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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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