of a Get along gang covers gallery! Marvel UK published 93 issues in total from April 1985 to January 1987.

Part 1 (issues 1-8) was here

Part 2 (issues 9-16) was here

Part 3 (issues 17-24) was here

Part 4 (issues 25-32) was here

Part 5 (issues 33-40) was here

Part 6 (issues 41-48) was here

Part 7 (issues 49-56) was here

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #57, 30p, 17th May 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #58, 30p, 24th May 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #59, 30p, 31st May 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #60, 30p, 7th June 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #61, 30p, 14th June 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #62, 30p, 21st June 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #63, 30p, 28th June 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #64, 30p, 5th July 1986

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

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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