Saturday 10 August 2019

The Real Ghostbusters UK Comics

 The 80s saw multiple titles for The Real Ghostbusters, extending all the way into the early 90s.
In 1988 the main weekly The Real Ghostbusters title launched. The title lasted until 1992 with 193 issues
 Various issues were reprinted in bumper sized Collected Comics for 13 issues ending in 1994
 Slimer also had his own short lived comic starting in 1989 to tie in with the changes to the animated series which had by this time become Slimer and The Real Ghostbusters. Slimers solo outing lasted an unlucky 13 issues.
 1989 saw another Slimer-centric title. It's Wicked was a Beano and Dandy style comedy comic but dedicated to supernatural and horror themed characters with Slimer being the face of the series much like Dennis the Menace was to Beano and Desperate Dan was to Dandy. This lasted 11 issues.
A fun spin off from the main Ghostbusters comic was Puzzlebuster. A puzzle magazine themed around the Ghostbusters and included short comic strips featuring the characters.

Conan the Barbarian UK Comics

Conans UK comic career started in 1975 with the weekly released Savage Sword of Conan. This title only lasted 18 issues however and was at the time considered a failure.
In 1977 the title was rebooted with a larger, magazine format on a monthly basis and would eventually become Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian to tie in with the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. This run proved more popular, lasting 93 issues till it's end in 1985.
Conan would continue to appear in other titles such as Mighty World of Marvel, Avengers, Valour and Planet of the Apes among others. Almost 20 years after the first release of a UK Conan comic, the character returned in 1994 with Conan the Adventurer. Released to tie in with the then current cartoon series of the same name. This title only lasted a mere 3 issues though before being cancelled without warning.