Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man

The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man is a colossal supernatural entity, originally a benign marshmallow brand mascot, who was mentally summoned by Ray Stantz as the form of a destructor during the Ghostbusters' confrontation with Gozer — turning an innocent icon into a towering threat.

Few icons from the paranormal world are as instantly recognizable as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man, that colossal, grinning figure who lumbered into comics with The Real Ghostbusters #1 in 1988, right in the heart of the Copper Age. Published under Marvel UK, this beloved behemoth has kept some truly legendary company across the decades — sharing pages with Slimer, Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, and Winston Zeddmore in adventures that have stretched all the way to 2023. Popping up across titles as varied as The Real Ghostbusters, Slimer!, and even Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins, Stay-Puft is one of pop culture's most delightfully absurd presences, and any collector with a soft spot for the supernatural will find these appearances a wonderfully fun corner of comics history to track down.