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Salutations and consolations, my fellow paranormal investigators and eliminators! It’s hard to believe we’re back here… not “here” as in In Lieu Of but “here” as in the summer of 1989! Feels like we were just here, like, two issues ago. OK... how about New Years Eve, 1989? That’s not when this particular movie came out but it does take place around that time of year, so we’ll go with that. Am I ever ready to slide down a fireman’s pole, hop into Ecto-1, and bust some ghosts! But first we ought to tediously review the intersection of emerging scientific consensus on global climate change with wider public awareness in the late 1980’s. But then... GHOSTS! From the point where decades-long study collides with lay expectations of the planet and its resources, I’m interested to see where this debate bubbles to the surface in a less-well-regarded sequel to another global phenomenon: one not as concerned with the climate as it is with focused, non-terminal, repeating phantasms and class-five full-roaming vapors. The real nasty ones. In lieu of an honest dialogue about the cause of a changing climate and why its cause is so contentious, why did Ghostbusters II present us with… a river of pink slime? Volume I. Issue 3. Who ya gonna call?