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{{Infobox Comic Book
  
{{Infobox Comic Book
 
| Comic Book Title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2
  
| Comic Book Title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2
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| Inker=
  
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| Colorist=[[Luis Antonio Delgado]]
  
| Colorist=[[Luis Antonio Delgado]]
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| Letterer=
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| Letterer=[[Neil Uyetake]]
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| Editor=
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| Editor=[[Bobby Curnow]]
 
| Front Cover Artist=[[Dan Schoening]]<br>[[Luis Antonio Delgado]]<br>[[Tristan Jones]]<br>[[Adam Gorham]]<br>[[Paris Alleyne]]<br>[[Brent Peeples]]<br>[[Shannon Ritchie]]
  
| Front Cover Artist=[[Dan Schoening]]<br>[[Luis Antonio Delgado]]<br>[[Tristan Jones]]<br>[[Adam Gorham]]<br>[[Paris Alleyne]]<br>[[Brent Peeples]]<br>[[Shannon Ritchie]]
 
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==Cast==
  
==Cast==
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===Part Two The Meeting of the Minds===
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[[Chi-You]]
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[[Ray Stantz]]
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[[Peter Venkman]]
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[[Winston Zeddemore]]
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[[Egon Spengler]]
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  +
[[Possessed Human]]s
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[[Raphael]]
  +
  +
[[Casey Jones (TMNT)|Casey Jones]]
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[[Michelangelo]]
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[[Donatello]]
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[[Leonardo]]
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[[April O'Neil]]
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[[Slimer]]
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[[Janine Melnitz]]
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[[Kylie Griffin (IDW)|Kylie Griffin]]
  +
  +
[[Thralls of Chi-You]]
   
 
==Equipment==
  
==Equipment==
  +
===Part Two The Meeting of the Minds===
  +
  +
[[Ecto Goggles]]
  +
  +
[[Proton Pack]]
  +
  +
[[Particle Thrower]]
  +
  +
[[Trap]]
  +
  +
[[P.K.E. Meter]]
  +
  +
[[Ecto-1]]
  +
  +
[[Ghost Sniffer]]
  +
  +
[[Aura Video-Analyzer]]
  +
  +
[[Paranormal Containment Research Tank]]
  +
  +
[[Dimensional Inverter (IDW)|Dimensional Inverter]]
  +
  +
[[Tobin's Spirit Guide]]
  +
  +
[[Fairfax's Demonologia]]
  +
  +
[[Containment Unit]]
  +
  +
==Items==
  +
===Part Two The Meeting of the Minds===
  +
  +
[[Pin-Up Calendar of Doom!]]
  +
  +
[[Ghostbusters Mug and Balloon]]
  +
  +
[[The Twinkie]]
  +
  +
[[Stay Puft Marshmallows]]
  +
  +
[[Singing Slime]]
  +
  +
==Environmental==
  +
===Part Two The Meeting of the Minds===
  +
  +
[[Psychomagnotheric Slime]]
   
 
==Locations==
  
==Locations==
  +
===Part Two The Meeting of the Minds===
  +
  +
[[Emmanuel Baptist Church]]
  +
  +
[[Firehouse]]
  +
  +
[[Madison Square Garden]]
   
 
==Development==
  
==Development==
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==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
  +
*Hot Topic Cover RE
  +
**Slimer appears on the cover
  +
*Page 1
  +
**The four possessed humans are visually based on [[Rob Paulsen]], Betty White, [[Bobby Curnow]], and [[Mariel Romero]].
  +
*Page 5
  +
**Ray mentions the Nine Li Tribe, Battle of Zhuolu and Emperor Huangdi.
  +
***Chi-You was leader of his tribe, Nine Li.
  +
***According to the "Records of the Grand Historian," the Battle of Zhuolu took place in about 2500 B.C. between the forces of Chi-You and Huangdi. Huangdi's victory is credited with establishing the Han Chinese civilization.
  +
**Egon pokes April on the shoulder as he did with the [[Hallway Bystander|elderly gentleman]] in the [[Ghostbusters|first movie]] at the [[Sedgewick Hotel]].
  +
*Page 6
  +
**Donatello refers to the [[Interspatial Teleportation Unit]] and glitch from [[IDW Publishing Comics- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 1|last issue]].
  +
*Page 7
  +
**Peter remarks the color coding of the turtles will be handy in remembering their names.
  +
***In similar fashion, the Ghostbusters' animated counterparts on [[The Real Ghostbusters]] wore different colored jumpsuits.
  +
**Peter refers to himself as El Greco and the other Ghostbusters as Botticelli, Signorelli, and Titian.
  +
***El Greco was painter, sculptor and architect during the Spanish Renaissance
  +
***Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter during the Early Renaissance
  +
***Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his use of foreshortening
  +
***Titian was a highly regarded painter known for his mastery of color
  +
**Peter alludes to [[Dana Barrett]] and her former job restoring art at the [[Manhattan Museum of Art]] in [[Ghostbusters II]].
  +
*Page 8
  +
**Michelangelo's adoration of the Ecto-1 and request for the Turtles to have one may be a nod to the Turtle Van in some versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  +
*Page 9
  +
**Chi-You refers to the pact between himself and his family of immortals.
  +
*Page 11
  +
**In Panel 1, on the computer under Don's elbow is the Information screen of Area 1 from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) video game with [[Splinter]]'s "The map shows your position on on the ground." message.
  +
**Egon's "It's...technical" response to the Ghost Sniffer question is a callback to Peter's response in the first movie to Dana's query.
  +
**Still up on the second floor are the New York poster and ladder with towel from [[Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions)]].
  +
**On the black monitor in the right corner is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV video game title screen.
  +
*Page 12
  +
**Peter alludes to this version of Donatello's inability to believe in the more spiritual phenomena.
  +
**Peter mentions Trephination. In the first movie, Peter brought up how Egon attempted to drill a hole in his head.
  +
**In a box on the shelf by Peter, is the [[Stasis Field Generator]] from [[Ghostbusters: The Video Game (DS)|Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Portable version]].
  +
*Page 13
  +
**Egon not believing in aliens dates back to [[IDW Publishing Comics- Ghostbusters 11|Volume 1 Issue #11]].
  +
**Donatello and the others have met various aliens on their ongoing comic book series
  +
**Winston mentions 'going in first.' The United States Marine Corps' core duty is to go first into battle.
  +
*Page 14
  +
**Janine brings up a tray of [[Pequod's]] coffee.
  +
**The arcade behind Kylie is set on the burning apartment level in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game
  +
*Page 15
  +
**Ray refers to his [[Mr. and Mrs. Stantz|late mother]] and her Swiss heritage.
  +
***In drafts of Ghostbusters II, for example page 109 of the 2/27/89 draft, Ray mentioned his great-grandparents were Swiss.
  +
**Ray holds a copy of Fairfax's Demonologia up to Slimer. It is a 19th century book about a discourse of witchcraft.
  +
**Ray alludes to Peter's initial skepticism in the first movie
  +
**Slimer's Pin-Up Calendar of Doom! is set on April
  +
*Page 16
  +
**In reality, the NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 1 between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens at the Madison Square Garden took place on April 16, 1996.
  +
**There is an ad for the [[Bijou Theatre]], seen in the [[Slimer!]] episode "[[Movie Madness]]"
  +
**The movie "From Beyond" was a movie adapted from a H.P. Lovecraft story about how an experiment accidentally leads a character to be taken by monsters in another dimension and transformed into a monster himself.
  +
**There is an ad for the [[Manhattan City Bank]] from the first movie once more with Peter's 'everyone has three mortgages nowadays' line.
  +
**[[Luis Antonio Delgado]]'s 15 easter egg is on the New York player's jersey
  +
**There are several references on the ads around the rink
  +
***Some Time from The Real Ghostbusters episode "[[Three Men and an Egon]]"
  +
***[[Blody]] from The Real Ghostbusters episode "[[The Halloween Door]]"
  +
***Caste from The Real Ghostbusters episode "The Halloween Door"
  +
***[[Hasty Pastry Bakery]] from The Real Ghostbusters episode "[[The Joke's on Ray]]"
  +
***Sony
  +
***Molta from the [[Extreme Ghostbusters]] episode "[[Darkness at Noon, Part 1|Darkness at Noon]]" Part 1
  +
***Ninja Pizza is from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series episode "Turtle Tracks"
  +
*Page 17
  +
**The man who calls the police is visually based on Patton Oswald
  +
**The two men behind Patton are visually based on the original human forms of Bebop and Rocksteady from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series.
  +
*Page 19
  +
**The power source is based on the device Egon and Ray tinker with in the [[The Real Ghostbusters Intro 1|first introduction sequence]] of The Real Ghostbusters.
  +
*Page 20
  +
**In the box by the stairs is a copy of a [[Flex-O-Man Comic]] from the Slimer! episode "[[Room at the Top]]"
  +
**There is a Ghostbusters Mug and Balloon from Ghostbusters II on Janine's desk
  +
**Egon's locker is still set up as [[Dan Schoening]] and Luis Delgado's [[Harold Ramis]] tribute. Visible are:
  +
***The box of Cheese Its, seen in the first movie
  +
***A Trap
  +
***A P.K.E. Meter
  +
***The Ghostbusters II [[Icon Ghost]]
  +
***The jar of Psychomagnotheric Slime
  +
***An article referring to the events of Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis and starring [[Bill Murray]]
  +
***Below Egon's right is a Walley World figurine from National Lampoon's Vacation movies
  +
*Page 21
  +
**Egon eats a Twinkie
  +
*Page 22
  +
**In Ray's locker are:
  +
***An article about another [[Mass Sponge Migration]], first mentioned by Ray in the first movie
  +
***A copy of Popular Phantasmics, mentioned by Egon as a magazine published by Slime Life from The Real Ghostbusters episode "[[Ghostbuster of the Year]]"
  +
***[[Rasputin's Spiritual Exercises]] from The Real Ghostbusters episode "Ghostbuster of the Year"
  +
***A [[Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]] doll, often seen on The Real Ghostbusters
  +
***A bag of Stay Puft Marshmallows
  +
***Agent Mulder's I Want To Believe poster from "The X-Files"
  +
***A Crystal Head Vodka, a product made by [[Dan Aykroyd]]
  +
***Ray's reading glasses from Ghostbusters II
  +
***A jar of Singing Slime from Ghostbusters: The Video Game, Realistic Versions
  +
***A photograph of the [[Pallo Mansion]] from The Real Ghostbusters episode "[[Look Homeward, Ray]]" blocked by Peter's word balloon
  +
***An article mentioning the [[Philadelphia Mass Turbulence of 1947]], mentioned by Ray in the first movie
  +
***[[Dopey Dog]] from The Real Ghostbusters episode "[[The Boogieman Cometh]]"
  +
***Articles about UFOs and the Tunguska region, where the [[Tunguska blast]] took place.
  +
***A [[Camp Waconda]], mentioned by Ray in the first movie, pennant
   
 
==Also See==
  
==Also See==
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TMNTGhostbustersIssueTwoCoverREComicXposure.jpg|Cover RE ComicXposure
  
TMNTGhostbustersIssueTwoCoverREComicXposure.jpg|Cover RE ComicXposure
 
TMNTGhostbustersIssue2SecondPrinting.jpg|Second Printing
  
TMNTGhostbustersIssue2SecondPrinting.jpg|Second Printing
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TMNTGhostbustersIssue2StorySoFar.jpg|Story So Far
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TMNTGhostbustersIssue2DramatisPersonae.jpg|Dramatis Personae
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TMNTGhostbustersIssue2CoversChecklist.jpg|Covers Checklist
 
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Revision as of 04:05, 26 March 2015


Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters 2 is the second of a four part mini series by IDW Publishing which crosses-over the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with the characters from the Ghostbusters universe.

Plot

The Turtles are stuck in the Ghostbusters dimension... along with a brand-new, all-powerful, all-crazy ghost from centuries past! The two teams will have to act fast to save the day, but what happens when Casey Jones becomes possessed? [3]

Cast

Part Two The Meeting of the Minds

Chi-You

Ray Stantz

Peter Venkman

Winston Zeddemore

Egon Spengler

Possessed Humans

Raphael

Casey Jones

Michelangelo

Donatello

Leonardo

April O'Neil

Slimer

Janine Melnitz

Kylie Griffin

Thralls of Chi-You

Equipment

Part Two The Meeting of the Minds

Ecto Goggles

Proton Pack

Particle Thrower

Trap

P.K.E. Meter

Ecto-1

Ghost Sniffer

Aura Video-Analyzer

Paranormal Containment Research Tank

Dimensional Inverter

Tobin's Spirit Guide

Fairfax's Demonologia

Containment Unit

Items

Part Two The Meeting of the Minds

Pin-Up Calendar of Doom!

Ghostbusters Mug and Balloon

The Twinkie

Stay Puft Marshmallows

Singing Slime

Environmental

Part Two The Meeting of the Minds

Psychomagnotheric Slime

Locations

Part Two The Meeting of the Minds

Emmanuel Baptist Church

Firehouse

Madison Square Garden

Development

On July 15, 2014, Bobby Curnow hinted there may be a Blank Cover variant in the November 2014 solicitations. [4]

On July 18, 2014, Erik Burnham confirmed he's seen Dan Schoening's cover for Issue #2. [5]

On July 24, 2014, Tristan Jones posted a work in progress teaser of his cover for Issue #2. [6]

On August 13, 2014, Tristan Jones confirmed the cover for Issue #2 would be his last in the mini-series due to deadlines for his Silent Hill project. [7]

On August 14, 2014, Tristan Jones posted his cover for Issue #2. [8] IDW also confirmed the cover would be part of November 2014's Artist Edition RI variants and there will also be blank cover variants. [9]

On August 19, 2014, November solicits revealed the regular cover and logline. [10]

On August 29, 2014, Erik Burnham declared he was halfway through the mini series. [11]

On September 29, 2014, Brent Peeples teased his Cover RE. [12] He later posted another teaser. [13]

On September 30, 2014, Brent Peeples posted another teaser of his Cover RE. [14]

On October 1, 2014, Brent Peeples posted a pre-colored version of his Cover RE. [15]

On October 2, 2014, Brent Peeples posted a colored version of his Cover RE. [16]

On October 3, 2014, Dan Schoening posted a work in progress of Bebop and Rocksteady as humans. [17]

On October 4, 2014, Adam Gorham posted a work in progress of his cover featuring Michelangelo. [18]

On October 5, 2014, Adam Gorham posted a work in progress of his cover featuring Slimer. [19]

On October 6, 2014, Adam Gorham posted an updated work in progress of his cover featuring Michelangelo. [20]

On October 9, 2014, Erik Burnham reported seeing artwork for Issue #2 and confirmed Dan Schoening's easter eggs are still in full effect. [21] Adam Gorham posted a unlettered version of his cover. [22]

On October 10, 2014, Shannon Ritchie revealed he's done a Cover RE for Comicxposure. [23]

On November 10, 2014, Dan Schoening posted a work in progress of Kylie Griffin carrying a stack of books. [24]

On November 13, 2014, Dan Schoening posted included a teaser of Michelangelo. [25] Schoening also posted a teaser of two hockey players brawling. [26]

On November 23, 2014, a cover, credits, and 5 page preview was posted. [27]

On December 1, 2014, Erik Burnham revealed his favorite gag had to do with the trephination pun. [28]

Trivia

  • Hot Topic Cover RE
    • Slimer appears on the cover
  • Page 1
  • Page 5
    • Ray mentions the Nine Li Tribe, Battle of Zhuolu and Emperor Huangdi.
      • Chi-You was leader of his tribe, Nine Li.
      • According to the "Records of the Grand Historian," the Battle of Zhuolu took place in about 2500 B.C. between the forces of Chi-You and Huangdi. Huangdi's victory is credited with establishing the Han Chinese civilization.
    • Egon pokes April on the shoulder as he did with the elderly gentleman in the first movie at the Sedgewick Hotel.
  • Page 6
  • Page 7
    • Peter remarks the color coding of the turtles will be handy in remembering their names.
      • In similar fashion, the Ghostbusters' animated counterparts on The Real Ghostbusters wore different colored jumpsuits.
    • Peter refers to himself as El Greco and the other Ghostbusters as Botticelli, Signorelli, and Titian.
      • El Greco was painter, sculptor and architect during the Spanish Renaissance
      • Sandro Botticelli was an Italian painter during the Early Renaissance
      • Luca Signorelli was an Italian Renaissance painter known for his use of foreshortening
      • Titian was a highly regarded painter known for his mastery of color
    • Peter alludes to Dana Barrett and her former job restoring art at the Manhattan Museum of Art in Ghostbusters II.
  • Page 8
    • Michelangelo's adoration of the Ecto-1 and request for the Turtles to have one may be a nod to the Turtle Van in some versions of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
  • Page 9
    • Chi-You refers to the pact between himself and his family of immortals.
  • Page 11
    • In Panel 1, on the computer under Don's elbow is the Information screen of Area 1 from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) video game with Splinter's "The map shows your position on on the ground." message.
    • Egon's "It's...technical" response to the Ghost Sniffer question is a callback to Peter's response in the first movie to Dana's query.
    • Still up on the second floor are the New York poster and ladder with towel from Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Realistic Versions).
    • On the black monitor in the right corner is the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV video game title screen.
  • Page 12
  • Page 13
    • Egon not believing in aliens dates back to Volume 1 Issue #11.
    • Donatello and the others have met various aliens on their ongoing comic book series
    • Winston mentions 'going in first.' The United States Marine Corps' core duty is to go first into battle.
  • Page 14
    • Janine brings up a tray of Pequod's coffee.
    • The arcade behind Kylie is set on the burning apartment level in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game
  • Page 15
    • Ray refers to his late mother and her Swiss heritage.
      • In drafts of Ghostbusters II, for example page 109 of the 2/27/89 draft, Ray mentioned his great-grandparents were Swiss.
    • Ray holds a copy of Fairfax's Demonologia up to Slimer. It is a 19th century book about a discourse of witchcraft.
    • Ray alludes to Peter's initial skepticism in the first movie
    • Slimer's Pin-Up Calendar of Doom! is set on April
  • Page 16
    • In reality, the NHL Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 1 between the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens at the Madison Square Garden took place on April 16, 1996.
    • There is an ad for the Bijou Theatre, seen in the Slimer! episode "Movie Madness"
    • The movie "From Beyond" was a movie adapted from a H.P. Lovecraft story about how an experiment accidentally leads a character to be taken by monsters in another dimension and transformed into a monster himself.
    • There is an ad for the Manhattan City Bank from the first movie once more with Peter's 'everyone has three mortgages nowadays' line.
    • Luis Antonio Delgado's 15 easter egg is on the New York player's jersey
    • There are several references on the ads around the rink
  • Page 17
    • The man who calls the police is visually based on Patton Oswald
    • The two men behind Patton are visually based on the original human forms of Bebop and Rocksteady from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 animated series.
  • Page 19
  • Page 20
    • In the box by the stairs is a copy of a Flex-O-Man Comic from the Slimer! episode "Room at the Top"
    • There is a Ghostbusters Mug and Balloon from Ghostbusters II on Janine's desk
    • Egon's locker is still set up as Dan Schoening and Luis Delgado's Harold Ramis tribute. Visible are:
      • The box of Cheese Its, seen in the first movie
      • A Trap
      • A P.K.E. Meter
      • The Ghostbusters II Icon Ghost
      • The jar of Psychomagnotheric Slime
      • An article referring to the events of Groundhog Day, directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray
      • Below Egon's right is a Walley World figurine from National Lampoon's Vacation movies
  • Page 21
    • Egon eats a Twinkie
  • Page 22

Also See

References

  1. ↑ Pull List Comixology Issue #2
  2. ↑ Issue #2 Second Printing Previews World
  3. ↑ Previews World Issue #2 8/19/14
  4. ↑ Bobby Curnow post IDW Publishing Forums 7/15/14
  5. ↑ erikburnham Tweet 7/18/14
  6. ↑ TRexJones Tweet 7/24/14
  7. ↑ Tristan Jones post Ghostbusters Fans 8/13/14
  8. ↑ TRexJones Tweet 8/14/14
  9. ↑ IDW Publishing Facebook 8/14/14
  10. ↑ Previews World Issue #2 8/19/14
  11. ↑ erikburnham Tweet 8/29/14
  12. ↑ peeplesart Tweet #1 9/29/14
  13. ↑ peeplesart Tweet #2 9/29/14
  14. ↑ peeplesart Tweet 9/30/14
  15. ↑ peeplesart Tweet 10/1/14
  16. ↑ peeplesart Tweet 10/2/14
  17. ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet 10/3/14
  18. ↑ Adam Gorham instagram 10/4/14
  19. ↑ Adam Gorham instagram 10/5/14
  20. ↑ Adam Gorham instagram 10/6/14
  21. ↑ erikburnham Tweet 10/9/14
  22. ↑ Adam Gorham deviantArt TMNT/GB 2 10/9/14
  23. ↑ Shannon Ritchie instagram 10/10/14
  24. ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet 11/10/14
  25. ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet #1 11/13/14
  26. ↑ Dapperpomade Tweet #2 11/13/14
  27. ↑ Issue #2 Preview via Comic Book Resources 11/23/14
  28. ↑ erikburnham Tweet 12/1/14


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