Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: The Real Ghostbusters is the second issue of a mini-series by IDW Publishing.
Plot
THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS keep losing business to a flashy new rival ghost-catching company: SPOOKS AWAY! They seem to have better gear, better threads... better everything! In face, Spooks Away seems determined to ruin the RGB. But there's something far more sinister than a hostile takeover going on here, and it's up to Ray Stantz to go undercover to find out who - or what - is behind Spook Away's rise to supernatural elimination superstardom.[2]
Cast
Equipment
Locations
Development
On December 11, 2018, Tom Waltz put together 2019 publishing plans for Ghostbusters.[3] He teased a rough thumb for the incentive cover and uncolored RE cover.[4][5]
On December 14, 2018, Tom Waltz posted more information and covers about the series. In celebration of the 35th Anniversary, the mini-series is a four issue weekly event in April 2019, featuring 4 different Ghostbusters teams in adventures written and illustrated by 4 different creative teams.[6]The RE cover, now colored, as also posted.[7] Issue #2 releases April 10, 2019 starring The Real Ghostbusters written by Cavan Scott, art by Marcelo Ferreira, and colors by Luis Antonio Delgado. Cover A was revealed.[8]
On December 16, 2018, Dan Schoening posted the rough thumbnail of the RE cover.[9]
On January 3, 2019, Tom Waltz posted the pre-color version of the Cover RI.[10]
On January 8, 2019, Cavan Scott wrote.[11]
On January 11, 2019, Tom Waltz posted the April solicit.[12]
On January 18, 2019, Tom Waltz posted the colored RI as part of the interconnected image.[13]
On January 22, 2019, Tom Waltz posted a wip of the Ghostbusters confronting a crying ghost.[14]
On January 24, 2019, Tom Waltz posted a wip of the Egon and Peter.[15]
On January 30, 2019, Tom Waltz posted an uncolored page.[16]
On February 4, 2019, Tom Waltz posted a wip of the Ghostbusters at breakfast.[17]
On February 25, 2019, Tom Waltz posted a colored panel taking place in Ecto-1.[18]
On February 26, 2019, Tom Waltz posted a colored panel of Winston grabbing Ray and Peter.[19]
On April 5, 2019, a full page was posted by Tom Waltz featuring Ray being recruited.[20]
On April 8, 2019, a five page preview was posted.[21]
On April 9, 2019, Luis Delgado posted two colored panels of Slimer sliming Saul.[22]
On April 10, 2019, Luis Delgado posted two more colored panels of ghosts being released.[23]
On April 11, 2019, Luis Delgado posted a colored panel of the Ghostbusters watching a giant ghost burst out a building.[24]
On April 12, 2019, Luis Delgado posted a group shot of the Ghostbusters and Slimer.[25]
On July 15, 2019, IDW announced all four convention cover variants would be sold as a bundle during San Diego Comic Con at Booth 2729.[26]
Trivia
- The Diamond Order Code is FEB190640.
- Cover RE
- Making appearances on the cover are:
- Zonk from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghosts R Us"
- Slug from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghosts R Us"
- Snarg from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghosts R Us"
- Sandman
- Samhain
- Egon Spengler
- Winston Zeddemore
- Peter Venkman
- Ray Stantz
- Proton Pack and Particle Thrower
- P.K.E. Meter
- Boogieman
- Wat
- Slimer
- Killerwatt
- Grundel
- Ghash
- Winged Puma
- Ecto-1
- Making appearances on the cover are:
- Credits
- The covers are mistakenly from the third issue of the mini-series, Answer The Call, in the preview pages only.
- Page 2
- Peter's high school principal is named after Richard Raynis, a producer of The Real Ghostbusters and Extreme Ghostbusters.
- Egon mentions the LaMarche Boards, named after Egon's voice actor, Maurice LaMarche.
- Page 3
- In panel 1, the doll Peter throws is a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man doll that recurs on The Real Ghostbusters.
- Page 4
- The mobile has figures of Samhain, Slimer, and Mooglie.
- Page 5
- The next location is at the Glorp Factory. The Glorp! brand featured in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Station Identification" as one of the minor ghosts that attacks the Ghostbusters.
- The factory's street location is named after J. Michael Straczynski, story editor and writer on The Real Ghostbusters, and Richard Mueller, one of the writers on The Real Ghostbusters.
- Page 7
- The montage is similar to The Real Ghostbusters episodes "Ghosts R Us" and "Robo-Buster" when a similar rival company starts busting ghosts taking all of the Ghostbusters' gigs away.
- The ghost caught on Wednesday is Mail Fraud Ghost from Kenner's toyline.
- Page 9
- Saul's "Disgusting blob" line is a nod to Ray Stantz's line in the first movie when he first met Slimer.
- Page 11
- The Ghostbusters are in their pajamas from:
- Winston's is from "Troll Bridge"
- Egon's is from "Troll Bridge"
- Ray's loosely matches one from "Spacebusters"
- Peter's is from "Spacebusters"
- Eldon Bromo and ABS News first appeared in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Egon on the Rampage".
- Saul mentions the Ghostbusters' capture of Slimer at the Sedgewick Hotel in 1984.
- The Ghostbusters are in their pajamas from:
- Page 12
- Egon clarifies Slimer is a Class 5.
- Page 13
- Ray's Spooks Away uniform has a similar color scheme to the uniform worn by dream Janine in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Mr. Sandman, Dream Me a Dream".
- Ray and Saul mention the Containment Unit.
- Page 14
- Who's Who in The Spirit World first appeared in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Revenge of the Ghostmaster".
- Page 15
- There is a cameo of Kylie and Egon from the Extreme Ghostbusters era.
- The cameo also confirms a version of Extreme Ghostbusters takes place in Dimension 68-R, the dimension designated for The Real Ghostbusters in the IDW canon.
- The Ghostbusters' technology was also copied in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Robo-Buster" but in this case, the difference is the designs were stolen from future rather than the present.
- After Ray sabotages the Prediction Engine, there is a common misspelling of his last name as "Stanz" when Saul asks him what he was doing.
- There is a cameo of Kylie and Egon from the Extreme Ghostbusters era.
- Page 16
- The busted ghosts, including Slimer, combine into a giant mega ghost much like The Real Ghostbusters episode "Robo-Buster".
- Peter makes a crack about New Jersey.
- Page 20
- Among the liberated ghosts are the Gremli and Slyphon from the Extreme Ghostbusters Intro title sequence and episode "Slimer's Sacrifice".
Also See
References
- ↑ Previews World The Real Ghostbusters 1/25/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 1/11/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #1 12/11/18
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #2 12/11/18
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #3 12/11/18
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #1 12/14/18
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #2 12/14/18
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #3 12/14/18
- ↑ dannyschoening Tweet 12/16/18
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 1/3/19
- ↑ cavanscott Tweet 1/8/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 1/11/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet #1 1/18/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 1/22/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 1/24/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 1/30/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 2/4/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 2/25/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 2/26/19
- ↑ TomWaltz Tweet 4/5/19
- ↑ Flickering Myth "Comic Book Preview – Ghostbusters: 35th Anniversary: The Real Ghostbusters" 4/8/19
- ↑ Luis Delgado instagram 4/9/19
- ↑ Luis Delgado instagram 4/10/19
- ↑ Luis Delgado instagram 4/11/19
- ↑ Luis Delgado instagram 4/12/19
- ↑ IDWPublishing Tweet 7/15/19
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