Review: Ghostbusters #3

Ghostbusters #3 put out by IDW Publishing came out this weekand was the first in the series I finally sat down and read.  Initially I was a little stand-offish about thebook because I love Ghostbusters the movies and the game that came out acouple years ago was a hidden gem.  The book surprised me and brought in a goodstory that ties in with the movies some of us grew up on. This isn’t anotherreboot of the same story from the 80’s and trying to capture the nostalgia fromthen.

               
Seeingthe newspaper clipping of the terror bear (like the terror dogs from the firstmovie coming from a statue) and hearing the report two guys sitting in a barplaying pool is where we start out. One of them starts up the conversation ifthey could get the plans for the nuclear backpacks or if he was accepted forhis franchise application. Either way he wants to be part of the action that isexclusive to the Ghostbusters.  The Ghostbustersis on the road changing a tire heading back to the shop from a case. When theyget to the shop “Wally” is waiting for them to complain about them not gettingto the terror bear attack outside Wall Street (the one thing wall street and occupy agree on terror bear =bad). 

They get stuck in Queenswhich leads to the arguing and yelling between Peter and Wally (classic Ghostbustershere) over why the city even uses the Ghostbusters and the business.  Two days later this starts progressing in two ways: onebeing in Ray working on a new jumbo trap and two; Spate Catalog start growing apage.  Before they can review it more thealarm goes off.  The Guys are off to TimeSquare where the terror bear is attacking. Egon testing a new high power pack and is trying it on the bear and knocks it out. As Ray is retrieving the jumbo trap to capture the bear he gets suckedinto the back window to the other dimension.  There he meets an entity of Gozer not the gatekeeper or the key master but a new one.  

               
Thebook is written well with subtleties and make a good story but one thing thatlack is Peter’s sarcasm which he is known for doesn’t show through much.  The book stays with the scientific approachwhich has been evident in the movies.  Ienjoyed the story and that they use the first movie but in way of reference tomove on to a new story and not a rehash of it.  It does though keep the character one dimensionalto the parameters that were set from previous but are relatable. 

The artseem Saturday morning cartoon style I was kind of hoping a more realisticstyle. The style work for the story and the hint of ghost in every few page toshow they are everywhere is good.  I dolike that the A-Team van driving by yelling “you suck” while the tire was beingchanged was a different touch.  The bearlooks good but at first glance looks more robotic that ghost terror. I detailon Idulnas though is very well done and shows his power and thrive for nofailure. And the other dimension looks like another dimension and not of thisearth but not completely out of touch of realism. I enjoyed how it looked asthe book moved on.

I would recommend a read on thisbook because it shows a turning point and bring in the flow of the story to theconflict and the climax. It’s a good issue and worth read if you haven’t readthe first two.  I started out thinking I’mnot too sure how this is going to turn out to lets read more.

Score:  4/5