Buffy #49 Hellmouth to Mouth (Part 3 of 4)

Written by: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza
Pencilled by: Cliff Richard
Inked by: Will Conrad
Cover by: Brian Horton & Paul Lee

Continuing her journey through Hell, Buffy finally runs into the cavalry -- in the form of Angel, Faith, and Oz. Now it's up to this tensely reunited team to save the hordes of Hell, and return Sunnydale to the real world. Writer Scott Lobdell (X-Men, High Roads) is really heating things up in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Don't miss the wide-screen, big budget Buffy spectacular that you couldn't fit on your TV screen!

Buffy #50 Hellmouth to Mouth (Part 4 of 4)

Written by: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Andi Watson
Art by: Cliff Richard & Will Conrad & Paul Lee & Andi Watson
Cover by: Brian Horton & Paul Lee

Scott Lobdell wraps up his first apocalyptic run on Buffy with a special fiftieth issue, featuring more story pages, as well as two backup features: a prose story by Lobdell, with illustrations by Paul Lee; a short comic by Andi Watson; and a wraparound painted cover by regular cover artists Lee and Brian Horton. "Hellmouth to Mouth" concludes as Buffy finally rescues Xander and Dawn from the crew that's nearly destroyed Sunnydale -- The Scourge! They soon find that the only thing worse than the Scourge is their secret leader, revealed this issue! Buffy's not just fighting for her friends' and family's lives, she's fighting for a chance to live her own life, to be more than a fearless vampire hunter. Who better to have backing her up than former sadistic Slayer Faith and the vampire hunting vampire himself, Angel?!

Buffy #51 Viva Las Buffy (Part 1 of 4)

Written by: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza
Pencilled by: Cliff Richard
Inked by: Will Conrad
Cover by: Brian Horton & Paul Lee

The Buffy monthly takes a bold new direction under the guidance of former X-Men writers Lobdell and Nicieza. It's 1996, and Buffy Summers has just accepted her role as the Vampire Slayer. After the destruction of her high school, she flees to Las Vegas to sort out her life. Meanwhile, Watcher Rupert Giles wonders why on Earth his Slayer hasn't arrived in Sunnydale. The comic takes you where the TV show never did, back to the roots of everything, in the summer before Buffy arrived in Sunnydale. And there's a tall, dark, and handsome stranger keeping an eye on her during those dangerous nights in Vegas. The saga of the Slayer begins again with a new direction for Dark Horse's monthly series!