Upcoming Comics
Upcoming Comics
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #18
Due out: 09/03/08
Writer: Joss Whedon
Cover Artist: Jo Chen; Georges Jeanty
Penciller: Karl Moline
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
A powerful enemy from Buffy's past confronts the Slayer and Fray in the future, having allied with Fray's greatest foe. Meanwhile, Dawn's gone through another bizarre change.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Omnibus Volume 5
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Due out: 09/10/08
Volume Five of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus series begins immediately after Season Three, after Sunnydale High has gone up in flames. Buffy is plagued by dreams of fellow Slayer Faith, who now lies in a comma. Jane Espenson, the celebrated writer from the Buffy TV show, writes the powerful Faith story Haunted. And as summer comes to an end, Buffy and Willow begin their first year of college in The Blood of Carthage, in a story written by acclaimed Buffy novelist Christopher Golden. Meanwhile Buffy embarks on a new romance with Riley Finn, and Willow and Oz's relationship comes to an end in Golden's Oz: Into the Wild. This volume also features work by Buffy Season Eight contributors Cliff Richards and Paul Lee and Brian Horton.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #19
Due out: 10/01/08
Writer: Joss Whedon
Cover Artist: Jo Chen; Georges Jeanty
Penciller: Karl Moline
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Buffy and Fray take on a powerful foe, who's lasted hundreds of years just so she can bring down the last two Slayers.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight - Wolves at the Gate TPB
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Due out: 11/05/08
Writer: Drew Goddard; Joss Whedon
Cover Artist: Jo Chen
Penciller: Georges Jeanty
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not only walk away unscathed, but in possession of Buffy's scythe, the symbol of Slayer power worldwide. Buffy and the Slayer legion travel to Tokyo in order to learn more about their dangerous new foes, as Xander journeys to Transylvania to solicit the only person they've ever known to possess such power: Dracula. Includes the stand-alone issue written by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, "A Beautiful Sunset."
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #20
After These Messages... We'll be right back!
Due out: 11/26/08
Writer: Jeph Loeb
Cover Artist: Jo Chen; Georges Jeanty
Penciller: Georges Jeanty; Eric Wight
Inker: Andy Owens
Colorist: Michelle Madsen
Acclaimed comic-book writer Jeph Loeb (Batman: The Long Halloween) was set to executive produce, alongside Joss Whedon and animator Eric Wight, the proposed Buffy animated TV series. While Buffy fans won't be viewing that show anytime soon, Loeb, Wight, and Whedon offer the next best thing--a comic inspired by the animated series! Jeph Loeb and Eric Wight take the reins on Buffy Season Eight with this very special one-shot joining series artist Georges Jeanty, in a twisted tale picking up from the time-traveling Buffy/Fray crossover.