Barbary Coast, Part One

Angel: Barbary Coast is an Angel comic book based on the television series Angel. It is a limited series published by IDW.

A recently souled Angel is on a quest for a "cure" in San Francisco when, of course, something goes horribly wrong. Seeking out a Chinese healer, Angel encounters a mysterious girl with a strange tattoo, and quickly learns that life in early 1900s America is full of surprises...

Synopsis
Angel's soul has now been returned to him and his desperately looking for a "cure" that will help him quiet the voices of his victims haunting his mind. His search takes him to San Francisco where is he is looking for a medicine man named Xin. After finding Xin and getting a taste of what he can do to help him, Xin sends him off to find a girl named Ling Xai who has a very unusual "unfinished" tattoo. He tells Angel that once he has returned Ling Xai, he will teach him the way to stop the voices. While using the rooftops to find the girl Angel is attacked by a demon called Bart. They fight and Angel throws him from the rooftop onto the street and flees. He finds his way to The Olympia, a sleazy hotel bar, and finds Ling Xai who refuses to go back to Xin. Angel grabs her and forces her to walk out of the bar. But on their way out, the place is raided by cops and at that moment, Ling Xai turns and opens the front of her dress to reveal her cross tattoo that burns bright as the sun. Angel is hit on the back of the head by the bartender, Lynch and lies passing out on the floor of the bar...

Collections

 * Angel: Barbary Coast

Appearances

 * Angel
 * Xin
 * Ling Xai
 * Bart
 * Lynch