Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: The Real Ghostbusters
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Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: The Real Ghostbusters is the second issue of the Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary mini-series published by IDW Publishing in April 2019. The four-issue weekly event celebrated 35 years of Ghostbusters by pairing each major franchise continuity with a distinct creative team. This issue focuses on the animated team from The Real Ghostbusters and was written by Cavan Scott with art by Marcelo Ferreira, inks by Maria Keane, colors by Luis Antonio Delgado, letters by Neil Uyetake, and editing by Tom Waltz and Megan Brown. Cover variants were provided by Marcelo Ferreira, Luis Antonio Delgado, Anthony Marques, J. Bone, and Dan Schoening. The issue carries Diamond Order Code FEB190640 and was released April 10, 2019, with a convention cover variant following on July 18, 2019.1
Plot
The Real Ghostbusters are losing clients to a flashy new rival operation called Spooks Away, which appears to have better equipment, better uniforms, and a better public profile. As the team watches their business evaporate, Ray Stantz volunteers to go undercover inside Spooks Away to find out what is really driving the upstart company's meteoric success. What Ray discovers is something far more dangerous than corporate rivalry: a sinister force is operating behind the scenes, and Spooks Away's advantage may have been stolen from the Ghostbusters' own future. The captured ghosts are eventually released and merge into a massive mega-entity that the team must confront together.