NYGB COMICGUIDE UPDATED (7/4/07)

[ECTO-1]

Added to the database:

Real Ghostbusters UK #22 & 23.
New FYIs to Real Ghostbusters vol. 1 #6, 8, 20-22 & 25.
New FYIs to Slimer! #2-4 & 19.
New FYIs to Real Ghostbusters UK #2, 5, 6, 12, 14 & 20.

Coming in two weeks:

Real Ghostbusters UK #24 & 26.

[ghostdiva]

Hey Ecto. Do you have the outcome from the votes for the comics? Just curious.
ghostdiva

[Fritz]

RGBUK#22...grife, there, it is, the infamous King Remils story...complete with a picture...

[ECTO-1]

Heh yup, there it is.

No vote results yet...polls are still open for another couple weeks (although nobody's really voting...bums). Once they're done, I'll surprise you all with the results the week prior to their release. 'Cause I'm mean. ;-)

[ghostdiva]

Guess that explains why slimer is so attatched to Peter. He recognizes him from a past life. I feel sorry for whatever country had Slimer for a king, they probably all went hungary, lol (Please tell me the country wasn't hungary)
ghostdiva

[ECTO-1]

They never did mention the name...although I'm surprised that was one direction these guys DIDN'T go in.

[ECTO-1]

Added to the database:

Real Ghostbusters UK #24 & 26.

Coming in two weeks:

Real Ghostbusters UK #27, Annual 1989 & A Hard Day's Fright.

[ECTO-1]

Added to the database:

RGB UK #27, 1989 Annual & Hard Day's Fright.

Coming in two weeks:

RGB UK #28 & 36.

[Fritz]

Strange stuff, as always.

I did find one error in the 1989 Annual section:

Page 56 - “…the Ghostbusters uncovered a dreadful supernatural conspiracy by the ancient demon Zuul to enter our dimension and bring about Doomsday.”
This line, and for the next two paragraphs, it’s established that Zuul was the primary protagonist in the first movie with Dana Barrett being the only victim. Zuul was the minion of the real protagonist, Gozer, who had possessed Dana. Gozer’s other minion, Vinz Clortho, took possession of neighbor Louis Tully and upon combining their powers opened the gateway to allow Gozer to enter our world.

Actually, Gozer and Zuul were the antagonists of the movie. "Protagonist" is the central character, basically the good guy--in this case, the Ghostbusters.

[ECTO-1]

S'what I get for proofreading at 1:30 AM. Those goddam annual pages take for-ever to do.

[ECTO-1]

Added to the database:

Real Ghostbusters UK #28 & 36.
New FYIs added to Real Ghostbusters vol. 1 #21 & vol. 2 #3
New FYIs added to Slimer! #s 7, 8, 12 & 13.

Coming in two weeks:

Real Ghostbusters UK #29 & 37.

[Fritz]

Slimette...that may very well have been the most frightening thing in all of the Marvel UK stories. Well, the ones Now reprinted, at least...

Page 4 – EGON: “It seems that Nanjine…is the name of a Sumerian goddess of love!”
In reality, the Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of love, as well as fertility and war. She’s often described as fickle, first attracting men and then rejecting them.

But doing that right might have meant actually...you know, doing some research. Instead of just pulling out another "King Remils" from their asses. Read the plot and study the name of their fake goddess carefully...

(Though this is far from the first fake Sumerian god in the GB mythos...you won't find any gods named Gozer in the real Sumerian mythology. And the name of the demon in "Darkness at Noon", Akira, is actually from a Japanese word...)

[ECTO-1]

Heh very true, but why pass up an opportunity to educate readers? And just wait; Slimette will be back once we reach the 50s in 16 weeks.

[ghostdiva]

Quote:Page 4 – EGON: “It seems that Nanjine…is the name of a Sumerian goddess of love!”
In reality, the Inanna is the Sumerian goddess of love, as well as fertility and war. She’s often described as fickle, first attracting men and then rejecting them.



But doing that right might have meant actually...you know, doing some research. Instead of just pulling out another "King Remils" from their asses. Read the plot and study the name of their fake goddess carefully...

BWA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!

I really thought that you would have found that intertaining Fritz, what's with the rolling eyes?

I think its funny as all get out! I actually have half of a dead end story that has Janine come to a costume party dressed as Inanna, just to see how long it would take Egon to notice. But it has no plot, so no one will probably ever see it.

I think Ecto is warming me up to these comics, I used to think they were just corny, but since he pointed out the humor in them, I sorta have an urge to buy some of them and read them.

Now I need money
ghostdiva

[ECTO-1]

Heh well, they ARE corny as all hell, but as long as you don't mind the absurd they can be enjoyable. And believe it or not, there are a couple guys who produce some quality work in the titles, like John Carnell and Dan Abnett. Their work only suffers from the lengths each story gets, but otherwise they and a couple others have consistently decent stories and ideas.