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
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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

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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: Slimer! - Marvel UK

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, ??p
 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 #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 6

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

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #41, 30p, 25th January 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #42, 30p, 1st February 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #43, 30p, 8th February 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #44, 30p, 15th February 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #45, 30p, 22nd February 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #46, 30p, 1st March 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #47, 30p, 8th March 1986

Get along gang, Marvel UK, issue #48, 30p, 15th March 1986

UPDATED: Dennis comic - Marvel UK

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 19 issue Dennis comic from 1989/90.

This would have been called Dennis the menace (since it's based on Hank Ketcham's US comic star) but here in the UK that was obviously a non-starter as an idea. It also makes it really hard to search for! 

UPDATED (22/08/06); thanks to friend of the blog Richard Gilham we can now add the covers for issues 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15 to the covers gallery

UPDATED (22/07/26); thanks to friend of the blog Richard Gilham we can now add the covers for issues 3, 4, 5, 6 & 9 to the covers gallery

UPDATED (22/06/26)

I'm indebted to Frank Motler for highlighting these two 'Dennis' publications. Any more out there?

150 adventures of The Pickle, Corgi Cartoons, Hank Ketcham

Dennis annual 1988

and to friend of the blog Richard Gilham for supplying the images below of issues 1 & 3 of the Dennis special that publishers London Editions produced

Dennis special #1, London Editions

Dennis special #3, London Editions

UPDATED (20/05/26)

There are further appearance of Dennis (Mitchell) in the following publications...

an annual from Marvel UK...

...and this special (#2) from London Editions

UPDATE: I've now found the cover to issue 7. Interestingly the title has been amended from Dennis to Dennis Mitchell (which is the full name of the character - perhaps DC Thomson had been in touch to say the original title was too confusing???)

Dennis comic, #1, 30th November 1989, Marvel UK, 45p

image from here

Dennis comic, #2, 14th December 1989, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #3, 28th December 1989, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #4, 11th January 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis Mitchell comic, #5, 25th January 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis Mitchell comic, #6, 8th February 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #7, 22nd February 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #8, 8th March 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #9, 22nd March 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #10, 5th April 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #11, 19th April 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #12, 3rd May 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #13, 17th May 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #14, 31st May 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Hank Ketcham's Dennis comic, #15, 14th June 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

Dennis comic, #16, 28th June 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Dennis comic, #17, 12th July 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Dennis comic, #18, 26th July 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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Dennis comic, #19, 9th August 1990, Marvel UK, 45p

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