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"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve: The Reckoning" is a comic book miniseries from Dark Horse Comics. Joss Whedon is the executive producer.
Premise
Following the world-altering finale of Season 11, Buffy and the Scoobies have had a laid-back year in the saving-the-world department. But as they’ve learned over their years of fighting the forces of darkness and thwarting many an apocalypse, nothing stays quiet for long. When Dawn and Xander’s housewarming party is crashed by some familiar faces with news of an amassing force that must be reckoned with — Wolfram & Hart, a legion of demons, and Harth, a vampire from the future — Buffy finds herself in a time warp that could alter the fate of the world and could spell the end for Buffy, her friends, and the Slayers, forever.
This action-packed miniseries reunites the Buffyverse with the return of Angel, Faith, Illyria, and Fray, the Slayer from the future![1]
Continuity
- The story continues from the events of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eleven.
- The time travel takes place after the future events in "Time of Your Life".
Appearances
- Buffy Summers (1/4)
- Willow Rosenberg (1/4)
- Alexander Harris (1/4)
- Spike (1/4)
- Rupert Giles (1/4)
- Dawn Summers (1/4)
- Angel (1/4)
- Faith Lehane (1/4)
- Illyria (1/4)
- Winifred Burkle (?/4)
- Melaka Fray (1/4)
- Harth Fray (1/4)
- Erin Fray (1/4)
- Joyce Harris (1/4)
- Richard Wilkins (1/4)
- Gunther (?/4)
Publications
The series includes 4 issues, collected in one trade paperback.
Issues
| Cover | Title | Issue | Release Date | ||
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The Reckoning, Part One | 1 | June 20, 2018 | ||
| Writers: Christos Gage & Joss Whedon | Artist: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| It’s one year later, and the lives of Buffy and the Scoobies haven’t been too eventful for a while — at least as far as fighting demons and the forces of darkness are concerned. But that’s all about to change when Dawn and Xander’s housewarming party is interrupted by some familiar faces bringing news of familiar foes from the future. Can you say Harth… and Fray? | |||||
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The Reckoning, Part Two | 2 | July 18, 2018 | ||
| Writers: Christos Gage & Joss Whedon | Artist: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| With his ownership of Slayer memories, Harth has come from the future to destroy Buffy and all the Slayers, stealing their power for his own. At his side are demons and evil-kind, a massive army that Buffy and the Scoobies weren’t expecting. To even the playing field, the gang travels to the future to recruit Fray and learn of their dismal fate — should they fail in this battle against Harth… | |||||
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The Reckoning, Part Three | 3 | August 22, 2018 | ||
| Writers: Christos Gage & Joss Whedon | Artist: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| The battle against future vampire and Slayer twin, Harth, and his legion of evil, has already begun in the present when Buffy, Fray, and the Scoobies return from the future ready to fight. The Reckoning is now, and if the future can be changed, it will take everything that Buffy has to save the Slayers and our world. | |||||
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The Reckoning, Part Four | 4 | September 19, 2018 | ||
| Writers: Christos Gage & Joss Whedon | Artist: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| Buffy, Fray, the Scoobies, and the Slayers are in an epic battle against Harth, and his army of baddies. His attempt to steal the power of the Slayers has brought Buffy and her crew to the turning point that they have been trying desperately to avoid. With all other options spent, it is only Buffy and her sacrifice that can save the world… | |||||
Collections
| Cover | Title | Issues | Release Date | ||
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"The Reckoning" | 1–4 | December 24, 2018 | ||
| Writers: Christos Gage & Joss Whedon | Artist: Georges Jeanty | ||||
| The lives of Buffy and the Scoobies haven’t been too eventful for a while — at least as far as fighting demons and the forces of darkness are concerned. But that all changes when Angel brings news of an amassing a force that must be reckoned with: Wolfram & Hart, a legion of demons, and Harth, vampire from the future. Buffy knows Harth and his twin sister — the Slayer, Fray — from her meeting with them and Dark Willow in the future. But this army that has been gathered is more than she and her crew were expecting… Narrowly escaping an initial encounter, the gang travels to the future to recruit Fray and learn of their dismal fate should they fail to defeat this legion that has invaded the present. Harth is after the power of the Slayers, and being in possession of all their memories, he knows how to rewrite the outcome of this ultimate battle before it occurs. This is the reckoning… and it could be the end of Buffy, Fray, and all the Slayers, forever. | |||||
Behind the Scenes
- Dark Horse intends "Season Twelve" to be the last Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics series in the structure of a “season”.[2]
References
- ↑ Joss Whedon and Christos Gage Bring a Reckoning for 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'". Dark Horse Comics, February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- ↑ Dark Horse Comics on Twitter, February 21, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.