Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics

Introduction

Buffy comics refers to comic books based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series). While many of these comics were published when the television show was on air they are not considered canonical and often deal with characters that do not appear on in the television series, most notably in the Tales of the Slayers and Tales of the Vampires mini-series'.

Despite not being canonical, series creator Joss Whedon and a number of writers involved with the television series authored many of the comic books which elevates them above the level of fan fiction in many people's eyes. Overviews summarizing the comic books' storylines were written early in the writing process and were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy merchandise.

The books were published by Dark Horse Comics between 1998 and 2004, originally in comic format but then gathered into volumes of trade paperbacks. A small number of Buffy comics have not been included in trade paperbacks such as the books entitled "Giles", "Jonathan", and "Reunion".

Starting in 2007 a new series of Buffy comics has been produced, also published by Dark Horse Comics. These are a canonical continuation of the television series and as such are considered Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.

There has also been an unofficial parody - a sexually explicit satirical graphic novel, Boffy the Vampire Layer, which was not officially licensed as "Buffy" merchandise by "20th Century Fox". It was published by "Eros Graphic Albums" in 2002.

Chronology

Ancient

These tales take place from ancient times up until 1900.

BS2

These tales take place during Buffy Season 2, (from autumn 1997 up until spring 1998).

BS5/AS2

These Buffyverse tales take place during Buffy Season 5, and Angel Season 2 (from autumn 2000 up until spring 2001).

BS8

These Buffyverse tales take place after Angel Season 5, and during Buffy Season 8

Future

These Buffyverse tales take place after Buffy Season 8.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" comic series

Dark Horse published these comics, that were only later collected into the trade paperbacks described above:

# Wu-tang Fang
# Halloween
# Gold Turkey
# White Christmas
# Happy New Year
# New Kid on the Block, part 1
# New Kid on the Block, part 2
# The Final Cut
# Hey, Good Looking, part 1 (Bad Blood, part 1)
# Hey, Good Looking, part 2 (Bad Blood, part 2)
# A Boy Named Sue (Bad Blood, part 3)
# A Nice Girl Like You
# Love Sick Blues (Bad Blood, part 4)
# Love Sick Blues (Bad Blood, part 5)
# Lost Highway (Bad Blood, part 6)
# The Food Chain
# She's No Lady, part 1 (Bad Blood, part 7)
# She's No Lady, part 2 (Bad Blood, part 8)
# Old Friend (Bad Blood, part 9)
# Double Cross
# The Blood of Carthage, part 1
# The Blood of Carthage, part 2
# The Blood of Carthage, part 3
# The Blood of Carthage, part 4
# The Blood of Carthage, part 5
# The Heart of a Slayer, part 1
# The Heart of a Slayer, part 2
# Cemetery of Lost Love
# Past Lives, part 2
# Past Lives, part 4
# Lost And Found
# Invasion
# Hive Mentality
# Out Of The Fire, Into The Hive
# Remember The Beginning
# Remember The Lies, part 2
# Remember The Truth
# Remember The End
# Night of a Thousand Vampires
# Ugly Little Monsters, part 1
# Ugly Little Monsters, part 2
# Ugly Little Monsters, part 3
# The Death of Buffy, part 1
# The Death of Buffy, part 2
# The Death of Buffy, part 3
# Withdrawal
# Note From The Underground, part 1
# Note From The Underground, part 2
# Note From The Underground, part 3
# Note From The Underground, part 4
# Viva Las Buffy!, Act 1: Broken Parts
# Viva Las Buffy!, Act 2: Full House
# Viva Las Buffy!, Act 3: Deuces Wild
# Viva Las Buffy!, Act 4: The Big Fold
# Hoopy the Bear
# Slayer Interrupted, act 1
# Slayer Interrupted, act 2
# Slayer Interrupted, act 3
# Slayer Interrupted, act 4
# A Stake To The Heart, act 1
# A Stake To The Heart, act 2
# A Stake To The Heart, act 3
# A Stake To The Heart, act 4

Comics by writer

See here

Upcoming comics

See New/Upcoming Buffy comics

Links

* [http://www.darkhorse.com/zones/buffy/ Official Buffy the Vampire Slayer Comics Home]
* [http://buffycomics.hellmouthcentral.com/ The Unofficial Comic Book Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer]

ee also

*Angel comics