Issue #8
COVER A
*A Crunch bar is in one of Egon's pockets, referencing his love of junk food
*The ads are for "The Hound of Blubbervilles," a play on "The Hound of Baskervilles" who also appeared on "Elementary My Dear Winston"
*Groucho from Sesame Street?
COVER B
*The cover references The Doors' "Morrison Hotel" and Gozer
PAGE ONE
*The Ghost Actor trio from "Lights, Camera, Haunting!" are among the senior citizens waiting outside the rest home.
*The portrait of Charles Foster Hearse from "Ghostbuster of the Year" hangs in the hallway
*Past Charles is the portrait of the woman from "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood" who becomes demonic behind Winston's back.
*Peter walks near the Painting of the Trustees from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Version
*Behind Ray is a portrait of the Hotel Boudreaux from "Play Them Ragtime Boos"
PAGE TWO
*The door knocker of the Doomsday Door from "Knock, Knock" sans nose ring appears on one of the doors.
*A portrait of the melting clock dimension from "The Cabinet of Calamari" hangs in the hallway
PAGE THREE
*On the mantle lies the Stone Angel Head from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Version
*Also on the mantle is the Statue of Liberty torch lamp seen in Peter's apartment during Ghostbusters II
*On the last panel is the Whistling Bust of Mausch from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Version
PAGE FOUR
*Winston references his famous "Yes!" line from the first movie and the bust from Issue #2 involving Slimer.
PAGE SEVEN
*Egon references the events of the first arc, involving Gozer and Idulnas.
*The guestbook is turned to a page with the infamous bad English text that you see at the end of the Ghostbusters NES video game.
PAGE EIGHT
*Power Guy from "Station Identification" is plastered on one of the arcades
*The Ghostbusters arcade lies nearest to Egon
*A Slimic Net from "Adventures in Slime and Space" is standing upright near Egon
*Next to the net is Zedekiah Spengler's hat from "Egon's Dragon"
*On the poster board are
**PCOC file photos seen in previous issues
**photos of the Mandala nodes from The Video Game
**Egon's critique of the Firehouse from the first movie
**the list of parts for the Containment Unit Egon read out in the "Citizen Ghost" flashback
**obscured by Zedekiah's hat is Tristan Jones'
Tobin art he did of Tony and Nunzio Scoleri *Peter is wearing the robe his animated counterpart wore in "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream"
*Winston refers to the Da Vinci Sleep Cycle, and Egon mentions the scientifically known term of the Polyphasic Schedule.
**Coincidentally, in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, at the start of the library level, Egon mentions he's had time to make prototypes due to an ongoing experiment where he sleeps an average of 14 minutes a day.
*Peter's mug references the "World of the Psychic" show from Ghostbusters II
PAGE NINE
*On a bulletin board is a notice for free Jaguars tickets. This is the baseball team the animated Winston watched in "Night Game"
*Another notice is for the Great Strazinski from "You Can't Teach an Old Demon New Tricks"
*Egon uses Belascu shaving cream referencing Belascu's Unruly Beard from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
PAGE TEN
*Once more, are the Law Offices of Ballard Wright from the Tainted Love one-shot and Casey Jones' Coffee and Books, a ghost from "Last Train to Oblivion"
*Janine's relatives (minus her nephew) from "Janine's Day Off" walk past the gym. Grannie Melnitz is behind Roger and Janine.
*Dewey LaMort's car from "Ghost Fight at the O.K. Corral" is parked on the street across from the ice cream truck
*The ice cream truck is from "Troll Bridge"
*Between the truck and Egon, with is back to the reader, is Andre Wallance (The Stiff) from the first movie.
*Janine mentions the racquetball court at Delgado's, referencing her hobby as revealed in the first movie.
*Roger Baugh is visually based on the Extreme Ghostbusters design of Egon Spengler and his last name is taken from Fritz Baugh of The Ectozone website
*As Egon walks away, he goes past the Party Troll from "Troll Bridge"
*Now across the street is Ecto-Junior from "Halloween II 1/2"
PAGE 11
*Ann Lawson and Posey from "The Revenge of Murray the Mantis" are in the crosswalk
*Among the crowd waiting to walk is Ray Cougar from "Rollerghoster"
*The two bums from the deleted scenes of the first movie are present
*Janine's car is parked near the bums
PAGE 12
*Little girl looks like Irma from "The Halloween Door"
*Old Man in suit is the bystander Egon prodded in the Sedgewick Hotel hallway in the first movie
*One can references the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Grease" which featured a Gremlin
*Another can references Killerwatt from "Killerwatt"
*A third can references Shubs, a race destroyed by Gozer as mentioned by Vinz Clortho to Egon and Janine in the first movie
*A sticker references WUGH FM, the radio station invaded by the Sandman in "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream"
*The Vigo painting makes another appearance, this time in full view
PAGE 13
*Mr. Visitor's house is visually based on Mrs. Roger's house from "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood"
PAGE 14
*Behind Egon is a Wagner's Occult Shop, seen in "The Collect Call of Cathulhu"
*The car that hits Eugene is based on Christine from writer Stephen King
PAGE 15
*A Limburger's Special Recipe Mac & Cheese box references Charles Von Limburger's business from "The Hole in the Wall Gang"
PAGE 18
*Precious from "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood" flies above the house
PAGE 20
*The translator's name appears to be an amalgam of uncredited writer Jean-Marc Lofficier and character Lucien from "Ghostbusters in Paris"
PAGE 21
*The mention of exposing fraudulent spiritualists mirrors the career of Sam Hain, mentioned in a PCOC file from Issue #5
*John Horace Tobin encountered a Grundel, a character from The Real Ghostbusters "The Grundel" and Extreme Ghostbusters "Grundelesque"
*Tobin met Vladimir Belascu, referencing Belascu's Unruly Beard from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
*The meeting with Belascu led to the Tunguska Blast of 1909, referenced at the end of the first movie
PAGE 22
*The sorcerer from the west is none other than Vigo
PAGE 23
*Leon Zundinger is mentioned, whose work was researched in Ghostbusters II
*In the soldier's room, to the left of Mikhael is the Genevieve tapestry from "Hard Knight's Day"
*Tobin holds his Tobin's Spirit Guide