Dr. Peter Venkman

Dr. Peter Venkman is a founding member of the Ghostbusters, a wisecracking parapsychologist-turned-supernatural investigator who hunts and captures ghosts alongside teammates Dr. Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore. His IDW comics adventures extend his big-screen persona into new paranormal threats.

Few characters arrive in comics already carrying the weight of pop-culture legend, but Dr. Peter Venkman steps onto the IDW page in 2011 — courtesy of Scott Lobdell and Ilias Kyriazis — with all the swagger that implies. This Modern Age incarnation finds Venkman sharing panels with fellow Ghostbusters Dr. Ray Stantz and Winston Zeddemore, and if the presence of Leonardo, Raphael, and Michelangelo in his series history tells you anything, it's that this is a man whose supernatural beat apparently overlaps with the mean streets of Turtle territory. A compact but choice catalog of appearances — highlighted by the crossover spectacle of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters 2 — makes every issue a genuine find for fans who love their ghost-wrangling with a side of shell.