Ghostbusters: Back in Town 2 is the second of a four part canon mini-series by Dark Horse Comics that bridges the gap between the Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire movies.
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Big city life proves a challenging adjustment for the Spengler family! Something sinister swoops around Central Park, but the family's focus is split between the personal and the professional. New clues point toward the true cause of the city's recent ghost epidemic, and one family member is following the trail with a dedication that may end in trouble! The Ghostbusters continue their official return to New York City with the second installment of this all-new series![1]
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Podcast (voice only)
Mean Girls of Zeddemore Academy
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On December 15, 2023, Ben Dewey posted unused options he submitted for Cover B.[2]
On April 20, 2024, a five page preview was posted.[3]
Trivia[]
- The Diamond Order Codes are JAN241159 for Cover A and JAN241160 for Cover B.
- Page 3
- Phoebe wears a shirt and overall from Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 02.
- Gary wears a red plaid shirt he wears in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
- Page 4
- Callie and Gary mentions Janine Melnitz.
- Callie is wearing a top she wears in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire.
- Page 5
- Podcast alludes to the Chimera Ghost from the previous issue.
- Podcast refers to the Illuminati like he did in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 04.
- Podcast mentions Ray Stantz.
- Podcast alludes to the Psychomagnotheric Slime and events of Ghostbusters II.
- Page 6
- The mean girls from Issue #1 return.
- Page 7
- The text alludes to the ghost battle in Issue #1.
- Lucky mentions the Reservoir in the text. It made a brief cameo in Ghostbusters II when Peter Venkman and Ray trapped the Jogger Ghost.
- Page 9
- Callie alludes to the ghost battle in Issue #1.
- Callie's concern about her children mirrors her conversation with Gary in Ghostbusters: Afterlife during their date in Chapter 09.
- Gary alludes to Gozer and the final battle in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 16.
- Callie mentions when the family moved to Oklahoma in Ghosbtusters: Afterlife, Chapter 02.
- Callie has her own locker. In Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, her locker is combined with Gary's.
- Page 11
- Podcast talks about Sasquatch.
- The future Hammer of Truth seen in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is on the counter.
- Podcast mentions Summerville and Spinners Roller Hop.
- Podcast's next episode of Mystical Tales of the Unknown Universe is a food review of Spinners' chicken nuggets. In Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 05, he told Phoebe he did occasional restaurant reviews on his podcast.
- Ray is wearing the outfit he wore in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Chapter 11, when he talked to Phoebe on the phone.
- Phoebe mentions YouTube.
- Page 12
- Phoebe mentions the ghost battle in Issue #1.
- Ray tells Phoebe about the events of Ghostbusters II:
- Mentions Vigo.
- Mentions animated the Statue of Liberty in Chapter 23: The Statue of Liberty.
- Mentions when the Statue of Liberty smashed the slime shell around the Manhattan Museum of Art in Chapter 25: Breaking and Entering.
- Alludes to the Manhattan Museum of Art.
- Mentions when the Ghostbusters were saved from the people outside singing at midnight and putting Vigo back in his painting in Chapter 27: The Fifth Ghostbuster.
- Ray rounds up the events of Ghostbusters II as 30 years when it is closer to almost 33 years,
- Ray alludes to the Manhattan Museum of Art being in Midtown. While no location was officially confirmed, fans have used clues within the movie and scripts to posit it in the Upper East Side.
- Ray reveals all the Psychomagnotheric Slime disappeared after Vigo was defeated except for a small amount he kept in a jar.
- Page 13
- Ray mentions the New York Pneumatic Railroad and its creator Alfred Beach.
- In panel 1, Ray's arm tattoo is visible. It was first seen in Ghostbusters: Afterlife Chapter 11.
- Ray mentions First Avenue.
- Phoebe mentions Winston.
- Page 15
- Gary mentions Wingpsan, a board game that released in 2019 in which players compete to attract birds to their wildlife reserves. While a "dino-bird" expansion never came out, a dragon-themed adaptation called Wyrmspan released in 2024.
- Page 16
- Gary jokes about having a flying Trap. By the events of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, they do have one: the Drone Trap.
- Page Seventeen
- The ghost mimics a Siren.
- Lucky is wearing her vanity necklace from Ghostbusters: Afterlife, first seen in Chapter 03.
- On page 6 of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #3, Trevor alludes to encountering the Siren ghost in Issue #2.
- On page 13 of Ghostbusters Back in Town Issue #3, Ray mentions Gary and Callie's battle with the bird ghost in Central Park and Trevor's encounter with the Siren ghost in Issue #2.
- On page 5 of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, the bird ghost from Issue #2 returns.
- On page 19 of Ghostbusters: Back in Town Issue #4, Janine's healthy smoothie returns. Gary alludes to trying it out.
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Tentative variant cover B by Ben Dewey
Unused options for cover B (Credit: Ben Dewey)
Unused options for cover B (Credit: Ben Dewey)
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