Angel & Faith

Angel and Faith is a comic book series published by Dark Horse. Continuing on from Buffy Season Eight and coinciding with Buffy Season Nine, the series follows the characters of Angel and Faith Lehane as they react to the fallout of Twilight and the death of Rupert Giles.

Angel and Faith is the first Angel series to published by Dark Horse after they reclaimed the license from IDW. IDW previously published Angel: After the Fall and a subsequent ongoing series, which take place prior to Buffy Season Eight.

Publication
Dark Horse confirmed unlike that of Season Eight, Angel and Faith’s story won't take years to tell, they are going to be taking a shorter approach to it. In an interview, writer and editor Scott Allie stated that Angel and Faith will be released over the course of two years, with there likely never being a month without an issue released. Angel and Faith will last a two-year span consisting of 25 issues. Allie also stated Buffy Season Nine and Angel and Faith will tie-in together, but they will have their own stories to tell. “Angel and Faith have their title and Buffy has her title, the two will complement each other, but you won't have to read both to understand either one of them." Scott Allie has stated "All the Angel IDW comics count, but they aren't gonna spend time nitpicking with the details". Buffy and Angel will have a slight cohesion, more than when the two shows were on the air but not so much that the characters will be flying back and forth from one book to the other. Angel and Faith will take place mostly in London and the surrounding area, it'll have a darker, more creepy noir vibe than Buffy Season Nine.

Characters
Angel and Faith will focus on the two of them. Joss Whedon has stated that he has plans for both Illyria and Connor. No real word on Gunn though. Page one of Angel and Faith is a flashback of Rupert Giles, "He's the third most important person in this series." Clem and Harmony are confirmed to appear in Angel and Faith #5. The Demon shown on variant cover issue 3 looks like a Mohra Demon, the demon whose blood turns a vampire human, as seen in I Will Remember You. Scott Allie has stated Angel and Faith will introduce a lot of new characters, including a slayer called Nadira who will be a part of a Slayer group that Faith will be mentoring.