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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
For eons, war has raged between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s on the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], until | For eons, war has raged between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s on the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], until the day that the Autobots fled their blighted world aboard their starship, the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Even though [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s Decepticons immediately made plans to pursue their ancient foes, they find their war interrupted by something far, far worse... for the extradimensional deity known only as [[Gozer]] has arrived on Cybertron! Flanked by its dread minions [[Vinz Clortho]] and [[Zuul]], Megatron and his inner retinue—[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]—gather in front of the [[Temple of Gozer|temple]] that Gozer has summoned. Though Shockwave advises caution, Starscream makes an impetuous stand against the deity, only for it to contemptuously blast all four of them with supernatural lightning. Soundwave suggests calling for assistance, while Starscream whines that they should've fled Cybertron, and Megatron shrugs them both off: he will deal with Gozer himself. Knocking Gozer's minion Clortho aside, the Decepticon leader confronts Gozer face-to-face only to be asked a simple question: to choose the form of the Destructor, the shape that Gozer will assume to annihilate the metal world. | ||
Megatron only has a second before Gozer ominously anounces that the choice is made, and fades away... and a guilty Starscream reveals that, on hearing Gozer's words, a thought momentarily crossed his mind, his first concept of a being capable of destroying Cybertron. Megatron demands to know what Starscream could've possibly done, but no sooner has he asked the question then Gozer reappears, now clad in the form of a colossal, monstrous Starscream! Though Megatron and his forces rally to defend their world from the supernatural threat, they are swiftly vanquished, and Cybertron itself is utterly destroyed. | Megatron only has a second before Gozer ominously anounces that the choice is made, and fades away... and a guilty Starscream reveals that, on hearing Gozer's words, a thought momentarily crossed his mind, his first concept of a being capable of destroying Cybertron. Megatron demands to know what Starscream could've possibly done, but no sooner has he asked the question then Gozer reappears, now clad in the form of a colossal, monstrous Starscream! Though Megatron and his forces rally to defend their world from the supernatural threat, they are swiftly vanquished, and Cybertron itself is utterly destroyed. | ||
A thousand years later, the Autobots have turned the ''Ark'' into their new base of operations after fleeing Cybertron; the last members of their species, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his troops are spaceborne nomads, left rudderless by the destruction | A thousand years later, the Autobots have turned the ''Ark'' into their new base of operations after fleeing Cybertron; the last members of their species, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his troops are spaceborne nomads, left rudderless by the destruction of their homeworld. That's why the young scientist [[Ectotron|Ectronymous Diamatron]] is so shocked when, on one lonely vigil, he unexpectedly picks up a ''Cybertronian'' signal on his homemade sensor array, his shout of surprise drawing the attention of both [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. Even though "Eck" is irked by their refusal to acknowledge his full name—the pair, shocked by his findings, agree with his decision to inform Prime of the situation. | ||
On the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, Optimus's advisors offer their own opinions on Ectronymous's report: [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] remains skeptical, believing it to be a trap, while [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] puts the whole thing down to a bug in Ectronymous's systems. Angry by the lack of faith that the other Autobots have in him, Ectronymous passionately argues in the veracity of his data, and his conviction prompts Prime to agree with his findings, and allows him the freedom to investigate, though Prime warns him that he'll receive no backup on this mission. Following the signal, the ''Ark'' arrives over its source: a primitive organic world the locals call "[[Earth]]." | On the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, Optimus's advisors offer their own opinions on Ectronymous's report: [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] remains skeptical, believing it to be a trap, while [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] puts the whole thing down to a bug in Ectronymous's systems. Angry by the lack of faith that the other Autobots have in him, Ectronymous passionately argues in the veracity of his data, and his conviction prompts Prime to agree with his findings, and allows him the freedom to investigate, though Prime warns him that he'll receive no backup on this mission. Following the signal, the ''Ark'' arrives over its source: a primitive organic world the locals call "[[Earth]]." | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Continuity notes=== | ===Continuity notes=== | ||
* Before we begin, it might be worth going over the Ghostbusters' own history with [[IDW Publishing]]. Much like IDW's ''Transformers'' output, the team starred in a variety of ongoings and one-shots from 2009 to 2020, forming a long-running universe that picks up around 1994, five years after the events of ''{{w|Ghostbusters II}}'' and three years after ''{{w|Ghostbusters: The Video Game}}''. Unlike IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, however, which relegated the vast majority of its crossovers (''[[Mars Attacks: The Transformers|Mars Attacks]]'','' [[Star Trek vs. Transformers|Star Trek]]'', | * Before we begin, it might be worth going over the Ghostbusters' own history with [[IDW Publishing]]. Much like IDW's ''Transformers'' output, the team starred in a variety of ongoings and one-shots from 2009 to 2020, forming a long-running universe that picks up around 1994, five years after the events of ''{{w|Ghostbusters II}}'' and three years after ''{{w|Ghostbusters: The Video Game}}''. Unlike IDW's ''Transformers'' comics, however, which relegated the vast majority of its crossovers (''[[Mars Attacks: The Transformers|Mars Attacks]]'','' [[Star Trek vs. Transformers|Star Trek]]'', etc.) into various [[Micro-continuity|micro-continuities]] entirely divorced from [[2005 IDW continuity|its primary universe]], ''Ghostbusters'' took the opposite tack, and worked a variety of crossovers directly into its canon. Over the course of their adventures, the Ghostbusters have encountered a variety of other characters: the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]], {{w|The Real Ghostbusters|their animated alter-egos}}, and even {{w|Ghostbusters (2016 film)|their female counterparts}}, though this ''Transformers'' comic is one of the few crossovers achieved ''without'' any interdimensional travel taking place. | ||
* In addition to the traditional [[proton pack]], Winston is depicted wielding a unique "[[wikia:ghostbusters:Proton Pistol|proton pistol]]" as a sidearm. This weapon didn't appear in either of the ''Ghostbusters'' films, but was instead a development that first appeared during the Ghostbusters' involvement in IDW's ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' crossover event, and has since become one of Winston's signature weapons in the IDW comic universe. | * In addition to the traditional [[proton pack]], Winston is depicted wielding a unique "[[wikia:ghostbusters:Proton Pistol|proton pistol]]" as a sidearm. This weapon didn't appear in either of the ''Ghostbusters'' films, but was instead a development that first appeared during the Ghostbusters' involvement in IDW's ''[[Infestation (IDW)|Infestation]]'' crossover event, and has since become one of Winston's signature weapons in the IDW comic universe. | ||
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* Gozer's monstrous Starscream form is shown wearing the iconic crown that first appeared in the 1986 film, and has subsequently gone on to make several appearances in other continuities. "Starscream" also sports a necklace of severed heads; in addition to his obvious rivals Megatron, Optimus, and Shockwave, there's also [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], presumably referencing their old friendship as seen in "[[Fire in the Sky]]." | * Gozer's monstrous Starscream form is shown wearing the iconic crown that first appeared in the 1986 film, and has subsequently gone on to make several appearances in other continuities. "Starscream" also sports a necklace of severed heads; in addition to his obvious rivals Megatron, Optimus, and Shockwave, there's also [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], presumably referencing their old friendship as seen in "[[Fire in the Sky]]." | ||
* Ectronymous muses that the signal on Earth might emanate from a "lost colony;" while this obviously isn't the case here, it ''was'' so in [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's 2005–2018 Generation 1 comics]], which would eventually include Earth as part of the mythical "[[Cybertronian colonies|thirteen colonies]]" of ancient Cybertronian lore. | * Ectronymous muses that the signal on Earth might emanate from a "lost colony;" while this obviously isn't the case here, it ''was'' so in [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW's 2005–2018 Generation 1 comics]], which would eventually include Earth as part of the mythical "[[Cybertronian colonies|thirteen colonies]]" of ancient Cybertronian lore. | ||
* Ectronymous's use of a [[Sky Spy]] probe to scan the Ecto-1, and the translucent | * Ectronymous's use of a [[Sky Spy]] probe to scan the Ecto-1, and the translucent "cube" it projects over the vehicle, are both evocative of the sequence from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". | ||
* "Tim" and "Frank", the two police officers who try to ticket Ectotron, are modeled on [[Joe (MTMTE)|Joe]] and his coworker from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" (albeit, of course, in police uniform instead of [[hard hat]]s). | * "Tim" and "Frank", the two police officers who try to ticket Ectotron, are modeled on [[Joe (MTMTE)|Joe]] and his coworker from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" (albeit, of course, in police uniform instead of [[hard hat]]s). | ||
* Finally, the concept of Starscream—and Starscream alone—somehow being able to cheat death by persisting as a "ghost" is a concept that began in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Starscream's Ghost]]," but still sees frequent use to this day. | * Finally, the concept of Starscream—and Starscream alone—somehow being able to cheat death by persisting as a "ghost" is a concept that began in the ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[Starscream's Ghost]]," but still sees frequent use to this day. | ||
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* The opening scene—which features the Temple of Gozer, its two minions [[Vinz Clortho]] and [[Zuul]], and a rite in which Gozer forces its supplicants to choose "the form of the Destructor"—are all straight from the ending of the original ''Ghostbusters'' movie. Starscream's blunder, in which he inadvertently provides Gozer's Destructor form, similarly evokes of the film's climax, in which Gozer picks up on one of Ray's stray musings and uses it to transform itself into a rampaging [[Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]]. | * The opening scene—which features the Temple of Gozer, its two minions [[Vinz Clortho]] and [[Zuul]], and a rite in which Gozer forces its supplicants to choose "the form of the Destructor"—are all straight from the ending of the original ''Ghostbusters'' movie. Starscream's blunder, in which he inadvertently provides Gozer's Destructor form, similarly evokes of the film's climax, in which Gozer picks up on one of Ray's stray musings and uses it to transform itself into a rampaging [[Stay Puft Marshmallow Man]]. | ||
* Gozer's first form in the comic is a suitably Transformer-ized version of its androgynous humanoid avatar, played by Serbian model/actress {{w|Slavitza Jovan}} in the first ''Ghostbusters'' film. | * Gozer's first form in the comic is a suitably Transformer-ized version of its androgynous humanoid avatar, played by Serbian model/actress {{w|Slavitza Jovan}} in the first ''Ghostbusters'' film. | ||
* Winston mentions watching a {{w|Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers}} game; his | * Winston mentions watching a {{w|Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers}} game; his love of baseball is a long-running character trait across a variety of continuities. | ||
* The parking ticket getting disintegrated is a callback to a cut scene from the original ''Ghostbusters'' film, where Ecto-1 does the same thing before a befuddled police officer's eyes. The scene was included in the movie's novelization. | * The parking ticket getting disintegrated is a callback to a cut scene from the original ''Ghostbusters'' film, where Ecto-1 does the same thing before a befuddled police officer's eyes. The scene was included in the movie's novelization. | ||
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File:TFGB01-cvrRIA.jpg|Louis Tully was out sick. | File:TFGB01-cvrRIA.jpg|Louis Tully was out sick. | ||
File:TFGB01-cvrRIB.jpg|Mr. Stay Puft just can't help being happy. | File:TFGB01-cvrRIB.jpg|Mr. Stay Puft just can't help being happy. | ||
File:TFGB01-cvrRIC.jpg|[[Black | File:TFGB01-cvrRIC.jpg|[[Black redeco]] cover. | ||
File:TFGB01-cvrRE.jpg|Hey, who are these weird guys? | File:TFGB01-cvrRE.jpg|Hey, who are these weird guys? | ||
File:TFGB01-cvrRE2.jpg|Man, I just had this hand replaced. | File:TFGB01-cvrRE2.jpg|Man, I just had this hand replaced. | ||
File:TFGB01-cvrRE3.jpg|Yes, we '''will''' get this | File:TFGB01-cvrRE3.jpg|Yes, we '''will''' get this [[redeco]]. | ||
File:TFGG01-cvrPI.jpg | File:TFGG01-cvrPI.jpg | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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 It's that darn ghost again. He just won't leave us alone! I guess we're going to have to move. | |||||||||||||
| "Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1" | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | IDW Publishing | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 26, 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | June 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Erik Burnham | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Dan Schoening | ||||||||||||
| Colors by | Luis Antonio Delgado | ||||||||||||
| Letters by | Tom B. Long | ||||||||||||
| Editor | David Mariotte and Tom Waltz | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Transformers/Ghostbusters | ||||||||||||
Cybertron has fallen, annihilated by the monstrous Gozer the Destructor. But when an Autobot rookie finds himself on a solo mission to track a rogue Cybertronian signal on a distant organic world... who is he gonna call?
Synopsis
[edit]For eons, war has raged between the Autobots and Decepticons on the planet Cybertron, until the day that the Autobots fled their blighted world aboard their starship, the Ark. Even though Megatron's Decepticons immediately made plans to pursue their ancient foes, they find their war interrupted by something far, far worse... for the extradimensional deity known only as Gozer has arrived on Cybertron! Flanked by its dread minions Vinz Clortho and Zuul, Megatron and his inner retinue—Shockwave, Soundwave, and Starscream—gather in front of the temple that Gozer has summoned. Though Shockwave advises caution, Starscream makes an impetuous stand against the deity, only for it to contemptuously blast all four of them with supernatural lightning. Soundwave suggests calling for assistance, while Starscream whines that they should've fled Cybertron, and Megatron shrugs them both off: he will deal with Gozer himself. Knocking Gozer's minion Clortho aside, the Decepticon leader confronts Gozer face-to-face only to be asked a simple question: to choose the form of the Destructor, the shape that Gozer will assume to annihilate the metal world.
Megatron only has a second before Gozer ominously anounces that the choice is made, and fades away... and a guilty Starscream reveals that, on hearing Gozer's words, a thought momentarily crossed his mind, his first concept of a being capable of destroying Cybertron. Megatron demands to know what Starscream could've possibly done, but no sooner has he asked the question then Gozer reappears, now clad in the form of a colossal, monstrous Starscream! Though Megatron and his forces rally to defend their world from the supernatural threat, they are swiftly vanquished, and Cybertron itself is utterly destroyed.
A thousand years later, the Autobots have turned the Ark into their new base of operations after fleeing Cybertron; the last members of their species, Optimus Prime and his troops are spaceborne nomads, left rudderless by the destruction of their homeworld. That's why the young scientist Ectronymous Diamatron is so shocked when, on one lonely vigil, he unexpectedly picks up a Cybertronian signal on his homemade sensor array, his shout of surprise drawing the attention of both Cliffjumper and Bumblebee. Even though "Eck" is irked by their refusal to acknowledge his full name—the pair, shocked by his findings, agree with his decision to inform Prime of the situation.
On the Ark's bridge, Optimus's advisors offer their own opinions on Ectronymous's report: Ironhide remains skeptical, believing it to be a trap, while Jazz puts the whole thing down to a bug in Ectronymous's systems. Angry by the lack of faith that the other Autobots have in him, Ectronymous passionately argues in the veracity of his data, and his conviction prompts Prime to agree with his findings, and allows him the freedom to investigate, though Prime warns him that he'll receive no backup on this mission. Following the signal, the Ark arrives over its source: a primitive organic world the locals call "Earth."
In Brooklyn, four such locals are having problems of their own; the four-man band of paranormal investigators known as the Ghostbusters are on the trail of another ghost, one responsible for plunging their ride, the Ecto-1, into a massive sinkhole. Though the four men—Egon Spengler, Winston Zeddemore, Peter Venkman, and Ray Stantz—briefly mourn the loss of the Ecto-1, they're forced to continue their hunt on foot as they set off into the nearby Prospect Park... unaware they're being watched by a Cybertronian probe. The probe promptly scans their downed vehicle for the benefit of Ectronymous, who gladly assumes this new disguise.
In the park, even the advanced proton packs of the Ghostbusters are having trouble against their latest quarry: only barely able to restrain the gigantic, tentacled ghost, the Ghostbusters are only able to overpower their foe after Ray hurls a ghost trap at the creature, at which point it is safely sucked into the device and neutralized. The job done, the gang head back to the sinkhole to check on their car—unaware that the local police have just had a run-in with Ectronymous, who's easily convinced them to leave after disintegrating their parking ticket.
Confused to find the "Ecto-1" parked on the grass, Peter confirms that the other Ecto-1 is still stuck in the sinkhole. Egon checks his PKE meter, confirming another spectral presence in the area... a spectral presence that manifests as a ghostly Starscream! Starscream tells the humans to leave so that he can speak to the Autobot... only for the humans to easily catch and restrain the spectral Cybertronian with another well-slung ghost trap. Though Peter enthuses at the prospect of overtime pay, Egon is concerned; the second phantom's readings are wildly inconsistent with any of the other phantoms they've dealt with.
It's Winston, however, who asks the more salient question: what is an Autobot, anyway? That question is answered a second later when the mysterious Ecto-1 transforms, and Ectronymous introduces himself to the Ghostbusters!
Featured characters
[edit](Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
| Autobots | Decepticons | Ghostbusters | Others |
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Quotes
[edit]"Cybertron... the Traveler has come."
- —Gozer
"It's Ectronymous Diamatron, Bumblebee, please. I worked hard for my title—the least you could do is respect that."
- —Eck..., sorry, we mean, Ectronymous Diamatron, gets tetchy
"We need to inform Prime at once!"
"That's Optimus Prime, Eck. You don't want to be all disrespectful, like me."
- —Eck and Bumblebee
"The Dodgers? Seriously? You have two and a half perfectly good teams within 100 miles of here, so... why?"
"Caught a game on vacation when I was a kid and liked what I saw."
"But the song clearly tells you to root, root, root for the home team, Winston."
- —Peter and Winston
Notes
[edit]Continuity notes
[edit]- Before we begin, it might be worth going over the Ghostbusters' own history with IDW Publishing. Much like IDW's Transformers output, the team starred in a variety of ongoings and one-shots from 2009 to 2020, forming a long-running universe that picks up around 1994, five years after the events of Ghostbusters II and three years after Ghostbusters: The Video Game. Unlike IDW's Transformers comics, however, which relegated the vast majority of its crossovers (Mars Attacks, Star Trek, etc.) into various micro-continuities entirely divorced from its primary universe, Ghostbusters took the opposite tack, and worked a variety of crossovers directly into its canon. Over the course of their adventures, the Ghostbusters have encountered a variety of other characters: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, their animated alter-egos, and even their female counterparts, though this Transformers comic is one of the few crossovers achieved without any interdimensional travel taking place.
- In addition to the traditional proton pack, Winston is depicted wielding a unique "proton pistol" as a sidearm. This weapon didn't appear in either of the Ghostbusters films, but was instead a development that first appeared during the Ghostbusters' involvement in IDW's Infestation crossover event, and has since become one of Winston's signature weapons in the IDW comic universe.
Transformers references
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- Moreso than the recently published Star Trek vs. Transformers miniseries, the opening scene of this issue takes some direct cues from the Sunbow Generation 1 cartoon, featuring a battle on Cybertron that's clearly inspired by the opening act of "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1," featuring Bumblebee, Wheeljack, Jazz, Laserbeak, and the Seekers in their cartoon-accurate Cybertronian forms, and even featuring an original, Sunbow-styled Cybertronian form for Trailbreaker.
- The Temple of Gozer is backlit by a swirling, psychedelic vortex of colour. This isn't something that appeared in the actual Ghostbusters film, however; instead, it's sampled from the opening credits of The Transformers: The Movie.
- Iconography in front of the Temple of Gozer depicts a pair of Quintesson heads, and an exact replica of the mural of Menonia that appeared in "Madman's Paradise." Now, Ghostbusters lore has established that Gozer itself cannot enter a dimension unless it is specifically summoned by someone or something from within; the Generation 1 cartoon, meanwhile, established that the Quintessons do possess knowledge of the supernatural. All of that, combined with the fact that the Brooklyn ghost bears a very strong resemblance to a "prosecutor"-type Quintesson, certainly suggest there's more going on than appears at first glance...
- Gozer's monstrous Starscream form is shown wearing the iconic crown that first appeared in the 1986 film, and has subsequently gone on to make several appearances in other continuities. "Starscream" also sports a necklace of severed heads; in addition to his obvious rivals Megatron, Optimus, and Shockwave, there's also Jetfire, presumably referencing their old friendship as seen in "Fire in the Sky."
- Ectronymous muses that the signal on Earth might emanate from a "lost colony;" while this obviously isn't the case here, it was so in IDW's 2005–2018 Generation 1 comics, which would eventually include Earth as part of the mythical "thirteen colonies" of ancient Cybertronian lore.
- Ectronymous's use of a Sky Spy probe to scan the Ecto-1, and the translucent "cube" it projects over the vehicle, are both evocative of the sequence from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1".
- "Tim" and "Frank", the two police officers who try to ticket Ectotron, are modeled on Joe and his coworker from "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1" (albeit, of course, in police uniform instead of hard hats).
- Finally, the concept of Starscream—and Starscream alone—somehow being able to cheat death by persisting as a "ghost" is a concept that began in the The Transformers episode "Starscream's Ghost," but still sees frequent use to this day.
Ghostbusters references
[edit]- The opening scene—which features the Temple of Gozer, its two minions Vinz Clortho and Zuul, and a rite in which Gozer forces its supplicants to choose "the form of the Destructor"—are all straight from the ending of the original Ghostbusters movie. Starscream's blunder, in which he inadvertently provides Gozer's Destructor form, similarly evokes of the film's climax, in which Gozer picks up on one of Ray's stray musings and uses it to transform itself into a rampaging Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
- Gozer's first form in the comic is a suitably Transformer-ized version of its androgynous humanoid avatar, played by Serbian model/actress Slavitza Jovan in the first Ghostbusters film.
- Winston mentions watching a Dodgers game; his love of baseball is a long-running character trait across a variety of continuities.
- The parking ticket getting disintegrated is a callback to a cut scene from the original Ghostbusters film, where Ecto-1 does the same thing before a befuddled police officer's eyes. The scene was included in the movie's novelization.
Real-world references
[edit]- While assessing the damaged Ecto-1, Egon muses that they can hoist the car and repair it; Ray agrees that they have the technology, and Peter sardonically agrees that it'll be "better, stronger, faster," lines from the opening narration to The Six Million Dollar Man.
- Prospect Park is a real location in Brooklyn.
- The "song" that Peter and Winston discuss is presumably the children's song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Other notes
[edit]- Originally solicited for the end of June, this issue arrives one week late. Despite this, several copies of the comic were given away early at Ghostbusters FanFest 2019.[1]
Covers (9)
[edit]- Cover A: Ghostbusters and Autobots battle the Decepticons in New York, by Dan Schoening and Luis Antonio Delgado, part 1 of a 5-part composite cover
- Cover B: Ectotron and the Ghostbusters pursue Slimer as the ghost of Starscream menaces them, in a homage to a famous piece of Real Ghostbusters promotional art, by Nick Roche and Luis Antonio Delgado
- Retailer incentive cover A: Ectotron and the Ghostbusters, by Alex Milne and Josh Perez
- Retailer incentive cover B: Ectotron takes on the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, by Paulina Ganucheau and Kendall Goode
- Retailer incentive cover C: A black blackground of retailer incentive cover A
- Ghostbusters FanFest exclusive cover: Ectotron poses with a photo of the cast and director of Ghostbusters II, by Dan Schoening and Luis Antonio Delgado
- Fan Expo Dallas exclusive cover: Autobots and Ghostbusters take on Megatron and Gozer, by Clayton Crain
- SDCC exclusive cover: The Ghostbusters and Optimus Prime, in his Ghostbusters-inspired livery, by Dan Schoening and Luis Antonio Delgado
- Ectotron (2021) pack-in cover: Ectotron and the Ghostbusters aim their protons beams skyward while the Temple of Gozer, ghostly Decepticons, and Kremzeeks approach from behind, in homage to the classic poster for The Transformers: The Movie, by Dan Schoening and Luis Antonio Delgado
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Ray may be in over his head here. -
Extreme Ghostbusters? -
Louis Tully was out sick. -
Mr. Stay Puft just can't help being happy. -
Black redeco cover. -
Hey, who are these weird guys? -
Man, I just had this hand replaced. -
Yes, we will get this redeco. -
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Some attendees of FanFest got a copy of Ghosts of Cybertron #1. Hope the overall reaction is as big as the FF reaction!"—Erik Burnham, Twitter, 2019/06/10
