*Regular Cover
**This is the fifth of a set of interconnected covers.
**On the cover are Janine, Kevin Tanaka, and Kevin Beckman.
**Janine is wearing the Compact Pack.
**Kevin Beckman is on his Ecto-2 motorcycle.
**April solicits of this cover were the first clue that Kevin Tanaka was an amputee.
**Kevin's below the knee prosthesis is a modern running blade type.
**Of note on the map is the rest of Central Park continue from last issue's regular cover.
**This is the first time colorist Anna Chher is credited on the covers.
*Subscription Cover
**The cover is a homage to "American Graffiti" (1973)
**Tiyah Clarke and Winston Zeddemore are in the 1960s Ford on the left.
**Below Tiyah and Winston is Peter Venkman and Melanie Ortiz.
**Next to Peter and Melanie is the Firehouse.
**Below Melanie and Peter is Kylie Griffin.
**Below Kylie is Kenner's The Real Ghostbusters Fire Frighter and Ghost Sweeper, Trendmasters' Extreme Ghostbusters Ghost Blastin' Buster Bike, Ecto-1 (2016), and the Ghost Smasher's car
**Near the vehicles are Psychomagnotheric Slime and the Animated Toaster.
**Near the top center are Egon Spengler and Janine Melnitz. "84" is on her jacket, a nod to the year of the first movie.
***The pose of their hug may be a nod to when Janine tells him her premonition of his death.
**Below Egon and Janine are the Rookie and Ron Alexander in their Chicago Ghostbusters flight suits. Ron has on the Compact Pack.
**Below Rookie and Ron are Lou Kamaka, Dani Shpak, and Jenny Moran in their Ghost Smashers uniforms and wearing the company's packs.
**Below the Ghost Smashers is Kevin Beckman with his stock photos, Erin Gilbert, Abby Yates, and Walter Peck shutting down the power grid (like he ordered to be done in the first movie and implicitly did while possessed in The Video Game).
**Below Kevin, Erin, Abby and Peck are Ray Stantz, Jillian Holtzmann, and Louis Tully by the Containment Unit.
**Near Peck is the Extreme Ghostbusters version of Egon Spengler wearing that team's pack.
**On the right bottom is Lady Slimer and Slimer from Answer The Call in Ecto-1 from the first movie. The license plate is Bustin' in place of Cruisin' in the American Graffiti poster.
*RI Wraparound Cover
**On the front is Erin Gilbert seen in Chapter 4 of the 2016 movie when she returns to the Kenneth P. Higgins Institute after being fired from Columbia University.
**On the back is a close up on Peter Venkman when the team approaches the Temple of Gozer from the first Ghostbusters movie.
*What Came Before Page
**Mentioned are:
***Ellis Island
***Holtzmann learning about not atomizing ghosts from last issue.
**The Pirate Ghosts from last issue are alluded to as poltergeists.
**The three images are re-used from Issue #4:
***Page 13 panel 2
***Page 6 panel 6
***Page 8 panel 3
*Page 1
**In panel 1, the bar interior is the Jacob Wirth Co. Restaurant from Chapter 16 of the 2016 movie when the team celebrates their victory.
**In panel 1, the chalk writing on the left of the drawing of green plant is "...Question, Yes is the answer. Right, Ray?!" is a nod to Winston's "You say Yes!" reply to Ray after Gozer blasted them in the first movie.
**In panel 1, in the frames are ?
**In panel 1, the waiter and patron are visually based on Troy Benjamin and Chris Stewart of Ghostbusters HQ, Proton Charging and the Interdimensional Cross-Rip Podcast?
**In panel 1, on the far right is director Paul Feig.
**In panel 1, the two people seated with Feig appeared in Chapter 16. They have a table right of Patty in the shot of the team looking towards the TV (the audience to us).
example still **In panel 1, some of the beer taps are based on ghosts:
***The purple Kenner's Mini-Trap ghost is between the 2 word balloons
***An Ecto Cooler pouch with straw is right above Feig's hand
***Two down from Cooler is a tap with Kevin's No Ghost logo.
***Kenner's The Real Ghostbusters' Brain Blaster Ghost is second to last on the right.
***Kenner's The Real Ghostbusters' Green Ghost's watermelon accessory is the last tap on the right.
**In panel 1, the news report mentions the two Statues of Liberty from Ghostbusters 101 #3 and reveals it's been a few days since that event.
**In panel 2, the news ticker references ABS News from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon on the Rampage"
**The Mayor mentions the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
**In panel 3, the Mayor changes to Mayor Bradley from the 2016 movie. The news ticker changes from ABS News to NY 1 News, featured in the 2016 movie.
**In panel 3, the bottom news ticker references ?
**In panel 4, the various news station microphones reference:
***ABS News from "Egon on the Rampage"
***The microphone on the far right references 20/40/60 from "Egon on the Rampage"
**The Mayor mentions PCOC. Peck mentions the Statues of Liberty.
*Page 2
**In panel 2, left of Peck's right leg on the shelf is Slimer merchandise from?
**Peck alludes to Peter's Ghostbusters 101 fantasy camp.
**Holtzmann is wearing her leather jacket and coveralls from when she first appeared in the 2016 movie.
*Page 3
**Holtzmann jokes redheads don't have a soul. It dates back to the Middle Ages when redheads were believed to be associated with the Devil and unclean.
**Holtzmann mentions the rock band KISS.
**Holtzmann alludes to Thomas Wolfe's "You Can't Go Home Again" (1940).
**In panel 4, the Camcorder used is the Sony 4K AX33 handycam from the 2016 movie.
**In panel 4, the 101 students are each wearing:
***Garrett has on the blue cap from the Ghostbusters II Lobby Card No. 7
***Evan has on the cap Ray wore in Ghostbusters II Chapter 14.
***Cait has on Abby's Helmet from the 2016 movie.
***Zoe has on the Aura Video-Analyzer colander.
**In panel 4, the white diode panel by Evan can also be seen in the Ghostbusters II Lobby Card No. 7
**In panel 4, behind Zoe on top of the computer is the Mattel Rowan's Ghost toy.
**In panel 4, the black console behind Garrett is from ?
**In panel 4, attached to the sides of the console are the green canister from Mattel's Ecto Minis Peter Venkman and Slime and the pink canister from the Ecto Minis Ms. Slimer and Slimer.
**In panel 4, on the far right, on the computer screen is the infamous bad grammar ending to the Ghostbusters video game.
**In panel 5, Kylie is using the KUD Meter from Ghostbusters II when the Manhattan Museum of Art was swept for readings by the guys.
**In panel 5, Erin is wearing her red vest outfit from Chapter 7 of the 2016 movie.
**Ray alludes to the Bronx spook from 101 Issue #2.
**In panel 5, on top of the shelving are
***A bag of Stay Puft Marshmallows.
****The green contents are from Campfire's Ghostbusters Marshmallows
***The Slime Blower guns from the second movie as they appeared in Chapter 14.
***The Ion Shield Gun version 7 concept done by Kyle Brown on April 15, 2015 for later became the Ghost Chipper.
**In panel 5, on the second row is the device that was next to Holtzmann in their Kenneth P. Higgins Lab in Chapter 2 when Erin first met her.
*Page 4
**Egon alludes to the Interspatial Teleportation Unit and the Bronx spook.
**Abby refers to the Manhattan Ley Lines, a topic of the 2016 movie and something she detected last issue with Egon.
**In panel 2, left of Abby is the Dimensionometer from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon on the Rampage"
**In panel 2, on the corkboard are:
***Ghostbusters II sweepstakes for family trip to Hollywood from a Ghost in a Can entry form done in Australia back in 1989 in conjunction with BP and Coca-Cola
***Scorpio Products International LTD's The Real Ghostbusters door hangar that came in select issues of Marvel UK's The Real Ghostbusters comic series.
***The Real Ghostbusters school theme box art from McDonalds' promotion of The Real Ghostbusters in 1987
***Alberta Ghostbusters' logo on a business card
**Egon mentions the Containment Unit and its biometric scanner which has been equipped since the first volume of IDW's ongoing series.
*Page 5
**In panel 1, on the black console's screen is a still from The Real Ghostbusters Data East video game when the players shoot at the Gliding Grim Reaper.
**In panel 1, Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg in on the computer monitor left of Garrett.
**Erin's panic attack is attributed to when Gertrude Aldridge ecto-projected on her in the 2016 movie.
*Page 6
**The green highway signs references the North Interstate 87 Albany sign and the Exit 12 H. Hudson Parkway South, Saw Mill Parkway North sign.
**Holtzmann wonders why they haven't used wireless Traps yet. That kind of trap was used in the 88 MPH comics and technically in Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
*Page 7
**In panel 1, the structure seen is the Jerome Avenue gate of Woodlawn Cemetery.
**In panel 2, the small sign left of Holtzmann's boots references the Van Cortlandt Park, the city's third largest park.
**Patty mentions three celebrities buried at Woodlawn
***Musician Miles Davis
***Former New York City Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia who was mentioned as visiting Mayor Lenny in Ghostbusters II.
***Marilyn Miller, a musical comedy actress who performed for the Zeigfield Follies, a series of elaborate theatrical revues, in 1918.
*Page 8
**The ghost of author Herman Melville manifests.
**Melville's line "From Hell's heart, he has come for three" might be a nod to Captain Ahab's line from Moby Dick Chapter 135 "The Chase - Third Day" - "Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee."
*Page 9
**As Patty realizes, the ghost is based on Moby Dick.
**Peter mentions John Bonham, the drummer of the band Led Zeppelin. The "Moby Dick" instrumental was on the Led Zeppelin II album. The instrumental originated from Bonham's jamming in the studio.
*Page 10
**The ghost from Issue #2 and Ley Lines are confirmed to be the thrust of the problem at hand.
**Ray mentions Ellis Island and Erin's idea of a controlled-explosion from last issue.
**In panel 2 and 3, the frame that can be partially seen is the logo for Bandai's Ghostbusters toyline from 1984 to 1985.
**In panel 4, on the ground on the right is Ali El-Baluu's Irksome Rug where it appears after Rookie collects it in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
*Page 11
**Abby is in a room with suits visually based on the VR helmet, haptic vest, and blasters from The Void's Ghostbusters: Dimension that started last year.
**The device Abby holds onto is visually based on the Beltz Gizmo eyeglass case made by the Dollond And Aitchison Group.
**In panel 1, the posters reference the "Here to Save the World" and "I've Been Slimed" shirts from the first movie's Official Mail Order Merchandise.
**Erin alludes to Donatello.
**Abby alludes to Slimer and the Paranormal Containment Research Tank.
**Erin refers to Slimer as "Kevin Junior," the name Kevin Beckman gave him in Issue #3.
*Page 12
**Erin mentions Gozer.
**Erin alludes to Ray's Occult Books, Ghosts From Our Past, and Rowan.
*Page 13
**Erin mentions Rowan and his plan in the 2016 movie to unleash ghosts on the world.
*Page 14
**Incidentally, the Ghostbusters failed wo wrangle Lotan in Insight Editions' Tobin's Spirit Guide.
**Peter alludes to the parameters of summoning Beetlejuice, saying his name three times.
**Holtzmann refers to Moby Dick as "Willy," a nod to the Free Willy movies.
**In panel 2, the headstone with the scroll on it is Herman Melville's.
**In panel 4, the headstone with Mr. Toad from "The Wind in the Willows" appears to be a nod to the end of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland and the moving of Toad's statue to the Haunted Mansion's pet cemetery.
*Page 15
**Peter brings up how Willy was a killer whale wheres Mody Dick was a sperm whale.
*Page 16
**In panel 1: the headstone is Archibald Gracie's. A prominent businessman whose former home is now famously known as Gracie Mansion.
**In panel 3: the headstone references a "Clara Blo..." She is ?
*Page 18
**Abby mentions Kevin Beckman lives in the Bronx.
**Kevin Beckman's desk and board from Chapter 16 of the 2016 movie is on the right in panel 1.
**Ley Lines and the ghost from Issue #2 come up again.
**Ray's blue shirt and khaki slacks civies appears to be based on the civies he wears in Chapter 7 and 9 of the first movie but the collar is colored blue instead.
*Page 19
**In panel 2: Erin's box references Kenner's Highway Haunter.
**In panel 2: Abby's blowtorch references the Firefly from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Troll Bridge"
**In panel 4, Egon appears to be using his Casio Micro-Mini Calculator from the first movie when he, Peter, Ray left Manhattan City Bank.
**In panel 4, in the box is NOW Comics' The Real Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #6
**In panel 4, in front of the box is an Imp from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Janine's Day Off".
**In panel 4, Kevin Beckman has his saxophone and stethoscope from his stock photos in the 2016 movie.
*Page 20
**In panel 1, Egon eats from a box of Cheeze Itz.
**Kylie mentions the Psychomagnotheric Slime.
**Ray mentions Coney Island and alludes to the events of Ghostbusters 101 Issue #1.
*Page 23
**Mentioned in the third paragraph is Ray's Occult Books.
**Mentioned in the Tobin's Spirit Guide section is:
***John H. Tobin
***Gozer
***The Cult of Gozer
***Ivo Shandor
***The Ghostbusters' use of Tobin's in the first movie.
***The condensed version worked on by Egon and Ray is a nod to the Insight Editions version "co-written" by Erik Burnham that released last year.
*Page 24
**Mentioned in the Spates Catalog section is:
***The "compendium of nameless horrors" is a nod to the name used in the West Ends' RPG.
***Harry Houdini
***H.P. Lovecraft
***Tobin's Spirit Guide
**Mentioned in The Book of Curses section is:
***The Moaning Stones from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Moaning Stones"
***The Museum of Natural History
**The authors Robert Tipton and Ned Tipton may be a nod to brothers Scott and David Tipton who have worked on Star Trek and Doctor Who comics.
**Mentioned in the Stott's Spectral Almanac section is:
***The pattern of bogeyman-related manifestations from the Happy Horror Days arc of Volume 2 of the ongoing series (or Issues #9-12).
***Kylie Griffin
**The "Stott's" in the title is a nod to Rachael Stott who did art for Ghostbusters International #6.
***In Volume 2 Issue #11, the Spectral Almanac is actually prefaced by "Gallon's" instead of "Stott's"
***Stott's Spectral Almanac was referenced by Egon in Ghostbusters International #6 page 9.
**It is revealed Kylie wrote a paper on the pattern of bogeyman-related manifestations.
**The journal mentioned appears to be fictitious.
**The Schoening Ombibi was mentioned last issue by Kylie.
**Mentioned in the Schoening Omnibi section are:
***John Tobin
***Cult of Gozer
To Be Identified/Confirmed
1. Subscription Cover: The 60's Ford is from what in Ghostbusters lore?
2. Page 1: In panel 1, on the frames are ?
3. Page 1: In panel 1, the waiter and patron are visually based on Troy Benjamin and Chris Stewart?
4. Page 1: In panel 1, gold llama beer tap?
5. Page 1: In panel 3, the bottom news ticker references ?
6. Page 1: In panel 4, the various news station microphones besides ABS and 20/40/60 reference:
7. Page 2: In panel 2, left of Peck's right leg on the shelf is Slimer merchandise from?
8. Page 3: In panel 4, the black console behind Garrett is from ?
9. Page 4: In panel 2, on the cork board is the Alberta Ghostbusters' logo on a business card ?
10. Page 14: In panel 4, the headstone with Mr. Toad from "The Wind in the Willows" appears to be a nod to the end of Mr. Toad's Wild Ride at Disneyland and the moving of Toad's statue to the Haunted Mansion's pet cemetery.
11. Page 16: In panel 3: the headstone references a "Clara Blo..." She is ?
12. Page 18: The 'Ultimate Mobile Trap' is based on a fan franchise's Ecto ?
13. Page 19: Egon is using Casio Micro-Mini Calculator from 'everyone has 3 mortgages' scene?