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*In their first encounter, Stingy Jack tricked the Devil into turning into a silver coin to pay of his bar tab then placed him in his pocket with a crucifix.
*In their second encounter, Stingy Jack tricked the Devil into climbing a tree to get him an apple. The tree's base was lined with many crucifix.
*Old Scratch is a folk name for the Devil.
*The infamous Saint Peter standing at the pearly gates is illustrated.
*The Ghostbusters commercial refers to two different commercials
**The free hot beverage thermal mug and balloon is from the commercial in Ghostbusters II
**The 555-2368 phone number is from the commercial in Ghostbusters
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*The ghost is based on local legend Maud S. who is said to haunt Grand Central Terminal. Maud was once kept at the terminal by its owner Vanderbilt after its career as a racehorse.
*Peter and Kylie are at the 60 East 42nd Street entrance at the Vanderbilt Avenue cross section.
*With their backs to the reader, the couple on the right watching Peter and Kylie are the frightened couple who run into a diner full of skeletons in The Real Ghostbusters episode "When Halloween Was Forever"
*The man under the Vanderbilt street sign is Sean Bishop wearing Marty McFly's outfit from Back to the Future.
*The bystander in the blue trench coat is the Jack-O-Lantern vendor from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door"
*Next to the vendor is Lynn Stacy from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door"
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*Peter's Mr. Dead line is a pun on Mister Ed, an American TV comedy series featuring a talking horse
*The irate taxi driver is visually based on the caricature of staffer John Calmette seen at the end of The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghosts R Us"
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*To the left of the taxi driver is Laura Summer, the first voice of Janine Melnitz on The Real Ghostbusters.
*To the right, is the taxi driver's customer in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghosts R Us"
Page 5
*Mainway Costumes & Novelties, along with its advertised costumes Johnny Space Commander and Invisible Pedestrian are a nod to a Saturday Night Live sketch that featured costumes that were very dangerous for children to wear. The sketch featured Dan Aykroyd as Irvin Mainway, president of the company.
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*The Firehouse decorations are based on those seen in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Halloween II 1/2"
*Walter Peck mentions the Mayor, last seen in Volume 2 Issue #1
*Peter and Winston quibble about Devil's Night's association with Detroit where it is notorious for excessive vandalism and arson from the 1970s to 1990s.
*The note by the pumpkin on Janine's paper refers to the Wartmongers, the band who played at the Ghostbusters' party in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Halloween II 1/2"
*Winston is wearing a Detroit police shirt.
*Peter's shirt appears to reference Lorenzo Music, the first voice of Peter on The Real Ghostbusters
*On Janine's pencil mug is "Ye Olde Schnooker and Schnapps Shoppe" a nod to Sleepy Hollow
*On Peck's folder is episode information of The Real Ghostbusters episode "When Halloween Was Forever"
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*Ray mentions Jenny Moran and alludes to Lou Kamaka and Dani Shpak, all ex-Ghost Smashers.
*In the alley with Ecto-2 is the Rock Opera Machine from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door"
Page 9
*The Zombie Taxi Driver from the first movie brought Mel to the Firehouse.
*To left of Janine is the side of Qbert machine used in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
*The miniature of the Anti-Halloween Machine appears on the shelf
*The two books in the lower left are "A History of Ghosts" a book by Dan Aykroyd's father and the other has the Icon Ghost on it.
*On Egon's board are nods to Halloween, The Real Ghostbusters, and repurposing of art posted online by Dan Schoening
**Photographs of Samhain, the Infinity symbol and the clock relic
**Silk Hatton. Its headless other half was seen in Volume 1, Issue #2 on the Empire State Building observation deck.
**Boogaloo from The Real Ghostbusters "The Halloween Door"
**Near Boogaloo's photo is a reference to Beggar's Night, a regional term for Halloween in parts of Midwest and Eastern America such as Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and western New York.
**In the middle, a photo of the Black Slime Elemental from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Stylized Versions
**Next to the elemental, a photo of Death from Volume One. Appropriately, "Unknown Class" is written by its photo.
**In the bottom middle, a photo of Slimer.
**On the right, a photo of what from The Real Ghostbusters "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood"
**By what, a photo of an unused ghost concept from the first movie shown in Making Ghostbusters, page 89.
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*Egon's clipboard has Don Shay's map of shooting locations from a page from Making Ghostbusters, page 26.
*Kylie drinks from a can of Blody, a product advertised in Times Square in The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door"
*On the cork board behind Melanie are several references
**A photo of Samhain's two goblin minions from The Real Ghostbusters
**A Ghostbusters I.D. Card from the Kenner toys
*Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg is on the sign by Janine
*The incident sign by Janine is a nod to Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
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*Peter refers to Hell's Kitchen, which was briefly visited in the Extreme Ghostbusters episode "Back in the Saddle" Part One.
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*Egon mentions Pliny the Elder, a Roman statesman who notably wrote an encyclopedic work titled "Naturalis Historia," which became a model for all other encyclopedias.
*Egon also mentions Samhain.
*The hands wrapping around the Moon is a nod to Disney's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
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*Egon muses Stingy Jack was just a Simulacrum or copy of the original.
Page 21
*The pin up is a nod to Lucy's booth in Peanuts.
*The pin up is also a nod to Peter's electric shock experiment at the start of the first movie, complete with the Male Student
Page 22
*The pin up nods to Ray's memory of roasting Stay Puft Marshmallows at Camp Waconda
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