Ghostbusters: Legion

Ghostbusters: Legion
Cover art to Ghostbusters: Legion #1. Art by Steve Kurth.
Publication information
Publisher	88MPH Studios
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Mini-series
Publication date	February 2004 to January 2005
No. of issues	4
Main character(s)	Ghostbusters and principal cast from the 1984 film
Creative team
Written by	Andrew Dabb
Penciller(s)	Steve Kurth
Inker(s)	Serge LaPointe
Colorist(s)	Kevin Senft-"Blond"
Collected editions
Ghostbusters: Legion	ISBN

Ghostbusters: Legion is a 2004 comic book mini-series published by the Quebec-based publisher, 88MPH Studios run by Canadian Sebastien Clavet. It was written by Andrew Dabb, with pencils by Steve Kurth and inks by Serge LaPointe. The series ran 4 issues from February through May 2004. It was collected as a hardcover collection in 2005 by 88MPH and was supposed to be released via a Diamond Comic Distributors "Previews" exclusive. However, the hardcover never came to pass due to the company's financial problems. It was reprinted as a softcover tradepaperback that year though for the UK market by the British Titan Books.

A proposed follow up series from the same comic publisher was announced but ultimately cancelled.

Legion saw the return of the four Ghostbusters and the principal cast from the movie. Set six months on from the Gozer incident the series was designed to follow the Ghostbusters as their initial fame faded and they returned to the regular chore of busting ghosts on a daily basis. The series sees the team run ragged as a spate of supernatural crimes and other related occurrences plague the city.

In an unusual retcon, the Ghostbusters franchise was retconned as occurring in 2004. While the series itself didn't exhibit many signs of being set post millennium, it did feature an assortment of 21st century items that gave away its place in history: Fashion, Mobile telephones, Starbucks Coffee, Cameron Diaz, Wireless Ghost Traps, Misc pop culture, Internet. However, despite the first issue mentioning the 2004 retcon in the opening blurb, complaints were raised over the mistaken belief that the story was set in 1984 but featured 2004 references and technology. With the story being set in 2004, Clavet had made reference to not using Ghostbusters II in the storyline of the comic. Fans of the second film have voiced disappointment at the decision as it will lead to the second Ghostbusters film being left out of the 88MPH Studios chronology, in addition to ruling out any likely references or possible adoptions of Ghostbusters II.

The following were the intended release dates for the four part Legion series as well as the expected ongoing monthly comic book series.