Girl Blue, Part Two

Girl Blue, Part Two is the second issue of "Giles: Girl Blue" comic book miniseries. It was written by Erika Alexander and Joss Whedon, and illustrated by Jon Lam.

Synopsis

High school life is a rough go for Rupert Giles­­ — as if being a grown man living inside a teenage body wasn’t hard enough. Crushing on each other, Giles and his mysterious new friend, Roux, navigate around the bullies in the hallways while they investigate the school-wide threat and missing staff and students — which they are certain is connected to some kind of demon…^[1]

Continuity

• The demon reveals he had been defeated by Giles when he still had his adult appearance, as before his death in Last Gleaming, Part Four.

Appearances

Individuals

• Lloyd Addison
• Boake
• Mr. Crowe (Only mentioned)
• Rupert Giles
• Willow Rosenberg (Only mentioned)
• Roux
• Truman (Only in visions)
• Ms. Wong (Only mentioned)

Organizations and Titles

• Webb Brothers (Only mentioned)
• Wizard (Only mentioned)

Species

• Dragon
• Dog
• Human
• Vampire
• Zombie (Only mentioned)

Locations

• Kokomo, Jamaica (Only mentioned)
• Los Angeles, USA
  • Living Legend Academy Charter High School
• Sunnydale, USA (Only mentioned)

Behind the Scenes

Distribution

• Girl Blue, Part Two was the 199º best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 8,023 sales in March 2018 at comic specialty stores.^[2]

Collections

• "Girl Blue"

Pop Culture References

• Roux refers to Giles as Sherlock Holmes.
• Addy compares Giles to Benjamin Button, from the short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
• Addy mentions Hennessy cognac.
• Giles mentions the Oscar awards.
• The demon mentions Atlas, DARPA’s humanoid robot.
• The demon mentions the websites eBay and Twitter.
• Giles quotes the song “Who Let the Dogs Out?”.

Goofs, Bloopers & Continuity Errors

• Lloyd Addison refers to bottles of Hennessy cognac as “Hennessey”.

Music

A “mixtape” is provided throughout the story:

1. Devin Townsend — “March of the Poozers”
2. Sarah Vaughn — “Black Coffee”
3. Ibeyi feat. Mala Rodriguez — “Me Voy”
4. John Barry — “Midnight Cowboy”
5. Nas feat. Chrisette Michelle — “Can’t Forget About You”
6. Judy Garland — “Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart”
7. Bing Crosby — “Stardust”
8. Led Zeppelin — “Black Dog”
9. Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes — “Be for Real”
10. Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong — “Mood Indigo”

Gallery

Cover Artwork

Steve Morris main cover

Arielle Jovellanos variant

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Preview

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Quotes