This is a List of ''Buffyverse'' comics including different categories of different types of publications.
Categories
''Buffy'' comics
These were published by
Dark Horse, originally in comic format but then gathered into volumes of
trade paperbacks. They were published from 1998 until 2004. A small number of ''Buffy''
comics have not been included in trade paperbacks. These include the comics: ''
Giles'', ''
Jonathan'', and ''
Reunion''. The cover art of the individual comic covers can be found
here
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Television
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. Dark Horse, under the guidance of Joss Whedon, reinstated the series in 2007 as a canonical continuation of the series.
''Angel'' comics
Dark Horse published two ''Angel'' comic series, the first of which was halted after 17 issues while the second lasted only four issues. Since June 2005,
IDW have published a 17-issue
limited series Limited series may refer to:
*Limited series, individual storylines within an anthology series
*Limited series, a particular run of collectables, usually individually numbered
*Limited series (comics), a comics series with a predetermined number of ...
, a
spin-off ongoing series as well as several
miniseries and
one shots with ''Angel'' characters.
''Tales of the Vampires''
This comprises an anthology of short stories written by
Joss Whedon,
Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson (born July 14, 1964) is an American television writer and producer.
Espenson has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and shared a ...
, and other writers of the ''Buffy'' TV shows. Each story tells the tale of one or more ''Buffyverse'' vampires.
''Tales of the Slayers''
This is an anthology of short stories written by Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, and others. Like the prose short stories, each of these surrounds a different slayer from the past.
Unofficial parody
There has been a sexually explicit satirical graphic novel,
Boffy the Vampire Layer
The fictional universe established by television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and ''Angel'' and the film ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' has been parodied or paid tribute to by a number of unofficial productions, most notably fan films and ad ...
, which is not officially licensed as ''Buffy'' merchandise by ''20th Century Fox''. It was published by ''Eros Graphic Albums'' in 2002.
Canonical issues
''Buffy'' comics are not usually considered by fans as
canonical
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. However, unlike
fanfiction
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, overviews summarizing their story, written early in the writing process, were "approved" by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official ''Buffy'' merchandise.
Chronology
Ancient
These tales take place from ancient times up until 1900.
Modern
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place from 1900 to 1995.
''Buffy'' season 1
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place around
''Buffy'' Season 1 (from spring 1996 up until spring 1997).
''Buffy'' season 2
These tales take place during
''Buffy'' Season 2 (from autumn 1997 up until spring 1998).
''Buffy'' season 3
These tales take place during
''Buffy'' Season 3 (from autumn 1998 up until spring 1999).
''Buffy'' season 4 / ''Angel'' season 1
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place during
''Buffy'' Season 4, and
''Angel'' Season 1 (from autumn 1999 up until spring 2000).
''Buffy'' season 5 / ''Angel'' season 2
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place during
''Buffy'' Season 5, and
''Angel'' Season 2 (from autumn 2000 up until spring 2001).
''Buffy'' season 6 / ''Angel'' season 3
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place around
''Buffy'' Season 6, and
''Angel'' Season 3 (from autumn 2001 up until spring 2002).
''Buffy'' season 7 / ''Angel'' season 4
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place around
''Buffy'' Season 7, and
''Angel'' Season 4 (from autumn 2002 up until spring 2003).
''Angel'' Season 5
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place around
''Angel'' Season 5 (from spring 2003 up until spring 2004).
''Buffy Season Eight'' / ''Angel: After the Fall''
These ''Buffyverse'' tales take place after
''Angel'' Season 5.
Note: canon = bold, non-canon = ''italic''
''Buffy Season Nine'' / ''Angel & Faith''
After season 8.
Comics by writer
(w/) = Collaboration with another writer (or other writers).
*
Amber Benson
Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, singer, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1999–2002), and has also directed, produced ...
– ''
The Innocent'', ''
Willow & Tara'' (w/)
*
Chris Boal – ''
Autumnal (w/)''
*
Dan Brereton – ''
Dust Waltz,
Uninvited Guests (w/)''
*
Chynna Clugston-Major – ''
Food Chain
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(w/)''
*
Peter David
Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956), often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Greatest Hits" Co ...
– ''
Spike: Old Times,
Illyria: Spotlight,
Spike vs Dracula''
*
Ben Edlund
Ben Edlund (born September 20, 1968) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, television producer, and television director. He is best known as the creator of the satirical superhero character The Tick.
Background
Edlund was born and raised in ...
– ''
Taking Care of Business''
*
Jane Espenson
Jane Espenson (born July 14, 1964) is an American television writer and producer.
Espenson has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. She had a five-year stint as a writer and producer on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and shared a ...
– ''
Presumption
In the law of evidence, a presumption of a particular fact can be made without the aid of proof in some situations. The invocation of a presumption shifts the burden of proof from one party to the opposing party in a court trial.
There are two ...
,
Broken Bottle of Djinn, 1997,
Father
A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations. An adoptive fathe ...
,
Dust Bowl
The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s. The phenomenon was caused by a combination of both natural factors (severe drought) a ...
,
Spot the Vampire,
Jonathan,
Haunted
Haunted or The Haunted may refer to:
Books
* ''Haunted'' (Armstrong novel), by Kelley Armstrong, 2005
* ''Haunted'' (Cabot novel), by Meg Cabot, 2004
* ''Haunted'' (Palahniuk novel), by Chuck Palahniuk, 2005
* ''Haunted'' (Angel novel), a 200 ...
,
Reunion''
*
Jay Faerber
Jay Faerber (born 1972) is an American comic book and television writer. Faerber is known for his work on ''Generation X'' and ''New Warriors'' for Marvel Comics, and '' The Titans'' and '' Connor: Spotlight'' for DC Comics. He later wrote his ow ...
– ''
Connor: Spotlight''
*
Tom Fassbender
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
– ''
Out of the Woodwork (w/),
Food Chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or algae which produce their own food via photosynthesis) and ending at an apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), de ...
(w/),
Ugly Little Monsters (w/),
Autumnal (w/),
False Memories
In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon where someone recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened. Suggestibility, activation of associated information, the incorporation of misinformat ...
(w/),
Death of Buffy
"The Death of Buffy" is a story arc that ran through ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' #43–45 based on the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series. The arc was later collected in a trade paperback edition.
Lost & Found
Story description
Fo ...
(w/),
Creatures of Habit (w/)''
*
David Fury
David Fury is an American television writer, producer, actor and director.
Career
He is well known for his work on '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', '' Angel'', '' Lost'', '' 24'', ''Fringe,'' ''Tyrant'' and '' The Tick''.
Fury was a co-exec ...
– ''
The Glittering World''
*
Drew Goddard
Andrew Brion Hogan Goddard (born February 26, 1975) is an American filmmaker. He began his career writing episodes for the television shows ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', ''Angel'', ''Alias'', and ''Lost''. After moving into screenwriting in fi ...
– ''
The Problem with Vampires,
Antique''
*
Christopher Golden – ''
Earthly Possessions'' (w/), ''
Strange Bedfellows'', ''
Hunting Ground'' (w/), ''
Strange Bedfellows'' (w/), ''
Past Lives
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is ...
'' (w/), ''
Willow & Tara'' (w/),
Oz, ''
Giles'' (w/), ''
Spike & Dru'' (w/), ''
The Origin'', ''
Blood of Carthage'', ''
Food Chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or algae which produce their own food via photosynthesis) and ending at an apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), de ...
(w/), '', ''
Play With Fire'', ''
Angel: The Hollower'',
''Chaos Bleeds'' comic prequel (w/)
*
Dan Jolley
Dan Jolley is an American novelist and comic book writer. His comics work includes DC Comics' ''Firestorm'' and Graphic Universe's ''Twisted Journeys,'' a series of interactive fiction or gamebooks in graphic novel form, and his novel work include ...
– ''
Gunn: Spotlight''
*
Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Rebecca Kirshner is a writer and producer for American television. Her writing credits include ''Freaks and Geeks'', ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', and ''Gilmore Girls''. She was the executive producer and showrunner of '' 90210'' for the second ...
– ''
Sonnenblume''
*
Paul Lee – ''
Hoopy the Bear''
*
Scott Lobdell
Scott Lobdell (; born 1960) is an American comic book writer and screenwriter known for his work on numerous ''X-Men'' series for Marvel Comics in the 1990s, various work for DC Comics in the 2010s, namely '' Red Hood and the Outlaws, Teen Tita ...
– ''
Note from the Underground,
Viva Las Buffy (w/),
Slayer Interrupted (w/)''
*
Sam Loeb – ''
Some Like it Hot''
*
Brian Lynch – ''
Spike: Asylum''
*
Jeff Mariotte
Jeff Mariotte (born 1955) is an author who lives in Arizona. As well as his own original work, he is best known for writing novels and comic books based on licensed properties.
Biography
Mariotte was born in Park Forest, Illinois, but he moved ...
– ''
The Curse'', ''
Old Friends'', ''
Doyle: Spotlight''
*
James Marsters – ''
Spike & Dru'' (w/)
*
Brett Matthews – ''
Jack
Jack may refer to:
Places
* Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community
* Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA
People and fictional characters
* Jack (given name), a male given name, ...
,
Dames
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,
Numb''
*
Fabian Nicieza
Fabian Nicieza (born December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', '' X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', '' Cable'', ''Deadpool'' and ''Thunderbo ...
– ''
Death of Buffy
"The Death of Buffy" is a story arc that ran through ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' #43–45 based on the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series. The arc was later collected in a trade paperback edition.
Lost & Found
Story description
Fo ...
(w/),
Viva Las Buffy (w/),
Slayer Interrupted (w/),
A Stake to the Heart''
*
Jim Pascoe – ''
Out of the Woodwork (w/),
Food Chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or algae which produce their own food via photosynthesis) and ending at an apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), de ...
(w/),
Ugly Little Monsters (w/),
Autumnal (w/),
False Memories
In psychology, a false memory is a phenomenon where someone recalls something that did not happen or recalls it differently from the way it actually happened. Suggestibility, activation of associated information, the incorporation of misinformat ...
(w/),
Death of Buffy
"The Death of Buffy" is a story arc that ran through ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' #43–45 based on the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' television series. The arc was later collected in a trade paperback edition.
Lost & Found
Story description
Fo ...
(w/),
Creatures of Habit (w/)''
*
Doug Petrie
Douglas Petrie is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. Best known as a writer, director, and co-executive producer on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. He co-wrote the screenplays for the ''Fantastic Four'' film and '' Harriet the Spy ...
– ''
Broken Bottle of Djinn, 1937,
Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a region around much of the rim of the Pacific Ocean where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur. The Ring o ...
,
Double Cross,
Bad Dog''
*
Jamie S. Rich
Jamie S. Rich is an author of both prose and graphic novel fiction, a web series host, and editor of American comic books. He is currently Executive Editorial Director at IDW Publishing.
Career
As writer
His first published work was the novel ...
– ''
Food Chain
A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web starting from producer organisms (such as grass or algae which produce their own food via photosynthesis) and ending at an apex predator species (like grizzly bears or killer whales), de ...
(w/)''
*
Thomas E. Sniegoski – ''
Earthly Possessions'' (w/), ''
Strange Bedfellows'' (w/), ''
Hunting Ground'' (w/), ''
Past Lives
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is ...
'' (w/), ''
Giles'' (w/),
''Chaos Bleeds'' comic prequel (w/)
*
Scott Tipton – ''
Spike: Old Wounds,
Spike: Lost and Found,
Wesley: Spotlight''
*
Andi Watson – ''
Remaining Sunlight,
Uninvited Guests (w/),
The Final Cut,
Bad Blood,
Crash Test Demons
Crash or CRASH may refer to:
Common meanings
* Collision, an impact between two or more objects
* Crash (computing), a condition where a program ceases to respond
* Cardiac arrest, a medical condition in which the heart stops beating
* Couch s ...
,
Pale Reflections''
*
Joss Whedon – ''
Prologue
A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος ''prólogos'', from πρό ''pró'', "before" and λόγος ''lógos'', "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ...
,
Righteous,
Tales,
Tales of the Vampires,
Stacey,
Long Night's Journey,
Fray''
Footnotes
External links
''BBC Cult Television - Buffy ecomics''A number of Buffy comics are available free online from the BBC.
The Unofficial Comic Book Guide to Buffy the Vampire Slayer
''Buffy Season 8'' comics
''Whedonesque.com'' - Whedon announces he will be writing Buffy comics in December 2005
* ttp://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2006/07/the_new_buffy_c.html ''Popwatch.ew.com'' - First Look: The new 'Buffy' comicbr>Panels from Buffy Season 8 at ''DreadCentral.com''
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