*Cover A
**Appearing on the cover are:
***Prime Egon Spengler, Melanie Ortiz, Peter Venkman, and Ecto-1.
***Ghostbusters of Dimension 35-N
***Kevin Beckman of Dimension 80-C
*Cover B
**Appearing on the cover are:
***Prime Cait Banner, Zoe Zawadzki, Janine Melnitz, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler, Peter Venkman, Jenny Moran, Ray Stantz, Dani Shpak, Ron Alexander, and Lou Kamaka.
***Mike the Golem and Robo-Buster of Dimension 68-V
***Ray Stantz from Dimension 68-R
***Eduardo Rivera and Garrett Miller from Dimension 68-E
***Erin Gilbert from Dimension 80-C
***Alan Crendall and Samuel Hazer from Dimension 50-S.
**Zoe is in her outfit from her first appearance in the 2017 Annual.
**Janine is in her first outfit from the first movie.
**Ray, Egon, and Peter are in the charcoal flightsuits from Ghostbusters II.
**Ray has the Giga Meter.
**The van and motorcycle are from 1986 Kenner concept art.
*Cover RI
**Appearing on the cover are:
***Prime Ecto-1, Firehouse, Winston, and Slimer.
***Kylie Griffin from Dimension 68-E.
***Alan Crendall from Dimension 50-S.
***Jillian Holtzmann from Dimension 80-C.
*What Came Before
**Mentioned are:
***Ghosts being released at the end of Issue #1.
***Containment Unit
***The call being answered at end of Issue #2.
***The teams being separated in Issue #4.
***Tiamat
***Egon
***Egon figuring out Tiamat's plan at end of Issue #7.
***Tiamat revealing herself at end of Issue #7.
***Winston
**Alluded to are:
***Trap-Gate
***The Ghostbusters' last encounter with Tiamat in Volume 2 Issue #20.
***Winston losing a life with Tiyah in Volume 2 Issue #20.
***The Ghostbusters crossing the streams on Tiamat in Volume 2 Issue #16.
***Trap Orb from Issue #6.
*Page 1
**Continued from last issue, the Ghostbusters and Tiamat are in The Collectors' Limbo.
**Winston 68-R likens Tiamat to Medusa.
***Tiamat was also compared to Medusa in Volume 2 Issue #14 by Dana on page 12.
**Winston refers to the climax of Volume 2 Issue #20 when Tiamat made all but he forget about his marriage to Tiyah Clarke.
**Erin refers to the presentation in Issue #3 at the Warehouse.
**Jillian is eating from the still unidentified Pringles stand-in product.
**The Extreme Ghostbusters' proton streams are at full power like at the end of "Darkness at Noon, Part 2".
*Page 3
**Winston and Tiamat refer to research Kylie uncovered in the Mass Hysteria arc that gods could be appeased with a sacrifice to leave a dimension.
**Tiamat mentions the Collectors and their capture in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #5.
**The prototype Trap-Gate and the Collectors' capture in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #5 is depicted in panel 3.
*Page 4
**Egon 68-R refers to when Roland detected Tiamat's P.K.E. signature in Issue #4 on page 3.
*Page 5
**Kylie's "Hold Hand Grenade" is a nod to the Monty Python film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In it, the Holy Hand Grenade was a satire of The Sovereign's Orb of the United Kingdom and used against the vicious Rabbit of Caerbannog.
**Ray mentions Rachel Unglighter and her warning from Issue #6.
**Kylie refers to when they crossed the streams on Tiamat in Volume 2 Issue #16.
*Page 7
**Winston knew Holtzmann had the Proton Glove because it was used in Issue #3 at Fort Washington Park. They were both part of the team sent out.
**The Trap-Gate's random destination toggle was mentioned in Issue #4 by Egon on page 4.
*Page 10
**Seven Trap-Gates were used against Tiamat. In Issue #4, Egon 68-R stated it would take far more than six to capture a Class 7.
*Page 12
**Winston made a similar decision to leave the story arc's main villain in a Trap at the end of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 1 rather than deposit it into the Containment Unit.
*Page 13
**In panel 1, on the left is a the Ecto-100 - a customized Ford F-100 done by fan Mr. Outlaw.
**In panel 1, on the machine screen between Zoe and Garrett is a still from The Real Ghostbusters Game Boy video game.
**In panel 1, in front of Zoe is the Containment Unit Monitor from The Real Ghostbusters episode "X-Mas Marks the Spot" and "When Halloween Was Forever".
**In panel 2, on top of the filing cabinets are Janine's box of Chamomile tea, a recurring nod to The Video Game, and blue gear - a RGB or Kenner pack?
**In panel 2, Egon 68-E is wearing a "I've Been Slimed" T-Shirt from the Official Fan Club.
**Ray mentions The Collectors and the time skewing nature of their dimension.
**Peter charges Egon 68-E $24.99 for the shirt. When it was originally sold, the price was $7.50.
**Ray hopes they haven't been gone for months.
***In Volume 2, the Ghostbusters were gone for three months.
***In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters Volume 2, the TMNT were gone for three weeks.
**Like in Ghostbusters International #11, Ray's celebratory tone at the end of the story arc is premature and something terrible happens to Jenny.
*Page 14
**Kevin is in his white T-shirt and flightsuit tied off at the waste like when Rowan was in possession of him in Chapter 13 of the 2016 movie.
**Amid the smoke is the experimental monitor from Issue #1.
**The Containment Unit's hatch is open like its counterpart on The Real Ghostbusters.
*Page 15
**Ray alludes to Slimer.
**In panel 2, the screen on Jenny's phone references Dan Aykroyd's character Austin Millbarge in the movie "Spies Like Us".
***Donna Dixon, Jenny's visual inspiration, was also in the movie.
***The movie was referenced in Volume 1 Issue #14.
**Panel 4 is Rachel Unglighter's warning from Issue #6.
***The image is from page 16 panel 5.
***The quote is from page 19, panel 1.
*Page 16
**In panel 1, on the screen above Cait's head is a still from stage 1 of The Real Ghostbusters Data East video game.
**Holtzmann alludes to her Remote Access Teleportation Unit and the accident in Issue #1.
*Page 17
**Ray and Egon are in their blue lab coats from the commercial in the first movie. Egon has his Stethoscope and PC-4 Calculator as well.
**In panel 2, the face of the red machine is from ?
**Ray uses a Sony brand remote.
**In panel 4, the ghost attacking Jenny is visually based on Kenner's Mail Fraud Ghost.
**The pocket dimension is visually based on the one seen in The Real Ghostbusters' episode "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster".
*Page 18
**Ray talks about finding a way to get Jenny out. On The Real Ghostbusters, several ways were explored:
***Egon and later Eduardo use suits to go into the unit.
***Slimer could return to the hatch in "Janine Melnitz, Ghostbuster"
***An airlock was devised in "Revenge of Murray the Mantis"
***A Trap Sphere was used in "Partners in Slime"
***Even Professor Dweeb made a device and used it in "The Slob"
*Page 19
**Egon uses his subliminal messaging code from Volume 1 Issue #5.
**Egon's code is revealed to trigger the Chicken Dance, a fade that became popular in the U.S. in 1981.
**Egon mentions Ron Alexander.
*Page 20
**In panel 1, on the sidewalk are:
***Lieutenant Frump/Brent Mitchell
***Dr. Ruth from "Egon on the Rampage"
***A couple from ?
***Around the corner is O'Malley from "The Scaring of the Green"?
***Around the corner is the man in turkey suit from "Egon on the Rampage"?
**Peck and Janine meet at a Pequod's, the coffee franchise established in Volume 1.
**In panel 4, Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg is on the orange price tag in the refrigerated display.
**In panel 4, the Pumpkin Spice decoration by Janine's head references the Irish word for Halloween, Oíche Shamhna (pronounced roughly EE-hyeh HOW-nuh).
**In panel 4, the orange menu standee on the table references members of the comic's crew
***World Famous Brownies made by assistant editor Megan Brownfor $4.99
***Pan de Muertos or Mexican Bread of the Dead by colorist Luis Delgado for $4.99
***Pumperknickle by editor Tom Waltz for $3.99
***Spinners by writer Erik Burnham for $3.99
***Rye by artist Dan Schoening for $4.99
***Bread by letterer Neil Uyetake for $5.99.
**Peck refers to the offer he made in Issue #1.
**Janine's business suit appears to be based on one worn by Dixie Carter on "Designing Women" (1986) which co-starred Annie Potts OR RGB Janine's suit in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon on the Rampage"?
**In panel 5, in the lower right corner, Charon's Patisserie is referenced. It appeared in Volume 1 Issue #12 and is a nod to Charon from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Hanging By a Thread".
To Be Identified/Confirmed
1. Page 13, panel 2: Blue gear on top of the filing cabinets are ? Kenner pack?
2. Page 17, panel 2, the face of the red machine is from ?
3. Page 20, panel 1: on the sidewalk are a woman, a couple from and around the corner are ? Dr. Ruth and turkey suit from Egon on the Rampage, O'Malley from The Scaring of the Green?
4. Page 20: Janine's business suit appears to be based on one worn by Dixie Carter on "Designing Women" (1986) which co-starred Annie Potts OR suit RGB Janine had in Egon on the Rampage at start of ep.?
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