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. It was originally published on March 28, 2018 by Dark Horse Comics.
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
- Crowe (Only mentioned)
- Rupert Giles
- Willow Rosenberg (Only mentioned)
- Roux
- Truman (Only in visions)
- Wong (Only mentioned)
Organizations and titles
- Webb Brothers (Only mentioned)
- Wizard (Only mentioned)
Species
Locations
- Kokomo, Jamaica (Only mentioned)
- Los Angeles, USA
- Sunnydale, USA (Only mentioned)
Behind the scenes
Distribution
- Girl Blue, Part Two was the 199th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 8,023 sales in March 2018 at comic specialty stores.[2]
Collections
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:
- Devin Townsend — "March of the Poozers"
- Sarah Vaughn — "Black Coffee"
- Ibeyi feat. Mala Rodriguez — "Me Voy"
- John Barry — "Midnight Cowboy"
- Nas feat. Chrisette Michelle — "Can't Forget About You"
- Judy Garland — "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart"
- Bing Crosby — "Stardust"
- Led Zeppelin — "Black Dog"
- Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes — "Be for Real"
- Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong — "Mood Indigo"
Gallery
Cover artwork
Steve Morris main cover
Arielle Jovellanos variant
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Quotes
| Giles - "You rose from the dead to make a tool that make people dumber? How droll. Why not just watch the news?" |
References
- ↑ "Buffy Season 11: Giles #2". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
- ↑ "Top 300 Comics--March 2018". iCV2, April 09, 2018.
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