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Back to the Future

Episode Studies by Clayton Barr

enik1138-at-popapostle-dot-com
Back to the Future: Time Served (Part 5) Back to the Future
"Time Served" Part 4
Back to the Future #25
IDW
Story by John Barber and Bob Gale
Script by John Barber
Art by Marcelo Ferreira & Athila Fabbio
Inks by Maria Keane
Colors by Jose Luis Rio
Letters by Shawn Lee
Cover by Marcelo Ferreira
October 2017

 

The mystery of the Brown fortune comes to a resolution.

 

Notes from the Back to the Future chronology

 

This issue opens with a flashback to June 24, 1972, but takes place mostly on May 10-12, 1986.

 

Characters appearing or mentioned in this story

 

police officers

Joey Baines

Biff Tannen

Marty McFly

Professor Irving

Doc Brown

Mrs. Brown-Ellsworth (in Doc's memories only, deceased)

George McFly

Lorraine McFly

J. Carlton Ellsworth (in Doc's memories only, deceased)

Galileo (in Doc's memories only, deceased)

Doug McFly

Linda McFly

San Baines

Stella Baines

Jennifer Parker

Gabriela Sanchez (mentioned only)

Clara

Jules

Verne

Einstein

 

Didja Notice?

 

When Joey refuses to give up his accomplices in 1972, he proclaims, "I ain't a rat." The interrogating officer then asks him, "You're throwing everything away for, what--some James Cagney principle?" Cagney (1899-1986) was an American actor often known for playing tough crooks.

 

On page 5, Biff remarks that Joey's stint in prison at least kept him out of the draft. But the U.S. draft ended in January 1973 anyway, so Joey only "avoided" it for about 8 months.

 

On page 8, Biff calls Professor Irving "Poindexter". Poindexter was the name of a young, nerdy character in the cartoons of Felix the Cat. The name came to be used in the American vernacular as a slang term for someone who is bookish and/or social inept.

 

On page 17, Doc says that after the stock market crash of '29, his mother developed an aversion to and distrust of financial institutions. Doc is referring to the stock market crash that occurred through September and October of 1929, resulting in the Great Depression, a worldwide economic downturn that ran through much of the 1930s.

 

On page 18, Doc remarks the Ellsworths were the closest the west coast had to the Rockefellers. The Rockefeller family is one of the richest and most powerful families in U.S. history. They made their initial fortune in the petroleum industry in the late 1800s. Based in New York, the family continues to have money and influence today.

 

Apparently, the electrical discharges of Doc's "inertial buoyancy displacement convector" will gradually disintegrate clothing and hair on a person caught in the vortex, because Bill was wearing a full sweat suit and sneakers when he got caught in it on page 15, but his sleeves are gone as he writhes in its grip on page 20, and appears to be completely naked and hairless when Doc turns the device off on page 21!

 

When George sees Biff's new "haircut", Biff passes it off as he's trying "a little Kojak thing for the summer..." This is a reference to the character of Theo Kojak played by the bald actor Telly Savalas on the 1973-1978 crime drama TV series Kojak.

 

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