Ghostbusters: Back in Town 1 is the first of a four part canon mini-series by Dark Horse Comics that bridges the gap between the Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movies.
Plot[]
A year and a half after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Ghostbusters are officially back in business and headed to where it all began: New York City! Callie, Gary, Trevor, and Phoebe are moving into the Firehouse and ready to take on the Spengler family business...or are they? Ghostbusting on top of changing family dynamics has a way of going awry––and that's exactly what one paranormal force is counting on. See what the Big Apple has in store for the latest generation of Ghostbusters with the first installment of an all-new series that bridges the gap between Ghostbusters: Afterlife and the upcoming sequel![1][2]
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Mean Girls of Zeddemore Academy
Podcast (text only)
Lucky Domingo (text only)
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Development[]
On November 16, 2023, it was announced the title of the series was "Ghostbusters: Back in Town" and it would run for four issues. Issue #1 is set to release on March 27, 2024. It will be written by David Booher, colors are by Mildred Louis, and letters are by Comicraft's Jimmy Betancourt. Kyle Lambert will provide the main cover with a variant cover by Steve Morris. The description of the series is "Set after Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the miniseries sees Callie, Gary, Trevor, and Phoebe moving to New York City to take over the Ghostbusters business in the iconic Firehouse. But shifting family dynamics and paranormal activity may make it a harder job than it sounds."[3]
On March 5, 2024, during an interview, Blue Delliquanti teased the scale of Firehouse is explored in the first issue.[4]
On March 22, 2024, a five page preview was posted.[5]
Trivia[]
- The Diamond Order Codes are DEC230991 for Cover A and DEC230992 for Cover B.
- Cover A
- Gary was on the tentative version of the cover but was removed for the final version.
- Cover B
- Trevor is wearing a Spinners Roller Hop shirt.
- The Spenglers towing Ecto-1 back to New York was a discarded ending for Ghostbusters: Afterlife
- Credits
- The synopsis states this story takes place one and a half years after Ghostbusters: Afterlife. The date was later corrected to be one year after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.[2]
- Page One
- The woman alludes to the Ghostbusters saving the world in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II.
- Page Two
- Phoebe is wearing a shirt and overalls she wears in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
- Page Three
- Callie's talk with Phoebe about a new start in a new place echoes a similar conversation in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 03.
- Phoebe mentions Albuquerque, the largest city in New Mexico.
- Gary and The Spenglers are in Callie's Subaru Outback from Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
- Page Four
- Winston mentions how they saved the world in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 16.
- Winston alludes to Egon Spengler.
- Trevor asks if Ecto-1 arrived okay. Ecto-1's return to the Firehouse was seen in the Ghostbusters: Afterlife end credits tag.
- Page Five
- Gary asks if the fire pole still works, similar to what Ray asked in Ghostbusters, Chapter 05: Fixer-Upper.
- Trevor inquires about WiFi like when he tried to find any connection in Summerville in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
- Page Six
- In the display are:
- The Animated Toaster from Ghostbusters II.
- The name plate and hammer belonging to Stephen Wexler from Ghostbusters II.
- The NES Advantage Controller used to steer the Statue of Liberty in Ghostbusters II.
- A Twinkie
- In the display are:
- Page Seven
- Winston alludes to when the Containment Unit was shut down in Ghostbusters, Chapter 21: Out of Biz.
- Page Eight
- Phoebe says a joke and winks like she did with Gary in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 04.
- Page Nine
- Janine is wearing the earrings she wore at the end of Ghostbusters: Afterlife when she met with Winston.
- Page Ten
- It is revealed there is a school named after Winston, the Zeddemore Academy.
- One of the mean girls refers to Oshkosh B'Gosh, a children's clothing store.
- Page Thirteen
- Callie makes quesadillas. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 02, Phoebe complimented Callie on her quesadilla-making skills.
- Page Fourteen
- The drip from the ceiling sets up Slimer's return in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
- Page Sixteen
- Gary is wearing a shirt he wears in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
- Phoebe wears a shirt and overall from Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 2.
- Page Eighteen
- In panel one, the perspective is flipped on purpose by the artist to make it easier to see inside the foot locker.[6]
- On page six of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #2, Phoebe encounters the trio of mean girls from Issue #1.
- On page seven of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #2, one of Trevor's texts alludes to the battle with the ghost in the Firehouse.
- On page nine of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #2, Callie alludes to the battle with the ghost in the firehouse.
- On page twelve of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #2, Phoebe mentions the battle with the ghost in the firehouse.
- On page seventeen of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #3, Callie Spengler brings up the ghost from Issue #1 and the family's lack of teamwork.
- On page one of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, Gary alludes to the fire pole being broken by the first Green Slime Ghost in Issue #1.
- On page two of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, Callie recalls Trevor and Gary fixed the electricity in Issue #1.
- On page three of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, the Green Slime Ghost from Issue #1 is released.
- On page nineteen of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, Callie mentions Gary's to-do-list.
- On page twenty of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, the couple walking their dog at the start of Issue #1 appears.
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- ↑ Previews World "GHOSTBUSTERS BACK IN TOWN #1 CVR A LAMBERT" 11/20/2023
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 In a private email correspondence with Dark Horse press contacts between May 16 and May 19, 2025, it was confirmed with the editors and David M. Booher that the events of Ghostbusters: Back in Town take place one year after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Thus, the dating in the synopsis is now invalid.
- ↑ Screen Rant "GHOSTBUSTERS: BACK IN TOWN To Give Fans New Story Ahead of Frozen Empire Sequel (Exclusive)" 11/16/2023
- ↑ Countdown City Geeks YouTube "GHOSTBUSTERS BACK IN TOWN - Blue Delliquanti, David Booher Interview" 3/5/2024
- ↑ Ghostbusters News "EXCLUSIVE: First look inside Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #1 from Dark Horse Comics" 3/22/2024
- ↑ Blue Delliquanti (2024). Dark Horse Comics- "Ghostbusters Volume 1: Back in Town" (2024) (Comic p.95). Blue Delliquanti says: "You'll notice I flipped the perspective in that first panel because I realized that with the way the lockers opened, it would be hard to peek at all the proton packs inside from the original angle."
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