Buffy: The High School Years

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Buffy: The High School Years
No. of issues	TBA
First	Freaks & Geeks
Last	TBA
(June 01, 2016)
(TBA)
Publisher	Dark Horse Comics
Writer(s)	Faith Erin Hicks Kel McDonald
Penciller(s)	Yishan Li
Cover artist(s)	Scott Fischer
Colorist(s)	Rod Espinosa

Buffy: The High School Years is a graphic novel series from Dark Horse Comics.

Premise

Set during Season 1 of the television series, Buffy: The High School Years delivers classic Slayer action! Moving to a new school and making new friends will create enough anxiety for any teenage girl. But when you're Buffy Summers, a vampire slayer — the Chosen One (with all that entails) — building a new life can be overwhelming.

Continuity

The events take place during Season 1 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Appearances

• Buffy Summers (4/4)
• Xander Harris (4/4)
• Willow Rosenberg (3/4)
• Rupert Giles (3/4)
• Joyce Summers (2/4)
• Angel (1/4)
• Cordelia Chase (1/4)
• Harmony Kendall (1/4)
• Principal Flutie (1/4)

Publications

The series have included 3 issues and 1 short story:

Graphic Novels

Cover		TPB	Release Dates
	"Freaks & Geeks"	1	June 1, 2016
	Written by: Faith Erin Hicks	Artist: Yishan Li
	A group of nerdy vampires, shunned by their cooler brethren, decide to climb the vampire social ladder by taking out the Slayer. They play on Buffy's insecurities, wearing her down until she is full-on distracted by the mental warfare. But in addition to her Watcher, Giles, this Slayer has a couple of new friends, Willow and Xander, to cheer her on… except, of course, when they're not getting along.
	"Glutton for Punishment"	2	November 1, 2016
	Written by: Kel McDonald	Artist: Yishan Li
	When Buffy and Xander sign up for home ec, assuming it will be an extra-credit cakewalk, they aren't aware that the teacher is a ravenous tiger demon in disguise. The demon's unquenchable appetite has him kidnapping his top students and forcing them to cook for him, and when Xander claims some store-bought treats are his own creations, he becomes the demon's next victim! It's not enough that Buffy has to keep her grades up, but she also has to rescue her friends and fellow students-and give the tiger demon his just desserts!
	"Parental Parasite"	3	June 28, 2017
	Written by: Kel McDonald	Artist: Yishan Li
	Buffy struggles to deal with her mom Joyce’s newfound interest in spending time with her. Balancing that with her schoolwork, her friends, and her regular vampire-slaying duties is a challenge. However, when Joyce becomes hypnotized by a childlike demon that craves motherly care, Buffy experiences a new kind of sibling rivalry – except in Buffy’s case, her “sibling” is actually a monster!

Short Story

Cover		Release Date
File:Tumblr oigjalCgxt1ttwla3o1 1280.jpg	No Need to Fear, the Slayer's Here	May 6, 2017
	Written by: Kel McDonald	Artist: Yishan Li
	In our 2017 all-ages offering, you’ll thrill to a monster-slaying, citizen-saving adventure with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Buffy is still learning her trade, and sometimes battles with demons and bad luck can erode a girls confidence – and her ability to have high-school fun… #SlayerStruggleIsReal.