The Real Ghostbusters: NOW Comics Vol. 1 #2

The Real Ghostbusters: NOW Comics Vol. 1 #2 is the second issue of Volume 1 of the NOW Comics run of The Real Ghostbusters, published in August 1988. Written by James Van Hise with art by John Tobias, it concludes the two-part story begun in Vol. 1 #1 involving time-traveling villains, the ghost of Captain Nemo, and a mysterious alien entity called The Slug.

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Role	Name
Publisher	Now Comics
Release Date	August 1988
Story Writer	James Van Hise
Penciler	John Tobias
Inker	Brian Thomas
Colorist	Rich Powers
Letterer	Jim Massara
Editor	Tony Caputo
Cover Artists	Ken Steacy, Andrew Pratt

Credits

Role	Name
Publisher	Now Comics
Release Date	August 1988
Story Writer	James Van Hise
Penciler	John Tobias
Inker	Brian Thomas
Colorist	Rich Powers
Letterer	Jim Massara
Editor	Tony Caputo
Cover Artists	Ken Steacy, Andrew Pratt

Part Two of the Captain Nemo / Slug arc. The story continues directly from Vol. 1 #1.

After Winston Zeddemore is rescued and rejoins the group, the entity calling itself The Slug introduces himself as an alien named Sl'g. Sl'g helps Winston free Egon Spengler and Peter Venkman from the alternate realities they had been trapped in. Sl'g explains that the four time-traveling villains, Turek, Cowan, Gard, and Bethany, were once his assistants in the 26th century, until they stole his secrets and abused them. The quartet had traveled back in time to locate the Nautilus, the submarine of Captain Nemo, intending to use its power source to construct a devastating weapon.

The team then rescues Ray Stantz and together they defeat the four time bandits. In a final reveal, Sl'g admits that he is himself actually a ghost, and that he had deceived the Ghostbusters into trusting him in order to use them against his former assistants. Having accomplished his goal, Sl'g departs into the future aboard the Nautilus alongside the ghost of Captain Nemo.

Egon Spengler
Peter Venkman
Ray Stantz
Winston Zeddemore
Captain Nemo (ghost; first appeared Vol. 1 #1)
The Slug / Sl'g (alien ghost from the 26th century; first appeared Vol. 1 #1)
Turek, Cowan, Gard, Bethany (time-traveling villains from the 26th century; first appeared Vol. 1 #1)


Previous	Vol. 1 #1
Next	Vol. 1 #3

References

NOW Comics, The Real Ghostbusters Vol. 1 #2 (August 1988). Writer: James Van Hise; Penciler: John Tobias.
Fandom Ghostbusters Wiki, "NOW Comics Vol. 1 #2," "Captain Nemo," "Time Travelers."

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