*Cover A
**The cover features Egon and the Subway Ghost.
**The cover recreates scenes from the first movie:
***Egon using his Twinkie metaphor in Chapter 15: E.P.A. Man.
***Egon reading about trepanation, Peter mentioned his aborted attempt in Chapter 3: "Get Her!"
****The image is a "redesign" of Dan Schoening's earliest fan art on his Deviant art account.
*Cover B
**On the cover is:
***Egon's stethoscope is draped down the middle of the cover.
***A card at the top mentions a Issue #18 (November 1983) of bimonthly journal associated with the New York Botanical Gardens.
***Under the card are two articles about mycology, another nod to Egon's hobby.
***The top part of the Omni issue seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard is at the top of the cover.
***Janine's phone references:
****The Ghostbusters' 555-2368 phone number seen in Chapter 7: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
****The Containment Unit.
***Under the phone is a paper on trepanation, another nod to Chapter 3: "Get Her!"
***The file photo is of Egon in his blue lab coat from the commercial in Chapter 7: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
***The file references the Firehouse's 18 N Moore Street address.
***The number on file, 227-600X is a reference to ?
***The blue bottle and contents are a nod to Egon asking Louis for a sample of his brain in Chapter 28: Crossing Streams.
***A Post It note from Janine mentions Egon's Fungus of the Month is coming in mid-November, a nod to his fungus hobby.
***Next to the Post It is Egon's Casio Micro-Mini Calculator from Chapter 4: Terminated.
***1984, the year of the first movie, is on the screen of the Micro-Mini Calculator.
***Next to the calculator is a photo is Egon's "I got it!" scene with Joe Medjuck in the montage in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
***Above the photo is a Slinkie, a nod to Egon's anecdote in Ghostbusters II Chapter 5: Investigating Oscar.
***A Twinkie, first seen in Chapter 15: E.P.A. Man.
***The big jar contains mold, another nod to Egon's hobby.
***A Trap is under the desk.
***Slimer's ectoplasm is throughout the cover.
*Cover RI
**The cover had several nods to Ghostbusters II:
***In the solicit version of the cover, Janine is in her dress from Chapter 16: Vigo 101.
***In the actual cover, Janine's outfit is based on one of her animated counterpart's stock outfits from the initial run of The Real Ghostbusters.
***Egon is in his vest and tie from Chapter 1: Start.
***On the wall is the Vigo portrait.
***In the solicit version of the cover, Egon is holding the Ghostbusters Mug.
***In the actual cover, Egon is holding a regular white mug but next to his Twinkie is the red Thermos from the 1985 Ghostbusters logo lunch box.
**There is a Twinkie on a plate by Egon and a P.K.E. Meter next to him on the seat.
**Janine is wearing a The Real Ghostbusters Flicky Flasher Watch from 1988.
*Page 1
**The issue starts features a new part of Rebecca's conversation with Janine in Issue #3 at the Empire Diner.
***Janine is wearing the modified version of the outfit from her first appearance in Chapter 8: "Bug-Eyes Thing".
**Janine alludes to trying to get to know Egon like when she asked him what his hobby was at the end of Chapter 8.
**Panels 4 to 6 features a new part Rebecca's interview with Ray at the American Society for Psychical Research building, on 5 W. 73rd Street near The Dakota, in Issue #2.
***They are in the library on the upper floor.
***Ray's outfit is visually based on one also worn by Clifford Skridlow in "Dr. Detroit" when Smooth Walker and his girls take out on the town.
**Ray alludes to the New York Public Library.
**Ray talks about when they were walking through Columbia University after the first encounter with the Library ghost, seen at the end of Chapter 3.
***Ray partially quotes Egon's line, "According to these new readings, I think we have an excellent chance of actually catching a ghost and holding it indefinitely."
***Ray alludes to when Peter gave Egon a Crunch bar.
**Panels 7 to 9 features a new part of Rebecca's interview with Peter at Central Park in Issue #3.
***Peter refers to Egon's diet of junk food like the Twinkie in the first movie.
**Peter mentions HG Huges, a nod to Chapter 3 when Peter recalled Egon tried to drill a hole in his head. Hugo Bart Huges was a Dutch librarian and a proponent of trepenation.
*Page 2
**Winston's outfit is visually based on one worn by Ernie Hudson's character Sergeant Tremaine "Night Train" Lane in the 1986 NBC series, "The Last Precinct".
**Winston mentions the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and the final battle in the first movie.
*Page 3
**It is revealed the Firehouse is still in disrepair from when Peck had the containment grid shut down.
**Officer Mike is visually based on Jonathan Perpich's character Sergeant Price Pascall, also from the series "The Last Precinct".
***Mike's name badge reads "P Pascall," another nod to Perpich.
***Mike's license plate is 1984, a nod to the year the first movie came out.
*Page 4
**Winston alludes to when the Containment Unit detonated in Chapter 21: Out of Biz.
**Winston mentions the First Precinct of the New York Police Department. The precinct covers southern Manhattan, including the World Trade Center, SOHO, Tribeca, and Wall Street.
**Egon is using the Gamma Rate Meter, famously used after Gozer vanishes in Chapter 26: Gozer.
**Egon is in his gray sweater outfit like in Chapter 15 E.P.A. Man.
*Page 5
**In panel 2, Rebecca starts using her 1982 Sony AM/FM Radio Microcassette Recorder M-80 in Metallic Navy Blue.
**Rebecca alludes to the Containment Unit blowing as soon as the grid was shut down in Chapter 21.
*Page 6
**Egon mentions Gozer.
**In panel 2, Winston mentions Egon's Twinkie analogy from Chapter 15. It was discussed on page 9 of Issue #1.
**Egon mentions the Containment Unit was pushing capacity. He mentioned that in Chapter 15.
**Egon refers to the Shandor building as a magnet to the ghosts.
**Egon alludes to Walter Peck and his shut off order in Chapter 15.
**Rebecca mentions the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and when it was blown up in Chapter 28: Crossing Streams.
*Page 7
**Egon refers to the capture of Slimer at the Sedgewick Hotel in Chapter 13 "Nice Shootin', Tex."
**Egon refers to Chapter 11 "We Got One!" when the Hotel manager revealed the original staff all knew about Slimer and its history of disturbances.
**The last panel recreates when Ecto-1 parked in front of the Sedgewick Hotel in Chapter 11.
*Page 8
**In panel 1, to Ray's right is the Man at the Elevator from Chapter 11.
**Also in panel 1, in the background between Egon and Peter is the Hotel manager.
**Peter brings up when Egon looked in the Trap in Chapter 13 as they captured Slimer.
**Janine is in the outfit she wore in Chapter 11.
**Peter alludes to all the damage they did to the Alhambra Ballroom in Chapter 13.
*Page 9
**Peter's invoice references when he gave to the bill in Chapter 13, entrapment for $4000 and a special on proton charging and storage cost $1000.
**Peter mentions the Canal Street Station, a subway station whose entrance is near Canal and Broadway.
**Ray alludes to when their dinner of Chinese takeout was interrupted by the first call in Chapter 11.
*Page 10
**The table in the basement is essentially as it looks in Chapter 14 and 15.
*Page 11
**Egon mentions the field might not have been properly neutronized. That was one of the steps Ray taught Winston in Chapter 14.
*Page 12
**The prototype Proton Grenade is visually based on ?
**Slimer steals the prototype Proton Grenade. On page 10 of last issue, Peter mentions Egon was talking about upgrading to grenades.
*Page 13
**In panel 1, under the window on the right is Luis Delagdo's 15 easter egg on a sticker.
**Egon reveals shooting the Proton Grenade would be effectively crossing the streams.
**The Aura-Video Analyzer's tower briefly appears.
**In panel 4, on the table is:
***A Budweiser, what Ray drinks in Chapter 9: The 1st Customer and Chapter 11 "We Got One!".
***A Wise Potato Chips bag. In the movie, one was in Peter's office in Chapter 15.
***Rebecca correctly recalls it took the three Ghostbusters to catch Slimer in Chapter 13.
*Page 14
**In panel 1, on the refrigerator are newspaper clippings that are actually reviews for the first movie:
***The June 10, 1984 Michigan Daily article "In search of ghosts..."
***A Halloween 1984 showtime ad from a California newspaper of children in costumes bearing the Ghostbusters' logo and the headline "Give The Little Monsters What They Deserve"
***The foldout manual from the Spectrum Game Cassette version of Ghostbusters: The Computer Game.
***The image of the Temple of Gozer from the foldout manual of Ghostbusters: The Computer Game.
**Egon eats Cheez Its like in Chapter 9.
**Slimer flies to Tribeca Park, a small triangular park on Beach Street steps from the Firehouse.
**In panel 2, the man with the pizza spooked by Slimer was also one of the men spooked at the hot dog cart in Chapter 21: Out of Biz.
*Page 15
**In panel 1, behind Slimer is the American Thread Building at 260 West Broadway. By 1981, the building was converted to lofts.
*Page 16
**Egon mentions the Sedgewick Hotel and the bust in Chapter 13.
*Page 17
**Rebecca brings up when he looked in the Trap in Chapter 13.
**In panel 3 are the three arcades Missile Command, Star Castle, and Star Gazer, seen in Chapter 11.
**Egon mentions the Square Diner. It is a vintage train-car diner located at Varick and Leonard Street that specializes in Greek and American dining.
**In panel 5, by the Budweiser can is a Blody, first advertised in The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door".
*Page 18
**The swirl of pink P.K.E. is reminiscent to when the ghosts escaped the Containment Unit in Chapter 21.
*Page 19
**The entity warns Egon his doom is coming. This could be in reference to his death in Ghostbusters International Issue #7.
*Page 20
**In panel 3, Peter is in his purple sweater from Chapter 7: Fried Eggs & Zuul when Ray arrives with the car.
**In panel 4, the video store across the street references ?
**Peter mentions Times Square and alludes to its infamous history as Slime Square, the epicenter of pornography and prostitution, until it was cleaned up in the mid-1990s by Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
To be identified
1. Cover B: A card at the top mentions a Issue #18 (November 1983) of bimonthly journal associated with
2. Cover B: The number on file, 227-600X is a reference to ?
3. Page 12: The prototype Proton Grenade is visually based on?
4. Page 13: Panel 1, the civilians are visually based on ?
5. Page 13: What flavor/era is the Wise Chips bag from? 1950s?
6. Page 20: In panel 4, the video store across the street references ?
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