Part 1 of 4! Egon Spengler! Ray Stantz! Winston Zeddemore! Peter Venkman! The original Ghostbusters return in an all-new, four-part Ghostbusters story from IDW! Writer Keith Champagne (Green Lantern Corp, The Flash) is joined by artist Tom Nguyen in this Ghostbusters saga. When the Ghostbusters capture a group of ghostly crooks, they unknowingly run afoul of a gang comprised of the spirits of some of America's most legendary gangsters. Dead or alive, the mafia knows exactly how to deal with a problem like the Ghostbusters: rub 'em out!

Written by Keith Champagne, Tom Nguyen. Whacked! After inadvertently crossing a ghost mafia made up of the most notorious gangsters in history, three of the original Ghostbusters find themselves on the wrong end of a Tommy gun! Dead before their time and consigned to Purgatory, can the gang somehow find their way back to the land of the living? Plus, what happened to Venkman?

The first trade paperback of the exciting new series based on the successful movie and cartoon show, The Ghostbusters: The Other Side features all-new tales of everyone's favorite spook hunters. The only thing worse than getting on the bad side of gangsters is capturing the ghosts of some of the most historically notorious figures in organized crime. And when you upset the spirits of the mafia, you better be prepared to go to the mattresses. But when the Ghostbusters find themselves in Purgatory, they need to find a way out, and fast, before they end up spending an eternity in Hell!