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Note: This article is about the meta-series. For other uses, see Buffy.

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (or Buffy for short) is a comic book meta-series. Initially, titles in this meta-series were an extension of the TV series, but later they became the official continuation of it.

Synopsis

The meta-series focused on the adventures of Buffy Summers and her closest friends and allies as they fought against vampires, demons, and other forces of darkness.

Stories

Main series

Mini-series

Dark Horse Classic
Season 9

One-shots

Dark Horse Classic
Season 8
Season 10

Shorts

Dark Horse Classic
Season 8
Season 9

Collections

Trade Paperbacks

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic

Cover Title Issues Release Date
The Remaining Sunlight The Remaining Sunlight 1-3 + MacGuffins March 24, 1999
Written by: Andi Watson Artist: Joe Bennett
For 17-year-old Buffy Summers, slaying vampires is as common as doing homework -- except she has better luck fighting the undead than writing term papers! This volume collects the wildly popular first three issues of the comic-book series based on the hit television show. Included, at no extra charge, is the hard-to-find Dark Horse Presents 10-page adventure, presented in color for the first time. Hurry, while supplies last!
Uninvited Guests Uninvited Guests 4-7 November 10, 1999
Written by: Andi Watson; Dan Brereton Artist: Hector Gomez
Everyone's favorite champion of goodness is back in a new trade-paperback edition, collecting issues four through seven of the hit ongoing series. Follow Buffy as she battles ice imps, Puritans, hellhounds, and even a demon for good measure! The fourth collection in the sell-out series, this one is a must-have for Buffy aficionados. Otherwise, you're just a loser!
Bad Blood Bad Blood 9-11 April 05, 2000
Written by: Andi Watson Artist: Joe Bennett
Buffy the next runway supermodel? Believe it! Buffy pursues a potential modeling career only to learn that beauty isn't just skin deep. Selke, the vampire Buffy thought was killed in a mausoleum fire, returns with a vengeance, and convinces a plastic surgeon to find a solution to her "cosmetic" complaints. She's back, and she's out for blood literally! Expanding the mythos of television's hottest horror/adventure series, Bad Blood is high-stakes graphic-novel entertainment served up Buffy-style!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic (Mini-Series)

Cover Title Issues Release Date
The Origin The Origin 1-3 September 15, 1999
Written by: Christopher Golden; Dan Brereton Artist: Joe Bennett
Bear witness to teenager Buffy Summers's transformation from simple high school student to super Vampire Slayer! Follow Buffy's trials and tribulations as she comes to accept her destined role to thwart the legions of the undead from spreading their veil of evil across Los Angeles. Adapted from creator Joss Whedon's original screenplay from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer feature film, The Origin updates the material to match the tone and characters of the hit television series, making this the officialBuffy launching pad!
Angel The Hollower Angel: The Hollower 1-3 May 10, 2000
Written by: Christopher Golden Artist: Hector Gomez
Buffy the Vampire Slayer has taken television audiences by storm and has brought its rabid audience to the world of comics. And now on the white-hot heels of Buffy's spin-off companion series comes Angel: vampire hero, hunky heartthrob, and new comics icon. Following an encounter with a figure from his past, Angel must now face a horror that he had thought long destroyed: the Hollower, the only natural predator of the vampire. This hideous abomination, however, could hold the key to Angel's salvation . . . or his destruction! And you can bet that if Angel's in danger, a certain Slayer named Buffy's not about to sit on the sidelines! Collecting the three-issue Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Angel series.
Spike and Dru Spike & Dru 1-3 + Who Made Who? June 27, 2001
Written by: Christopher Golden; James Masters Artist: Ryan Sook; Eric Powell
Four tales of the most vile, murderous, and destructive -- not to mention codependent -- couple ever to visit Sunnydale are presented in one volume, covering an entire century of bloodshed, from China in 1900 to Rio in 1999. This 96-page book collects the original Spike and Dru one-shot by TV star James "Spike" Marsters, Christopher Golden, and Ryan Sook, which was heralded by Buffy creator Joss Whedon as the model for future Buffy comics. Also included are the two follow-ups by Golden and artists Sook and Eric Powell, plus the final word on the duo, the 10-page epilogue "Who Made Who?" telling the story of their final farewell in Brazil, refered to but never delved into on the show.
Oz TPB Oz 1-3 May 15, 2002
Written by: Christopher Golden Artist: Logan Lubera; Valentine De Landro; Herb Apon
When Oz left Sunnydale to search for a way to control his werewolf nature, he found what he needed in the Far East. Now that untold story is revealed in comics, as it could never be told on the small screen! Christopher Golden, fan-fave writer of Buffynovels and comics, takes Oz across the world to a secret monastery to find inner peace. But when he gets there, he finds that many of the monks have been kidnapped by a race of demons. Now, if Oz is ever going to master the beast within, he has to rescue the monks and defeat a terrible demon. This collection includes the entire three-issue miniseries plus new pages, and a sketchbook section featuring the work of cover artist John Totleben and series artist Logan Lubera.
Haunted Haunted 1-4 + Prologue September 11, 2002
Written by: Jane Espenson Artist: Cliff Richards
A sinister presence stirs among the charred rubble of what used to be Sunnydale High. It seems that the ghost of Sunnydale's former Mayor has a bone to pick with Buffy. Now, on top of dealing with her nightmares about a certain raven-haired, trash-talking former Slayer, she's got a body-snatching, blood-sucking, poltergeist stalking her every moment she's awake. Buffy's left to face the thing without knowing whose hand guides it, armed only with an enigmatic message from Faith: "You're already dead." Fans of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television show should not pass up the most Faithful collection of Buffy comics ever! Jane Espenson, long-time writer for the Buffy TV series, brings you the first and only appearance of Faith in comics, picking up directly from the Season Three finale!
Willow & Tara Willow & Tara 1-4 + Prologue April 23, 2003
Written by: Amber Benson; Christopher Golden; Andi Watson Artist: Terry Moore; Andi Watson; Eric Powell
Buffy the Vampire Slayer's own Amber "Tara" Benson takes up scripting duties on these collected stories of everyone's favorite Wiccan couple with the help of writer Christopher Golden (Angel, Buffy TVS: The Watcher's Guide, BPRD). This volume will collect the Willow and Tara one-shot "WannaBlessedBe" drawn by Terry Moore, the two-part Willow and Tara: "Wilderness" story and Andi Watson's two- part Willow and Tara comic strip featured in Dark Horse Extra!

Buffy Season Eight - Trade Paperbacks

Buffy Season Nine - Trade Paperbacks

Buffy Season Ten - Trade Paperbacks

Omnibus

  • Omnibus: Volume 1
  • Omnibus: Volume 2
  • Omnibus: Volume 3
  • Omnibus: Volume 4
  • Omnibus: Volume 5
  • Omnibus: Volume 6
  • Omnibus: Volume 7

Buffy Deluxe Hardcover Library Edition

Other

Behind the scenes

Dark Horse Comics published its first Buffy graphic in 1998 ("Dust Waltz"). The initial stories a non-canon extension of the television series with little to no input from its writers (this series was later retitled Classic). In 2003 production on the Buffy meta-series halted and Dark Horse started producing canonical works in other meta-series (Tales of the Slayers, Tales of the Vampires, and Fray). In 2007, after a four year publishing hiatus, the first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, the canonical continuation of the TV series was published. In 2011 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine followed. In 2014 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten followed.

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