''Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Remaining Sunlight'' is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the ''

Buffy the Vampire Slayer ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural drama television series created by writer and director Joss Whedon. It is based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film), 1992 film of the same name, also written by W ...

'' television series.

Story description

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1''

:Comic title: ''Wu-tang Fang ''

Buffy Summers Buffy Anne Summers is the title character of the '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 film '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' before going on to appear in The WB/UPN 1997–2003 television series and subsequent 1998 ...

and her friends come face to face with some

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vampires on their way from the Bronze and are threatened by a figure in a straw hat. They soon discover that the black belts of Sunnydale are being eaten.

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #2''

:Comic title: ''Halloween '' Willow runs away from home when her parents want her to stop seeing her boyfriend, Oz. Walking after sunset, she is grabbed by vampires for a Halloween snack. Buffy comes to the rescue.

''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #3''

:Comic title: ''Cold Turkey '' Buffy Summers' holidays continue with Thanksgiving approaching. The day soon gathers pace whilst there are some bizarre things happening around Buffy's house. Buffy wants answers: What happened a vampire-opponent who survived the fateful Halloween massacre? Why is someone searching through her garbage? Why do so many people go grocery shopping at the last minute?

''DHP Annual 1998''

:Comic title: ''MacGuffins'' Buffy Summers gets a present from Giles – a test in the shape of two troublemaking green critters. How to get rid of them? The story was printed black and white in DHP Annual 1998 and colored for this reprint.

Continuity

*Supposed to be set in ''Buffy'' season 3.

Canonical issues

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such as this one are not usually considered by fans as

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. However, unlike

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, overviews summarizing their story, written early in the writing process, were approved by both Fox and

Joss Whedon Joseph Hill Whedon (; born June 23, 1964) is an American filmmaker, composer, and comic book writer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series: ...

(or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.

Collected editions

Trade paperback collections include: *''Remaining Sunlight'' (88 pages, April 2002,

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, , Dark Horse, ) * '' Omnibus'' Volume 3 ()

Notes

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