Whether Dana will be in the new comic has been a subject of debate….in both the RGB and the “pure” GB2 timelines she and Venkman break up not long after the battle with Gozer, but Red and company are charting a different path. So who knows?
On the one hand, having Dana not there opens the way for “Venkman on the prowl” comedy as he chases the women he meets…but having Venkman happy in a relationship for a change could make a good contrast.
I'm not shy about being an RGB partisan on most “movie vs. cartoon version” issues, but it always really annoyed me that Dana
wasn't even mentioned once during the six years the show ran. Even if Dana isn't in the comic, show Venkman
dealing with it. Make references to her! Even if it's a careless comment from Ray once in a while (“Oh…Venkman…I…I'm sorry, I….I just forgot…”)
Oscar is pretty tied into the GB2 “future” that Red has indicated he will not neccessarily be moving towards. But one really interesting twist would be to have Venkman and Dana work out this time, get married, and she gives birth…to Oscar Venkman
. How's that idea?