In Pieces on the Ground, Part Five

Publication

March 23, 2016

Length

22 pages

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #25

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Colorist(s)

Dan Jackson

Letterer(s)

Richard Starkings
ComiCraft's Jimmy Betancourt

In Pieces on the Ground, Part Five is the twenty-fifth issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten comic book series. Written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Megan Levens, it was originally published on March 23, 2016, by Dark Horse Comics.

Synopsis[]

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?^[1]

Summary[]

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Continuity[]

This issue mirrors the events from "The Gift" with Dawn's imminent sacrifice, Buffy's dilemma, Giles' reasoning, and Spike's protective stance.
Buffy tells Dawn: "I don't care what you used to be. You're my sister," similarly to "Blood Ties," in which she said: "It doesn't matter how you got here or where you came from. You are my sister."
Willow mentions her experience with other dimensions, as seen in Willow: Goddesses and Monsters, Family Reunion, Part Two, and Willow: Wonderland.
Buffy remembers the thousands of deaths caused by the Restless Door, as she saw in In Pieces on the Ground, Part One.
Willow mentions the effect of hell dimensions on Angel from "Through the Looking Glass" and Family Reunion, Part Four.
Xander remembers the psychic Lana Pasternak sensed Anya, as shown in Triggers.
Anya says she used to be a vengeance demon, as she remembers the original Anya being from the flashback in "Selfless" to "The Wish," then from "Entropy" to "Selfless."
This issue answers definitively that Anya isn't a ghost from the previous Anya but part of D'Hoffryn plans, a question that began since her first appearance in New Rules, Part One.

Appearances[]

Individuals[]

Organization and titles[]

Species[]

Events[]

Apocalypse (Only mentioned)

Locations[]

Anharra
Earth
- Antioch
- Silicon Valley
Pylea (Only mentioned)
Quor'toth (Only mentioned)

Objects[]

Blood
Cross
Energy disruptor
mʔ
Restless Door (Only mentioned)
Sardathian maggot-loaf (Only mentioned)
Soul (Only mentioned)
Soul Glutton's trident
Vampyr (Only mentioned)
X-ray specs

Rituals and spells[]

Exorcism (Only mentioned)

Death count[]

Kerberon, killed by Dawn Summers.
At least five people, killed by the Mistress and the Soul Glutton (only mentioned).
The Mistress and the Soul Glutton, killed by D'Hoffryn.