#34
Cover Date: February 4th, 1989
Cover Price: 38p
Story: Jan Fabian (first story), Andrew Brenner (second & fourth story), Dan Abnett (third story)
Pencils: Anthony Williams (first story), Phil Elliott (second story), Brian Williamson (third story), John Geering (fourth story)
Inks: Anthony Williams (first story), Nick Abadzis (second story), Bambos (third story), Dave Elliott (fourth story)
Colors: Stuart Place
Letters: Hel (first & second story), Stuart Place (fourth story)
Spiritual Guide: Dan Abnett
Slimer: Bambos & Hel
Editor: Helen Stone
Art Assistant: Chris Matthews
Cover: Brian Williamson & Bambos
DR. EGON SPENGLER
Ghostbuster
DR. PETER VENKMAN
Ghostbuster
WINSTON ZEDDEMORE
Ghostbuster
DR. RAY STANTZ
Ghostbuster
JANINE MELNITZ
Ghostbusters' Secretary
SLIMER
Ghostbusters' Resident Ghost
HELL HOUND
Ghost Dog
BOBBY
Lonely Boy
BOBBY’S MOM
Concerned Mother
SEWER SPOOK
Ectoplasmic Mildew
“The Hounds of Hell!”
    A stray dog follows Bobby home only for his mother to soon discover that it’s possessed!  Phoning the Ghostbusters, Ray shows up to deal with the mutt.  But, upon overhearing his plan, Bobby runs away with his new friend in order to save him…unawares HE might require the saving.

“Spengler’s Spirit Guide” Part 34
    Popov’s Spirit Guide.

“Kindred Spirits!”
    It’s too quiet out for Peter to sleep.  There’s nary a ghost in sight, and everything is right with the world.  Or is it?

“Bust in the USSR!”
    The Ghostbusters are called to the Soviet Union where they com up against a Russian legend known as a Vodyani.  When their throwers only prove to empower the creature, the Ghostbusters need to find a way to get creative in this strange land to stop it, or end up looking like the fuzzy hats the Russians wear.

“The Dark Side of the Sewer!”
    The Sanitation Department has called the Ghostbusters to deal with a growing ghost problem in the city sewers.  They find a ghost nearby and chase it down into the tunnels below the street where they learn the recent infestation is the result of Peter’s carelessness in equipment maintenance.  With such a high intensity of PKE energy, they have to find a way to blast through it all in order to capture the resulting manifestations.

“Blimey!  It’s Slimer!”
    Slimer’s out doing a little fishing.  He’s already got the fish, now it’s a matter of catching the chips…
Special Features:
     Bio: Ponquadragor.
     Slime Time! Jokes.
FYI: “Bust in the USSR!” is a play on the title of the Beatles song “Back In The USSR”.

FYI: The USSR was a socialist state founded in 1922 and dissolved in 1991 centered on Russia.
FYI: “Bust in the USSR!”
    Page 13 - “He insists that we work with them in the spirit of Glasnost.”
    Glasnost was a social and cultural policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev to allow openness in public discussions about current and historical problems within the Soviet Union.  Glasnost is translated literally as openness.

FYI: “Bust in the USSR!”
    Page 13 - “What we seem to have…is the manifestation of a fierce Vodyanoi…”
    A Vodyanoi is an unfriendly creature that dwells at the bottom of bodies of water and is blamed for breaking dams to let the water flow.

FYI: “Bust in the USSR!”
    Page 13 - “The Vodyani operates on the same principle as the Russian Dolls,”
    The Russian Dolls are known as Matryoshka dolls are one of Russia’s most popular souvenirs.  Each doll is a shell for a smaller doll inside.    

FYI: “Bust in the USSR!”
    Page 14 - “Do you get Doctor Who over here?”
    Doctor Who is a British science-fiction program about a time-traveler known only as “The Doctor”.

FYI: “Bust in the USSR!”
    Page 14 - “This is a job for the Red Army!”
    The Worker and Peasant’s Red Army, known as Red Army or RKKA for short, are the armed forces organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918.  They soon became the army of the Soviet Union after its formation in 1922 and renamed the Soviet Army in 1946.  Red Army is a term commonly used by Westerners when discussing it.
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