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==Plot==
  
==Plot==
 
Thanks to the contract they signed, the Ghostbusters are temporarily barred by [[Walter Peck]] from taking any work (without his express permission) in New York City. The Ghostbusters skirt the edict by taking a job in Schenectady. It's a simple haunted amusement park upstate-what could possibly go wrong? <ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2112/ IDW February Solicitations 11/17/11]</ref>
  
Thanks to the contract they signed, the Ghostbusters are temporarily barred by [[Walter Peck]] from taking any work (without his express permission) in New York City. The Ghostbusters skirt the edict by taking a job in Schenectady. It's a simple haunted amusement park upstate-what could possibly go wrong? <ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2112/ IDW February Solicitations 11/17/11]</ref>
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==Cast==
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[[Kylie Griffin (IDW)|Kylie Griffin]]
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[[Ray Stantz]]
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[[Egon Spengler]]
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[[Peter Venkman]]
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[[Winston Zeddemore]]
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[[Ted and Annette Fleming]]
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[[Ron Alexander]]
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[[Harry]]
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[[Possessed Stuffed Dolls]]
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[[Possessed Bruce Statue]]
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[[Possessed Carousel Horses]]
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[[Scotty]]
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[[Bruce the Horrible Chimp Manifestation]]
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[[Hungry Manitou]]
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[[Jeremy and Cindy]]
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[[Rachel Unglighter]]
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[[Koza'Rai]]
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[[Gozer]]
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[[Idulnas]]
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[[Senta]]
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==Equipment==
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[[Powers of Darkness]]
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[[Magical Paths to Fortune and Power]]
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[[Proton Pack]]
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[[Particle Thrower]]
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[[Ecto Goggles]]
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[[Giga meter]]
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[[Proton Pistol]]
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[[Trap]]
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==Items==
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[[Portrait of Eleanor Twitty]]
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[[Archangel's Gallbladder]]
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[[Portrait of G. Sedgewick]]
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==Locations==
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[[Ray's Occult Books]]
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[[Fantastic Land]]
   
 
==Development==
  
==Development==
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On November 22nd, 2011, Erik Burnham revealed the new character from Issue #3, Ron Alexander, will show up again in Issue #6. <ref>[http://www.facebook.com/ErikBurnhamFanPage/posts/278520022191339 Erik Burnham Fan Page 11/22/11]</ref>
  
On November 22nd, 2011, Erik Burnham revealed the new character from Issue #3, Ron Alexander, will show up again in Issue #6. <ref>[http://www.facebook.com/ErikBurnhamFanPage/posts/278520022191339 Erik Burnham Fan Page 11/22/11]</ref>
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On January 9th, 2012, Erik Burnham also provided another hint of the second arc, a bit of a specific nod to Ghostbusters II (Not Vigo). <ref>[http://twitter.com/#!/erikburnham/status/156474878810263552 erikburnham Tweet 1/9/12]</ref>
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On January 10th, 2012, Dan Schoening provided another hint about the second arc: evil monkeys. <ref>[http://dapperdans.blogspot.com/2012/01/hey-everyone-this-have-been-remarkably.html Dapper Dan Blogspot 1/10/12]</ref>
   
 
On December 14th, 2011, Dan Schoening tweeted he was currently penciling Issue #6. <ref>[http://twitter.com/#!/Dapperpomade/status/147200168175992832 Dapperpomade Tweet 12/14/11]</ref>
  
On December 14th, 2011, Dan Schoening tweeted he was currently penciling Issue #6. <ref>[http://twitter.com/#!/Dapperpomade/status/147200168175992832 Dapperpomade Tweet 12/14/11]</ref>
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On February 16th, 2012, Luis Delgado posted unlettered versions of page 8, 16, and 19. <ref>[http://luisdelgado.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-6-page-08-285388360 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref> <ref>[http://luisdelgado.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-6-page-16-285388833 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref> <ref>[http://luisdelgado.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-6-page-19-285389204 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref>
  
On February 16th, 2012, Luis Delgado posted unlettered versions of page 8, 16, and 19. <ref>[http://luisdelgado.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-6-page-08-285388360 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref> <ref>[http://luisdelgado.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-6-page-16-285388833 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref> <ref>[http://luisdelgado.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-6-page-19-285389204 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref>
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==Cast==
  
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*Page One
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**The city of Poughkeepsie is mentioned by Kylie.
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**The [[Spates Catalog]] symbol is still visible in the Ray's Occult storefront.
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**The book Kylie looks at is Powers of Darkness is from "[[Witchy Woman]]"
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**To the left of Ray is the [[Mink Coat]] from [[Ghostbusters II]].
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*Page Three
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**The fountain is the head of [[Blackie]] as the Guardian from "[[The Long, Long, Long, etc. Goodbye]]"
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*Page Four
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**Ted and Annette Fleming from [[Louis Tully|Louis']] party in [[Ghostbusters]] are outside the diner
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**[[Janine's Car|Janine's red Volkswagen Beetle convertible]] from [[The Real Ghostbusters]] is parked near the diner
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**The diner is an homage to Edward Hopper's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks Nighthawks]
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**The diner and proprietor are [[El's Diner]] and [[El]] are from "[[The Man Who Never Reached Home]]"
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**The patron next to Ron appears to be a human version of the [[Bus Driver Ghost]] from "[[Ghostbuster of the Year]]"
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**The Canned Ghost poster on the wall is from Coca-Cola's "[[Ghost in a Can]]" promotion
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**On the wall is a photo of [[Uncle Horace]] from "[[Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Ghost?]]"
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**The "[http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/File:Crimebusters5.jpg crime down 30%]" newspaper is from "[[Ghost Busted]]"
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**In the online preview, magnified, inside the newspaper, [[Gozer|Gozer's]] "Choose or Perish" quote from [[Ghostbusters]] is embedded.
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**Luis Delgado's 15 easter egg is a part number on the equipment schematic hidden in the newspaper.
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**Excerpts of Issue #6's script are in the newspaper below the equipment schematic.
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*Page Five
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**Behind Ray are stuffed dolls of [[Azetlor]] from [[Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Stylized Versions)]], [[Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]], [[Lizardo]] from "[[Attack of the B-Movie Monsters]]," [[Copycat]] in [http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/File:Copycat04.png burger form] from "[[The Copycat]]," [[Genie]] in its true form from "[[Janine's Genie]]," and the [[H2 Ghost]] from [[Classic Ghosts: Action Figures 2|the Kenner toyline]]
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**Peter pulls Ray's ear to get the truth like in [[Ghostbusters II]]
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**The ride behind Peter is from "[[The Bogeyman Is Back]]" (first seen at about the 04:12 mark)
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*Page Six
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**The Venus fly trap seen by the the booth and later on in the comic is the [[Insect Trapper]] from the [[Ghostbusters Sega]] game.
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**There is a [[Murray the Mantis]] doll in the stand, from "[[The Revenge of Murray the Mantis]]"
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**Ray mentions the [[Boogieman]].
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**The Fantastic Bruce monkeys say "ootini," a reference to a colloquial utterance used by the Jawas of Tatooine from Star Wars Episode Four. <ref>[http://www.gbfans.com/community/viewtopic.php?p=378969#p378969 Erik Burnham post Ghostbusters Fans 2/25/12]</ref> <ref>[http://www.ootini.net/ ootini.net]</ref>
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*Page Ten
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**The entrance where the kidnapped Ghostbusters are taken in the transmogrified [[Big Apple Amusement Park]] in "[[The Bogeyman Is Back]]" (about 04:45 mark) is present.
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**The front sign for [[Cheap Thrills Amusement Park]] in "[[Rollerghoster]]" is above the Big Apple one.
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**The [[Pillar of New York]] from "[[Beneath These Streets]]" is present in the background.
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*Page 11
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**The rocket is the Star Jets ride from Tokyo Disneyland's Tomorrowland
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**[[The Creature]] swarms around the Star Jets ride.
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**The [[Sorta-Kinda Tree]] from "[[Knock, Knock]]" is next to the ride.
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*Page 19
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**Winston's and Peter's souls, seen from the Manitou's point of view, is an homage to Alex Sinclair and the Black Lantern Corps point of view from the recent Green Lantern arc from DC Comics. <ref>[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/285389204/2416581331 Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12]</ref>
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*Page 21
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**[[Rachel Unglighter]] went to [[Columbia University]] after all. Her college I.D. Card is seen.
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**The [[Cult of Gozer]] insignia is based on [http://ghostbusters.wikia.com/wiki/File:Gozerian_Society_%28Cult_of_Gozer%29.jpg a T-shirt design].
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**The Gozer photo is from Tristan Jones' [[Tobin's Spirit Guide]] art, posted in November 2008. <ref>[http://tristjones.deviantart.com/art/Ghostbusters-Gozer-99931364 "Ghostbusters - Gozer" Tristan Jones deviantArt 11/5/08]</ref>
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*Page 22
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**The file mentions of the [[Cult of Gozer]], [[Ivo Shandor]], and the [[Gozerian Codex]] of [[Ghostbusters: The Video Game]] fame
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**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sinai_Hospital,_New_York Mount Sinai Hospital] is mentioned.
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**Felix's last name is a reference to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Ashton_Smith Clark Ashton Smith].
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*Page 23
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**The page mentions [[Tobin|John Horace Tobin]]
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**Also mentioned is [[Heironymus|Heironymus Van Aachen]] from "[[Egon's Ghost]]"
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*Cover A
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**One of the dolls is of [[Zunk]] from "[[Ghosts R Us]]"
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**A [[Hotel Boudreaux]] brochure from "[[Play Them Ragtime Boos]]" lies on the ground
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**Another doll is of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
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*Cover RI
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**The dolls are of:
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***Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
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***[[No-Ghost Sign]]
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***[[Murray the Mantis]]
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***Toy Factory plushies of the Ghostbusters, Slimer, and Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
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***[[Dopey Dog]]
   
 
==External Links==
  
==External Links==
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GhostbustersIssue6OngoingCoverRIteaser.jpg|Cover RI Preview
  
GhostbustersIssue6OngoingCoverRIteaser.jpg|Cover RI Preview
 
GhostbustersIssue6OngoingCoverRI.jpg|Cover RI
  
GhostbustersIssue6OngoingCoverRI.jpg|Cover RI
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GhostbustersIssueSixOngoingCredits.jpg|Credits Page
 
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Revision as of 23:14, 15 June 2012


Ghostbusters 6 is the sixth issue in an ongoing Ghostbusters comic book series by IDW Publishing.

Plot

Thanks to the contract they signed, the Ghostbusters are temporarily barred by Walter Peck from taking any work (without his express permission) in New York City. The Ghostbusters skirt the edict by taking a job in Schenectady. It's a simple haunted amusement park upstate-what could possibly go wrong? [1]

Cast

Kylie Griffin

Ray Stantz

Egon Spengler

Peter Venkman

Winston Zeddemore

Ted and Annette Fleming

Ron Alexander

Harry

Possessed Stuffed Dolls

Possessed Bruce Statue

Possessed Carousel Horses

Scotty

Bruce the Horrible Chimp Manifestation

Hungry Manitou

Jeremy and Cindy

Rachel Unglighter

Koza'Rai

Gozer

Idulnas

Senta

Equipment

Powers of Darkness

Magical Paths to Fortune and Power

Proton Pack

Particle Thrower

Ecto Goggles

Giga meter

Proton Pistol

Trap

Items

Portrait of Eleanor Twitty

Archangel's Gallbladder

Portrait of G. Sedgewick

Locations

Ray's Occult Books

Fantastic Land

Development

On October 9th, 2011, Tristan Jones tweeted he will be working on another cover for the series. [2]

On October 12, 2011, Ghostbusters.net made note Cover B pays homage to the Ramones and their self-titled debut album from April 23, 1976. Vincent Nordone, Patrick Creel and Robert Pearson are used as references for this cover.[3] [4]

On October 12th, 2011, Tristan Jones revealed his cover for Issue #6. [5]

On November 13th, 2011, Erik Burnham tweeted he was 4 pages of dialogue away from finishing the script for Issue #6. He also notes using a better alternate to a joke he knew wouldn't make it to the final version of the comic. [6] [7]

On November 15th, 2011, Nick Runge confirmed the Ramones cover was switched to Issue #6 [8]

On November 22nd, 2011, Erik Burnham revealed the new character from Issue #3, Ron Alexander, will show up again in Issue #6. [9]

On January 9th, 2012, Erik Burnham also provided another hint of the second arc, a bit of a specific nod to Ghostbusters II (Not Vigo). [10]

On January 10th, 2012, Dan Schoening provided another hint about the second arc: evil monkeys. [11]

On December 14th, 2011, Dan Schoening tweeted he was currently penciling Issue #6. [12]

On December 15th, 2011, Tristan Jones tweeted he was doing work on #6 and "stepping outside of the comfort zone art-wise." [13]

On December 16th, 2011, Tristan Jones posted a work in progress teaser for #6. [14] [15]

On January 17th, 2012, Erik Burnham hinted the character making a special appearance in #5 also figures in #6. [16]

On January 18th, 2012, Erik Burnham posted Cover A. [17]

On February 9th, 2012, a cover, credits, and seven page preview was posted. [18]

On February 12th, 2012, Erik Burnham revealed he requested a certain scene bear a reference to Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks," a famous 1942 painting depicting people sitting in a downtown diner late at night. [19]

On February 16th, 2012, Luis Delgado posted unlettered versions of page 8, 16, and 19. [20] [21] [22]

Trivia

External Links

References

  1. ↑ IDW February Solicitations 11/17/11
  2. ↑ TRexJones Tweet 10/9/11
  3. ↑ Ghostbusters News article
  4. ↑ Ramones (album) article on wikipedia
  5. ↑ TristJones deviation
  6. ↑ erikburnham Tweet #1 11/13/11
  7. ↑ erikburnham Tweet #2 11/13/11
  8. ↑ Nick Runge Comic Cove reply
  9. ↑ Erik Burnham Fan Page 11/22/11
  10. ↑ erikburnham Tweet 1/9/12
  11. ↑ Dapper Dan Blogspot 1/10/12
  12. ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet 12/14/11
  13. ↑ TRexJones Tweet 12/15/11
  14. ↑ TRexJones Tweet 12/16/11
  15. ↑ Instagram teaser 12/16/11
  16. ↑ Erik Burnham Post Ghostbusters Fans 1/17/12
  17. ↑ IDW Forums Erik Burnham Post 1/18/12
  18. ↑ MTV Geek! 2/9/12
  19. ↑ Erik Burnham reply Ghostbusters Fans 2/13/12
  20. ↑ Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12
  21. ↑ Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12
  22. ↑ Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12
  23. ↑ Erik Burnham post Ghostbusters Fans 2/25/12
  24. ↑ ootini.net
  25. ↑ Luis Delgado deviantArt 2/16/12
  26. ↑ "Ghostbusters - Gozer" Tristan Jones deviantArt 11/5/08

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