Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten is a comic book series from Dark Horse Comics, which continues from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine. The series is published under the banner of meta-series Season Ten.
Premise
Continuity
The events take place after "The Core" and What You Want, Not What You Need.
Appearances
- Buffy Summers (29/30)
- Spike (29/30)
- Willow Rosenberg (27/30)
- Rupert Giles (27/30)
- Xander Harris (24/30)
- Dawn Summers (22/30)
- Andrew Wells (19/30)
- D'Hoffryn (12/30)
- Anya Jenkins as ghost (9/30)
- Robert Dowling (6/30)
- Dracula (4/30)
- Vicki (6/30)
- Angel (4/30)
- Archaeus (4/30)
- The Soul Glutton (5/30)
- The Sculptor (4/30)
- The Mistress (4/30)
- Jonathan Levinson (5/30)
- Dylan (3/30)
- Faith Lehane (2/30)
- Kennedy (2/30)
- Billy Lane (2/30)
- Anaheed (2/30)
- Devon (2/30)
- Maloker (2/30)
- Harmony Kendall (2/30)
- Clem (2/30)
- Aluwyn (2/30)
- Olivia Williams (2/30)
- Monarch (3/30)
- Keiko (3/30)
- The Quiet Man (3/30)
- The Brahma (3/30)
- Matango (3/30)
- Lake Stevens (4/30)
- Lilah Morgan (1/30)
- Hank Summers (1/30)
- Koh (1/30)
- Satsu (1/30)
Publications
The series will include 30 issues, which will be later collected in several trade collections.
Issues
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"New Rules, Part One" | 1 | March 19, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| New season. New rules. The age-old battle of Slayer vs. vampire is the focus of Buffy's life once again--- it's downright nostalgic! But with all the toying with magic she's done lately, this girl should know it's time for another game change ... Shouldn't she? | |||||
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"New Rules, Part Two" | 2 | April 23, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| The Scoobies are back--- including li'l Giles! Revelations about a new kind of vampire menace and the blank Vampyr book have only just begun. Everyone has a job to do, and for Buffy, it's treading the road of past relationships! Lucky girl ... | |||||
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"New Rules, Part Three" | 3 | May 21, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| Actor Nicholas Brendon joins the creative team as his character Xander acquires help from his old friend—um, master—Dracula. The new vampires are still a mystery, and unquestionably similar to Drac ... Meanwhile, Buffy and Willow track down one of those new vampires as a study specimen! | |||||
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"New Rules, Part Four" | 4 | June 18, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| Getting help from Dracula seemed like a good idea, until he stole the Vampyr book—and Xander! Now Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Willow, and Giles must save Xander and retrieve the book before it's too late. Dracula has already begun to study how the lack of magical rules can work in his favor ... | |||||
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"New Rules, Part Five" | 5 | July 23, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| When Buffy and crew try to wrest Xander from Dracula's control, they begin a battle supreme with the terrifying demon that Dracula has become... | |||||
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"I Wish, Part One" | 6 | August 20, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Karl Moline | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| What should have been a simple exorcism turns into a disaster for Buffy and the Scoobies when, instead of horrors, a demon fights back with blissful childhood fantasies! | |||||
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"I Wish, Part Two" | 7 | September 17, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| As Spike and Xander bond—while also seriously getting on each other's nerves—they are tempted to start writing some rules of their own in the book of magical laws . . . concerning Buffy and Dawn! | |||||
| File:BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 10 -8.jpg | "Return to Sunnydale Part One" | 8 | October 22, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs, Richard Corben | ||||
| A Halloween issue spectacular takes Buffy and crew back to Sunnydale as they follow the stolen Vampyr book, finding a massive magical party at the Hellmouth—and a demon devouring revelers! | |||||
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"Return to Sunnydale Part Two" | 9 | November 19, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs, Richard Corben | ||||
| The Sunnydale homecoming becomes less than fun as Buffy, Spike, and Willow realize that Andrew is in over his head with the Vampyr rules book and a terrible plan, and the demon they're up against has a grudge against Slayers and a penchant for eating souls . . . | |||||
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"Day off (or Harmony in my Head)" | 10 | December 24, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| With the responsibility of writing new rules in the Vampyr book, Buffy and crew are literally the bosses of all magic—but as more baddies learn who has the power, protecting the book is becoming a full-time job!. | |||||
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Love Dares You, Part One | 11 | January 21, 2015 | ||
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| With the magical side of things momentarily under control, Buffy and crew have a chance to deal with their personal lives: things heat up between Xander and Dawn, young Giles is visited by an old flame, Andrew introduces some new friends, and the Slayer is totally set for round one of speed dating! Then the bad guy shows up. | |||||
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Love Dares You, Part Two | 12 | February 18, 2015 | ||
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| Buffy and her crew are on the cusp of some monumental relationship stuff, but entanglements are waylaid when they're forced to fight a new evil and the flesh homunculi he creates . . | |||||
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Love Dares You, Part Three | 13 | March 18, 2015 | ||
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| Some suspiciously supernatural murders have Spike, Xander, Willow, and Giles in a conundrum. They have to talk to Buffy, but there's something about the killer they're pretty sure she's not going to like . . . Meanwhile, Andrew gets some relationship advice from Buffy! | |||||
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Relationship Status: Complicated, Part One | 14 | April 22, 2015 | ||
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| While traveling into Spike's mind and seeing his past and present, Buffy looks for clues about the newest threat in San Francisco: someone or something with a deep connection to Spike! | |||||
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Relationship Status: Complicated, Part Two | 15 | May 20, 2015 | ||
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| Buffy and the gang come face to face with a terrifying new demon that shares a special bond with Spike, threatening his growing connection to the Slayer. | |||||
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Old Demons, Part One | 16 | June 17, 2015 | ||
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| After discovering that the powerful demon Archaeus has deep connections to both Spike and Angel, Buffy invites her former beau for a visit. Things are awkward, and everyone is behaving just a little juvenile—but in order to beat the threat Archaeus brings, the team is going to have to overcome the past. | |||||
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Old Demons, Part Two | 17 | July 22, 2015 | ||
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| Tensions are on the rise as the gang goes in search of an ancient enemy—Archaeus. Split into teams, Angel and Xander are able to connect over themes of betrayal and love lost, while Buffy pushes Spike to keep his insecurities in check. But they quickly discover there are much more dangerous things to battle as they close in on the demon lord. | |||||
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Old Demons, Part Three | 18 | August 19, 2015 | ||
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| The Slayer's advantage against a powerful demon—having super-awesome friends—may be her undoing as Archaeus pits Spike and Angel against one another. | |||||
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Freaky Giles Day | 19 | September 23, 2015 | ||
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| With a little help from Willow, Giles is given a second chance at adulthood, and the demon scourge smells weakness. Meanwhile, Buffy and Dawn are reunited with their neglectful father, Hank Summers. | |||||
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Triggers | 20 | October 21, 2015 | ||
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| Called in for a supernatural-crimes case, Buffy and Spike discover an incubus demon is targeting women in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Xander and Giles work on an exorcism that stirs up some questions about Ghost Anya. | |||||
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In Pieces on the Ground, Part One | 21 | November 18, 2015 | ||
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| Demon invasions are becoming a worldwide threat, and Buffy is tasked with convincing the vampire community that they should help fight the invasions. But to win them over, Buffy and Spike have to triumph in one-on-one battles with the finest vampires around—and Harmony is organizing the event! | |||||
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In Pieces on the Ground, Part Two | 22 | December 23, 2015 | ||
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| Willow's loyalties to Buffy are questioned when she makes a decision behind the Slayer's back... Are the besties growing apart? Also unknown to Buffy, Spike has a conversation with an old friend that leads him to question the patterns of his relationship with Buffy. | |||||
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In Pieces on the Ground, Part Three | 23 | January 20, 2016 | ||
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| The Sculptor makes a tempting offer to Andrew that requires a smidgen of Buffy betrayal. But the potential gains seem too good to pass up. Will Andrew go evil, or will Buffy need to keep the former ne'er-do-well in check to ease the tension among the Scoobies? | |||||
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In Pieces on the Ground, Part Four | 24 | February 17, 2016 | ||
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| As new jobs, new relationships, and new priorities arise, the Scoobies' personal feuds are becoming a big issue for the team. When the trail of the Restless Door leads to the Demon Lord's hideout, the Mistress takes advantage of their discord and presents the team with a terrible decision that could tear them apart. | |||||
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In Pieces on the Ground, Part Five | 25 | March 23, 2016 | ||
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| Defeating the demon lords has been priority one for Buffy and team—to stop the continual opening of portals to dangerous demon dimensions . . . Suddenly there is a new priority one: closing a portal—and one portal in particular. Will the team be lost? | |||||
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Own It, Part One | 26 | April 20, 2016 | ||
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| The Scoobies are falling apart—and so is the world they are trying to save. While demon lords are still on the loose, Buffy has become distracted, and a bit enraged, by another crisis that is affecting those closest to her . . . | |||||
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Own It, Part Two | 27 | May 18, 2016 | ||
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| While Dawn and Xander are trapped in another dimension, Buffy, Willow, and Giles are deal with betrayal from the Magic Council, the faerie folk, and the military—no surprise there—all while trying to keep peace among themselves. | |||||
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Own It, Part Three | 28 | June 22, 2016 | ||
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| Xander and Dawn take on an incredible journey of dimension hopping, trying their best to return home. Meanwhile, things are bad between Buffy and all the Scoobies . . . Think the world can learn to look out for itself? | |||||
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Own It, Part Four | 29 | July 20, 2016 | ||
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| The Big Bad is revealed—and so is Ghost Anya! Buffy and the Scoobies know what they are up against, but will they be able to stop the current world-ending course of events? | |||||
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Own It, Part Four | 29 | July 20, 2016 | ||
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| The Big Bad is revealed—and so is Ghost Anya! Buffy and the Scoobies know what they are up against, but will they be able to stop the current world-ending course of events? | |||||
Collections
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New Rules | 1-5 | November 12, 2014 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| While slaying the zompires that have overrun a small California town, Buffy and her pals are shocked to discover a new kind of vampire: harder to kill, able to transform and walk in the light of day—like Dracula . . . If that weren't enough, the rules of magic are literally being rewritten. While the crew attempts to find out exactly what this means and restore the status quo, Xander is the victim of a haunting as his relationship with Dawn crumbles. | |||||
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I Wish | 6-10 | April 8, 2015 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs, Richard Corben | ||||
| Buffy and her crew get their fight on against the new vampires and take a trip to Sunnydale, where Andrew is up to his good/bad/old tricks again. And everyone is tempted by what the new rules of magic can do for them . . . just like the Big Bads who have come knocking on Buffy's door! | |||||
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Love Dares You | 11-15 | September 9, 2015 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Megan Levens; Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| The romantic scene for Buffy and friends amps up in unexpected ways. But personal lives are soon put aside to deal with demons, both real and intangible. Spike struggles with vivid dreams of murder, and Buffy journeys into his mind, discovering the terrifying new face of evil. | |||||
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Old Demons | 16-20 | February 10, 2016 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage; Nicholas Brendon | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs; Megan Levens | ||||
| Buffy needs serious backup. With an ultimate Big Bad, Archaeus, connected to so many from the Slayer's past, she's calling in reinforcements—and saying to hell with the awkward consequences. As the gang get closer to Archaeus, the extent of his plans and their connection to the new rules of magic are revealed. | |||||
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In Pieces on the Ground | 21-25 | July 13, 2016 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs, Megan Levens | ||||
| Demon invasions wreak havoc worldwide when an interdimensional portal lands in the wrong hands—those of the Mistress, the Sculptor, and the Soul Glutton. As new threats pour into the streets, Buffy and her closest allies find their paths diverging: Willow gets a serious job, Xander and Ghost Anya grow perilously close, Andrew is tempted by evil, and Buffy and Spike continue to work at making their relationship, well, work. And as the real and supernatural worlds collide, Dawn is forced to make a life-altering decision. | |||||
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Own It | 26-30 | December 17, 2016 | ||
| Written by: Christos Gage | Artist: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| TBA | |||||