One Ghostbusters villain revealed a truth that suggests the famous paranormal investigators/exterminators are much scarier than anyone realized. In the 2004 comic miniseries Ghostbusters: Legion, the guys in grey are faced with a series of constant but unique paranormal manifestations that are revealed to be coordinated attacks from Michael Draverhaven, a secret from the original Ghostbusters' past. As the rest of the Ghostbusters deal with a swarm of ectoplasmic entities, Michael reveals his grand design to his hostage Ray Stantz and tells him that his current power is due to the spirit world's fear of the Ghostbusters.
Ghostbusters: Legion by writer Andrew Dobb and artist Steve Kurth takes place six months after the events of the original Ghostbusters film as the famous foursome continue to be busy disposing of supernatural entities all over town. While their work begins to bleed into their personal lives, the Ghostbusters learn that Michael Draverhaven, a former colleague of Ray, Peter, and Egon from college, has escaped the psychiatric hospital he'd spent a third of his life in. After kidnapping Ray, Michael reveals that he has been building a rapport with the spirit world all these years and now commands an army of ghosts who lay siege to New York similar to the escalating ghost attacks that preceded the arrival of Gozer in Ghostbusters.
In Ghostbusters: Legion #4 , Michael becomes aggravated when his trap for the other Ghostbusters fails due to their quick thinking and technology. Following a confrontation with Ray in which the Ghostbuster manages to free himself, Michael uses his new ghost powers to strike down his former friend and imprison him once again. In a classic villainous monologue, Michael admits that the ghosts are actually afraid of the Ghostbusters. He explains that they aren't like other spirit chasers or exorcists in the past, whose efforts were more complex and slow-working, requiring elements like sacrifice to be successful. But the Ghostbusters' use of technology like proton packs and the long-term incarceration they subject ghosts to has made them so fearsome that the spirits actually pass along stories about them to each other.
As Michael gleefully points out, the irony is rather amusing considering how terrified people usually are at the sight of ghosts. The Ghostbusters still deal with a mixed public reaction. Many think they're con men and those who do believe don't consider them anything more than glorified exterminators riding a temporary fad. While the Ghostbusters' science is different from the spiritual methods of the past, their nuclear accelerators and ghost traps allow them to dispose of ghosts quickly although they risk considerable property damage in the process. Considering the Ghostbusters have faced all sorts of supernatural entities—from demons to old Gods themselves—and emerged victorious proves that underestimating them is often a recipe for disaster.
Michael reveals that the ghosts were so terrified of these mortal bogeymen that they made a deal with him likely hoping Draverhaven's personal history with the Ghostbusters would motivate him to finish the job. Although Michael's plans for global conquest and revenge make him sound like a wannabe comic book villain, it is amusing to have it confirmed that the Ghostbusters are so good at their job that the entire ghost world is terrified of them.
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