*Cover A
**The cover features Peter and Slimer.
**The scenes recreated on the cover from Ghostbusters are:
***Peter radioing Ray after he sees Slimer for the first time in Chapter 12: "He Slimed Me!"
***Peter holding up a Zener card in Chapter 2: Shock The Nerd.
*Cover B
**On the cover are:
***Janine's whale paperweight.
***The Ghost Sniffer.
***A photo of Peter dancing with a woman, in reference to the issue's story about the bust at The Rose mentioned by Casey Kasem in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
***Zener Cards from Chapter 2: Shock The Nerd.
***The Post-It note reminder to meet Dana Barrett after practice and bring flowers, a nod to Peter's bouquet in Chapter 19: Peter's Date with Zuul.
***The People Weekly magazine is the October 22, 1984 issue. The Issue #1 Cover B noted Winston's hire date as that day.
***A book in a satchel, a nod to Janine's reading hobby.
***The Atlantic issue seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
***There is a flyer for a circus, a nod to the family circus Peter was part of in page 155-156 in Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular.
***A photo of Peter in his blue lab coat from the first commercial in Chapter 7: Fried Eggs & Zuul.
***Slimer's ectoplasm.
***Listed on the employee file:
****Peter shares a September 21, 1950 birthday with Bill Murray.
****Peter has been married, divorced/separated, and widowed.
****"James Venkman" is listed as his emergency contact at 227-6009, Jim Venkman was the name of Peter's father on The Real Ghostbusters.
***A game token, a nod to Peter's past as a carnival barker on page 153 of the Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular novelization.
****Adding to the nod are tickets from Coney Island.
***A mortgage contract from Manhattan City Bank, seen in Chapter 4: Terminated.
****The contract lists Ray's middle name, Francis. It was used by Peter in Chapter 3: "Get Her!"
****The 19% interest rate from Chapter 4 is listed.
****The annual payment is listed as $19,000. In Chapter 4, Egon stated in the first five years would be $95,000. In other words, each year, it would be $19,000.
****Islip was listed as the location of Ray's family's home on page 45 of Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular.
*Cover RI
**Cover RI is a nod to the cover of Batman #251.
***Peter replaces the Joker.
***Jennifer and Male Student replaces Batman.
****Male Student is spitting gum like he did in Chapter 2: Shock The Nerd.
***Mooglie replaces the Batman logo.
***EPA replaces the Comic Code
***The No Ghost logo replaces the 20 cents bubble.
***Peter's "8'o clock" quote replaces the Ha Ha Ha.
***The wavy line Zener card replaces the Ace of Spade playing card.
**Peter is in his blue lab coat from the first commercial.
**Also on the cover is the Shandor Building, Temple of Gozer, the Firehouse, and Ecto-1.
**Tim Lattie's came up with the cover before he knew about the Year One miniseries.<ref>[
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*Page 1
**Louis is wearing his blue track suit from Ghostbusters Chapter 6: Spook Central.
**Next to Louis is a bottle of mineral water modeled after Perrier. In Chapter 6: Spook Central, Louis offered Dana some mineral water and in Chapter 17: "Who Brought The Dog?", bottles can be seen around the party.
**In panel 4, Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg is on the box left of Peck.
**It is revealed Peck was placed on restricted duty pending official review after the events of the first movie.
**In panel 7, Janine is wearing the modified version of the outfit from her first appearance in Chapter 8: "Bug-Eyes Thing" that has been seen in past issues like Ghostbusters 101 Issue #1.
**Janine is drinking tea. In Ghostbusters: The Video Game, it was revealed her favorite flavor was chamomile.
**In panel 8, Janine mentions Yonkers.
**In panel 8, behind Janine is a street sign indicating she and Rebecca are on a stretch of Tenth Avenue before it Amsterdam Avenue.
*Page 2
**Dana's outfit is based on?
**Dana's instrument case is to her left, it was seen in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
**Dana mentions Thorazine. It was what Peter used on her when Zuul was in possession of her. Peter mentions it in Chapter 20: Keymaster.
***It is revealed in this canon, the Thorazine Peter used was prescribed to Dana for hiccups.
**Dana alludes to when she saw the Temple of Gozer and Terror Dogs in her refrigerator in Chapter 6: Spook Central.
*Page 3
**The USS Maine National Monument appears in panel 1, indicating they are at the Merchant's Gate entrance to Central Park on Columbus Circle.
***The monument appeared in Chapter 20: Keymaster.
*Page 4
**Rebecca recalls Dana describing Peter as a game show host then remembers she told him so. This was in Chapter 10: Checking Out Dana when Peter went took readings in her apartment.
**Rebecca recalls Dean Yeager called Peter a poor scientist. It came up last issue and originally in Chapter 4: Terminated.
*Page 5
**Peter alludes to saving the world at the end of the events of the first movie.
**Rebecca refers to Ray saying parapsychology was a calling last issue.
*Page 6
**Peter alludes to Louis Tully and when Vinz Clortho chased him to the Tavern on the Green in Chapter 18: Terror on the Tavern.
**Peter mentions he has both a doctorate in Psychology and Parapsychology. He told Peck that in Chapter 15: E.P.A.
**Peter alludes to his experiment in Chapter 2: Shock the Nerd.
*Page 7
**Rebecca mentions she already interviewed Winston, in Issue #1, and Ray, in Issue #2.
**Rebecca refers to the Containment Unit as "storage facility," a name used in the first movie.
**Peter mentions Times.
*Page 8
**Peter brings up the bust at The Rose. It was only mentioned in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard.
**In panel 3, the waiter is based on the headwaiter portrayed by Tony Steedman in "Scrooged" which starred Bill Murray.
*Page 9
**In panel 1, The Rose is stand-in for The Palladium on East 14th Street.
***In real world history, The Palladium reopened as a nightclub specializing in New Wave, Euro, and house music in May 1985 by Studio 54 founders Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager.
***One of the signs is changed from "Miller Time" to echo Peter's "It's Milla Time" in Chapter 26: Gozer after they open fire on Gozer a second time.
***One of the signs is changed from Elli Unpainted Furniture to Featherwell's Unpainted Furniture, a nod to Featherwell's Stalking Chair, one of the Cursed Artifacts in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions.
***The other signs are left unchanged: Joon Fashion, Billiards, Pizza A Go-Go, and Men's Wear Lady Boy Wildcat.
**The man with the mohawk mentions Wang Chun, an English New Wave band.
*Page 10
**Peter mentions Egon is talking about upgrading to grenades, a nod and foreshadowing to the Proton Grenades used in the present.
*Page 11
**The Ghostbusters move through an area of the club populated with Francesco Clemente murals, also based on The Palladium.
**Peter mentions New Wave and Glam. New Wave was a rock music subgenre in the 1980s that incorporated pop, disco, mod, and electronic music. Glam was a heavy metal subgenre that used pop hooks and guitar riffs.
**Ray states he only knows the Blues, a nod to Dan Aykroyd and also his role in Blues Brothers.
**Egon identifies the song being played as one from Prince.
*Page 12
**The dance floor is also visually inspired by the Palladium's.
**One dancer is doing the iconic jumping split done by David Lee Roth when Van Halen performed.
**Ray names several dance moves:
***The Twist is from the early 1960s and inspired by rock and roll but was criticized as being to provocative.
***The Fly was popularized by Chubby Checker in the 1960s.
***The Bird was popularized in the 1970s and mimicked the movement of birds like flapping wings.
***The Swim was popularized in 1962 and mimicked swimming strokes.
***The Jerk was popularized in 1964 and was similar to The Monkey with moving your arms like you were conducting, crossing your wrists, then sweeping out.
***The Boogaloo was from 1965 and a kind of funk dance that involved a pulsating motion from side to side.
***The Bump was popularized in 1975 and involved dance partners bumping hips.
***The Hustle was a blanket term for disco dancing in the 1970s.
*Page 13
**In panel 4, on the left, a dancer is visually based on Annie Lennox?
*Page 14
**In panel 4, tossed up the air from the explosion are:
***In the top left is Chartbusters, a Ray Parker Jr. compilation album from 1984.
***In the top right is the Ghostbusters Soundtrack Album, evidenced by the red sticker advertising Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters", "In the Name of Love" by Thompson Twins, "I Can't Wait Forever" by Air Supply, "Hot Night" by Laura Braingan, and and "Cleanin' Up The Town" by The Bus Boys
***In the bottom right is the LP cover of the Japanese version of the Ghostbusters Soundtrack.
*Page 15
**In panel 3, Ray and the women are performing the can can.
***One woman is based on Madonna from her "Crazy For You" music video/cameo in "Vision Quest" (1985).
**Egon does the Moonwalk, a backslide popularized by Michael Jackson in 1983.
*Page 16
**Peter refers to Id from Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche. Id was the primitive and instinctive components of the personality.
**The ghost's hair style appears to be based on Mike Score from the New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls.
*Page 17
**In panel 2, Ray and the others are in a conga line.
***At the end of the conga line are Andy Warhol and Tina Turner?
***In front of Tina is Duckie from "Pretty In Pink"?
***In front of Ray is Jellybean Benitez, a key figure of the New York nightlife, in a striped shirt and overalls he wore in an outing with then girlfriend Madonna.
*Page 18
**As the ghost is pulled into the Trap, he opens his jacket as a nod to Michael Jackson.
*Page 19
**In panel 2, the woman who invites the Ghostbusters to dance is based on Pat Benatar in the second half of her music video for "Love is a Battlefield."
**In panel 2, right of Benatar is the tall woman from Louis' party, portrayed by Jean Kasem, in Chapter 17: Who Brought The Dog?
**In panel 2, between Benatar and Jean is David Bowie in his yellow suit?
**In panel 5, the Ghostbusters dance like how they do in the music video for Ray Parker Jr.'s "Ghostbusters" song.
**In panel 5, on the left is Claire and on the right is Bender from "The Breakfast Club." The latter is in his iconic pose from the end of the movie.
**In panel 5, behind Egon is Ray Parker Jr.?
*Page 20
**Peter alludes to Casey Kasem talking about the bust at The Rose in Chapter 14: Welcome Aboard and even quotes his "pretty pesky poltergeist" line.
**Peter mentions the bust took place before they hired Winston. It was indeed mentioned in Chapter 14 right before Winston goes to the Firehouse and applies for the job opening.
**Peter mentions the Moonwalk.
**Peter mentions he's got a meeting to talk to his agent about TV, a nod to and foreshadowing The World of the Psychic.
**Peter mentions The Tonight Show.
*Page 21
**Cover A of Issue #4 is previewed.
To Be Identified
1. Page 1: Janine's interview on Tenth Avenue and ?
2. Page 2: Dana's outfit is based on?
3. Page 9: Featherwell's Unpainted Furniture sign is a nod to Featherwell's Stalking Chair?
4. Page 13: Panel 4: Woman in black suit based on Annie Lennox?
5. Page 15: Panel 3: One woman is based on Madonna from her "Crazy For You" music video/cameo in "Vision Quest" (1985)?
6. Page 16: The ghost's hair style appears to be based on Mike Score from the New Wave band A Flock of Seagulls?
7. Page 17: At the end of the conga line are Andy Warhol and Tina Turner? Duckie from Pretty in Pink?
8. Page 19: Panel 2: David Bowie in yellow suit between Pat Benatar and Jean Kasem?
9. Page 19: Panel 5: Behind Egon is Ray Parker Jr. and to his right is Don Johnson?
10. Any other 80s figures among the dancers?