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No Future for You, Part One

Publication

September 05, 2007

Length

23 pages

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight #6

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No Future for You, Part One is the sixth issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic book series. It was written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Georges Jeanty. Joss Whedon is the executive producer.

Synopsis

The second arc of our bestselling Season Eight starts here. Top creator Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man; Pride of Baghdad; Lost) takes over writing duties and dives headlong into what Faith is up to-infiltration, assassination, and nonstop Cleveland. The fugitive Slayer is given the assignment that could change her life… if Giles’s specialized training doesn’t make her want to end it first.^[1]

Summary

Faith sits atop the Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, smoking. After somewhat cynically reminiscing that her mother used to read Oh, The Places You’ll Go! to her as a child, she receives a telephone call from Robin Wood. Wood and his "squad" are taking care of a vampire nest, but he tells Faith that one of the vampires they staked used to be a single mother. After asking Faith to go check on the children, he attempts to make small talk, revealing the two are no longer together, but Faith cuts short. Faith arrives at the dead woman’s house and finds six children, all vampires. After quickly dusting them, she heads back to her apartment.

She finds Rupert Giles waiting for her and drinking tea. Giles needs Faith for a dangerous mission with high stakes. If she succeeds, he will give her a passport to anywhere, with a new name and an early retirement. Faith agrees, and finds out Giles wants her to kill a rogue Slayer for whom there is no hope of rehabilitation.

Lady Genevieve, the Slayer in question, is seen training with a warlock, Roden. They had captured another Slayer, whom Genevieve hunts and kills savagely with no sign of guilt, later demanding that the training be completed.

Giles trains a reluctant Faith to pass as an English aristocrat, so that she can crash Lady Genevieve’s 19th birthday party and assassinate her.

In Scotland, Buffy and Xander are training. After Buffy questions him, Xander states that he needs to train so he can be Renee’s sparring partner. After Buffy makes fun of his love interest, she stares blankly at the Mark of Twilight they had previously found. Buffy confides that she had a recurring nightmare in which a monster says “The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen” and then devores her.

Back in England, Faith is dressed for the party while Giles gives her a last-minute quiz in etiquette. Faith appears at the top of the stairs in an elegant gown, ready to leave for the party, and asks Giles if things are all right. Giles responds: “five by five.”

Continuity

Faith referes to Robin Wood as her ex, revealing their relationship ("Touched") had ended.
Giles mentions Faith’s attempts to forge a passport; she mentions having become an escaped convict for murderer after she breakout from prison ("Salvage").
Faith sees Giles’ tattoo of the Mark of Eyghon for the first time.
Giles recalls having an innocent person killed ("The Dark Age"), as Faith also had ("Consequences"; "Graduation Day, Part One").
After training, Xander puts on a Sunnydale High Swim Team T-shirt; as he had years earlier joined the swim team to investigate the deaths of some of its members ("Go Fish").

Appearances

Individuals

Organizations and titles

Slayer
Slayer Organization
Scooby Gang
Sunnydale High Swim Team (Only mentioned)
Twilight Group
Warlock
Watchers Council

Species

Locations

Cleveland, USA
- Hellmouth
- Hope Memorial Bridge
London, England
- Rupert Giles’s residence
Scotland

Weapons and objects

Death count

Five vampires, dusted by Slayer Organization Cleveland squad.
Six vampire children, dusted by Faith Lehane.
An unidentified Slayer, killed by Genevieve Savidge.

Behind the scenes

Production

The title refers to a verse from the Sex Pistols’s song “God Save the Queen”.
According to Scott Allie in this issue’s “Slay the Critics”, “the entire story [of the ‘No Future for You’ arc] has its earliest roots in Joss [Whedon] and Brian [K. Vaughan] talking about doing a Faith TV movie.”
This is the first Season Eight issue to not be written by series creator Joss Whedon; although, as he did in the television show’s episodes, he participated supervising the comic’s production.
The issue features a cameo appearance of the fictional characters Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler from television series Doctor Who, as confirmed by Scott Allie in the “Slay the Critics” featured in Time of Your Life, Part Four.
Giles refers to “the great bearded wizard of Northampton”, a nod to comic book writer and magician Alan Moore. A statue in his honor appears in Time of Your Life, Part Two.

Distribution

No Future for You, Part One was the eighth best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 96,556 sales in September 2007 at comic specialty stores.^[2] It was also among the 300 best selling of October 2007 and April 2008.^[3]

Collections

Pop culture references

Faith mentions the children’s author Dr. Seuss and recalls her mother used to read his book Oh, The Places You’ll Go! to her as a child.
Giles wears a sweater with the image of a Yellow Submarine after the famous song and video.
Faith tells Giles she’s “the go-to girl for dirty deeds done dirt cheap”
Gigi mentions luxury brand Louis Vuitton.
Roden paraphrases the song “Another Brick in the Wall" with the phrase “as a wise man once said, you can’t have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat.”
Faith compares Giles’ etiquette classes with the musical My Fair Lady.
Whilst training, Xander mentions actor Kurt Russell and his roles as Captain Ron and Snake Plissken.
When discussing their partnership, Giles asks Faith if she would like to be the Peel to his Steed, referencing the British television show The Avengers.

International titles

French: Pas d'Avenir pour Toi, Première Partie (No Future for You, Part One)
German: Ohne Zukunft, Teil Eins (Without Future, Part One)
Italian: Nessun Futuro per Te, Parte 1 (No Future for You, Part One)
Portuguese (Brazil): Sem Futuro, Parte Um (No Future, Part One)
Russian: У тебя нет будущего, Часть 1 (You Have No Future, Part 1)
Spanish: No Tienes Futuro, Parte I (You Have No Future, Part I)
Turkish: Gelecek Yok, Kısım Bir (No Future, Part One)

Other

This issue was adapted into a Season Eight Motion Comic episode.

Gallery

Cover artwork

Preview

Quotes

Faith Lehane: “You can skip the friendly uncle routine. I ain’t your beloved Buffy, I’m the go-to girl for dirty deeds done dirt cheap, right? So what do you need me to kill?”

References

↑ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: #6 No Future for You". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
↑ "Top 300 Comics Actual--September 2007" ICv2, October 14, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
↑ "ICv2's Top 300 Comics & Top 300 GN's index." ICv2. Retrieved January 18, 2018.

[1] "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8: #6 No Future for You". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved January 18, 2018.

[2] "Top 300 Comics Actual--September 2007" ICv2, October 14, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2018.

[3] "ICv2's Top 300 Comics & Top 300 GN's index." ICv2. Retrieved January 18, 2018.

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-'''''No Future for You, Part One''''' is the sixth issue of the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]'' comic book series. It was written by [[Brian K. Vaughan]] and illustrated by [[Georges Jeanty]]. [[Joss Whedon]] is the executive producer.
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 ==Summary==
-Faith sits atop the Hope Memorial Bridge in [[Cleveland]], smoking. After somewhat cynically reminiscing that her mother used to read ''Oh, The Places You’ll Go!'' to her as a child, she receives a telephone call from [[Robin Wood]]. Wood and his "squad" are taking care of a [[vampire]] nest, but he tells Faith that one of the vampires they staked used to be a single mother. After asking Faith to go check on the children, he attempts to make small talk, revealing the two are no longer together, but Faith cuts short. Faith arrives at the dead woman’s house and finds six children, all vampires. After quickly dusting them, she heads back to her apartment.
+Faith sits atop the Hope Memorial Bridge in Cleveland, smoking. After somewhat cynically reminiscing that her mother used to read ''Oh, The Places You’ll Go!'' to her as a child, she receives a telephone call from [[Robin Wood]]. Wood and his "squad" are taking care of a [[vampire]] nest, but he tells Faith that one of the vampires they staked used to be a single mother. After asking Faith to go check on the children, he attempts to make small talk, revealing the two are no longer together, but Faith cuts short. Faith arrives at the dead woman’s house and finds six children, all vampires. After quickly dusting them, she heads back to her apartment.
 She finds Rupert Giles waiting for her and drinking tea. Giles needs Faith for a dangerous mission with high stakes. If she succeeds, he will give her a passport to anywhere, with a new name and an early retirement. Faith agrees, and finds out Giles wants her to kill a rogue Slayer for whom there is no hope of rehabilitation.
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 Giles trains a reluctant Faith to pass as an English aristocrat, so that she can crash Lady Genevieve’s 19th birthday party and assassinate her.
-In Scotland, [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and [[Xander Harris|Xander]] are training. After Buffy questions him, Xander states that he needs to train so he can be Renee’s sparring partner. After Buffy makes fun of his love interest, she stares blankly at the [[Twilight Group|symbol of twilight]] which they had previously found. Buffy confides that she had a recurring nightmare in which [[Twilight|a monster]] says “The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen” and then devores her.
+In Scotland, [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and [[Alexander Harris|Xander]] are training. After Buffy questions him, Xander states that he needs to train so he can be Renee’s sparring partner. After Buffy makes fun of his love interest, she stares blankly at the [[Mark of Twilight]] they had previously found. Buffy confides that she had a recurring nightmare in which [[Twilight|a monster]] says “The Queen is dead. Long live the Queen” and then devores her.
 Back in England, Faith is dressed for the party while Giles gives her a last-minute quiz in etiquette. Faith appears at the top of the stairs in an elegant gown, ready to leave for the party, and asks Giles if things are all right. Giles responds: “five by five.”
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 *Faith sees Giles’ tattoo of the [[Mark of Eyghon]] for the first time.
 *Giles recalls having an innocent person killed ("[[The Dark Age]]"), as Faith also had ("[[Consequences]]"; "[[Graduation Day, Part One]]").
-*After training, Xander puts on a [[Sunnydale High School]]’s swim team T-shirt; as he had years earlier joined the swim team to investigate the deaths of some of its members ("[[Go Fish]]").
+*After training, Xander puts on a [[Sunnydale High Swim Team]] T-shirt; as he had years earlier joined the swim team to investigate the deaths of some of its members ("[[Go Fish]]").
 ==Appearances==
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 *[[Robin Wood]]
 *[[Filthy little commoner|Unidentified Slayer]]
+===Organizations and titles===
-===Organizations and Titles===
 *[[Slayer]]
 *[[Slayer Organization]]
 *[[Scooby Gang]]
+*[[Sunnydale High Swim Team]] {{Om}}
 *[[Twilight Group]]
 *[[Warlock]]
 *[[Watchers Council]]
 ===Species===
 *[[Human]]
 *[[Demon]]
-**[[Buski Golem]]
+**[[Buski golem]]
 **[[Gargoyle]]
-**[[Nisanti Demon]]
+**[[Nisanti demon]]
 *[[Vampire]]
 ===Locations===
 *[[Cleveland]], USA
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 **[[Rupert Giles's residence (London)|Rupert Giles’s residence]]
 *Scotland
+===Weapons and objects===
-===Weapons and Objects===
-*[[Stake]]
-===Other===
 *[[Mark of Eyghon]]
 *[[Mark of Twilight]]
+*[[Stake]]
-==Death Count==
+==Death count==
-*Five [[vampires]], dusted by [[Slayer Organization]]’s Cleveland squad.
+*Five vampires, dusted by Slayer Organization Cleveland squad.
-*Six vampire children, dusted by [[Faith Lehane]].
+*Six vampire children, dusted by Faith Lehane.
-*An [[Filthy little commoner|unidentified Slayer]], killed by [[Genevieve Savidge]].
+*An unidentified Slayer, killed by Genevieve Savidge.
-==Behind the Scenes==
+==Behind the scenes==
 ===Production===
 *The title refers to a verse from the [[Wikipedia:Sex Pistols|Sex Pistols]]’s song “[[Wikipedia:God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]”.
-*According to [[Scott Allie]] in this issue’s “[[Slay the Critics]]”, “the entire story [of the ’No Future for You’ arc] has its earliest roots in [[Joss Whedon|Joss [Whedon]]] and [[Brian K. Vaughan|Brian [K. Vaughan]]] talking about doing a Faith TV movie.”
+*According to [[Scott Allie]] in this issue’s “[[Slay the Critics]]”, “the entire story [of the ‘No Future for You’ arc] has its earliest roots in Joss [Whedon] and Brian [K. Vaughan] talking about doing a Faith TV movie.”
-*This is the first [[Season Eight]] issue to not be written by series creator Joss Whedon; although, as he did in the television show’s episodes, he participated supervising the comic’s production.
+*This is the first Season Eight issue to not be written by series creator Joss Whedon; although, as he did in the television show’s episodes, he participated supervising the comic’s production.
 *The issue features a cameo appearance of the fictional characters Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler from television series ''[[Wikipedia:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'', as confirmed by Scott Allie in the “Slay the Critics” featured in ''[[Time of Your Life, Part Four]]''.
-*[[Rupert Giles|Giles]] refers to “the great bearded wizard of Northampton”, a nod to comic book writer and magician [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore|Alan Moore]]. A statue in his honor appears in ''[[Time of Your Life, Part Two]]''.
+*Giles refers to “the great bearded wizard of Northampton”, a nod to comic book writer and magician [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore|Alan Moore]]. A statue in his honor appears in ''[[Time of Your Life, Part Two]]''.
 ===Distribution===
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 ===Collections===
 *"[[No Future for You]]"
-*[[Season 8 Library Edition, Volume 1]]
+*"[[Season 8 Library Edition, Volume 1]]"
-*[[Buffy Omnibus: Season 8, Volume 1]]
+*"[[Omnibus: Season 8, Volume 1]]"
-===Pop Culture References===
+===Pop culture references===
 *Faith mentions the children’s author [[Wikipedia:Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss]] and recalls her mother used to read his book ''[[Wikipedia:Oh, The Places You'll Go!|Oh, The Places You’ll Go!]]'' to her as a child.
 *Giles wears a sweater with the image of a [[Wikipedia:Yellow Submarine|Yellow Submarine]] after the famous song and video.
 *Faith tells Giles she’s “the go-to girl for [[Wikipedia:Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song)|dirty deeds done dirt cheap]]”
-*[[Genevieve Savidge|Gigi]] mentions luxury brand [[Wikipedia:Louis Vuitton|Louis Vuitton]].
+*Gigi mentions luxury brand [[Wikipedia:Louis Vuitton|Louis Vuitton]].
-*[[Roden]] paraphrases the song “[[Wikipedia:Another Brick in the Wall|Another Brick in the Wall]]" with the phrase “as a wise man once said, you can’t have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat.”
+*Roden paraphrases the song “[[Wikipedia:Another Brick in the Wall|Another Brick in the Wall]]" with the phrase “as a wise man once said, you can’t have any pudding if you don’t eat your meat.”
 *Faith compares Giles’ etiquette classes with the musical ''[[Wikipedia:My Fair Lady|My Fair Lady]]''.
-*Whilst training, [[Alexander Harris|Xander]] mentions actor [[Wikipedia:Kurt Russell|Kurt Russell]] and his roles as [[Wikipedia:Captain Ron|Captain Ron]] and [[Wikipedia:Snake Plissken|Snake Plissken]].
+*Whilst training, Xander mentions actor [[Wikipedia:Kurt Russell|Kurt Russell]] and his roles as [[Wikipedia:Captain Ron|Captain Ron]] and [[Wikipedia:Snake Plissken|Snake Plissken]].
 *When discussing their partnership, Giles asks Faith if she would like to be the Peel to his Steed, referencing the British television show ''[[Wikipedia:The Avengers (TV show)|The Avengers]]''.
+===International titles===
+*'''French:''' ''Pas d'Avenir pour Toi, Première Partie'' (No Future for You, Part One)
+*'''German:''' ''Ohne Zukunft, Teil Eins'' (Without Future, Part One)
+*'''Italian:''' ''Nessun Futuro per Te, Parte 1'' ({{PAGENAME}})
+*'''Portuguese (Brazil):''' ''Sem Futuro, Parte Um'' (No Future, Part One)
+*'''Russian:''' ''У тебя нет будущего, Часть 1'' (You Have No Future, Part 1)
+*'''Spanish:''' ''No Tienes Futuro, Parte I'' (You Have No Future, Part I)
+*'''Turkish:''' ''Gelecek Yok, Kısım Bir'' (No Future, Part One)
 ===Other===
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 ==Gallery==
-===Cover Artwork===
+===Cover artwork===
 <gallery captionalign="center">
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+==References==
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