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Welcome Back to the Hellmouth is the first issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2019) comic book series. Written by Jordie Bellaire and illustrated by Dan Mora, it was published on January 23, 2019 by Boom! Studios.
Synopsis
Go back to the beginning as the critically acclaimed pop culture phenomenon Buffy the Vampire Slayer is reimagined under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon. This is the Buffy Summers you know, who wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil.
But her world looks a lot more like the one outside your window, as Eisner Award-Nominated writer Jordie Bellaire (Redlands) and Russ Manning Award-Winner Dan Mora (Saban's Go Go Power Rangers) bring Buffy into a new era with new challenges, new friends... and a few enemies you might already recognize. But the more things change, the more they stay the same, as the Gang faces brand new Big Bads, and the threat lurking beneath the perfectly manicured exterior of Sunnydale High confirms what every teenager has always known: high school truly is hell.
WELCOME BACK TO THE HELLMOUTH, FOR THE FIRST TIME![1]
Appearances
Individuals
- Antonio (Only mentioned)
- Rupert Giles
- Alexander Harris
- Anya Jenkins
- Drusilla
- Willow Rosenberg
- Buffy Summers
- Hank Summers (Only mentioned)
- Joyce Summers
- Unidentified vampire I
- Unidentified vampire II
Organizations and titles
- Slayer
- Watcher
- Witch (Only mentioned)
- Wolfram & Hart (Only mentioned)
Species
Locations
- Los Angeles (Only mentioned)
- Sunnydale
- 1630 Revello Drive
- Cemetery
- Magic shop
- Sunnydale High School
- Tunaverse
Weapons and objects
- Unidentified magic necklace
- Stake
- Witch Killer 3 (Only mentioned)
Death count
- Unidentified vampire, staked by Buffy Summers.
- Unidentified vampire, melted by Anya Jenkins.
Behind the scenes
Production
- The issue’s title references the television series’ episode debut, "Welcome to the Hellmouth".
- The Slayer prophecy included in the issue has been altered from the television series, replacing female pronouns for gender neutral “they”.
- Xander’s groan “Grr, argh!” is a homage to the Mutant Enemy Productions logo, always present after the series’ episodes.
- The new letters to the editor section debuts, titled “Sunnydale High Sentinel” in reference to the school newspaper of same name.
- The back of these covers includes a quote from episode "Becoming, Part Two".
Distribution
- Secret covers, limited to only 100 copies each, were randomly inserted into the print runs of the “Choose your side” variants. 198 out of the total 200 covers are signed by the Dan Panosian, while two are signed by Joss Whedon.[2]
- In January 17, Boom Studios announced a second printing for this issue, as it had sold out still at the distributor level, a week before it had even started to go on sale in stores.[3]
Collections
- “Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Volume 1”
Pop culture references
- Xander jokes about the existence of the Batboy, a fictional creature from American supermarket tabloids.
- Buffy, Willow, and Xander watch the film Nosferatu (1922).
- Anya watches the Firefly television series, notably directed by Joss Whedon.
Gallery
Additional covers
Cover artwork
Preview
References
- ↑ “Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1 Main”. Boom! Studios. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- ↑ Rich Johnston, “Joss Whedon has Signed Secret Buffy The Vampire Slayer #1 Variant Covers, in Store Today”. Bleeding Cool, January 23, 2019.
- ↑ “Boom! Studios Announces Second Printing of Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1”. Boom! Studios, January 17, 2019.