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Bad Blood, Part Seven: Your Cheatin' Heart (also known as She's No Lady, Part One) is the seventeenth issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Classic comic book series. It was written by Andi Watson and illustrated by Cliff Richards.
Synopsis
The gang from Sunnydale have faced some unspeakable horrors: ice demons, werewolves, and kung-fu vampires among them. But can the group face the terror of Buffy and Xander making out? What is going on here, and how is it tied to the super vampires, Selke, and the mysterious figures in Sunnydale's sewers? If the group is going to survive, they'll have to brave the chaos of Mardi Gras to find the answers.[1]
Continuity
- Selke instructs Dark Buffy to "make [Buffy's] friends suffer like [Selke's] friends suffered"; Buffy staked Vezina, Hart, and Norris in Halloween and Selke has been seeking revenge since then.
- Cordelia questions about Snyder always forcing the Scoobies to participate on school activities, as he did with the talent show ("The Puppet Show"), chaperoning trick-or-treating children ("Halloween"), and selling chocolate bars ("Band Candy").
- Xander displays a distaste for clowns, as it's revealed in "Nightmares" that he fears them since his sixth birthday party.
- Angel interrogates the vampire he captured in Lost Highway.
Appearances
Individuals
- Cordelia Chase
- Dark Buffy
- Flitter
- Rupert Giles
- Xander Harris
- Daniel Osbourne
- Willow Rosenberg
- Selke
- Snyder
- Buffy Summers
Organizations and titles
Species
Events
- Mardi Gras (Only mentioned)
Locations
- Sunnydale
- Cliff's
- Crawford Street Mansion
- Curl Up'n Dye
- Sunnydale High School
Weapons and objects
Death count
- None
Behind the scenes
Production
- First published as Your Cheatin' Heart, the story was collected as She's No Lady, Part One.
- The title is a reference to the the song "Your Cheatin' Heart" (1953).
- The main cover references the poses from issue Hey, Good Lookin', Part One.
- The Valentine's Day variant cover of this issue connects with Angel's issue Surrogates, Part Three variant cover, which depicts Angel and the other half of the heart.
- Dark Buffy window shops the clothing store Cliff's, a reference to the first name of this issue's artist.
Distribution
- Your Cheatin' Heart was the 71st best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 28,594 sales in January 2000 at comic specialty stores.[2]
Collections
- "Pale Reflections"
- "Omnibus: Volume 4"
- "Classic 23: Bad Blood"
Pop culture references
- Oz suggests the Teletubbies for the Mardi Gras float's theme.
- Dark Buffy recognizes Cordelia's clothes by fashion designer Anna Sui.
- Cordelia mentions Walmart retail chain.
International titles
- Italian: Il Tuo Cuor Fasullo (Your Fake Heart)
Gallery
Cover artwork
Jeff Matsuda main cover
References
- ↑ "Buffy the Vampire Slayer #17". Dark Horse Comics. Retrieved May 14, 2019.
- ↑ “January 2000 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops”. Comichron. Retrieved May 14, 2019.