Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. The series serves as a canonical continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and follows the events of that show's final televised season.^[1] It is produced by Joss Whedon, who wrote the first arc, "The Long Way Home".^[2] The first issue was released on March 14, 2007.^[3]

The series was originally supposed to consist of about 25 issues^[4], but series editor Scott Allie has confirmed they are already "up to about 50, could go a little higher".^[5][6] The comic series was initially called “Season Eight”, but from issue #6 onward the subtitle "Joss Whedon's Season Eight" was added.^[5] At present, some plans for spin-off miniseries are in discussion^[7] where side-stories too far outside of Season Eight's narrative would be played out. The success of the series has prompted IDW Publishing and Joss Whedon to announce a concurring continuation of the Angel television series, entitled Angel: After the Fall.^[8]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Story arcs 3 Writers 4 Cover gallery 4.1 Issues 4.2 Collections 5 References

[edit] Plot

The story takes place "at least a year and a half" after the events of "Chosen",^[9] placing it at its earliest in the latter half of 2004 and after the events of "Not Fade Away".

Buffy and Xander now lead command-central, which is situated at a citadel in Scotland. At their disposal are a wide array of psychics, seers, witches, and Slayers, along with a vast amount of technology. There are 1,800 Slayers worldwide according to Buffy, almost 500 of whom are working with the Scoobies, separated into 10 squads, with Andrew in charge of several in Southern Italy, and Giles in charge of a contingent of Slayers in England. For Buffy's protection and because her name is feared worldwide, two decoys are put in place: one partying in Rome and one on a mission in demonic underground caverns.

In the wake of Sunnydale's destruction, elements within the United States government view them as an army akin to terrorist cells and characterize Buffy as a "charismatic, uncompromising and completely destructive" leader. General Voll, a member of a mystically aware Initiative-like government project, describes fear of their resources, power and ideology. The government has teamed with Sunnydale survivor/powerful witch Amy Madison and Season 6 villain Warren Mears, both of whom seek revenge in a Big Bad role, which is new for Amy. An evil British socialite Slayer called Lady Genevieve Savidge simultaneously plots to usurp Buffy's place in the Slayer hierarchy. The appearances of these villains so far appear connected by a mysterious symbol and the word "Twilight".

A subplot involves the repercussions of Dawn growing to giant proportions. This appears to have been the result of losing her virginity to a boy named Kenny, described as a "thricewise".

[edit] Story arcs

• The Long Way Home
• The Chain (one-shot)
• No Future for You
• Anywhere But Here (one-shot)
• A Beautiful Sunset (one-shot)
• Wolves at the Gate
• Time of Your Life
• After These Messages ... We'll Be Right Back! (one-shot)

[edit] Writers

• 1-5 Joss Whedon
• 6-9 Brian K. Vaughan
• 10-11 Joss Whedon
• 12-15 Drew Goddard
• 16-19 Joss Whedon
• 20 Jeph Loeb^[10]
• 21-25 A combination of Jane Espenson, Doug Petrie, Drew Greenberg, Steve DeKnight, and Jim Krueger
• 26-30 Unassigned
• 31-35 Brad Meltzer
• 36-40 Joss Whedon^[11]

[edit] Cover gallery

[edit] Issues

The Long Way Home Part I	The Long Way Home Part II	The Long Way Home Part III	The Long Way Home Part IV
The Chain	No Future for You Part I	No Future for You Part II	No Future for You Part III
No Future for You Part IV	Anywhere but Here	A Beautiful Sunset	Wolves at the Gate Part I
Wolves at the Gate Part II	Wolves at the Gate Part III	Wolves at the Gate Part IV	Time of Your Life Part I
Time of Your Life Part II

[edit] Collections

"The Long Way Home"

"No Future For You"

"Wolves at the Gate"

[edit] References

1. ↑ Re-Buffed: New Comic Book Series Resurrects Vampire Slayer
2. ↑ Buffy Season 8
3. ↑ Dark Horse Comics > Preview > Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1
4. ↑ News > Interviews > Interview with Buffy creator Joss Whedon 3/26/07
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Scott Allie discusses Buffy #1 and the future of Season 8
6. ↑ Adopting the Hollywood Model for Comic Books, Producers and All
7. ↑ Interview with Scott Allie, Stakes and Salvation
8. ↑ BRIAN LYNCH ON ANGEL: AFTER THE FALL
9. ↑ Joss Whedon - Season Eight: Part 2
10. ↑ SCOTT ALLIE BREAKS DOWN BUFFY’S BIG DAY (OR NIGHT?)
11. ↑ JOSS WHEDON: BUFFY #12 AND THE WHOLE SERIES