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The canonicity of this article's subject remains dubious. Though it doesn't contradict official continuity, it has not been referenced in any confirmed canonical material.

Buffy: The High School Years

No. of issues

3

First	Last
Freaks & Geeks	Parental Parasite

(June 1, 2016)

(June 28, 2017)

Publisher

Dark Horse Comics

Writer(s)

Faith Erin Hicks
Kel McDonald

Buffy: The High School Years is a graphic novel miniseries from Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics. It was written by Faith Erin Hicks and Kel McDonald and illustrated by Yishan Li. It was originally published from June 2016 to June 2017 by 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.^[1]

Continuity

The events of this series take place during the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, after the establishing of the Scooby Gang ("The Harvest"), and prior to their discovery that Angel was a vampire ("Angel").

Appearances

Publications

The series includes 3 graphic novels and 1 short story:

Graphic novels

Title	Volume	Release date

Freaks & Geeks	1	June 1, 2016
Writer: 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
Writer: 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
Writer: 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	Title	Release date

	No Need to Fear, the Slayer's Here	May 6, 2017
	Writer: 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.

Behind the scenes

Artist Scott Fischer shared in February 2017 a sketch for an unreleased Buffy: The High School Years cover.^[2] With the sudden decision of 20th Century Fox taking the Buffy the Vampire Slayer license back,^[3] it's likely that Dark Horse Comics had planned to publish at least one more graphic novel in the series.

References

↑ "NYCC 2015: Faith Erin Hicks pens all new 'Buffy' tale for young readers". Dark Horse Comics, October 11, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016‎.
↑ Scott M Fischer, "'Hair? Check. Shoes? Check. Crossbow? Check.' Ready for a night out in Sunnydale. #buffy #buffythevampireslayer #btvs #sunnydale #lineart…". Instagram, February 1, 2017.
↑ Kiel Phegley, "INTERVIEW: Joss Whedon Teases Buffy's Surprising End & Dr. Horrible's Return". Comic Book Resources, August 15 2018.

[1] "NYCC 2015: Faith Erin Hicks pens all new 'Buffy' tale for young readers". Dark Horse Comics, October 11, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016‎.

[2] Scott M Fischer, "'Hair? Check. Shoes? Check. Crossbow? Check.' Ready for a night out in Sunnydale. #buffy #buffythevampireslayer #btvs #sunnydale #lineart…". Instagram, February 1, 2017.

[3] Kiel Phegley, "INTERVIEW: Joss Whedon Teases Buffy's Surprising End & Dr. Horrible's Return". Comic Book Resources, August 15 2018.

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+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a graphic novel miniseries from [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' comics]]. It was written by [[Faith Erin Hicks]] and [[Kel McDonald]] and illustrated by [[Yishan Li]]. It was originally published from June [[2016]] to June [[2017]] by [[Dark Horse Comics]].
-'''''Buffy: The High School Years''''' is a graphic novel series from [[Dark Horse Comics]].
 ==Premise==
-Set during [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (season 1)|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.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2165/ "NYCC 2015: Faith Erin Hicks pens all new "Buffy" tale for young readers"]. Dark Horse Comics, October 11, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016‎.</ref>
+Set during [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 1|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.<ref>[http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/2165/ "NYCC 2015: Faith Erin Hicks pens all new 'Buffy' tale for young readers"]. Dark Horse Comics, October 11, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016‎.</ref>
 ==Continuity==
-The events take place during the first year of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', prior to episode "[[Angel (episode)|Angel]]".
+The events of this series take place during the first season of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', after the establishing of the [[Scooby Gang]] ("[[The Harvest]]"), and prior to their discovery that [[Angel]] was a vampire ("[[Angel (episode)|Angel]]").
 ==Appearances==
 *[[Buffy Summers]] (4/4)
-*[[Xander Harris]] (4/4)
+*[[Alexander Harris]] (4/4)
 *[[Willow Rosenberg]] (3/4)
 *[[Rupert Giles]] (3/4)
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 The series includes 3 graphic novels and 1 short story:
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 |-
-| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' [[Faith Erin Hicks]]
+| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' Faith Erin Hicks
-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' [[Yishan Li]]
+| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' Yishan Li
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-| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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.
+| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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.
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 |-
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+| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[File:BuffyHSY-02.jpg|100px]]
-|"[[Glutton for Punishment]]"
+|''[[Glutton for Punishment]]''
 | style="text-align:center;" |2
-| style="text-align:center;" |November 01, 2016
+| style="text-align:center;" |November 1, 2016
 |-
-| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' [[Kel McDonald]]
+| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' Kel McDonald
-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' [[Yishan Li]]
+| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' Yishan Li
 |-
-| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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!
+| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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!
 |-
 | colspan="6" bgcolor="#334455" |
 |-
-| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[Image:BuffyHSY-03.jpg|100px]]
+| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[File:BuffyHSY-03.jpg|100px]]
-|"[[Parental Parasite]]"
+|''[[Parental Parasite]]''
 | style="text-align:center;" |3
 | style="text-align:center;" |June 28, 2017
 |-
-| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' [[Kel McDonald]]
+| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' Kel McDonald
-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' [[Yishan Li]]
+| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' Yishan Li
 |-
-| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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!
+| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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===
+===Short story===
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-! scope="col" style="text-align:center;" |Release Date
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 |-
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 |-
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+| colspan="1" rowspan="3" |[[File:No Need to Fear cover.jpg|100px]]
 |''[[No Need to Fear, the Slayer's Here]]''
 | style="text-align:center;" |May 6, 2017
 |-
-| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' [[Kel McDonald]]
+| rowspan="1" |'''Writer:''' Kel McDonald
-| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' [[Yishan Li]]
+| colspan="2" rowspan="1" |'''Artist:''' Yishan Li
 |-
-| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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.
+| colspan="3" rowspan="1" |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.
 |}
+==Behind the scenes==
+*Artist [[Scott Fischer]] shared in February 2017 a sketch for an unreleased ''Buffy: The High School Years'' cover.<ref>Scott M Fischer, [https://www.instagram.com/p/BP_XKzDD7dy/ "'Hair? Check. Shoes? Check. Crossbow? Check.' Ready for a night out in Sunnydale. #buffy #buffythevampireslayer #btvs #sunnydale #lineart…"]. ''Instagram'', February 1, 2017.</ref> With the sudden decision of [[20th Century Fox]] taking the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' license back,<ref>Kiel Phegley, [https://www.cbr.com/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-finale-joss-whedon-interview/ "INTERVIEW: Joss Whedon Teases Buffy's Surprising End & Dr. Horrible's Return"]. ''Comic Book Resources'', August 15 2018.</ref> it's likely that Dark Horse Comics had planned to publish at least one more graphic novel in the series.
+==References==
 {{References}}