Everybody Loves Spike is the third issue of Spike comic book series. Written by Brian Lynch and illustrated by Nicola Zanni, it was originally published on December 22, 2010 by IDW Publishing.
Synopsis
A flame from the past is haunting Spike's present, and wreaking havoc in Las Vegas, which is already pretty overrun with demons and vampires and your garden variety sins and sinners. But nothing is never that simple when Drusilla is involved, and a new player is about to make things very… difficult for Spike and company.[1]
Continuity
- This series takes place circa year 2006, after the fall of Los Angeles was undone in After the Fall, Part Seventeen, but before Spike's arrival with his ship in Twilight, Part Four.
- Beck mentions being a "scared little girl" before she met Spike, in Asylum, Part Two.
- Spike and Drusilla are reunited, after last seeing each other in episode "Crush".
Appearances
Individuals
- Angel (Only mentioned)
- Beck
- Betta George
- Cordelia (dragon)
- Drusilla
- Groosalugg
- John
- Jeremy Johns
- Spike
- Tor
Organizations and titles
Species
- Demon
- Lighting elemental (Only mentioned)
- Sin-sects
- Splenden beast
- Tree-hemoth
- Dragon
- Half-demon
- Human
- Vampire
Locations
- Las Vegas
- "Places Unknown" (Only in flashbacks)
Death count
- Two demons, neck snapped by Spike.
- Unidentified demon, stabbed by John.
- Tor, throat slit by Drusilla.
- Two demons, beheaded by Drusilla.
- Unidentified vampire, incinerated by Beck.
Behind the scenes
Production
- The title is a parody of the television sitcom series Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005).
Distribution
- Everybody Loves Spike was the 205th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 8,611 sales in December 2010 at comic specialty stores.[2]
Collections
Pop culture references
- John mentions reading articles from the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
Gallery
Cover artwork
Franco Urru with Fabio Mantovani
Jenny Frison
Add a photo to this galleryQuotes
| Spike - "There are different kinds of vampire. Got a whole graph I could show you." |
References
- ↑ "Spike #3 (of 8)". IDW Publishing. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
- ↑ "Top 300 Comics Actual--December 2010". ICv2, January 9, 2011.
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