"What Dreams May Come," Part 5. Grand Finale.
The team makes one last venture into Schreckgespenst's nightmare-scape, choosing to defeat the Class 7 entity on his own turf rather than endure an endless assault on their fears. Leaning into everything that unites them, including the trust they have built across the previous four issues, they turn the tables on "Schrecky." Doctor Kruger, the entity's human-world persona, is also confronted. Meanwhile, Kevin Beckman's long-running question of whether he can be a genuine Ghostbuster (or just wears the outfit very well) finally gets an answer.1
Locations in this issue include the Empire State Building, the Nightmare-Scape, and St. Paul's Chapel. Equipment deployed includes the 2016-era Proton Pack, the Dream Machine, and Holtzmann's JH Modified Trap.
On October 17, 2017, editor Tom Waltz posted a preview of the Jeffrey Veregge variant cover.
On November 22, 2017, February 2018 solicitations revealed the logline and an originally planned February 21 release date.
On February 1, 2018, Corin Howell inked a cover incorporating a reference to Ghostbusters II. Waltz posted a Cover A preview on February 6 and a work-in-progress of the team firing their throwers on February 8. Howell began sharing production work-in-progresses on February 9, continuing through February 24, when she announced she was halfway through the issue.
Howell continued posting work-in-progress pages through early March. On March 14, Waltz shared colored art of Dr. Kruger. On March 16, Howell posted a work-in-progress of a suited-up Kevin and then announced she had finished all her work on the issue and the series. Waltz posted a colored panel on March 30 and a completed page on May 1, 2018. The issue released May 9, 2018.
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Ghostbusters II (1989), Columbia Pictures. Director: Ivan Reitman. Screenplay by Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd. "The World of the Psychic" is a television segment within the film hosted by Peter Venkman (Bill Murray); Ira appears at the segment's conclusion.
Ghostbusters: Answer The Call #2 (IDW Publishing, January 3, 2018). Writer: Kelly Thompson; Art: Corin Howell; Colors: Valentina Pinto; Letters: Neil Uyetake; Editor: Tom Waltz. Diamond Order Code: SEP170501. Source of the core-fear sequences and the Dream Machine discovery that Issue #5 refers back to.
Ghostbusters: Answer The Call #3 (IDW Publishing, February 7, 2018). Writer: Kelly Thompson; Art: Corin Howell; Colors: Valentina Pinto; Letters: Neil Uyetake; Editors: Tom Waltz, Chase W. Marotz. Diamond Order Code: OCT170470. Source of the scrambled-eggs scene that Issue #5 references.
Die Hard (1988), Twentieth Century Fox. Director: John McTiernan. Screenplay by Jeb Stuart and Steven de Souza. "Yippee-ki-yay" is John McClane's recurring catchphrase; Hans Gruber, the villain, mockingly repeats the line to McClane moments before being shot and falling to his death.
The Real Ghostbusters, "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream" (Season 1, Episode 7, 1986). DiC Entertainment / ABC. Written by J. Michael Straczynski. The Sandman antagonist dismisses Janine (the Ghostbusters' receptionist), who then joins Winston in capturing him.
