Ray Stantz
Dr. Raymond Stantz is a warmhearted paranormal researcher and engineer who co-founded the Ghostbusters, bringing his deep enthusiasm for the occult sciences to the team. Armed with a proton pack and ghost-trapping gear, he serves as the group's chief technical backbone.
Few comic characters can claim they've been busting things that go bump in the night since 1986 — but Ray Stantz has been doing exactly that across an impressive 256 catalogued appearances spanning over three decades. Debuting in the Copper Age with The Real Ghostbusters Spectacular 3-D Special, brought to comics life by Barry Petersen and Norm Dwyer under the Marvel UK banner, Ray has been a fixture of animated-comics adventure alongside memorable company like Janine Melnitz and the iconic Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. With his longest home in The Real Ghostbusters and Slimer! series and at least one collector-significant key issue to his name, this is a character whose comic legacy runs deep and rewards the dedicated fan willing to dig in.
Real name. Dr. Raymond "Ray" Stantz
Powers. No superpowers; scientist/engineer specializing in the paranormal, uses a proton pack and ghost-trapping equipment
Affiliations. The Ghostbusters
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Trivia
- Marvel UK's The Real Ghostbusters comic was built around the animated show rather than the original film continuity, freeing Ray's depiction to diverge from the movie version in both tone and details — a distinction sharp enough that many later fan references treat the UK run as its own separate branch of Ghostbusters continuity.ghostbusters.fandom.com
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Covers through the years — 2005–2019
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