- February 28th, 2021, 7:46 am#4946373
I have the 2 RGB Omnibus collections which essentially cover the entire NOW Comics run. Does anyone have any tips on how to get my hands on the Marvel UK comics? Other than seeking out the individual issues-
troy_225 wrote: ↑May 16th, 2021, 2:36 pm Is there any difference between the NOW! RGB comics and the Marvel UK RGB comics? I love marvel now a days and was just wonderingThe NOW Comics skewed toward a slightly older audience; they aimed more for the feel of the early JMS days while Marvel UK seemed to be going slightly more toward the Slimer! & era.
troy_225 wrote: ↑May 16th, 2021, 2:36 pm Is there any difference between the NOW! RGB comics and the Marvel UK RGB comics? I love marvel now a days and was just wonderingTo expand on Fritz's summary, in addition to the stories published by NOW being aimed more towards the older child/teen audience than Marvel UK's, there were instances of longer plot-arcs rather than all the stories being stand-alone, as well as occasional recurring characters, and direct call-backs to episodes and characters from the cartoon beyond the core Ghostbusters, Slimer and Janine.
Fritz wrote:Those wiki websites of the scan Now! comics are great! Is there something like this for all the UK marvel covers?troy_225 wrote: ↑May 16th, 2021, 2:36 pm Is there any difference between the NOW! RGB comics and the Marvel UK RGB comics? I love marvel now a days and was just wonderingThe NOW Comics skewed toward a slightly older audience; they aimed more for the feel of the early JMS days while Marvel UK seemed to be going slightly more toward the Slimer! & era.
There are scans of most of the NOW Comics run available on this site:
https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/Real_Ghostb ... ics_Series
https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/Ghostbusters_II:_NOW_Comics
NOW did reprint Marvel UK stuff in issue 21 (a fill-in) and beginning with #19 often used Marvel UK covers.
NOW got the younger Slimer! & demographic in a separate comic, which beginning in issue 12 featured frequent Marvel UK reprints:
https://www.gbfans.com/wiki/Slimer!_NOW_Comics_Series
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