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Ghostbusters: Answer The Call 2 is the second issue of a five part series by IDW Publishing.

Plot[]

"What Dreams May Come" Part 2! The hot new evil in town is terrorizing Manhattan and feeding off the population's fears in order to grow even more powerful. With a big bad growing by the second in scope and ambition, our heroes find themselves caught in nightmares based on their own fears... and their pasts!

Bullet points:

  • This is it! Don't miss the ladies from the 2016 film in their very own series!
  • Want to see what our ladies fear most? Here's your first and best chance!
  • You DON'T want to see what Kevin fears most. Oh, you do? Well, okay, but we tried to warn you! [1]

Cast[]

What Dreams May Come, Part 2[]

Doctor Kruger

Erin Gilbert

Patty Tolan

Jillian Holtzmann

Abby Yates

Kevin Beckman

Dean Thomas Shanks

Equipment[]

What Dreams May Come, Part 2[]

Ecto-1 (2016)

Proton Pack (2016)

Locations[]

What Dreams May Come, Part 2[]

Empire State Building (2016)

Firehouse (2016)

Nightmare-Scape

Kenneth P. Higgins Institute

Development[]

On July 18, 2017, a five issue mini series titled "Ghostbusters: Answer The Call" was announced. The creative team consists of writer Kelly Thompson and artist Corin Howell. Cover B by Emma Vieceli and Luis Antonio Delgado was included. [2] Tom Waltz posted Cover A by Corin Howell. [3] Howell revealed Cover A is colored by Russell Badgett. [4]

On August 23, 2017, November solicits revealed the tentative release date and logline. [5]

On October 10, 2017, Corin Howell started layouts for Issue #2. [6]

On October 12, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of the city. She continued inking it. [7] [8]

On October 13, 2017, Corin Howell finished inking the city WIP. [9]

On October 16, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of the team. [10]

On October 18, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of Ecto-1. [11]

On October 25, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of Holtzmann. [12]

On October 27, 2017, Corin Howell finished a background. [13]

On October 31, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of Shrecky. [14]

On November 2, 2017, Tom Waltz posted two unlettered pages from Issue #2. [15]

On November 3, 2017, Valentina Pinto posted a pic of coloring Holtzmann in Issue #2. [16] Tom Waltz posted an unlettered page of Erin. [17]

On November 6, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of a clown. [18]

On November 7, 2017, Corin Howell posted a WIP of a room lined with cubicles. [19]

On November 22, 2017, Tom Waltz confirmed a delay because of the recent hurricanes and Issue #2 will release on December 27. [20]

On November 30, 2017, IDW Publishing posted a completed page. [21]

On January 2, 2018, a cover, credits, and 5 page preview was posted. [22]

Trivia[]

  • The Diamond Order Code is SEP170501.
  • Cover A
  • Cover B
    • The Ghostbusters, Kevin, and Ecto-1 appear outside the Firehouse.
  • Cover RI
    • The cover is a close-up of Holtzmann walking to the Firehouse in Chapter 05 of the 2016 movie.
  • Credits Page
    • The biographies of the Ghostbusters are taken from page 1 of last issue.
  • Page 2
    • The news anchor alludes to either the Mercado Hotel incident from the 2016 movie or the Dimensional Bleed incident from the Ghostbusters 101 mini-series.
    • Like last issue, in panel 2, the toaster atop the shelf appears to be a nod to the Animated Toaster from Ghostbusters II.
    • Patty alludes to the first battle with Dr. Kruger in the Firehouse last issue.
  • Page 3
    • Abby refers to when Kruger possessed her last issue and when Rowan North possessed her in the 2016 movie.
  • Page 4
    • Kevin is wearing his white shirt and black vest civies, first seen in Chapter 12.
    • Patty's description of a "weird sewer clown" is a nod to Stephen King's "It".
  • Page 5
    • Holtzmann quotes a line from the end of St. Crispin's Day Speech from "Henry V" Act IV scene iii 18-67.
  • Page 9
    • Erin is in her professor outfit from the beginning of the 2016 movie.
    • Erin's initial fear is based on her lingering need to be accepted as credible by the scientific community.
    • The bees are a nod to an outtake outside the Zhu's Authentic Hong Kong Food set when a bee interrupted Kristen Wiig.
  • Page 12
    • Abby finds herself in Dean Shank's office at Kenneth P. Higgins Institute but his name plate has an "M" instead of an "S".
    • In panel 1, the infamous red balloon from "It" is in the portrait right of the "dean."
    • In panel 2, Abby alludes to the public's acceptance of ghosts after the Mercado incident.
  • Page 13
    • In panel 3, the "dean" transforms into a clown loosely based on Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
    • In panel 3, the name plate now quotes "You'll Float Too" from "It".
    • Abby admits she is afraid of clowns.
    • The Ghostbusters' predicament is loosely similar to the children in "It" - they go to an abandoned house, encounter a powerful spirit that separates and terrorizes them, puts victims in a catatonic state, and they are forced to fight their fears.
  • Page 14
    • In panel 4, Patty is surrounded by dolls - nod to being chased by the Mayhem-possessed mannequin in the 2016 movie.
  • Page 16
    • The "obey, consume, reproduce, and conform" signs in Holtzmann's cubicle are a nod to the subliminal messages in the 1988 movie "They Live".
    • Holtzmann steals a printer like the main cast of the movie "Office Space".
  • Page 17
    • In panel 2, the robot mentions TPS Reports - another nod to "Office Space".
  • On page 21 of Ghostbusters Answer The Call Issue #3, the cover preview re-uses an image of Kruger and the Empire State Building from Issue #2, page 1.
  • On page 1 of Ghostbusters: Answer The Call Issue #5, Holtzmann's craving for scrambled eggs is a nod to her discovery about the Dream Machine's capabilities in Issue #2.
  • On page 20 of Answer The Call Issue #5, Erin alludes to Kevin unplugging his phone in Issue #2.

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