[HauntedWallflower]

Tom Waltz tweeted that the above will happen post-CO.... Seems like W A T might appear too. Had to spell it like that, thanks autocorrect.

[*NormalGamer*]

Looks like we're going to get a deeper look in the world of 50-S; can't wait to see it next year. ^_^

[mrmichaelt]

That's some rad news!!!

I hope this means they have one-shots for the other teams planned. I really hope Extreme Ghostbusters and the Greenwich Ghostbusters (Mike the Golem and Robo-Buster) are next.

[*NormalGamer*]

That's some rad news!!!

I hope this means they have one-shots for the other teams planned. I really hope Extreme Ghostbusters and the Greenwich Ghostbusters (Mike the Golem and Robo-Buster) are next.

Also, Ghostbusters Beyond with Rachel and 00-D Louis.

[Peter Venkman Jr.]

Sounds like a fun read. @mrmichaelt Count me in too for an Extreme Ghostbusters one shot. I have always felt that this team would be a good fit for the world of comic books. I would not mind one shot stories of the other GB teams either.

[philmorgan81]

That's some rad news!!!

I hope this means they have one-shots for the other teams planned. I really hope Extreme Ghostbusters and the Greenwich Ghostbusters (Mike the Golem and Robo-Buster) are next.

Yeah that is exactly what I was hoping for. I would not say no to more Ghostbusters related comics set with the other franchises or worlds. I hope that this one shot is the beginning of that. So awesome!

[*NormalGamer*]

That's some rad news!!!

I hope this means they have one-shots for the other teams planned. I really hope Extreme Ghostbusters and the Greenwich Ghostbusters (Mike the Golem and Robo-Buster) are next.

Yeah that is exactly what I was hoping for. I would not say no to more Ghostbusters related comics set with the other franchises or worlds. I hope that this one shot is the beginning of that. So awesome!

Even better: If they're gonna be future GB stories for the different teams (ATC, EGB, SOS, GWGB, GBeyond, Chicago GB, etc.), they don't even have to be traditional ongoing series; alongside GB annuals, full GB stories can be told annually in a miniseries/maxiseries format within each different dimension including prime. And I said this before: The format fits well for GB story than a traditional ongoing format. ^_^

[mrmichaelt]

Also, Ghostbusters Beyond with Rachel and 00-D Louis.

Sure, them too. I just said the Extreme Ghostbusters and Greenwich because they are on the top of my wish list. I have a feeling what from some other dimension maybe could be one of these Predators Tiamat mentioned. And maybe in these possible one-shots, they hunt each team involved in Crossing Over down one by one leading to the next prime team's series. Maybe Erik even salvaged his anthology pitch -- he originally wanted to do a mini - each issue focused on a different team -- then do Crossing Over in 2019 but Tom overruled him.

EDIT: So they could do one one-shot a month, January to May then they kick off the next mini-series for the Prime team in June to coincide with the 35th anniversary. It be like SOS/50-S in January, RGB/68-R in February, EGB/68-E in March, ATC/80-C in April, and 68-V in May.

[philmorgan81]

Oh man I just got goosebumps. I am really curious to what they might have up their sleeves. That sneak of the last panel reveals more stories on the way and Like you said Erik wanted Crossing Over to be the big 35th anniversary special. I am sure there is some great brainstorming going on right now regarding the 35th anniversary and I am so looking forward to what is coming.

[mrmichaelt]

Straight from NYCC, the official title is "Ghostbusters: IDW 20/20" as part of IDW's 20th anniversary, they are doing one-shots of their properties with stories set 20 years in the future. The synopsis for GB is

Twenty years in the future, and a new generation of Ghostbusters… is sent on all the jobs Ray, Winston, Peter, and Egon just don’t feel like taking on themselves. The Sanctum of Slime Ghostbusters—Bridget, Samuel, Gabriel, and Alan—have proven themselves many times over… first against the demon Dumazu, and later with the Ghostbusters of many other dimensions in the recent Crossing Over event. Now they’re ready for an easy gig, something like a simple haunted house. But they better be careful… you never know W-a-t could happen.

Link: https://comicbook.com/comics/2018/10/04 ... t-mlp-jem/

[mrmichaelt]

Erik has seen Dan's layouts.
https://www.facebook.com/ErikBurnhamFan ... 0910775566

Erik has posted a rough page of Janine handing out a bust.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 3277232981

Tom Waltz posted a rough page of the junior and senior teams talking about something by Janine in the Firehouse.
https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1052003972590919680

[mrmichaelt]

Solicit info for January 2019 is out. Only new info for 20/20 is the tentative release date is January 16, the order code is NOV180616, and it is $4.99. It also appears to be an A cover and a 10 copy RI cover only.
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV180616
https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/NOV180617

[EmmaOlivia]

Sounds like a fun read. @mrmichaelt Count me in too for an Extreme Ghostbusters one shot. I have always felt that this team would be a good fit for the world of comic books.

[mrmichaelt]

Tom posted a page wip.
https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1055969219035115520

That last panel takes me back to when RGB Ray tried to kick the door upon his return visit in "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".

[mrmichaelt]

Tom posted another WIP, the team is in trouble.
https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1060283381420703744

[HauntedWallflower]

GB 20/20 has been sent to the printers....And hello, Vigo!!

[mrmichaelt]

Wow, even the part with W-a-t infiltrating the Firehouse factors into this version. Cool.

Vigo?! Wha?! And with the Genevieve tapestry from RGB, heh. So awesome they got in a back up story, too, with Lattie as the artist!

[Sayscalled]

Okay... So feel free to point me to any Amazon preorder links... Please

[mrmichaelt]

Tom posted another preview, the 'Ooh no that's what moment' of the story.
https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1070402004361535488

[mrmichaelt]

Looks like the full page
https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1072687921017249792

The Dramatis page
https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1072638935636021250

[mrmichaelt]

Back on November 23, Tim Lattie posted a WIP of Alan and Bridget with Ecto Goggles on.
https://twitter.com/teamlattie/status/1 ... 6571480064

[mrmichaelt]

Nov. 22 - Lattie posted wip of Genevieve Tapestry easter egg
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqf_Iluluk4/

Nov. 23 - Lattie posted wip of Bridget with a trap.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiQJwFlX26/

Dec. 3 - Lattie posted the wip of Vigo sitting on this throne
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq8Lk7PFnsy/

[mrmichaelt]

Full preview tomorrow but until then, the first 3 pages.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/ghostb ... 5389?mt=11

https://is4-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thum ... 1690bb.jpg
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thum ... 1690bb.jpg
https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thum ... 1690bb.jpg

Amazon - just kindle so far, but a 3rd party seller has 2 copies up for pre-order.

[Sayscalled]

Amazon - just kindle so far, but a 3rd party seller has 2 copies up for pre-order.

Thanks to this, I ordered one of the two copies. I've been trying to find 3rd party sellers for a copy. Thanks again!

[mrmichaelt]

^You're welcome.

Here is Spook Central's preview.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/spookcentra ... 3502022045

[mrmichaelt]

Main Story

Interesting touch that Gabe and Samuel are part-time Ghostbusters but makes sense since we previously knew they were college students. And I believe Alan's Virtual Trading Card noted he got an online degree already and Bridget is working on an Associates towards Psych.

Pretty cool that 20/20 takes place literally right after Crossing Over #8 and the SOS team can't catch a break. lol. And the mention of the Moose Ghost, lmao. Loved the one "difference" from the RGB case that the SOS team saw through W-a-t's b.s. pretty quickly.

Dug the solid focus on Alan in this and the back up. Props to him for figuring out W-a-t's ruse. But holy smokes, almost swallowed by W-a-t and ends up blowing his head off!

Geoff got a slightly bigger role than his cameo on Get Real but some lovely comedy relief before the big battle. He's so desperate he went to Philly.

Clever reveal with W-a-t "stowing" away on Alan's flightsuit. And once W-a-t revealed himself, I was so "OH! He looks just like the Spectral Ghostbusters! Dan!" And managed to give us a new visual, too, W-a-t has Egon suspended in mid-air like a puppet.

Loved all the connections. The SOS file in Crossing Over noted 50-S was the closest to the prime dimension they've encountered so far. And here, we got a little more reasons why - they also have a security system on their Containment Unit, Egon was using a Giga Meter in the one scene he was scanning Alan's flightsuit. And wow, even threw in a divergence (and/or possible future) for Kylie prime. Happy to read she got herself a doctorate in at least one dimension.

The ending was hilarious - chased by a headless W-a-t, trapping him with a powered up Trap, causing a city wide blackout, and the bit about Sam. lmao. Well played.

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Down The Basement Stairs

Should be used to him by now, but it was another nice surprise to see the Icon Ghost from RGB in between stories.

Another great surprise we also got a 50-S version of the Sandman story. Like in the 2015 annual, there's a Sandman in a house on Staten Island. Or they went in wearing Ecto Goggles, too, only to get attacked almost right away and sent to that dream-like state. Also nice touch that like Egon did in the annual, Alan also got a "memento" from the experience.

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Easter eggs

*Dramatis Personae
**Alan's biography mentions:
***Janosz Poha
***Vigo
***The events of Ghostbusters II.
**Bridget's biography mentions her mother.
***The prime dimension version of Kas Gibbons appeared in Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #18.
*Credits Page
**Dumazu is mentioned.
**The team met other Ghostbusters in Ghostbusters Crossing Over.
*Page 1
**The two orderlies and Nurse Loretta from the opening cutscene of the Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime video game appear.
***The prime dimension versions of the orderlies appeared in Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #13 and Volume 2 Issue #3.
***The prime dimension version of Loretta appeared in Ghostbusters Volume 1 Issue #13.
**The house is a version of Mrs. Rogers' house from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood".
*Page 2
**Egon 50-S is wearing his blue lab coat from the commercial in the first movie.
**Winston 50-S mentions it has been over a week since the junior team left. In Ghostbusters Crossing Over #8, Egon 68-E mentions about six days passed.
**Alan 50-S alludes to the encounter with Tiamat at the Collectors' Limbo in Ghostbusters Crossing Over #7 and 8.
**Samuel 50-S mentions meeting multiple Ghostbusters in the Crossing Over maxi-series.
*Page 3
**Alan 50-S alludes to the Moose Ghost from Dimension 75-B. In Ghostbusters Crossing Over #6, Abby Yates of Dimension 80-C blew it up with a Proton Grenade so that the Fire Goblins could be trapped and sent back to the prime dimension Containment Unit.
*Page 5
**Samuel refers to symmetrical book stacking, seen in the first movie at the New York Public Library.
**W-a-t and Precious appear in as they first did like in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Mrs. Roger's Neighborhood", an old woman and a yellow canary.
*Page 7
**After being blown up, W-a-t appears in a partial form like when the version on The Real Ghostbusters spoke to Janine in the Firehouse basement.
*Page 9
**Bridget previously experienced a house vanishing in Ghostbusters Crossing Over #7.
*Page 10
**Egon scans Alan's flightsuit with a Giga Meter.
**In panel 2, on the pizza box is Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg as a 15% discount.
**Egon confirms their Containment Unit also has a security system.
**Egon mentions the Containment Unit.
*Page 11
**Bridget reveals their dimension's Kylie Griffin has a doctorate and has moved to Minneapolis.
*Page 12
**The manner in which W-a-t reveals himself is similar to the manifestation of the Spectral Ghostbusters in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Citizen Ghost".
*Page 13
**Geoff mentions Philadelphia.
*Page 14
**W-a-t refers to the Containment Unit as a cage.
**Egon again mentions the Containment Unit.
**There is a "be" missing in one of W-a-t's sentences, "And then -- this realm will mine."
*Page 16
**Samuel mentions the Containment Unit.
**Bridget refers to Godzilla.
*Page 17
**In panel 2, the civilian taking pictures appears to be visually based on editor Tom Waltz.
*Page 18
**Gabriel mentions crossing the streams.
**The Real Ghostbusters tapped into the power grid against the giant Imp demon in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Janine's Day Off" and they later did with the Extreme Ghostbusters in "Back in the Saddle, Part 2".
*Page 20
**Gabriel brings up the warning about not looking into an open Trap.
**The Ghostbusters trigger a city-wide blackout, like the original team did in Ghostbusters II.
*Page 22
**The Icon Ghost from The Real Ghostbusters appears.
*Page 24
**Behind Vigo is the Genevieve Tapestry from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Hard Knight's Day".
**Vigo alludes to Janosz and the events of Ghostbusters II.
*Page 25
**Alan mentions Janosz.
*Page 26
**Gabriel mentions the entity in the Calvin home was a Sandman.
***Coincidentally, a Sandman was used as the antagonist of a back up story before in Ghostbusters Volume 2 Issue #5.
**The Ghostbusters of the prime dimension encountered the Sandman in a house on Staten Island, as well, in the Ghostbusters Annual 2015.
***The Ghostbusters also entered the house wearing Ecto-Goggles.
***The Ghostbusters were also attacked upon first contact and sent into a dream-like state.
***Egon suffered a cut that carried over into the physical realm like Alan in this story.
**The "you're" in Bridget's last line is missing the "r", "But don't think you'e getting a cut for this bust."

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[*NormalGamer*]

" And wow, even threw in a divergence (and/or possible future) for Kylie prime. Happy to read she got herself a doctorate in at least one dimension."

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That's great; she's really devoted and dedicated to the GB business to get a doctrate and the job suits her well. Very pleased with that. ^_^

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[SSJmole]

Hated game but this comic looks really cool

[Sayscalled]

Read the story digitally, yet I'm glad I have a physical copy on the way. Should be here Saturday. Anyway, props to the IDW crew for fleshing out these other-dimensional 'Busters.

It was hard to tell 2020 Peter from Ray, till Alan called one of them 'Dr. Venkman' directly. Small nitpick in an otherwise great installment.

[SSJmole]

It was hard to tell 2020 Peter from Ray, till Alan called one of them 'Dr. Venkman' directly. Small nitpick in an otherwise great installment.

To be fair Dan aykroyd and Bill Murray are pretty interchangeable no one can tell them apart.

Unrelated fact I helped write caddyshack 2


(I'm joking)