*Cover A
**The cover features Winston and the Zombie Taxi Driver.
**The cover recreates scenes from the first movie:
***Winston driving in Chapter 20: Keymaster.
***Winston about to declare, "I love his town!" in Chapter 28: Crossing Streams.
*Cover B
**On the cover is:
***A photo of Winston firing his Particle Thrower in Cover A.
***A photo of Winston holding the Traps in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
***A photo of Ray and Winston pulling up to Fort Detmerring in a deleted scene.
***A Second Dan Black Belt in Karate. In the final shooting script for Ghostbusters and on page 136 of Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular, Winston's resume listed him as a black belt in karate.
***A reference to his enlistment with the U.S. Marine Corps in the IDW canon.
****It reveals he won the title of Rifle Expert which would have required a combined score of 305-350 at a weapons qualification event.
***The employee file lists Winston's birthday as June 17, 1945. It is derived from Ernie Hudson's birthday, December 17, 1945.
***A photo of Winston on the file folder is a stock promo photo from the first movie.
***Winston's listed phone number is 555-5007.
***Winston's middle name Ramsey was the original name of the character in early drafts of the first movie. The middle name was revealed in Volume 2 Issue #13, page 9, but the wedding priest.
***Winston's Employee I.D. Is 171945.
****In Ghostbusters: The Board Game, it was 111750306.
***The Firehouse address is listed.
***Winston's start date is October 22 and his first review was slated for January 26.
***Winston's pay grade is listed as $11,500, mentioned by Winston in Chapter 27: Stay Puft Man.
***Winston's emergency contact is his father, Edward Lee Zeddemore.
****Edward Zeddemore was the name of Winston's father in The Real Ghostbusters.
****"Lee" was the middle name of Roscoe Lee Browne, the voice of Edward Zeddemore.
***Janine's interview questions about UFOs, Astral Projection, Mental Telepathy, ESP, Clairvoyance, Spirit Photography, Telekinetic movement, Full trans-mediums, Loch Ness Monster, and the theory of Atlantis.
***The check is from Manhattan City Bank seen in Chapter 4: Terminated.
****It has its Avenue of Americas address.
****The check is dated November 2, 1984.
***An Elwood Motors keychain. It is a nod to Blues Brothers and was seen on page 2 of the Interdimensional Cross-Rip hardcover in the car ad.
***Winston's resume reveals his address of 235 B West 146th Street in Harlem. Winston's apartment was seen in Volume 2 Issue #1.
***The New York Times Monday classifieds references:
****Sedgewick Hotel
****Sargassi's from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions. The "We've Got Great Crabs" motto is from a billboard above the Hindenburg marquee in the Panic in Times Square level.
****Dan Aykroyd encounter with Isaac Asimov during filming in Central Park West amid a traffic jam production caused.
****Shipping & Handling to Tom is a reference to Tom Waltz.
****Work From Home ad referenced Erik Burnham.
****Tavern on the Green
****The original 555-2368 Ghostbusters' phone number from Chapter 7: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
****The Ghostbusters ad asks if you can carry 70 pounds while on the run, a nod to the weight of the Proton Pack props.
****The Ghostbusters ad lists the real life address of the NY Hook & Laddder Co. #8.
****The Ghostbusters ad is missing an apostrophe for 'were looking' sentence.
***A U.S. Marine Corps' Enlisted Dress eagle, globe and anchor was seen in solicits of the cover but in the final version is a Sergeant E-5 chevron. He gave two chevrons to Leonardo at the end of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 1 Issue #4.
*Cover RI
**The four Ghostbusters are featured with their standard equipment: Proton Pack, P.K.E. Meter, Ecto Goggles, and Trap.
**The Library ghost is in her transmogrified form.
**The Tobin's Spirit Guide cover is the one posted by Jason Reitman on social media during principal photography of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
**The ghost of Edgar Allen Poe.
**Studio 84 appears to be a stand-in for Studio 54. The 1984 is a nod to the year the first movie came out in.
**Ecto-1 and Slimer also appear on the cover.
*Dramatis Personae
**Rebecca Morales' biography mentions:
***The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
***The Ghostbusters defeating Stay Puft at the end of the first movie.
**Winston's biography mentions:
***His Marine Corps background in this canon.
***His religious foundation.
**Ray's biography mentions:
***The act of mortgaging his family home in the first movie. The aftermath was seen in Chapter 4: Terminated.
***Ray quickly hiring Winston in the first movie.
**Egon's biography mentions:
***He created the P.K.E. Meter and Containment Unit on his own. In the Ghostbusters International #5, page 6, it was revealed he created the P.K.E. Meter during his study aboard period to track down the Rauoskinna.
***His love of junk food.
**Peter's biography mentions:
***How he talked Ray and Egon into forming Ghostbusters.
*Page 1
**Louis' outfit is visually inspired by an outfit worn by Rick Moranis' character Billy Fish in the movie "Streets of Fire" which released on June 1, 1984, a week before Ghostbusters came out in theaters.
**In panel 2, there is a Cosmopolitan: Tonetics Beginners Workout VHS video tape in Louis' box, a nod to his 15 minute work out line he tells Dana about in Chapter 6: Spook Central.
**In panel 4, Luis Delgado's 1st 15 easter egg is the price rung up at the register.
**Dana's outfit is from Chapter 16: Dogs Drag Dana, right before she gets taken by Zuul.
**In panel 5, Dana reveals it's been weeks since the ending of the events of the first movie.
**In panel 7, the Sedgewick Hotel manager's name in this canon is revealed to be Bennett Davis.
***In the Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular, page 93, the manager stated his name was J.M. Shupp.
**In panel 7, Bennett is technically correct. While Dana was the Ghostbusters' first client, the Sedgewick was the first place where the Ghostbusters trapped a ghost.
**In panel 7, Bennett admits the damages were unacceptable at first. In the first movie, Ray shot up a hallway and they wrecked the Alhambra Ballroom.
**In panel 8, Bennett alludes to Slimer and mentions his capture in Chapter 13: "Nice Shootin', Tex."
*Page 2
**In panel 1, the Archbishop's last name in this canon is revealed to be O'Sullivan.
**In panel 1, the Archbishop refers to when the Ghostbusters talked to Mayor Lenny in Chapter 24: Biblical of the first movie.
**In panel 2, Deputy Mayor Daniel Nash is visually based on?
**In panel 3, the jail guard's name in this canon is revealed to be Tim Carlson.
**In panel 3, Carlson mentions:
***When the Containment Unit was shut down on Peck's order and caused an explosion in Chapter 21: "Out of Biz".
***When Peter was signing "Something good! For goodness' sake..." in the jail cell in Chapter 22: Holding Cell. Carlson recognized the lyric from "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town".
***Mayor Lenny.
*Page 3
**Winston's apartment was briefly seen in Volume 2 Issue #1 of the ongoing series when Winston was kidnapped by one of the Collectors.
**In panel 2, on the frame above Winston's elbow is ?
**In panel 2, Winston's mug references the U.S. Marine Corps.
**Rebecca visually based on ?
**In panel 3, the baseball paraphernalia on the shelf refers to Winston's love of the sport.
***In Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #4, Melanie Ortiz recalls he has a baseball trophy in the Firehouse.
***In Ghostbusters International #9, Winston's bio mentioned he loved baseball.
***In Ghostbusters Annual 2018, page 27, a baseball and catcher's mitt and baseball cap with the Good's Baseball team from The Real Ghostbuster "Night Game" is in his locker
**In panel 3, Winston mentions Peter and Ray went on the talk show circuit after the events of the first movie.
**In panel 4, Rebecca's tape recorder is a 1982 Sony AM/FM Radio Microcassette Recorder M-80 in Metallic Navy Blue.
*Page 4
**In panel 1, behind Winston is the standard flag of the U.S. Marine Corps and pennant flags for the Detroit Lions and the New York Giants.
**In panel 1, the frame on the right of Winston is ?
**Winston reveals he was born in Michigan.
**Winston's parents last appeared in Volume 2 Issue #13 and 14 of the ongoing series.
***Winston's father is visually based on his counterpart on The Real Ghostbusters.
**Rebecca mentions the John F. Kennedy and Los Angeles International Airports.
**Winston's correction about there being no such thing as an ex-Marine is a nod the the Once a Marine, Always a Marine motto.
**The Empire State Building appears in panel 5.
*Page 5
**Winston was a construction worker for a few weeks before he became a Ghostbusters.
**In panel 3, behind Winston on the column is Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg.
**In panel 3, at the news stand are:
***Top Right
****The Omni magazine seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
****The Atlantic Monthly seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
***Bottom Right
****In the left side of the first row is the October 1 issue of Jet with Debblie Allen and Norm Nixon on the cover.
****In the right side of the first row are the October issues of Modern Drummer with Queen's Roger Taylor on the cover and Smash Hits with Wham on the cover.
****In the right side of the first and second row is the October 1984 of Vogue.
****In the left side of the second row is the Globe newspaper seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
****In the right side of the third row is the October issue of Rock Show.
****In the right side of the fourth row is the October issue of TV Times with David Bowie on the cover.
****In the right side of the bottom row is the Hot Rod magazine with "Outlaw Rod Racing" on the cover.
****Near the bottom of the panel is the October 20 TV Guide with David Travanti, Sophie Loren, and Eduardo Ponti on the cover.
****Under the TV Guide is the October 1984 issue of National Lampoon with the "Oh God, Now It's Miss Poland" headline.
***Top Middle
****Top left: October 1984 issue of Pro Wrestling Illustrated with Kerry Von Erich on the cover.
****Top middle: The October 8, 1984 issue of People with the "Farrah's Shocker" headline.
****Top right: October 1984 issue of Cosmopolitan with Annie Lennox on the cover.
****Bottom right: Time magazine seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
***Top Left
****Top middle: October 1984 of Maclean's with the "Thatcher's Close Call" headline.
****Top right: October 1984 of Musicians with Prince on the cover.
****Bottom right: October 29, 1984 issue of The New Yorker with the pumpkin on the cover.
****Bottom middle: October 1984 of Orientations with the red Netsuke on the cover.
***Bottom Left
****Top: The October 11, 1984 issue of Rolling Stone with Tina Turner on the cover.
****First row: October 1984 of Transworld Skateboarding.
****Middle: The USA Today "Ghost Fever Grips New York" newspaper seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
****Middle: The Time from Chapter 14 again.
****Bottom: The October 6 TV Guide with the Paper Dolls on the cover.
**In panel 4, Winston looks at the help wanted section also seen on Cover B with references to:
****Sargassi's from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions. The "We've Got Great Crabs" motto is from a billboard above the Hindenburg marquee in the Panic in Times Square level.
****Tavern on the Green
****Columbia University
****The original 555-2368 Ghostbusters' phone number from Chapter 7: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
****The Ghostbusters ad asks if you can carry 70 pounds while on the run, a nod to the weight of the Proton Pack props.
****The Ghostbusters ad lists the Firehouse's address at 14 N. Moore Street.
****The Ghostbusters ad is missing an apostrophe for "were looking" sentence.
*Page 6
**The scene takes place in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard between when Winston looks up at the sign and when Janine asks the question about what he believes in.
**Janine alludes to when Peter asked if the first sign was too subtle or not in Chapter 8: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
**Winston reveals he was in the Marine Corps for 6 years.
*Page 7
**The interview scene from Chapter 14 is reinacted.
**In panel 5, Winston alludes to when he was shown how to empty a trap in Chapter 14.
**In panel 5, Rebecca's coffee mug is a 1980 GOP mug with the Republican elephant.
*Page 8
**The Firehouse roof has been seen before in past issues, including Volume 1 Issue #14 and Ghostbusters International #10.
*Page 9
**In panel 3, Ray and Winston allude to Egon's Twinkie metaphor in Chapter 15: E.P.A. Man.
*Page 10
**In panel 1, there is a frame with the Blues Brothers in it.
**In panel 2, the frame on the right is ?
*Page 11
**In panel 1, Winston notes Peter reminded him of a carny. In the Supernatural Spectacular novelization, Peter worked summers as a carnival barker.
**In panel 1, posted on the inside of Peter's locker door is the New York Post "Ghost Cops Bust Chinatown Spook" newspaper from Chapter 14.
**In panel 2, Egon notes a vibration function. Incidentally, that function was incorporated in Ghostbusters: The Video Game in which the player's controller vibrates.
**In panel 3, Ray mentions Sasquatch and aliens.
*Page 12
**The university is named after the late Stan Lee's Excelsior catchphrase.
**Excelsior State University's Thurman Hall is a stand-in for New York University Law Campus's Furman Hall.
***Furman Hall was completed in September 2001. While an anachronism, in-universe, it appears Thurmal Hall was built in the 1970s or 1980s as Ray states Thurman was "haunted for years."
***Edgar Allan Poe's house on 85 West Third Street was demolished for construction of Furman Hall but as a compromise the facade of the house was preserved and moved half a block away. It is incorporated into the new structure along the lines of its appearance in 1845. Inside the Poe facade, a room was dedicated to Poe and made available, through NYU, for readings and lectures.
**Winston mentions Edgar Allan Poe's death in Baltimore. This happened on October 7, 1849.
**Egon mentions how Poe's ghost is seen in different places. In real life, there are claims he can be seen at Washington University Hospital where he died, underneath Westminster Presbyterian Church where he was initially buried, the streets of Baltimore near his home, a bar in Fells Point that he frequented, and Fort Monroe where he was stationed.
*Page 13
**Winston's critique echoes actual opinions that Poe was a mediocre poet.
*Page 14
**Poe's ghost turns into ravens, to which he became associated with.
*Page 15
**In panel 1, on the right are Harlan Bojay and Richard Learned Coombs, the deleted characters from the first movie portrayed by Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd.
**Peter quotes from "The Raven"
**The chamber door
**Stanza 13-15 of "This I sat engaged and guessing."
*Page 16
**The ghost is visually based on Pluto the cat in "The Black Cat" in which the owner gouged out its eye and hung it. In it, after the house fire, the owner sees the apparition of a gigantic cat with a rope around the animal's neck imprinted on a wall. The exposed heart is a nod to "The Tell-Tale Heart".
**Peter alludes to Poe's "The Balloon-Hoax" which was about a hot air balloon hoax.
**Egon mentions this happens on the site of a former graveyard. Washington Square Park is said to have been a potter's field in 1797 until the land was turned into military park grounds in 1826.
**Egon mentions the possibility he might write an employee manual.
***Incidentally, a Ghostbusters Employee Welcome Kit was released last year. Over the decades, similar items came up. For the 2016 Movie, there was a Ghostbusters Handbook published. Role-playing games, board games, and Ghostbusters: The Video Game also toyed with employee training.
**Egon using Gamma Rate Meter?
*Page 18
**At the last second, they warn Winston not to look in the Trap when it's open like in Chapter 13: "Nice Shootin', Tex."
*Page 19
**Peter mentions when Egon looked in the Trap during Slimer's capture in Chapter 13.
*Page 20
**One of the Poe ravens is at Winston's window. Previously in Volume 2 Issue #14, pigeons animated by Tiamat appeared at his and Tiyah's hotel room window.
To be determined
1. Page 2, Panel 2: Deputy Mayor Daniel Nash is visually based on ? Gary Busey?
2. Page 3, Panel 2: In the frame above Winston's elbow is ?
3. Page 3: Rebecca Morales visually based on ?
4. Page 4, Panel 1: The frame on the right of Winston is ?
5. Page 5, Panel 3: At magazine stand – various
6. Page 10, Panel 1: Frame on the right is ?
7. Page 16: Egon used Gamma Rate Meter?
8. Page 20: Winston's interest in computers?
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