Blood & Trenches

The subject of this article is non-canonical. While created as part of licensed material, it has not been confirmed as part of the "real" Buffyverse continuity.

Blood & Trenches was a comic book mini-series from IDW Publishing.

PremiseEdit

After Angel is injured in World War I he meets watcher Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce and together they go up against ancient vampire Kakistos.

ContinuityEdit

The events took place after "Barbary Coast, Part Three", but before the flashbacks from "Orpheus".

AppearancesEdit

• Angel (4/4)
• Geoffrey Wyndam-Pryce (4/4)
• Margaret d'Ascoyne (4/4)
• Kakistos (3/4)
• Corporal Gilbert Dowling (3/4)
• Private Cobbs (3/4)
• Private Jones (3/4)
• Private McDougall (3/4)
• Private Millets (3/4)
• Adolf Hitler (2/4)
• Crixus (2/4)

PublicationsEdit

The series included four issues, which were later collected in a single trade paperback.

IssuesEdit

• "Over There"
• "Front Lines"
• "Interlude"
• "Monsters"

CollectionsEdit

• Blood & Trenches
• Angel: The John Byrne Collection

Behind the ScenesEdit

• Creator John Byrne's maternal grandfather was soldier in World War I and for some time was a German POW.^[1]

ReferencesEdit