This came out a while ago but forgot to write a quick blurb about it. The announcement of the MLP/Transformer crossover comic reminded me that last year we had the Ghostbusters one.

I found this to be a quite well done 5-part series. The art was very G1 cartoon reminiscent, yet strangely the art for the Ghostbusters themselves was not very reminiscent of the Ghostbusters cartoon. The Ghostbusters themselves all had these large jaws and upper lips which made them look a little dopey/goofy - it seemed only Janiene that was immune to this treatment. That said, the fire house, the vehicles and everything else was very indicative of what has come before.

The personalities were done just right, for both the Transformers and the Ghostbusters. There were no characters that acted out of character, though Soundwave's final line before getting trapped didn't ring quite true for me. The interactions between Venkhman and Starscream were particularly entertaining.

There were some very nice inclusions from both franchises. Cybertron being destroyed, however this time it was Gozer instead of the never ending war. The use of the mood-slime from GB2 in order to force Megatrons spirit out, and indeed having Starscream as a ghost has been done many times in Transformers lore. Ectotron fitted in very well to the storyline as someone who felt a bit out of place on the Ark and then felt similar on Earth, but through his new friends found a new confidence in himself. The plot moves along at a decent pace, giving a lot of panel time to the interactions between the characters with a nice bit of action included here and there.

Yeah, these comics were in part to try and sell the Ectotron and the Ghostbusters-themed Prime toys, but who cares eh? In the end this was a really great crossover comic and for me, as someone who is not a big GI Joe fan, the best that we've had so far. It will be interesting to see if the MLP one coming out in three months can reach this standard.