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|released = June 20, [[2018]]
  
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|pages = 22
  
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|series = [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve]]
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|series = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve]]''
 
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|previous = [[Buffy Season 11]] – [[One Girl in All the World]]
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|previous = ''[[Buffy Season 11]]'' – ''[[One Girl in All the World]]''
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|next = [[The Reckoning, Part Two]]
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|next = ''[[Future Shock]]''
 
|publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
  
|publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
 
|writer = [[Christos Gage]] &<br />[[Joss Whedon]]
  
|writer = [[Christos Gage]] &<br />[[Joss Whedon]]
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|inker = [[Karl Story]]
  
|inker = [[Karl Story]]
 
|colorist = [[Dan Jackson]]
  
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|letterer = [[Richard Starkings]] &<br />[[ComiCraft]]'s [[Jimmy Betancourt]]
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}: One Year Later''''' is the first issue of "[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve]]" comic book miniseries. It was written by [[Christos Gage]] and [[Joss Whedon]], and illustrated by [[Georges Jeanty]].
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is the first issue of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve]]'' comic book miniseries. It was written by [[Christos Gage]] and [[Joss Whedon]], and illustrated by [[Georges Jeanty]]. It was originally published on June 20, [[2018]] by [[Dark Horse Comics]].
   
 
==Synopsis==
  
==Synopsis==
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It’s one year later, and the lives of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and the [[Scooby Gang|Scoobies]] haven’t been too eventful for a while — at least as far as fighting [[demons]] and the forces of darkness are concerned. But that’s all about to change when [[Dawn Summers|Dawn]] and [[Alexander Harris|Xander]]’s housewarming party is interrupted by some familiar faces bringing news of familiar foes from the future. Can you say [[Harth Fray|Harth]]… and [[Melaka Fray|Fray]]?
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It's one year later, and the lives of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and the [[Scooby Gang|Scoobies]] haven't been too eventful for a while — at least as far as fighting [[demon]]s and the forces of darkness are concerned. But that's all about to change when [[Dawn Summers|Dawn]] and [[Alexander Harris|Xander]]'s housewarming party is interrupted by some familiar faces bringing news of familiar foes from the future. Can you say [[Harth Fray|Harth]]… and [[Melaka Fray|Fray]]?
   
 
*The return of Fray!
  
*The return of Fray!
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==Continuity==
  
==Continuity==
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*A same flashback from ''[[Ready, Steady...]]'' appears, of the last [[Slayer]] facing the last [[demons]].
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*A same flashback from ''[[Ready, Steady...]]'' appears, of the last [[Slayer]] facing the last demons.
 
*A flashback includes one of the fights between Buffy and Melaka, from ''[[Time of Your Life, Part One]]''–''[[Time of Your Life, Part Four|Part Four]]'' arc.
  
*A flashback includes one of the fights between Buffy and Melaka, from ''[[Time of Your Life, Part One]]''–''[[Time of Your Life, Part Four|Part Four]]'' arc.
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*Harth explains that, by the 23rd century, hardly anyone remembers [[lurks]] can assume a [[human]] visage, themselves included, which explains why he was the only vampire with human face throughout the whole ''[[Fray (series)|Fray]]'' series.
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*Harth explains that, by the 23rd century, hardly anyone remembers [[lurk]]s can assume a [[human]] visage, themselves included, which explains why he was the only vampire with human face throughout the whole ''[[Fray (series)|Fray]]'' series.
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*The [[Watcher]] publication refers to Buffy’s quote in ''[[The Long Way Home, Part One]]'', slightly modified from the original “The thing about changing the world… Once you do it, the world’s all different.”
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*The [[Watcher]] publication refers to Buffy's quote in ''[[The Long Way Home, Part One]]'', slightly modified from the original "The thing about changing the world… Once you do it, the world's all different."
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*Spike references with Buffy his own words from "[[No Place Like Home]]".
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*The story takes place a year after the events from ''[[One Girl in All the World]]''.
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*It's determined that the events from ''[[Buffy Season 8]]'' take place four years before, therefore matching a season by year of the Scooby Gang. As Buffy declares herself as 30 years old, this means there was an hiatus of one year between [[Angel season 5|''Angel'' season 5]] and ''[[The Long Way Home]]''.
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*Willow mentions her worry on the government seeing Slayer as a threat again, as they did with the [[Slayer Organization]] in ''Season Eight''.
  
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*Buffy and [[Spike]] have broken up; they'd began their relationship two years earlier, in ''[[Love Dares You, Part Two]]''.
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*Willow recalls Buffy having her vocational test in "[[What's My Line, Part One]]" suggesting her law enforcement.
  
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*Spike quotes to Buffy his own words from "[[No Place Like Home]]".
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*Andrew is apparently still in Italy, as he left in ''[[In Time of Crisis]]''.
  
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*[[Rupert Giles|Giles]] has his adult form again, as he briefly had in ''[[Freaky Giles Day]]'', as consequence of his resurrection in ''[[What You Want, Not What You Need, Part Two]]''.
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*Angel tries to not look smug with the news on Buffy and Spike break up, as he told Willow in ''[[Old Demons, Part Three]]'': “It’s not like it’ll ever last.”
  
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*[[Willow Rosenberg|Willow]] mentions her worry on the government seeing Slayer as a threat again, as they did with the [[Slayer Organization]] in ''Season Eight''.
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*Willow recalls Buffy having her vocational test in "[[What's My Line? Part One]]" suggesting her law enforcement.
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*[[Andrew Wells|Andrew]] is apparently still in Italy, as he left in ''[[In Time of Crisis]]''.
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*[[Angel]] tries to not look smug with the news on Buffy and Spike break up, as he told Willow in ''[[Old Demons, Part Three]]'': "It's not like it'll ever last."
 
*Buffy recalls [[Richard Wilkins]] being blow up in "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]".
  
*Buffy recalls [[Richard Wilkins]] being blow up in "[[Graduation Day, Part Two]]".
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*Faith blames Wilkins for making her a killer, as he assigned her an assassination mission in "[[Graduation Day, Part One]]".
 
*Buffy describes reading the [[Watchers Diaries]] from the future (''[[Time of Your Life, Part Three]]'').
  
*Buffy describes reading the [[Watchers Diaries]] from the future (''[[Time of Your Life, Part Three]]'').
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*Angel recalls his last time travel with [[Illyria]], likely in reference to the events of ''[[Angel Season Eleven]]''.
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*Melaka and [[Erin Fray|Erin]] threatens Buffy at first sight, and mention their last fight in ''Time of Your Life, Part Four''.
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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*[[Barbatos]]
  
*[[Barbatos]]
 
*[[Winifred Burkle]] {{Om}}
  
*[[Winifred Burkle]] {{Om}}
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*[[Riley Finn]]
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*[[Riley Finn]] {{Om}}
 
*[[Erin Fray]]
  
*[[Erin Fray]]
 
*[[Harth Fray]]
  
*[[Harth Fray]]
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*[[Faith Lehane]]
  
*[[Faith Lehane]]
 
*[[Ocypete]]
  
*[[Ocypete]]
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*[[Olvikan]]
  
 
*[[Willow Rosenberg]]
  
*[[Willow Rosenberg]]
 
*[[Spike]]
  
*[[Spike]]
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*[[Andrew Wells]] {{Om}}
  
*[[Andrew Wells]] {{Om}}
 
*[[Richard Wilkins]]
  
*[[Richard Wilkins]]
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*[[Unidentified sorcerer]]
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===Organizations and Titles===
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===Organizations and titles===
 
*[[Big Bad]] {{Om}}
  
*[[Big Bad]] {{Om}}
 
*[[The Key]]
  
*[[The Key]]
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===Species===
  
===Species===
 
*[[Demon]]
  
*[[Demon]]
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**[[Old One]]
  
 
*[[Human]]
  
*[[Human]]
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*[[Old One]]
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**[[Olvikan]]
 
*[[Vampire]]
  
*[[Vampire]]
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===Weapons and Objects===
  
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*Axe
  
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*Crossbow
  
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*[[Mʔ]]
  
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*[[Scepter of the Veils]]
  
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*Spear
  
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*Sword
  
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*"Tales of the Slayers"
  
 
===Events===
  
===Events===
 
*[[Apocalypse]] {{Om}}
  
*[[Apocalypse]] {{Om}}
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*[[The Reckoning (event)|The Reckoning]] {{FBO}}
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*[[Reckoning]] {{FBO}}
 
===Locations===
  
===Locations===
 
*[[England]] {{Om}}
  
*[[England]] {{Om}}
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***[[Dawn and Xander's residence]]
  
***[[Dawn and Xander's residence]]
 
**Silicon Valley
  
**Silicon Valley
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***[[Wolfram & Hart Silicon Valley branch]]
 
**[[Sunnydale]] {{Om}}
  
**[[Sunnydale]] {{Om}}
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===Weapons and objects===
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*[[Mr. Gordo]]
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*[[Mʔ]]
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*[[Ray gun]]
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*[[Scepter of the Veils]]
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*''Tales of the Slayers''
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*[[Vampy Cat]]
   
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==Death Count==
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==Death count==
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*Unidentified sorcerer, speared then drained by several lurks.
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*Unidentified sorcerer, speared then bitten by several lurks.
 
*Unidentified lurk, staked by Angel.
  
*Unidentified lurk, staked by Angel.
 
*Unidentified demon, decapitated by Faith Lehane.
  
*Unidentified demon, decapitated by Faith Lehane.
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*Unknown number of demons and lurks, killed in battle by the Scooby Gang.
  
*Unknown number of demons and lurks, killed in battle by the Scooby Gang.
   
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==Behind the Scenes==
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==Behind the scenes==
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===Production===
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*In Haddyn, a billboard reads "コカ・コーラ", which is Japanese for [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola|Coca-Cola]].
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===Distribution===
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*''{{PAGENAME}}'' was the 160th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 12,225 sales in June 2018 at comic specialty stores.<ref>[https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/40801/ "Top 500 Comics--June 2018"]. ''ICv2'', July 9, 2018.</ref>
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===Collections===
  
===Collections===
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*"[[The Reckoning]]"
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*''[[The Reckoning (TPB)|The Reckoning]]''
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*''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve Library Edition]]''
   
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===Pop Culture References===
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===Pop culture references===
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*Xander and Dawn’s home has a poster of fictional character [[Wikipedia:Hellboy|Hellboy]] on the wall.
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*Xander and Dawn's home has a poster of fictional character [[Wikipedia:Hellboy|Hellboy]] on the wall.
 
*Richard Wilkins mimics a scene from horror film ''[[Wikipedia:The Shining (film)|The Shinning]]'' (1980).
  
*Richard Wilkins mimics a scene from horror film ''[[Wikipedia:The Shining (film)|The Shinning]]'' (1980).
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*A billboard in Haddyn advertises for Coca-Cola.
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
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===Cover Artwork===
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===Cover artwork===
 
<gallery captionalign="center">
  
<gallery captionalign="center">
 
B12-01-00b.jpg|Stephanie Hans main cover
  
B12-01-00b.jpg|Stephanie Hans main cover
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B12-01-02b.jpg|Karl Moline ultravariant
  
B12-01-02b.jpg|Karl Moline ultravariant
 
</gallery>
  
</gallery>
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===Preview===
  
===Preview===
 
<gallery>
  
<gallery>
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{{References}}
  
{{References}}
   
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[[Category:Buffy comics]]
  
[[Category:Buffy comics]]
 
[[Category:Season Twelve]]
  
[[Category:Season Twelve]]

Revision as of 00:05, 10 February 2020

One Year Later is the first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve comic book miniseries. It was written by Christos Gage and Joss Whedon, and illustrated by Georges Jeanty. It was originally published on June 20, 2018 by Dark Horse Comics.

Synopsis

It's one year later, and the lives of Buffy and the Scoobies haven't been too eventful for a while — at least as far as fighting demons and the forces of darkness are concerned. But that's all about to change when Dawn and Xander's housewarming party is interrupted by some familiar faces bringing news of familiar foes from the future. Can you say Harth… and Fray?

  • The return of Fray!
  • The Reckoning will be the culmination of all the Buffy seasons![1]

Continuity

Appearances

Individuals

Organizations and titles

Species

Events

Locations

Weapons and objects

Death count

  • Unidentified sorcerer, speared then bitten by several lurks.
  • Unidentified lurk, staked by Angel.
  • Unidentified demon, decapitated by Faith Lehane.
  • Unidentified lurk, decapitated by Spike.
  • Unknown number of demons and lurks, killed in battle by the Scooby Gang.

Behind the scenes

Production

  • In Haddyn, a billboard reads "コカ・コーラ", which is Japanese for Coca-Cola.

Distribution

  • One Year Later was the 160th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 12,225 sales in June 2018 at comic specialty stores.[2]

Collections

  • The Reckoning
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve Library Edition

Pop culture references

  • Xander and Dawn's home has a poster of fictional character Hellboy on the wall.
  • Richard Wilkins mimics a scene from horror film The Shinning (1980).
  • A billboard in Haddyn advertises for Coca-Cola.

Gallery

Cover artwork

Preview

References

  1. ↑ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning #1". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Top 500 Comics--June 2018". ICv2, July 9, 2018.
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