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The Lost Summer

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The Lost Summer is a one-shot issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book meta-series. Written by Casey Gilly and illustrated by Lauren Knight, it was originally published on May 3, 2023, by Boom! Studios.

Synopsis[]

Spike is determined to keep the last copy of his embarrassing poetry from being discovered, sending Buffy and the Gang on a faux-supernatural goose chase to New Orleans to cover his tracks. While at an antiques fair along the way, the group is captivated by some Casquette Girls clothes on display. Dawn utters a wish she most likely should've kept to herself, and the gang experiences a first hand account of the sisters' identities… beyond what they could have ever imagined![1]

Continuity[]

  • The comic was announced as taking place in the continuity of the original TV series. While its particularities indicate a period between the episodes "Older and Far Away" and "As You Were," these episodes does not take place in a summer.
  • Buffy and Spike are a couple ("Smashed" to "As You Were"), as are Anya and Xander ("Pangs" to "Hell's Bells").
  • Both Buffy ("The Gift" to "Bargaining, Part One") and Tara (from "Seeing Red" on) are alive.
  • Spike's poetry journal is identified as from around 1880, the year he was sired ("Fool for Love").
  • One of the verses identified in the journal is "The Wanton Folly of Me Mum," which Spike recites in "Not Fade Away."
  • Buffy talks with Dawn about her stealing things in the past, which Buffy discovered in "Older and Far Away." Buffy also mentions Dawn learning about making wishes, which also happened in the episode.
  • Buffy tries to avoid wearing a costume due to her past experience with Halloween. She became a helpless 18th-century girl due to an enchanted dress in the episode "Halloween" and became imprisoned in a haunted house in "Fear, Itself."
  • Spike and his past as a poet is a public figure in the night market. In Return to Sunnydale, Part One, a partier also mentions his opinions on Spike's poetry.
  • A creature mentions seeing cosplays of "Subway Slayer killer" Spike, a reference to his appearance when killing Nikki Wood in 1977 ("Fool for Love"), as seen in Jerry's costume.

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  • In Texas, Giles walks with his arms outstretched and says: "Grr, argh," a reference to the end-of-credits logo for Mutant Enemy Productions in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series.
  • In Louisiana, Spike poses at the Lafayette sign in Parc Sans Souci, Lafayette.
  • One of Spike's cosplays is named "Subway Slayer killer"; Nikki was credited as "Subway Slayer" in her first appearance in "Fool for Love."

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  • The Relics Road Trip website lists the city of Pittsburgh spelled without an "h."
  • The name of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville appears written without the hyphen.

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References[]

  1. ↑ "BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: THE LOST SUMMER Announcement." CBR, February 16, 2023.
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