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+ | | cover = Tales of the Vampires.jpg |
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+ | | released = November 24, 2004 |
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| publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]] |
| publisher = [[Dark Horse Comics]] |
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| + | | writer = [[Joss Whedon]], [[Ben Edlund]], [[Jane Espenson]], [[Drew Goddard]], [[Sam Loeb]], and [[Brett Matthews]] |
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| + | | penciller = [[Jason Alexander]], [[Ben Edlund]], [[Paul Lee]], [[Vatche Mavlian]], [[Scott Morse]], [[Jeff Parker]], [[Sean Phillips]], [[Cliff Richards]], [[Tim Sale]], [[Alex Sanchez]], [[Ben Stenbeck]], [[Cameron Stewart]] |
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| − | | writer = [[Joss Whedon]] |
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| + | | editor = [[Scott Allie]] |
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| + | | coverart = [[Mike Mignola]] |
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| − | | previous = [[A Stake to the Heart]] |
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| − | '''''Tales of the Vampires''''' is a trade paperback collecting five issues of a comic book by the same name. Each story tells the tale of one or more vampires, and the otherwise unrelated collection is strung together by a bridging story written by [[Joss Whedon]]. |
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| + | '''Tales of the Vampires''' was a trade paperback collecting issues one to five of the ''[[Tales of the Vampires (series)|Tales of the Vampires]]'' comic book series. |
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| − | ==''Some Like it Hot''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Sam Loeb]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': Tim Sale |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': Tales of the Vampires #5 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': Early 19th Century |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| + | ==Publisher's summary== |
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| − | ::A vampire seeks fun in the sun through some unusual surgery. |
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| + | The creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunites with the writers from his hit TV shows including Tick creator and Angel Executive Producer Ben Edlund for an imaginative and frightening look into the history of vampires in the world of the Slayer. Intricately woven around a central story by Whedon featuring a group of young Watchers in training meeting their first undead, Whedon's staff of writers present stories ranging from medieval times to the Depression to today, as well as Buffy's rematch with Dracula and Angel's ongoing battle with his own demons. Wrapped in a haunting cover by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola. |
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+ | ==Stories== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Brett Matthews]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': [[Vatche Mavlian]] |
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+ | *"[[Tales of the Vampires, Part Three]]" |
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| − | *'''Setting''': 1888, November |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| + | *"[[Dames]]" |
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| + | ==Appearances== |
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| − | ::The story opens up in late 1888 London with another crime being reported to police Superintendent Mallory. [[Inspector Whitcomb]] is on [[Jack the Ripper]]'s case but holds a secret of his own. |
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| + | *[[Edna Fairweather]] (5/6) |
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| + | *[[Roche]] (5/6) |
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| − | ==''Tales of the Vampires''== |
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| + | *[[Sophie Downs]] (5/6) |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Joss Whedon]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils''': Alex Sanchez |
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| − | *'''Inks''': Derek Fridolfs |
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| − | *'''Colors''': Michelle Madsen |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #1-5 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': Early 20th Century |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| − | ::The anthology is presented as a series of stories told by an ancient vampire to a group of young [[Watcher]]s. ''Tales of the Vampires'' is the tale of that storytelling session and functions as a bridge among the other items in the anthology. |
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| − | ::At a Victorian Watcher's academy, the instructors are teaching a group of young Watchers about vampires by allowing them to hear tales from a particularly evil vampire captive, [[Roche]]. |
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| − | ==''Father''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Jane Espenson]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': Jason Alexander |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #3 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': 1922 and onwards |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| − | The tale of a long relationship between a [[Tom Mitchell|vampire]] and his human [[Cyrus Mitchell|son]] told over the lifespan of the latter. |
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| − | ==''Dames''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Brett Matthews]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks by''': [[Sean Phillips]] |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': "Drawing on Your Nightmares" (Dark Horse one-shot sample, Oct. 2003) |
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| − | *'''Setting''': USA, Las Vegas, 1930s |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| − | A noirish tale in which a gambling vampire meets his match while scouting casinos. |
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| − | ==''Dust Bowl''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Jane Espenson]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks by''': [[Jeff Parker]] |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #4 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': 1933 |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| − | ::"Dust Bowl" opens up with young [[Joe Cooper]] trying to work a barren field that rain hasn't touched. He is soon 'turned' into a vampire, but must face this new experience by himself. |
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| − | ==''The Problem with Vampires''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Drew Goddard]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': [[Paul Lee]] |
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| − | *'''Colors''': Michelle Madsen |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #1 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': Prague, Buffy Season 2 |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| − | ::Days before the events of "[[School Hard]]", we see how [[Spike]] and [[Drusilla]] leave Prague amongst chaos. |
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| − | ::Drusilla has been captured by a human inquisitor and thrown into a Prague jail. The inquisitor proceeds to torture Drusilla in a unique chair built for that purpose in 1478. He hopes Dru will remember the pain forever, serving as a warning to other vampires to stay away from the people of Prague. |
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| − | ::Drusilla tries to recount the things that make her happy, including little girls lost at the fair and little boys wandering too far from home, so that she can forget the torture. Spike is lying imprinted into the ground under the bridge he was thrown from by a Prague mob that shoved a stake into his chest, inches from his heart, not dusting him so that he can flee and warn other vampires to stay away from Prague. He then moves across the city, finds Drusilla, and dispatches her captor. |
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| − | ::[[Spike]] picks up a damaged [[Drusilla]] and carries her out the door, headed for a first showdown with a [[Slayer]] in a town with a [[Hellmouth]] called [[Sunnydale]]. |
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| − | ==''Numb''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Brett Matthews]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': [[Cliff Richards]] |
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| − | *'''Colors''': Michelle Madsen |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #5 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': USA, Sunnydale, Buffy Season 3 |
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| − | *'''Synopsis''': |
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| − | ::Fleshes out some brief events that happened to [[Angel]], as he controls his evil side during "[[Amends]]". |
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| − | ==''Stacy''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Joss Whedon]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': [[Cameron Stewart]] |
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| − | *'''Color assist''': Chip Zdarsky |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #1 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': USA |
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| − | ::A young teenage vampire named [[Stacy (vampire)|Stacy]] explains how, whilst human, she was enchanted by the idea of magic. Stacy's tale starts with her explaining that she is different and special because she understands magic. As she tries to explain this to her two friends, Jason and Dwayne, during a Lord of the Rings showing that captivates her, we learn that she remains isolated in her beliefs. |
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| − | ::After the movie, in her vision of magic she is an elf princess, battling orcs. In reality, she spends time battling her friend Jason's unwanted advances. Stacy again reminds us that most people think her magic is silly, but then surprises us by stating that most people have never been murdered either. We are then taken through Stacy's siring at a party from which she rises up after two days in the bushes. No one found her in all that time. |
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| − | ::This young girl then becomes connected--"evil, but connected". She finally realises that the magic lies not with the solitary elves, but with the orc hordes, the monsters. She claims her magic with a band of other vampires. |
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| − | ==''Spot the Vampire''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Jane Espenson]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks''': [[Scott Morse]] |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #2 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': USA, New York |
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| − | ::Spot the Vampire is a poem punctuated. The artwork is influenced by 1950s style children's magazine games and New Yorker magazines. The story is simply a single frame from a 1950's-looking department store on Christmas shopping day. The reader is then invited to look at each person in the frame to discover which is the vampire. |
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| − | ==''Taking Care of Business''== |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Ben Edlund]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils''': Ben Edlund |
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| − | *'''Inks''': Derek Fridolfs |
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| − | *'''Colors''': David Nestelle |
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| − | *'''Letters''': Annie Parkhouse |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #4 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': USA |
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| − | ::This story is about a [[The Ratcatcher|vampire]] from the 15th century who was formerly an inquisitor. He has become maddened over the centuries and believes that the clergy should be killed because they are too 'certain' that God exists and that God prefers doubt. He thinks that he is an agent of God - until one night when he is buying candy at a gas station in San Gabriel. |
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| − | ::A confrontation of minds ensues between the vampire and a [[Hollis Avery|dog-collared man]] who claims to be God. |
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| − | ==''Antique''== |
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| − | [[Image:OldDracula.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Without Xander, Dracula feels like an antique.]] |
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| − | *'''Story by''': [[Drew Goddard]] |
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| − | *'''Pencils and inks by''': Ben Stenbeck |
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| − | *'''Originally appeared in''': ''Tales of the Vampires'' #3 |
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| − | *'''Setting''': Europe |
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| − | ::[[Buffy Summers|Buffy]], [[Kira]], and another [[Potential and new Slayers|new Slayer]] break into the stronghold of the legendary vampire, [[Dracula]], in an effort to rescue Buffy's comrade, [[Xander Harris|Xander]] who had been placed in a trance to serve as Dracula's manservant. After a brief battle, Dracula finally reluctantly agrees to release Xander from the trance and return him to Buffy. |
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| − | ==Canonical issues== |
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| − | :See also: [[canon]] |
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| − | Buffy comics, with the obvious exception of Season Eight, which is the eighth season of the television show and is only available in comic form, are not usually considered by fans as [[canon]]ical. However not only was this published as official Buffy merchandise, but the stories were written by members of [[Mutant Enemy Productions]], specifically [[Ben Edlund]], [[Jane Espenson]], [[Drew Goddard]], [[Doug Petrie]], and [[Joss Whedon]]. |
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| − | ==Trivia== |
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| − | *The bridging story, ''Tales of the Vampires'', is particularly noteworthy in that it features the first and only appearance of [[Edna Giles|Edna Giles née Fairweather]], the grandmother of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy's]] [[Watcher]] [[Rupert Giles]]. Giles mentioned at the end of the episode "[[Never Kill a Boy on the First Date]]" that his father and paternal grandmother had been Watchers before him. |
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| − | *In ''Antique'', we get our first glimpse of [[Buffy Summers|Buffy]] and [[Xander Harris|Xander]] following "[[Chosen]]", the final episode of [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|the television series]]. |
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| − | ==Cover artists== |
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| − | *''Tales of the Vampires #1'' cover - [[John Totleben]], Dave Stewart |
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| − | *''Tales of the Vampires #2'' cover - [[Ben Templesmith]] |
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| − | *''Tales of the Vampires #3'' cover - [[Eric Powell]] |
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| − | *''Tales of the Vampires #4'' cover - [[Ben Edlund]] |
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| − | *''Tales of the Vampires #5'' cover - Brian Horton |
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| − | ==Continuity== |
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| − | *Most of these 'tales' take place before 1995. |
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| − | ==Cover gallery== |
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| − | <gallery> |
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| − | Image:Tales of the Vampires 4.jpg|Part IV |
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| − | Image:Tales of the Vampires 5.jpg|Part V |
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| − | </gallery> |
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| − | ==See also== |
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| − | *''[[Tales of the Slayers]]'' - This offers a similar anthology of stories covering assorted [[Slayer]]s throughout history. |
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| − | *''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Vampires]]'' - a one-shot issue of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]'' |
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Revision as of 14:09, 30 August 2012
- ↳ Note: This article is about the meta-series. For other uses, see Tales of the Vampires (disambiguation).
Tales of the Vampires was a trade paperback collecting issues one to five of the Tales of the Vampires comic book series.
Publisher's summary
The creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunites with the writers from his hit TV shows including Tick creator and Angel Executive Producer Ben Edlund for an imaginative and frightening look into the history of vampires in the world of the Slayer. Intricately woven around a central story by Whedon featuring a group of young Watchers in training meeting their first undead, Whedon's staff of writers present stories ranging from medieval times to the Depression to today, as well as Buffy's rematch with Dracula and Angel's ongoing battle with his own demons. Wrapped in a haunting cover by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.
Stories
- "Tales of the Vampires, Part One"
- "Tales of the Vampires, Part Two"
- "Tales of the Vampires, Part Three"
- "Tales of the Vampires, Part Four"
- "Tales of the Vampires, Part Five"
- "Dames"
Appearances
- Edna Fairweather (5/6)
- Roche (5/6)
- Sophie Downs (5/6)