#20
Cover Date: October 29th, 1988
Cover Price: 38p
Story: John Carnell, Dan Abnett (third story)
Pencils: Phil Elliott (first & second story), Martin Griffiths (third story), Brian Williamson (fourth & fifth story)
Inks: Bambos (first & second story), Martin Griffiths (third story), Dave Harwood (fourth story), Tim Perkins (fifth story)
Colors: Stuart Place (first story), Chris Klar (second story), Helen Griffiths (fourth & fifth story)
Letters: Phil Elliott (first story), Bambos (second story), Hel (third & fifth story), Glib (fourth story)
Spiritual Guide: Dan Abnett
Slimer: Bambos
Editor: Helen Stone
Art Assistant: Chris Matthews
Cover: Martin Griffiths
DR. EGON SPENGLER
Ghostbuster
DR. PETER VENKMAN
Ghostbuster
WINSTON ZEDDEMORE
Ghostbuster
DR. RAY STANTZ
Ghostbuster
JANINE MELNITZ
Ghostbusters' Secretary
SLIMER
Ghostbusters' Resident Ghost
“Slimer’s Unbirthday”
    It’s Peter’s birthday, and all Slimer wants to do is join in.  But, he takes it exceptionally hard when Peter kicks him out.  The next day, the Ghostbusters discover Slimer is the ghostly version of depressed and try to figure out why and how to help out their little green friend.

“Spengler’s Spirit Guide” Part 20
    The busiest day of the year; Halloween.

“Hair Today…Egon Tomorrow!”
    The story that explains Egon’s change from brown hair in the movies to blonde in the RGB-verse.

“The Ghoul That Had a Crush on Peter!”
    Pressure-composite Gestalts are entering cans of Smacksie’s Cherry Crush soda and terrorizing anyone who opens the cans.  Egon, Peter and Winston track the source of the disturbance to the factory in Pittsburgh and begin their investigation.  However, with thousands of cans full of soda at the Gestalt’s command, this bust could turn out very sticky.

“Fast Food!”
    Ray and Egon ponder the secret of Slimer’s bottomless stomach.  Just where does all that food end up?

“Demon Drink!”
    A construction worker unearths a bottle full of liquid and is compelled to drink it, turning him into a monster.  The bottle then mysteriously changes hand, transforming more normal people into monsters until finally it ends up in the hands of Ray!  Will he drink it too or stop the monsters?

“Blimey!  It’s Slimer!”
    Slimer is apartment hunting the only way a ghost can.
Special Features:
    Bio: Gwanzulums.
    Slime Time!  Jokes.
FYI: “Something FIZZY This Way Comes” is a play on the famous and often quoted line from William Shakepseare’s Macbeth: “By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”  For some other uses of the line, click here.
FYI: “Slimer’s Unbirthday” was also featured in NOW’s Slimer! 3-D Special.
FYI: “Slimer’s Unbirthday”
     Page 2 - PETER: “It’s my party and I’ll fry if I want to, fry if I want to…”
     Peter sings an altered version of Lesley Gore’s “It’s My Party”.
BLOOPER: “Hair Today…Egon Tomorrow!”
    Page 9 – Egon’s arm is missing the no-ghost logo.
BLOOPER: “The Ghoul That Had a Crush on Peter!”
    Page 14 – “After Peter had said goodbye to the others and got home to his flat…”
    At the end of the story, in order to execute the joke they’ve set up with the repeated mentions of Peter’s favorite ad for the soda, Peter is said to have his own apartment.  However, as this takes place in the RGB-verse and well before Ghostbusters 2, Peter should be residing in the firehouse with the rest of the Ghostbusters.
Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters II and all related characters TM & (c) Columbia Pictures Inc.
The Real Ghostbusters (c) Marvel Comics LTD.
NYGB Comicguide TM & (c) 2006 Atomic Media Group.