*Regular Cover
**Appearing on the cover are:
***Slimer in the Paranormal Containment Research Tank
***Ron Alexander
***Winston Zeddemore as he appeared in Ghostbusters II
***Melanie Ortiz
**In a previous version of the cover, a pirate ghost with the phrase "Seven Seas with Scurvy Spirits" appeared instead of Melanie and "Haunted American Horrors!".
*Subscription Cover
**The cover is a nod to the movie "Police Academy 3: Back in Training"
**Appearing on the cover are:
***Egon Spengler wearing the Aura Video-Analyzer
***Janine Melnitz
***Peter Venkman
***Ray Stantz wearing a Slime Blower
***Rookie wearing Ecto Goggles
***Melanie Ortiz
***Kylie Griffin and Pagan
***Ron Alexander
***Winston Zeddemore with a Trap
***Slimer
*Dramatis Personae Pages
**Peter's biography references Dana Barrett's game show host line from the first movie.
**Ray's biography alludes to Jenny Moran and the Dream Ghost and mentions Fort Detmerring from the first movie.
**Egon's biography mentions the Interspatial Teleportation Unit and alludes to Donatello.
**Ron, Lou, and Dani's biographies mentions the Ghost Smashers from Volume One of the ongoing comic series.
**Lou's biography reveals she is Hawaiian, a champion tri-athlete, and a bit of a jerk.
**Dani's biography reveals she is a hobbyist archer and is highly image conscious.
*Story So Far Page
**Loftur Thorsteinsson is alluded to.
**The recap mentions:
***The Devil
***Egon Spengler
***Jenny Moran
***Interspatial Teleportation Unit
***Egon Spengler from The Real Ghostbusters
***The court case in Ghostbusters II
***The Ghostbusters' first case in the first movie
***The reveal of Loftur's contract with the Devil from Ghostbusters International Issue #11
***The death and restoration of Egon in Ghostbusters International #7 and #11
***The death and manifestation of Jenny in Ghostbusters International #11
**It is mentioned the Ghostbusters have expanded work into other dimensions - like in the original Ghost Smashers script by Dan Aykroyd.
*Page 7
**The "Where Winston Was" story was originally conceived in 2011 when the creative team was waiting on a pick up for Ghostbusters Volume One Issue #5.
**The "Where Winston Was" story borrows from the Marvel Comics gag of creators meeting their characters.
**The "Where Winston Was" story was originally going to included in the Ghostbusters Volume Two trade paperback but Dan Schoening was too busy at the time to illustrate it.
**Waltz's Dining Car is visually based on Mickey's Diner in St. Paul.
***Mickey's Diner is located in writer Erik Burnham's current state of residence, Minnesota.
***Mickey's was featured in the 90s movies "The Mighty Ducks" and "Jingle All The Way"
***One of the celebrities seen in Mickey's in the past was Bill Murray.
**Waltz's Dining Car is named after IDW Comics editor Tom Waltz.
**In panel 2, Winston mentions he was left out of the last book about the Ghostbusters -- making light of Winston's omission from several movie posters and the like over the decades.
**In panel 2, the books in Winston's backpack are about Egyptology - a nod to his doctorate in that field in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions.
**In panel 2, one of the men seated behind Winston is visually based on Tom Waltz.
**In panel 2, the man with his back to Winston is visually based on ?
**Winston is wearing his staple T-shirt inspired by the Forces of Good from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Night Game"
**In panel 2, Winston is eating a slice of blueberry pie. Incidentally, blueberry fudge cake is a favorite of Winston's animated counterpart.
**In panel 3, on the far left is a menu with several items from J.S. Burger Cafe's promotion of the 2016 movie:
***The GB Burger
***Marshmallow Mad Burger
***Black Chilli Chips
***Green Ghost Shake
**The journalists are visually based on and named after Erik Burnham and Luis Delgado.
**In panel 4, Dan is visually based on and named after Dan Schoening
**In panel 4, the ghosts chased Dan are visually based on the stock ghosts from The Real Ghostbusters Pilot and Intro 1
***Big with Mean Teeth Ghost
***Big Mouth Ghost
***Eye Visor Ghost
***Caterpillar Ghost
***Horizontal Grin Ghost
***Little Hopper Ghost
***Pointy Ears Ghost
***Big Mohawk Ghost
***Big Spike Ghost
***The lower half of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
**In panel 4, Dan makes light of his tendency of accurately drawing pre-existing characters into the IDW comics.
*Page 8
**In panel 2, Winston alludes to First Avenue and its appearance in Ghostbusters II
**In panel 2, Erik mentions Peter.
**In panel 3, Erik notes the fans have asked - a nod to a long standing mystery of where Winston went after he appeared at the beginning of the court case in Ghostbusters II.
*Page 9
**In panel 1, a scene from the start of Ghostbusters II Chapter 10 is recreated from when Egon mentions the judge's nickname "The Hammer," including a cameo from Judge Wexler, the man who walks past the plaintiff's table, the officer who hands Wexler a sheet, and part of the Stenographer.
***Previously, the scene of Peter at the witness stand with Louis leading him was recreated in Volume 2 Issue #15 on page 2.
**In panel 1, Winston refers to Peter, Ray, and Egon as The Three Stooges
**In panel 2, Winston alludes to Louis Tully
**In panel 3, Winston mentions Ray's discovery of the River of Slime
**In panel 3, the officer on the left is based on 1980/90s era Arsenio Hall.
**In panel 3, the officer on the right is the first cop who questioned the digging of First Avenue in Ghostbusters II.
**In panel 3, the first cop is referenced as Mallory. In Ghostbusters II, his badge read "Wilbur."
**In panel 3, the first cop mentions toys that homage the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mutagen.
*Page 10
**The first cop mentions he was a rookie during the events of the first movie and was on marshmallow detail after the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man blew up.
**Winston alludes to the fact he was drenched in the Stay Puft's residue.
**The ghost is visually based on Mama Fratelli from "The Goonies"
*Page 11
**In panel 1, the woman seated behind Luis is based on Anna Chher, Luis' colorist assistant.
*Page 12
**Winston mentions the doors to the courtroom being jammed. This was likely the point when the Ghostbusters and Louis convinced Judge Wexler to drop the charges against them.
*Page 13
**Winston mentions Peter, who doesn't appear in the flashback.
**Egon attempted to "pull a Venkman" in Volume 2 Issue #6 but it didn't work.
*Page 14
**In panel 2, Anna Chher appears again, this time to Winston's left.
**Erik makes a meta comment about not having enough for a whole story arc.
**Luis mentions the Chupacabra
**Erik makes light of how Chupacabra feed on the blood of its victims.
*Page 15
**The title is a nod to a radio show that has run since July 6, 1974 in Minnesota, "A Prairie Hill Companion"
**The sheriff and Melanie allude to "The X-Files"
**Melanie mentions the FBI Field Office in Des Moines, Idaho.
*Page 17
**Peter references the Music Man's "Iowa Stubborn" song by shouting, "Hello, Iowa-y!"
**Peter alludes to the Chicago Ghostbusters and mentions Chicago.
**Melanie mentions the Chicago Ghostbusters were on a case in Milwaukee.
**Melanie mentions Ray.
*Page 18
**Peter mentions Ray.
**Kylie mentions Ed Gein, an infamous serial killer known as the Butcher of Plainfield.
**The sheriff mentions Adler was used as a Bogeyman locally in tales.
*Page 20
**Peter was ecto-projected on previously in Volume 2 Issue #9.
*Page 22
**As Melanie writes, the poppies are the flower of consolation and eternal rest.
*Page 23
**This is the first appearance of the Chicago Ghostbusters' headquarters.
**Ecto-15 first appeared in the "Rookie and Ron" back up story in Ghostbusters Volume Two Issue #7.
**Kim mentions she has to file 302's. It was a made up form by Erik.
**In panel 2, the Chicago logo appears on the cubicle. It was first revealed in the Dramatis Personae in Ghostbusters International #9.
**The Ghostbusters II mug that Ron drinks from is from artist Erik Evensen's cupboard.
**Ron mentions Gary, Indiana.
*Page 24
**The Trask Hotel is a stand-in for the Drake Hotel on the Magnificent Mile.
**In panel 2, the store front window reads "Norton Bros. Design Works 1976." This is a nod to Noah Norton and his "The Mastodon" candlestick designed for Wooda.
**Ron mentions it is an election year
**The manager asks for Egon.
**The Woman in Blue is based on the Drake's Woman in Red lore. She haunts the Tenth Floor and is said to have jumped to her death during the 1920 New Year's party.
*Page 25
**Ron uses Rookie's "Rook" nickname from Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
*Page 26
**Lou mentions the product Febreeze, introduced in June 1996.
**Ron mentions his grandma. He mentioned her before in the "Rookie and Ron" back up story in Ghostbusters Volume Two Issue #7. She was the one who told him the Rodefhiri legend.
**The Boson Caster fires the green atomizing stream that Ron first used in Ghostbusters International Issue #9.
*Page 29
**Rookie mentions Ray.
*Page 31
**Janine is wearing the yellow tank and orange skirt worn by her counterpart on The Real Ghostbusters.
**Janine's mention of triage came up in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster" which had a similar situation - Janine asked for help getting rid of ghosts in her apartment but they don't so she suits up herself without their clearance.
**In panel 3, the animated toaster from Ghostbusters II is chained down on a shelf.
*Page 32
**The tray of P.K.E. Meters are from the original movies, The Real Ghostbusters, and the 2016 movie.
**Bay Ridge is a mostly middle class neighborhood in southwest Brooklyn.
*Page 38
**Ray mentions the Proton Pack.
*Page 39
**The opening panel is a loose nod to the layout of the second floor of the Firehouse in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions, with the vacuum cleaner, cart, ladder, boxes, and green rug.
**The Phoenican Plague Vase appears where it is after Rookie collects it.
**Ray mentions Slimer's Class 5 classification.
**In panel 2, the Paranormal Containment Research Tank's roof sports features seen in the concept design included in the Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions disc.
**In panel 2, the popcorn Slimer is eating is a nod to ?
**In panel 2, on the top shelf between Ray's word balloons is the Ecto-1 2016 toy mint.
**In panel 2, on the shelf behind Ray is a Trap from the 2016 movie.
**In panel 2, on the shelf, left of Kylie, is an hourglass - a nod to the Sandman from Annual 2015
**In panel 2, on the far right, on the tower monitor screen is the Ghost News website from the chapter 12 of the 2016 movie when Abby shows the list of cases happening.
**In panel 2, on the corkboard are
**On the top left, between Egon's legs, the Millennium Hotels and Resorts logo of the group who owns the Biltmore Hotel used for the location of the Sedgewick Hotel in the first movie.
**On the bottom left, between Egon's legs, the PCOC flier the Ghostbusters find on the doors of the Sedgewick Hotel when they return to it towards the end of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
**Top right, a scratch and win lottery ticket with Ghostbusters 2016 artwork seen in Fall 206 in BC, Canada.
**Top right center, an image of Janus the Roman god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, doorways, passages, and endings.
**Top right bottom, an Egyptian hieroglyphic?
**Egon and Kylie nod to all the abundance of theories about Slimer's origins.
**Kylie's book is a nod the late Ghostbusters fan, Ryan Kemp. It was mentioned in Ghostbusters International #1 page 17.
**The Pin-Up Calendar of Doom is on January.
***The model is Mrs. Stay Puft from Arda Wigs a year ago. (
http://ardawigs.tumblr.com/post/1240055 ... r-mrs-stay)
***The lineup matches with January 1998.
*Page 40
**The Sedgewick Hotel's kitchen is visually based on the one seen in Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, Level 1: Training Day, when the team faces Master Chef LaBlog.
**Chef "Slimer" is mixing green stuff not unlike Slimer's ectoplasm.
**In panel 4, on the far right is the human take on Chef Sargossa/Deforrest from Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
*Page 41
**In panel 1, the Human Body poster from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions appears.
**Ray mentions Tobin's Spirit Guide, the Cult of Gozer, and Gozer.
**Spider Witch (below Chairman to his left), the Chairman, Ivo Shandor (green on cloak) and Edmund Hoover, later Azetlor, (right of Shandor) make a cameo as cultists.
**In the Ghostbusters commentary, the late Harold Ramis recalled Thelma Moss told him about the hungry ghost but Slimer was an incidental take on it.
*Page 42
**Ray mentions Tobin.
**In panel 3, Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg appears on the days without incident sign
**In panel 3, over Ray's shoulder, is Abby's barren take out soup from the 2016 movie.
**Slimer's origin as a king was from The Real Ghostbusters Marvel Comic #22 when he was once King Remils.
*Page 43
**Peter references Egon's stash of Twinkies
**Peter says his "You've earned it" line from the first movie when he gives a chocolate bar to Egon at Columbia University
**In panel 4, the green flier on the shelf is Abby's advertisement from chapter 5 of the 2016 movie that invoked the Homeland Security's "If you see something, say something" motto
**In panel 5, the punching bag from the sleeping quarters in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions appears.
**In panel 5, on the left above the microwave is a drawing of
***Rowan's ghost form from the 2016 movie, Schoening drew before the movie came out
***The Icon Ghost, Schoening drew on Montana's paper table cover before seeing the 2016 movie in July
***A hippo drinking from a river, drawn by Schoening's daughter Paige
*Page 44
**Kylie's apartment is revealed to be in Queens.
**Kylie mentions Janine.
**Kylie mentions she was woken up by a Class 5 once.
**In panel 2, the Kenner Fright Feature Egon's Terror Tweezer is standing up to Pagan's left.
**In panel 2, the painting of the Ghostbusters and Oscar from the end of Ghostbusters II is hung by Kylie's door.
**In panel 2, another 15 easter egg appears as Kylie's apartment number on her door
**In panel 3, to Pagan's left is a book about Samhain
**The Class 5 appears to be visually based on Drool from The Real Ghostbusters
**In panel 5, a portrait of Kylie's Grandma Rose from the Extreme Ghostbusters is seen.
*Page 46
**The story appears to be a nod to the deleted scene from the first movie of honeymooners encountering Slimer at the Sedgewick
**The husband mentions Slivovitz, a kind of fruit brandy.
**The Primos are based on Twinkies
**The Primos ad is based on classic Hostess 1 page ads, for example in old Marvel comics books.
*Page 47
**The Icon Ghost from The Real Ghostbusters appears like he did on the Get Real mini-series.
*Page 48
**In panel 2, Mayhem from the 2016 movie appears
**The original movie, Real Ghostbusters, Extreme Ghostbusters, and Sanctum of Slime teams appear.
**The Firehouse and Ecto-1 from the 2016 movie appear.
**The 2016 uniform is hung up on a locker.
**Kevin's hot dog design and the atomic symbol from the 2016 movie are on the locker
**The "Ghosts in New York City?" article has ?
*Page 51
**The Proton Pack, Particle Thrower, Trap, and P.K.E. Meter from 2016 movie appears
**The Proton Pack, Trap, and P.K.E. Meter from prime movies appears
To Be Identified/Confirmed
1. Page 7, Panel 2: In panel 2, the man with his back to Winston is visually based on ? Curnow?
2. Page 39, Panel 2: The popcorn Slimer is eating is a nod to ? Orville 2016 promo for ATC?
3. Page 39, Panel 2: On the cork board are, the Egyptian hieroglyphic is of?
4. Page 41, Panel 2: Shandor and Hoover's designs based on?
5. Page 48, Panel 2: The three people chased by Mayhem based on?