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e find out the alien has been psychically moving all of the heavy machinery in order to spell out a message on the ground that it just wants to be sent home so the ghostbusters commandeer one of the army s rockets trap the alien with their permission and fire it off into space it s a fun tale that includes a good bit of witty banter between the four men and would end up being one of a few strips from this annual we d get another chance to read in the weekly a couple of years later moving on to our prose stories and jaws of the beast is written by artist nick abadzis death s head vector 13 the big book of death and colourist editor steve white xenozoic tales in the uk s jurassic park the sleeze brothers dragon s claws it s a tale about a small winged beast who invades a boy s wishes this particular boy wished he could see a real tyrannosaurus rex so obviously this leads to the team eventually being chased by said dinosaur through the streets of new york it s a loony lady who says her nephew has raised a dinosaur from the dead you wanna speak to her janine melnitz what s great about the story is the dynamic of the team the prose stories allow the writers to explore the characters that little bit more and in particular we re treated to some hilarious scenes between peter and egon in the firehouse and later when peter is used as bait for the beast at this juncture peter s inner thoughts are punctuated by radio communications from egon making for great dialogue and genuinely laugh out loud moments the best story of the whole book is written by friend of the blog john freeman editor of doctor who magazine babylon 5 magazine star trek magazine who brings back the iconic stay puft marshmallow man for a story set in london the art is pencilled by mike collins transformers doctor who tharg s future shocks and inked by oink s very own lew stringer tom thug combat colin sonic the comic lew and mike are good friends and started in the business around the same time but this remains the only time they ve ever worked together on the same story a mist has descended over london and it s feeding on the fears of the citizens sending everyone running for their lives and leaving the city with no one for the mist to scare growing weaker the ghostbusters start to look for the source in order to eliminate it but all it takes is for egon to explain that in order to keep the mist at bay they have to think of nice things cue ray if you ve seen the original movie you ll know what this is in reference to and it makes for some great back and forth between the four there s one more text story called ghostbusters busted about a so called rival team and towards the end of the annual the uncredited who what when why which acts like a catch up for new readers it explains how the ghostbusters were formed why they ve got a pet ghost and takes a closer look at their hq and all those gadgets they use in their day to day job also included are reprints of the fact files from the weekly for peter egon winston ray and janine melnitz oh and slimer of course in case you re wondering how that whole ghostbusters body thing worked out peter would be the mouth egon the brains ray the hands winston the heart janine the central nervous system and slimer would naturally be the stomach as i ve mentioned before in the retrospective for 1 of the comic i remember drawing this frankenstein esque combination of all the characters with the intention of sending it in but never did not all of the main characters feature in every story in the comic and the same applies here given their short length the writers would often concentrate on pairing up different characters with each other for interesting dynamics for example three of the guys starred in our first strip then the missing buster egon appeared with janine in another the final strip of the annual brings everyone together though including miss melnitz and the green one written by john freeman drawn by anthony williams and dave harwood and coloured by helen stone spooked out sees the team battling against a gaggle of ghouls and try as they might they can t help but get more and more overwhelmed by them it seems this could be the first failed job but when peter chases after slimer to bust him you know something s up sure enough it s just a training exercise needing to keep themselves in fine form slimer has recruited a bunch of his good ghost pals with payment being everything they can eat at a local diner if they win given how they re all good friends with slimer and we know what his appetite is like this is a particularly funny ending to not only this short strip but the book as a whole i found ghostbusters answer the call s sense of humour reminded me a lot of both the real ghostbusters cartoon and the uk comic so if you re a fan of that movie like i am you ll want to snap up some issues and this first annual is the perfect jumping on point our annuals were always that little bit more special than the regular comic and upon finishing this it really did feel like all the stops were pulled out to produce a fantastic debut book that s genuinely very funny andy lanning s dave harwood s and john burns inner cover spread rounds off what has been a great slice of marvel uk history from a comic that set itself apart from the rest of their titles from the get go sometimes certain things from our childhood hold a special place in our hearts that we ve completely forgotten about until we experience them again in that regard the 1988 annual for the real ghostbusters has felt like a very personal trip down memory lane and i can t wait to see if subsequent volumes have the same effect roll on christmas 2026 the real ghostbusters retrospective the real ghostbusters issue one annuals menu christmas 2025 andy lanning anthony williams dave harwood dave hine helen stone ian rimmer john burns john freeman lew stringer mike collins nick abadzis steve white comic promos mighty marvel checklists the mighty marvel checklist week 19 3 december 2025 phil boyce leave a comment saturday 3rd december 1988 as more and more houses on our streets put their decorations up and the ice over the railway bridge made walking to school an adventure marvel uk kept my friends and i warm with the latest issues of the real ghostbusters and the transformers and action force with covers drawn by dougie braithwaite with dave hine and stephen baskerville respectively in 195 of transformers it comes to light that centuries ago two autobot cassettes how 80s crash landed on earth with important data about an incoming threat they were found by a pirate ship s crew which later sank and that s why the decepticons have now built their tropical island their disguised space craft in this area as they hunt for the cassettes this feels like a live action movie plot flashing back in time to add a previously unknown plot line it s great fun a reader also asks is he s too old to read transformers action force death s head and dragon s claws little could that 18 year old have known how these comics would remain treasured for decades the real ghostbusters readers are asked to help them save the world with a toy product recall too much lead in a ghost pen light and spengler s spirit guide details lesser known vampires such as dracula s gullible brother who was killed with perrier how could marvel top that let s check the checklist dragon s claws 7 is probably my favourite issue it definitely highlights my favourite character mercy had the most interesting background of all the claws with a determination to end corruption and bring down those who think they re above the law very knight rider having a copycat on the loose is a great way of getting to know mercy s character and this issue more than any makes me mourn the premature cancellation of the comic there s so much potential in mercy and this only scratches the surface action force monthly 7 is the same issue as last week and the claws needn t have felt too put out not being the don t miss comic they re the stars of that one too after a certain mechanoid guest starred in dragon s claws two months previous it was time for them to return the favour and hopefully bring across more readers for death s head s sophomore release it s a brilliant issue and reads like a funny buddy cop movie from the 80s so yes it deserved its position on the checklist the only new comics advert this week is rather basic but the cover to the latest fortnightly marvel bumper comic was enough to whet the appetite did these movies have strips inside or written articles maybe we ll find out at a later stage on the blog hopefully because i d love to collect this series eventually i do remember owning a bros special from marvel uk for some reason and it contained comic strips bad comic strips mind you did you collect the marvel bumper comic i think i only ever had the holiday special which started it all off do you think it s worth collecting for now though it is but a pipe dream however we re now well and truly into this year s seasonal posts on the blog so there s plenty to keep me busy and my wandering hands away from overpriced ebay auctions more checklist fun next week including an advert for a movie adaptation to one of the above more in seven days as per usual join in the checklists conversation here or on bluesky instagram facebook transformers 195 instagram dragon s claws 7 death s head 2 week 18 week 20 mighty marvel checklist menu dave hine dougie braithwaite stephen baskerville comic promos mighty marvel checklists the mighty marvel checklist week 11 8 october 2025 phil boyce leave a comment saturday 8th october 1988 it feels like no time at all between each part of this series the weeks are really flying in it s reminding me of how much i loved getting new comics every single week and this week 37 years ago was no exception with the real ghostbusters 18 cover by brian williamson and dave hine waiting patiently at my newsagent s for my friends the 187th edition of the transformers and visionaries cover by andrew wildman provided all the entertainment they d need that morning the ghostbusters met mother nature this week in a nice ecological tale before three ghosts appeared in their fire station hq to play cards with peter this strip included a memorable moment when the grim reaper said he d go blind with this next hand and proceeded to pick his eyes out of his sockets meanwhile the gigantic metroplex made godzilla look more like that rooster from the kellogg s advert as he went on a rampage after being woken up from beneath autobot city there s also a famous page in transformers history where a conversation between ultra magnus and soundwave is laid out on the page as a homage to a batman joker scene from the killing joke batman fans can check it out at the link below also the visionaries began another excellent story that would be their final new comic strip ever an excellent week already for marvel uk but what else was available to begin with transformers fans would definitely have been making a return visit to the newsagent for what was surely an unmissable issue of dragon s claws it was one of the very best of their run and because they were up against that transformers comics creation death s head the full review of that one is in both the dragon s claws and death s head real time read throughs on the blog the galaxy rangers story sounds completely bizarre this week even more bizarre than the millennia spanning crossover in the pages of flintstones and friends and was the content of the alf autumn special originally intended as a hardback book in weeks four and five we saw one page comic strip adverts for marvel uk titles an idea by editor richard starkings the idea was that they could be reused over and over and act as a sample of the kind of strips and art prospective readers would find in their comics while the doctor who magazine advert below is enjoyable richard told me he felt it missed the point of the brief by producing a comical take instead of an example of the magazine s art written by friend of the blog and dwm editor at the time john freeman and drawn by nick miller it actually reminds me of a scene in oink s time travel issue when uncle pigg comes up against the butcherleks as he introduces the comic to earth s inhabitants of the future the other advert was a one off page created by the transformers comic to promote not only the cybertronians own superb annual but also those of the two cancelled comics that shared the back up strip space not at the same time although if readers had read the visionaries comic as stated here they d have been disappointed with the news the strip was a reprint especially since it was only a handful of months since its original publication despite that it s still a favourite annual of mine and a jewel in my collection next week that alf special gets an advert that made us laugh even though it didn t involve the titular alien and thundercats would begin its confusing period of not knowing how often it wanted to appear do you remember any of these specific issues released this week way back in time did this issue of dragon s claws introduce you to the freelance peace keeping agent did anyone actually build bedrock join in the checklists conversation by leaving a comment here or on bluesky instagram facebook transformers 187 instagram transformers visionaries part two dragon s claws 5 doctor who magazine posts 135 147 transformers annual 4 instagram visionaries annual week ten week twelve mighty marvel checklist menu oh and just to be clear i love that kellogg s advert andrew wildman brian williamson dave hine comic promos mighty marvel checklists the mighty marvel uk checklist week ten 1 october 2025 phil boyce leave a comment saturday 1st october 1988 welcome back to the tenth week already of the mighty marvel checklist series here on the oink blog this week s checklist is taken from the real ghostbusters whose cover by phil elliott and dave hine doesn t do justice to the stories inside especially the strip drawn by phil meanwhile andrew wildman s image for the transformers and visionaries hyped up the main story only to have this moment reserved for the cliffhanger for next week inside ghostbusters the first story isn t even on the cover and that s a shame because it s brilliant remember that looney tunes cartoon where daffy is at the mercy of the artist who turns out to be bugs in this story a ghost begins draining colour from the strip in a similar way in a wonderfully meta story then hell razor sees peter chased around the firehouse by his electric razor in one of the comic s funniest strips of its whole run the transformers comic would ve been sealed inside a plastic bag this week what with another panini sticker album being given away as a free gift just three weeks ago the busting team gave theirs away and stickers for it have been popping up in various comics ever since this time it s the t...