On Twitter, Tom Waltz, the Manager of Creative Development and Senior Editor at IDW Publishing announced a four-issue weekly event in April to mark the 35th anniversary of Ghostbusters. Each issue will have a different creative team, and respectively star the original Ghostbusters, their animated counterparts, the 2016 group, and the Extreme Ghostbusters:
Written by Erik Burnham (“Ghostbusters: Crossing Over”)
Illustrated by Dan Schoening (“Ghostbusters: Crossing Over”)
Colored by Luis Antonio Delgado (“Ghostbusters” ongoing)
Release date: April 3, 2019
Written by Cavan Scott (“Doctor Who”)
Illustrated by Marcelo Ferreira (“Back to the Future”)
Colored by Luis Antonio Delgado
Release date: April 10, 2019
Written by Devin Grayson (“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X”)
Illustrated by S.L. Gallant (“G.I. Joe”)
Colored by Luis Antonio Delgado
Release date: April 17, 2019
Written by Jim Beard and Keith Dallas (“Ghostbusters: Con-Volution”)
Illustrated by Tim Lattie (“Plants Vs. Zombies”)
Colored by Luis Antonio Delgado
Release date: April 24, 2019
Each issue will come with a retailer incentive cover by Anthony M. Marques (“The Shadow: Agents of Shadow”), which when joined together should look like this:
Waltz tweeted “We’re currently putting together Apr. solicits for Diamond Previews & should have order code numbers & storyline summaries available soon.” He also teased more comics to mark the 35th anniversary of Ghostbusters (which was first released on June 8, 1984), hinting that “this isn’t the biggest news,” and that “It’s gonna be a great year of #Ghostbusters fun!” In fact, another generation of Ghostbusters are starring in one of January’s “20/20” one-shots, an event which marks the 20th anniversary of IDW.
