*Cover A
**This is the sixth of a set of interconnected covers.
**On the cover are Jenny Moran, Jillian Holtzmann, and Melanie Ortiz.
**Holtzmann has her Proton Pistols out.
**Melanie Ortiz has the Proton Pistol she used in Volume 2 Issues #17 and 18 of the ongoing series and is visually based on the version from Extreme Ghostbusters
**The back of Kevin Beckman's Ecto-2 motorcycle is on the left side.
*Cover B
**The cover is a homage to ?
**The original P.K.E. Meter, Firehouse, Ecto-1, Proton Pack, Trap, and Ecto Goggles appear.
**On the left are Egon, Janine, Erin, Abby, Ron, Kylie, Rookie.
**On the right are Kevin, Patty, Peter, Melanie, Holtzmann, Winston, and Ray.
*Cover C
**In the background is Slimer.
*RI Wraparound Cover
**On the front is Kevin Beckman seen in Chapter 7 of the 2016 movie when he points out that Patty is present after the fact.
**On the back is Janine Melnitz from the 1984 movie in Chapter 8 when she talks to Egon.
*What Came Before Page
**The incident with the Interspatial Teleportation Unit and the ghost in Ghostbusters 101 #2 is mentioned.
**The plan drawn up at the end of Ghostbusters 101 #5 to draw out the ghost and neutralize the Ley Lines with positively charged Psychomagnotheric Slime.
**Egon's "It would be bad" line from the 1984 movie, when he explained the danger of crossing the streams to Peter at the Sedgewick Hotel, is quoted.
**The first two images are re-used from Issue #4:
***Page 5 panel 1
***Page 13 panel 1
**The third image is reused from Issue #5: Page 19 panel 4
*Page 1
**The issue opens at Washington Square Arch, a location briefly seen during the second montage of Ghostbusters II.
**The second location is on Saks Fifth Avenue?
**In panel 2, on the left is Stacy's from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Killerwatt"
**In panel 2, on the right is Pequod's, the coffee chain from the ongoing comic series.
**Patty notes the varying theories about Ley Lines.
*Page 2
**Ray alludes to the bust in Ghostbusters 101 #1 then mentions Coney Island.
**The cadets' equipment is a mix of old and new
***The standard Slime Blower from Ghostbusters II
***The Miniature Slime Blower introduced in Volume 2 Issue #10 of the ongoing series
***Several are wearing packs loosely based on the Theo Klein Firefighter Water Back Pack toy.
***The blonde girl is wearing Kenner's prototype for The Real Ghostbusters' Ecto Charger Pack.
***The man right of the blonde has a sprayer based on the Nickelodeon Super Slimer toy.
*Page 3
**Evan refers to going along with Ray's classes for college applications. This was first mentioned in his Dramatis Personae bio in Ghostbusters 101 #1.
**Evan mentions the Ivy Leagues, the term for eight collegiate institutions associated with academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism. These are institutions are Harvard University, Columbia University, Brown University, Cornell University , Dartmouth College, Yale University, Princeton University, and University of Pennsylvania.
**In panel 3, Garrett is wearing the Kenner Ecto Goggles.
***They were used by the Ghostbusters in the 2015 Annual.
**Garrett brings up the self-replicating nature of the Psychomagnotheric Slime. It was first mentioned in Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
*Page 4
**In panel 1, on Melanie's license plate is Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg.
**Melanie mentions driving from Missouri.
**In panel 3, the roof of the Ecto-2 can be seen.
**Melanie mentions the 'creepy beam of light' from Ghostbusters 101 #4.
**Melanie recognizes Holtzmann as a fellow agent. This is a call back to Ghostbusters International #8's Haunted America Case. Melanie was informed of the Salem Witch Museum incident by Agent Holtzmann from the FBI's Boston Field Office.
**Holtzmann's Screw U pendant is visible.
*Page 5
**In panel 1, the cardboard box above Holtzmann references ?
**Melanie alludes to the Granny Gross Ghost from Ghostbusters International #8.
**Holtzmann references Bizarro, the flawed Superman clone, from DC Comics and alludes to Agent Scully from the X-Files television series.
***Incidentally, X-Files was brought up in the Three Rivers Press edition of "Ghosts From Our Past" when Erin and Abby recount their undergraduate years.
**Melanie quotes Special Agent Dale Cooper's line of "Damn fine cup of coffee" from the second episode of the 1990 television series "Twin Peaks".
***The full line was "You know, this is - excuse me - a damn fine cup of coffee. I've had I can't tell you how many cups of coffee in my life and this, this is one of the best. Now I'd like two eggs over hard. I know, don't tell me, it's hard on the arteries, but old habits die hard, just about as hard as I want those eggs."
***The comparison holds true as both Cooper and Holtzmann could be called eccentric as well as Cooper dealt more with supernatural entities and dimensions than Scully is more associated with fighting aliens, monsters, and government conspiracies.
**Holtzmann summarizes the incident in Ghostbusters 101 #2 to Melanie.
*Page 6
**The roof array of the Ultimate Mobile Trap is visually based on Trendmaster's Extreme Ghostbusters Ecto-1 toy.
**Kylie mentions making the horn sound like the band DeBarge.
***DeBarge's song "Rhythm of the Night" is played when the girls move into the room above Zhu's in the 2016 movie.
**Holtzmann alludes to the others salvaging her team's Containment Unit last issue. Kylie then reminds her of Ray's promise to rebuild it.
**In panel 3, on top of a foot locker is ?
**Melanie alludes to the Statues of Liberty from Ghostbusters 101 #3.
**Kylie owns up to her part in the incident, showing the cadets the teleportation unit in Ghostbusters 101 #1.
*Page 7
**Abby alludes to the team's encounter with the FBI. It is a vague allusion to the 2016 movie, when they dealt with Agent Hawkins and Rorke from the Department of Homeland Security.
***However, in early reports about casting, they were said to be playing FBI agents.
***It could also be an undisclosed incident during the one year plus gap between the movie and 101 mini-series established by Abby Yates in Issue #3.
**In panel 2, the cardboard box atop the white locker now references Kenner's Fire Station Headquarters playset.
*Page 8
**In panel 1, the posted map of Manhattan from Kevin's desk at end of Chapter 16 of the 2016 movie can be seen.
**Holtzmann mentions Boston, where her counterpart is stationed and where some of the 2016 movie was filmed.
**In panel 1, the trap inside the Ultimate Mobile Trap is visually based on the trap installed on the Ecto-Garbage Truck in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Back in the Saddle" Part 2
**In panel 3, Kylie's posing appears to be a nod to Marty McFly from "Back to the Future"
**Abby alludes to the Times Square battle in the 2016 movie as a 'profound sense of deja vu'.
**Holtzmann brings up how Kylie is the manager of Ray's Occult.
**In panel 5, on Janine's desk is a cup of tea - nod to her love of chamomile tea.
*Page 9
**Kevin alludes to Slimer who he named "Kevin Jr." in 101 Issue #3.
**Kylie mentions Ron Alexander of the Chicago Ghostbusters.
**Janine mentions she spoke to the Queen of England.
**Kylie alludes to Slimer and the Paranormal Containment Research Tank.
**Cait alludes to the band Queen and Freddie Mercury, who passed away on November 24, 1991 due to complications from AIDs.
*Page 10
**Garrett's father appears to be visually based on Reginald VelJohnson?
**In panel 3, the EMF reading also has a 15 easter egg.
**Garrett's father mentions his wife. She appeared in 101 Issue #2.
*Page 11
**The Coming Soon advertisement references Will and Hank Deutschendorff, who portrayed Oscar in Ghostbusters II and went into a career in martial arts.
**In panel 2, the sign references Granny's Yum Yum Candy from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon's Ghost"
**In panel 3, Erin mentions there were so many stairs - the natural enemy of any Ghostbuster.
**In panel 4, Abby and Holtzmann stop at Duffy Square. It was previously seen in Volume 2 Issue #3.
**In panel 4, on the signs on the left:
***A couple from ?
***Stay Puft Marshmallows ad from the first movie.
***Right of the Stay Puft Marshmallows is the Time ad from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Three Men and an Egon"
***Above the 'we have our packs...' bubble is the Granny Candy mascot head seen under the Yum Yum sign in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon's Ghost"
***Below the 'we have our packs...' bubble is El's Diner from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Man Who Never Reached Home"
***Below the El's Diner sign is Tri Kuppa Bro from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Old College Spirit"
***Right of Tri Kuppa Bro is ABS Studios and its eye icon from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon on the Rampage"
**In panel 4, on the signs in the center:
***At the top is WUGH, the radio station from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream"
***Under WUGH is EBS Broadcasting from IDW's Mars Attacks The Real Ghostbusters.
***Under EBS is Melon Spirits, a sign seen before in past comics such as Volume 2 Issue #20.
***Under Melon is Blody from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door"
***Under Blody is Caste also from "The Halloween Door"
***Under Caste, the dancing figures are from the right half of the Magic Window logo, as seen on The Real Ghostbusters VHS tapes released in the U.S.A.
***Right of Blody is Toy Tower from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Busters in Toyland"
***Under Toy Tower is Howard from ?
***Under Howard is ?
**In panel 4, on the signs on the right:
***The pink neon Sony sign is from ?
***Under Sony is Bob's Chateau from ?
***Under Bob's is a Ha sign from ?
***Under the Ha sign is ?
***The V News--- sign is from ?
***In the upper right corner is the Pequod's logo
***Under Pequod's is the Movieland Theater, seen in the second montage of Ghostbusters II
***Movieland's is playing "White Fish" which might be a nod to the previous issue, as the Ghostbusters captured a ghost resembling Moby Dick.
***The kanji characters below the Movieland sign are ?
***Left of the kanji is a blue sign with --- Weather from ?
***Left of the blue sign is a purple sign with Lo-- Car--- from ?
**Page 12
**In panel 1, the back of Egon's device references TV World from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Future Tense"
**In panel 4, on the left is the panel from the ATC team's Containment Unit that referenced Dana Barrett and Vinz Clortho in the 2016 movie.
** In panel 4, on the left of the trap are two panels that have screens from the Ghostbusters Activision video game for the first movie - the title screen and the red Ecto-1 screen.
**In panel 4, in the bottom center, under the trap is the yellow Ghost Trap decal that originated from the trap slot of the Containment Unit in the first movie.
*Page 13
**In panel 6, on the left, the GI sign references Grossjuck Industries from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Robo-Buster"
*Page 14
**Holtzmann cheers "Two for two" in reference to the first time the ATC saved the world in the 2016 movie and in this issue.
**In panel 5 is Zhu's Authentic Hong Kong Food from the 2016 movie.
**In panel 5, on the right is Ninja Dry Cleaners from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series "Turtle Tracks".
**In panel 5, under the Ninja Dry Cleaners sign is another Sony sign
**In panel 5, the blue sign above Abby's elbow is Molta from the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Darkness at Noon" Part 1.
**In panel 5, the signs by Molta are ?
**In panel 5, on the far right, Bright Wave is from the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Heart of Darkness"
**In panel 5, below Bright Wave is Hasty Pastry Bakery from the Real Ghostbusters episode "The Joke's on Ray"
**In panel 5, below Hasty Pastry is IDW Publishing.
*Page 15
**Ecto-4 and it's use in sealing the breach in 101 Issue #4 is alluded to.
**Peter mentions they crossed the streams twice with no major after-effects
***He appears to be alluding to the battle with Ivo Shandor in Ghostbusters: The Video Game and with Tiamat in Volume 2 Issue #16. In 101, it was theorized that crossing the streams on the Temple of Gozer in the first movie seeded the multiverse with the idea of Ghostbusters.
*Page 16
**Ray makes a pun out of a line of King Henry's in Act III of "Henry V"
***The quote is "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more."
**In panel 5 and 6, the Ivy sign is from ?
*Page 17
**Holtzmann references the Marvel Comics character the Hulk in jest of his alter ego's Bruce Banner's exposure to gamma radiation.
**Kevin says he's becoming one with the universe again, possibly a callback to the end of 101 Issue #2 when he briefly saw Peter and Ray on the stairs.
**Kevin worries about his dog Mike Hat, who appeared in 101 Issue #1 and 2.
*Page 18
**The first image is from the first movie, Chapter 3 "Get Her!" when the Library ghost roars at them.
***Erin and Patty appear in place of Peter and Egon. Ray and the Camcorder remain.
**The second image is from the 2016 movie, Chapter 3 when they see Gertrude in the Aldridge Mansion Museum.
***Winston appears in place of Abby, holding their P.K.E. Meter, while Holtzmann records with the Sony 4K Camcorder.
**The third image is from Volume 2 Issue #17 page 16 panel 3, during the Hart Island battle against Vigo.
***Abby appears in place of Ray just before he entered another trance state.
**The fourth image is from the 2016 movie, Chapter 6 when Abby and Patty dragged Erin from the Seward Street Subway Station tracks while she had the Electrocuted Ghost confined by the Proton Box thrower.
***Ray appears in place of Erin.
**The fifth image is from Ghostbusters II Chapter 8 "Down the Shaft" when Ray is first lowered above the River of Slime.
***Patty appears in place of Ray
**The sixth image is from the 2016 movie, Chapter 9 during the Stonebrook Theatre bust when Mayhem is on Patty's shoulders.
***Peter appears in place of Patty
**The seventh image is from Volume 2 Issue #12 page 15 panel 3, after Rodefhiri is trapped atop Times Tower.
***Holtzmann appears in place of Peter
**The eighth image is from Ghostbusters II Chapter 24 "A Harbor Chick" when the team looks out from the head of the Statue of Liberty.
***Holtzmann, Patty, and Abby appear in place of Peter, Winston, and Ray.
**The ninth image is from the first movie Chapter 27 "Stay Puft Man" when they shoot the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
***Abby appears in place of Ray.
**The tenth image is from Ghostbusters II Chapter 28 "World is Safe Again" of the 'cleaned' Vigo portrait.
***The ATC team and Kevin, with his saxophone, appear in place of the other team and Oscar.
*Page 19
**Patty is wearing her shirt from the 2016 movie Chapter 16 when the team celebrated in the Jacob Wirth Co. Restaurant.
**Peter alludes to when he, Egon, and Winston blasted the Vigo portrait in Ghostbusters II
**Right of Patty is the stack of discounted copies of Ghosts From Our Past seen in Abby and Holtzmann's lab in the Kenneth P. Higgins Institute.
**Holtzmann is wearing her overalls from when she first appeared in the 2016 movie.
**Holtzmann alludes to the Interspatial Teleportation Unit.
**Holtzmann alludes to Jenny Moran.
*Page 20
**Like in the 2016 movie, Rebecca makes a brief appearance at the end of the story.
**Rebecca Gorin mentions having gone to the Bonnaroo Music Festival, a 4 day music festival held in Tennessee that is similar to Woodstock.
**Rebecca Gorin relates her experience during the merged dimensions incident as Escher's "Relativity", a famous lithograph first printed in 1953.
**Peter alludes to Zuul, who possessed Gorin's counterpart Dana Barrett in the first movie.
**Erin and Abby look out into the city like the team did at the end of the 2016 movie.
To Be Identified
1. Cover B: cover based on?
2. Page 1: In panel 2, the second location is on Saks Fifth Avenue ?
3. Page 2: In panel 1, the cadets are visually based on?
4. Page 5: In panel 1, the cardboard box above Holtzmann references ?
5. Page 6: In panel 3, on the foot locker is ?
6. Page 10: Garrett's father is visually based on Reginald VelJohnson?
7. Page 11: In panel 4, the signs on the left is a couple from ?
8. Page 11: In panel 4, the signs In the center:
A. Under Toy Tower is Howard from ?
B. Under Howard is ?
9. Page 11: In panel 4, the signs on the right:
A.The pink neon Sony sign is from ?
B. Under Sony is Bob's Chateau from ?
C. Under Bob's is a Ha sign from ?
D. Under the Ha sign is ?
E. The V News--- sign is from ?
F. The kanji characters below the Movieland sign are ?
G. Left of the kanji is a blue sign with --- Weather from ?
H. Left of the blue sign is a purple sign with Lo-- Car--- from ?
10. Page 14: In panel 5, the signs by Molta are ?
11. Page 16: In panel 5 and 6, the Ivy sign is from ?
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