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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic (Legacy Edition) #2
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition Book Two
The definitive collection of every Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic, for the first time presented in publication order, continues in this all-new volume.
THE OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO JOSS WHEDON’S AWARD-WINNING BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER TELEVISION SERIES!
Set during the third season of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series, discover the untold stories of the Scoobies during the most dangerous time ever - their final year at Sunnydale High! As if finals and the threat of further education weren’t bad enough, Buffy & her friends will have to fight superpowered vampires and doppelgängers, all at the whim of the terrifying Big Bad Selke!
And let’s not forget the homework.
Collects Buffy The Vampire Slayer #11-19 (Dark Horse Comics), as well as short stories from the era, including “Bad Dog,” the first comic work by screenwriter/director and Buffy alum Douglas Petrie
Legacy Editions collect for the first time every issue of the most popular BOOM! Studios series in chronological order, in a newly designed, value priced format.
THE OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO JOSS WHEDON’S AWARD-WINNING BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER TELEVISION SERIES!
Set during the third season of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series, discover the untold stories of the Scoobies during the most dangerous time ever - their final year at Sunnydale High! As if finals and the threat of further education weren’t bad enough, Buffy & her friends will have to fight superpowered vampires and doppelgängers, all at the whim of the terrifying Big Bad Selke!
And let’s not forget the homework.
Collects Buffy The Vampire Slayer #11-19 (Dark Horse Comics), as well as short stories from the era, including “Bad Dog,” the first comic work by screenwriter/director and Buffy alum Douglas Petrie
Legacy Editions collect for the first time every issue of the most popular BOOM! Studios series in chronological order, in a newly designed, value priced format.
304 pages, Paperback
Published August 11, 2020
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Christopher Golden
803 books2,913 followersCHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. Golden co-hosts the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com
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April 8, 2021
This is a collection of older comics based on the television show. These are older comics that take place in the third season of the show.
This collection was a vast improvement over the first collection in all areas. The story, the artwork, and the dialogue was so much better than the first collection. The first collection had trouble in all these areas and felt like it was bad fan fiction. This collection felt like it belonged in this universe. One aspect that I liked about this collection is that it was put together like it was a season of the show. We would get comics that belong to the story with the big bad and interspersed within these comics were one off stories. It was just like a season of the show. And I enjoyed the overall big bad story as well as the one offs. One of my biggest complaints with the first collection was the artwork. It was impossible to tell the difference between established characters. That changes within this collection as the artwork resembled the actors in most of the panels. It isn't the best artwork but it is more than passable.
This is what I was looking for when I started reading these books. The first collection did not accomplish that. I did enjoy these stories. They were not earth shattering but it was nice to be back in the early years of the slayer and the Scooby gang.
This collection was a vast improvement over the first collection in all areas. The story, the artwork, and the dialogue was so much better than the first collection. The first collection had trouble in all these areas and felt like it was bad fan fiction. This collection felt like it belonged in this universe. One aspect that I liked about this collection is that it was put together like it was a season of the show. We would get comics that belong to the story with the big bad and interspersed within these comics were one off stories. It was just like a season of the show. And I enjoyed the overall big bad story as well as the one offs. One of my biggest complaints with the first collection was the artwork. It was impossible to tell the difference between established characters. That changes within this collection as the artwork resembled the actors in most of the panels. It isn't the best artwork but it is more than passable.
This is what I was looking for when I started reading these books. The first collection did not accomplish that. I did enjoy these stories. They were not earth shattering but it was nice to be back in the early years of the slayer and the Scooby gang.
March 18, 2021
A collection of stories set in the second and third season of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.
What I liked -
One of the few things the Buffy comics nearly always had was authentic writing and this collection is no different. The stories included are fun and a bit campy, much like the first two seasons of the show. The adventures are very ‘comic world’ but do fit within the shows tone and vision.
What I disliked -
The problem these comics faced is that they were written during the same time as the show airing so often they felt uneven and become instantly non-canonical.
Favourite panel/ issue -
The story with the deformed vampire and the Buffy ‘clones’ was good and I liked that it went on for several issues.
3/5.
What I liked -
One of the few things the Buffy comics nearly always had was authentic writing and this collection is no different. The stories included are fun and a bit campy, much like the first two seasons of the show. The adventures are very ‘comic world’ but do fit within the shows tone and vision.
What I disliked -
The problem these comics faced is that they were written during the same time as the show airing so often they felt uneven and become instantly non-canonical.
Favourite panel/ issue -
The story with the deformed vampire and the Buffy ‘clones’ was good and I liked that it went on for several issues.
3/5.
October 17, 2021
Much better instalment than the previous one. This one kept up with the storyline from the last volume, but without loads of random filler. Changing artistic elements such as giving willow her "season 3" hair and getting rid of the lizard vampires was a massive improvement. I don't get the whole spike and dru floating in the background because they left Sunnydale in season 2 but other than that it was an enjoyable read with a nice flow. The writers seemed to have found their groove with the direction they wanted to go with and it didn't seem as chaotic as the first volume.
August 15, 2023
Maybe it's because my expectations were lowered by the first volume, which I described as mediocre, passable fan fiction, but I enjoyed Volume 2 quite a bit. Granted, it still feels a lot like fan fiction, but better fan fiction. The characters are generally more recognizable, both in artwork and in the writing (though there's still not a single image of Willow that looks like Alyson Hanigan and Oz still doesn't get a single Oz-worthy line). Part of this may be attributed to the fact that they actually got a writer from the show working on the scripts--Doug Petrie, who started on the show in season 3 and contributes two standalone issues here--but I also think Christopher Golden and Andi Watson are just getting better at writing for the Buffyverse.
There are longer story arcs here than in the first volume, which contributes to the feeling that you're getting a few "lost" episodes from the high school years. There are also a few minimal efforts to place the comics in series continuities--I say minimal because they are things like references to PEZ-witch, Oz's gift to Willow in "Lovers Walk", but at least it gives you a general idea of the comics' timeline in reference to the show. (Still no Faith, though--I'm guessing there was some mandate to avoid including her in the comics because her appearances might contradict or undermine her season-long arc?) Season three is my favorite status quo of the entire series in terms of settings and character dynamics, so it's a lot of fun to get to spend more time there, even if the writing is never QUITE as sharp as it often was in the TV series. My favorite storyline in the comic is a Buffyverse take on the Beanie Babies trend, but I also liked Buffy's doppelganger, the Dark Slayer--an evil version of Buffy who has a Cordelia-esque sense of fashion and who actually obeys her parental figures.
There are longer story arcs here than in the first volume, which contributes to the feeling that you're getting a few "lost" episodes from the high school years. There are also a few minimal efforts to place the comics in series continuities--I say minimal because they are things like references to PEZ-witch, Oz's gift to Willow in "Lovers Walk", but at least it gives you a general idea of the comics' timeline in reference to the show. (Still no Faith, though--I'm guessing there was some mandate to avoid including her in the comics because her appearances might contradict or undermine her season-long arc?) Season three is my favorite status quo of the entire series in terms of settings and character dynamics, so it's a lot of fun to get to spend more time there, even if the writing is never QUITE as sharp as it often was in the TV series. My favorite storyline in the comic is a Buffyverse take on the Beanie Babies trend, but I also liked Buffy's doppelganger, the Dark Slayer--an evil version of Buffy who has a Cordelia-esque sense of fashion and who actually obeys her parental figures.
October 4, 2021
Coming to these later means I have low expectations. Plus, knowing it is set in season 3, means nothing super dramatic is going to happen, because then it would alter the show's continuity. The are is much better in this run around, at times some spot on likenesses. There were some silly stories in there, and a continuation of another little big bad, who did give us the reveal of Spike an Drusilla. That's exciting to see where that goes.
August 17, 2020
Set during season 3. Thinking these are episode ideas that didn’t make the cut. Doesn’t matter, always good to have Buffy to read.
November 14, 2020
I had to wait after starting this book to finish watching season 3 so I wouldn’t run into any spoilers! I love this extra glimpse into Buffy et al and it keeps things action packed and fun.
March 9, 2021
Despite saying it includes comics #11-19, comic #15 “Lost Highway” is missing from this collection.
September 21, 2021
Much improved over the first book. A couple of real good stories outweighed by lesser.
December 16, 2021
The story with Selke felt like it went on way too long, but otherwise a quirky collection of stories.
March 1, 2023
This volume was an improvement over the first for me! It still does relatively little to tie itself into the show season 3 canon, other than having the appropriate characters around – Cordelia, Oz, Amy (human and rat form) and Principal Synder but no Faith (plus, a questionable appearance from Spike and Druisilla, but if you squint hard enough you can kinda sorta make it canon-compliant) – but to me it felt more in the world of Buffy. I think partly because there was more of an over-arching story in the issues from the Dark Horse Comics, while the other 'short stories' interspersed between (Bad Dog, etc.) gave the feeling of self-contained episodic arcs and evoked early Buffy's monster-of-the-week format. (Aaah, I miss you!)
The artwork experience still ranges from 'Sarah Michelle Gellar's exact face' to 'who tf is that', with some 'surreal but interesting art style' thrown in, but Cordelia was occasionally – mostly in the Dark Horse Comics – actually recognisable as Cordelia, this time. That was a significant improvement on Book One. However, I have no idea who that's supposed to be on the cover because it's not Buffy. It looks like Saoirse Ronan.
I don't know that I'll ever rate these more than three stars because they don't exactly reinvent the wheel or add much to the experience of having seen the show, but they're very fun and easy to read. Good for if you just want to spend a bit more time in Sunnydale with the Scoobies. 👩🏼♥️🧛🏻♂️
The artwork experience still ranges from 'Sarah Michelle Gellar's exact face' to 'who tf is that', with some 'surreal but interesting art style' thrown in, but Cordelia was occasionally – mostly in the Dark Horse Comics – actually recognisable as Cordelia, this time. That was a significant improvement on Book One. However, I have no idea who that's supposed to be on the cover because it's not Buffy. It looks like Saoirse Ronan.
I don't know that I'll ever rate these more than three stars because they don't exactly reinvent the wheel or add much to the experience of having seen the show, but they're very fun and easy to read. Good for if you just want to spend a bit more time in Sunnydale with the Scoobies. 👩🏼♥️🧛🏻♂️
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 16, 2023
having a lot of fun with these old comics :) the main line would’ve made a great episode arc
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