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{{ComicIssue
|coverA    = 59-Slayer, Interrupted 4.jpg
|released  = July 23, [[2003]]
|pages     = 21
|series    = ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]''
|number    = 59
|previous  = ''[[Slayer, Interrupted, Part Three]]''
|next      = ''[[A Stake to the Heart, Part One]]''
|publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]]
|writer    = [[Scott Lobdell]]<br>[[Fabian Nicieza]]
|penciller = [[Cliff Richards]]
|coverart  = [[Brian Horton]]<br>[[Paul Lee]]
|inker     = [[Will Conrad]]
|colorist  = [[Dave McCaig]]<br>[[Lisa Gonzales]]
|letterer  = [[Clem Robins]]
|editor    = [[Scott Allie]]
}}

'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is the fifty-ninth issue of the ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]'' comic book series. Written by [[Scott Lobdell]] with [[Fabian Nicieza]] and illustrated by [[Cliff Richards]], it was originally published on July 23, [[2003]], by [[Dark Horse Comics]].

==Synopsis==
Don't miss the final chapter of the four-issue story arc, "Slayer, Interrupted" as [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] discovers the horrible secret being kept deep in the bowels of one of [[Los Angeles]]'s premier mental institutions. Committed by her parents, Buffy finds herself not knowing whom to trust. Now it's up to her to save a group of young girls from the [[demon]] that feeds off the sick teenagers hospitalized within.

The second book of the ''Buffy: Year One'' trilogy wraps up, leading into her parents' divorce, and her arrival in [[Sunnydale]].<ref name=":0">[https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/12-231/ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59 Slayer Interrupted (Part 4 of 4)."] ''[[Dark Horse Comics]]''. Retrieved on October 10, 2017‎.</ref>

==Summary==
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==Continuity==
*This story includes the false memories around [[Dawn Summers]], before she was created in "[[Buffy vs. Dracula]]."
*Buffy, Dawn, and [[Joyce Summers]] are yet to move to Sunnydale, making this story previous to the series's debut episode "[[Welcome to the Hellmouth]]."
*Buffy's parents have had her committed to a mental hospital, which she later mentions in "[[Normal Again]]."
*Dr. [[Primrose]] recalls Buffy slaying [[Lothos]] at [[Hemery High School]] (''[[The Origin]]''), as well as [[Marcus Sidle|Marcus]] and [[Mary Lou Sidle]] in [[Las Vegas]] (''[[Broken Parts]]''–''[[The Big Fold]]'').
*[[Rupert Giles|Giles]]'s [[Mr. Giles|father]] and [[Edna Giles|grandmother]] are mentioned as Watchers, as he would reveal to Buffy in "[[Never Kill a Boy on the First Date]]."
*Giles jokes about [[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce|Wesley]] taking his job, as he would eventually do in "[[Bad Girls]]."

==Appearances==
===Individuals===
*[[April Levine]]
*[[Buffy Summers]]
*[[Dawn Summers]]
*[[Edna Giles]] {{Om}}
*[[Mr. Giles]]
*[[Joyce Summers]]
*[[Lothos]] {{FBO}}
*[[Pike]] {{FBO}}
*[[Primrose]]
*[[Quentin Travers]]
*[[Rakagore]]
*[[Rupert Giles]]
*[[Wesley Wyndam-Pryce]]
*[[Primrose's Slayer]] {{FBO}}
===Organizations and titles===
*[[Doublemeat Palace (business)|Doublemeat Palace]] {{Om}}
*[[Summers family]]
*[[Slayer]]
*[[Watcher]]
*[[Watchers Council]]
===Species===
*[[Demon]]
*[[Human]]
*[[Vampire]] {{FBO}}
===Locations===
*[[Las Vegas]], USA {{FBO}}
*[[Los Angeles]], USA
**Asylum
**[[Hemery High School]] {{FBO}}
*[[Galway]], [[Ireland]]
**[[Blackshed]] {{Om}}
*[[England]]
===Objects===
*[[3HUJ259]]

==Death count==
*Rakagore, axed by Buffy Summers.

==Behind the scenes==
===Production===
*The title is a reference to the novel ''[[Wikipedia:Girl, Interrupted|Girl, Interrupted]]'' (1993), about a young woman's experiences in a psychiatric hospital. A [[wikipedia:Girl, Interrupted (film)|film adaption]] was made in 1999.
*This arc's title is eventually used again in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine]]'' fifth issue ''[[Slayer, Interrupted (2012)|Slayer, Interrupted]]''.
*[[Brian Horton]]'s cover homages an illustration from ''[[Wikipedia:Alice's Adventure in Wonderland|Alice's Adventure in Wonderland]]'' (1865).
*The photo cover includes a promotional photo for [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 2|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' season 2]]. It had been previously used in comic issue ''[[The Final Cut]]''.
*This story is part of the second book of the ''Buffy: Year One'' trilogy, the last stories of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic]]'', about Buffy Summers as a Slayer before her arrival in Sunnydale.<ref name=":0" />

===Distribution===
*''{{PAGENAME}}'' was the 147th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 14,777 sales in July 2003 at comic specialty stores.<ref>[https://icv2.com/articles/comics/view/3312/ "Top 300 Comics Actual--July 2003."] ''ICv2'', August 11, 2003. Retrieved on April 10, 2018.</ref>

===Collections===
*''[[Slayer, Interrupted (TPB)|Slayer, Interrupted]]''
*''[[Omnibus, Volume 1]]''
*''[[Classic]] 5: Slayer, Interrupted''

===Goofs===
*Giles refers to Wesley as "Mr. Price" instead of "Mr. (Wyndam-)Pryce".

==Gallery==
===Covers===
<gallery captionalign="center">
59-Slayer, Interrupted 4.jpg|Main cover
Buffy59-variant-cover.jpg|Photo cover
</gallery>
===Cover artwork===
<gallery captionalign="center">
BC-59-00b.jpg|Brian Horton
S2c11.jpg|Original picture
</gallery>

==References==
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