Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not onl...
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Jan 21, 2009
Hayden
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Mar 18, 2009
Cathy
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The humor is back, hurray! This felt more like part of the Buffy TV series in tone: humor on the surface, but depth in the story. The scenes in Buffy's bedroom, between Zander with Drac, and with Dawnie/Godzilla Dawn, are all terrific! Action, heart and humor, the Buffy formula. The drawings between the chapters and at the end are not quite as spectacular as in the previous volume, but still quite enjoyable. I'm really appreciating the art in these books. Another good, (super)fast read for Buffy
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Mar 03, 2009
Aaron
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Joss Whedon's resurrection of the 8th Buffy Season continues with its third installment, which is called Wolves at the Gate. As with the two earlier volumes, this one captures all the humor and action that made the show so popular in the first place. The writing and illustrating team have done a wonderful job of bringing back old characters and allowing them to shine as they interact with the standard regular.
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Nov 29, 2008
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Dec 04, 2011
David
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Finally catching up to "Buffy, Season Eight." They had a ball in this one doing stuff the TV show's special effects budget wouldn't have allowed, like Giant Dawn vs. Mecha-Dawn. That was the funniest part of the battle in Tokyo against a gang of shapechanging Japanese vampires. Also, the banter between Xander and Dracula was cute.
Otherwise, this is what I would have called an "average" episode if it were airing on TV: good but not outstanding, though it did move t More...
Otherwise, this is what I would have called an "average" episode if it were airing on TV: good but not outstanding, though it did move t More...
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Jul 09, 2008
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Dec 16, 2008
Heather
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Ahhh... outside, freezing rain is bringing the city to a standstill. But inside, I have a warm blanket, a cup of cocoa, and Buffy teaming up with Dracula to battle Japanese goth vampires, while her fifty-foot teenaged sister menaces Tokyo. What's not to love? This is some of the best writing in the Season 8 Buffy comics, and that's saying something, as they're very good overall. My adult comic-book-loving friends should definitely pick this one up.
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Mar 13, 2009
I'd be hard press to decide between Vaughan and Goddard, both having done my favourite shows or comic respectively, but also worked in shows I don't like where their work seemed boring, but as I said in TPB 2, this 3rd volume is more amusing, funnier (but not in a bad way). So here are wonderful moments with Andrew, badly drawn but just like in the show, and Dracula, absolutely hilarious in his racist, homocidal fashion. Lots to love and laugh. Problematic for me was where they ripped of Y-The L
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Nov 06, 2011
Tanabrus
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Terzo volume dell’ottava stagione di Buffy. Dopo il primo volume che ci ha mostrato il nemico stagionale e il secondo che ci ha dato una visione più globale della situazione, direi che con questo numero ingraniamo prepotentemente la marcia.
Si comincia con Uno splendido tramonto, storia scritta da Whedon in cui scopriamo chi ha dato il bacio del vero amore a Buffy, nell’episodio precedente, per risvegliarla dalla maledizione. E vediamo come reagisce Buffy a questa rivelazione…
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Si comincia con Uno splendido tramonto, storia scritta da Whedon in cui scopriamo chi ha dato il bacio del vero amore a Buffy, nell’episodio precedente, per risvegliarla dalla maledizione. E vediamo come reagisce Buffy a questa rivelazione…
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Jun 15, 2011
Lisa MH
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Favorite Quotes:
Evil henchman (referring to Buffy), “You didn't kill her.”
Head bad guy, “That's been done. To little effect.”
Dracula (insulted at the idea anyone could steal his powers), “The very idea that some two-bit, run-of-the-mill vampires could just come and … take them from the … Lord of … Darkness … (long pause) oh balls.”
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Evil henchman (referring to Buffy), “You didn't kill her.”
Head bad guy, “That's been done. To little effect.”
Dracula (insulted at the idea anyone could steal his powers), “The very idea that some two-bit, run-of-the-mill vampires could just come and … take them from the … Lord of … Darkness … (long pause) oh balls.”
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Mar 12, 2011
Nikki Faith
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Oct 02, 2010
Starfire
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Just *awesome*. This totally felt like someone had taken the series I love and just changed its format to a graphic novel one.
Part of that is the artwork... the right artwork is a huge part of enjoying a graphic novel for me, and Messrs Jeanty, Owens and Madsen get the characters I know and love just perfect - not only do they draw the characters so that they actually look like the actors I'm used to seeing portray them, but they also get each actor's facial expressions, posture and More...
Part of that is the artwork... the right artwork is a huge part of enjoying a graphic novel for me, and Messrs Jeanty, Owens and Madsen get the characters I know and love just perfect - not only do they draw the characters so that they actually look like the actors I'm used to seeing portray them, but they also get each actor's facial expressions, posture and More...
Jan 01, 2010
Polstar
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Like many I was lost without Buffy when it ended (sad I know, but then I discovered Dexter and Supernatural so life wasn't SO empty! ha ha) then my bro-in-law turned up with the first two Buffy Season 8 comics and I was hooked.
This collection deals with a group of Japanese vampires who steal the scythe and want to make Buffy all alone again by reversing the spell on the slayers.
What WILL surprise Buffy fans however is the lesbian love scene featuring the Buffster herself! More...
This collection deals with a group of Japanese vampires who steal the scythe and want to make Buffy all alone again by reversing the spell on the slayers.
What WILL surprise Buffy fans however is the lesbian love scene featuring the Buffster herself! More...
Jun 01, 2011
Christina (A Reader of Fictions)
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This volume was so entirely Joss Whedon to a T. He still hates happiness. And Buffy still likes leading folks on, thus the song for today. Anyone surprised? But seriously, why does Joss believe that happy couples should never be allowed to actually remain happy? Either someone has to become a jackass and not marry that person, or sex turns someone evil, or one of the two has to die. There are no other options in the Whedon-verse. Sigh. So if you're coming to a Whedon show for the sweet romances,
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Dec 08, 2008
Cameron
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Falling into that realm of side stories that often proved extremely entertaining within the larger arc of the show...or drastically dismal, this foray into the Buffyverse fell somewhere in between. Characterized by moments of hilarity - Willow's flying transportation service being one - and moments of horror (the death of a Slayer still freaks me out, even though there are now thousands of them), the overall tone of the story felt off to my Innate Buffy Sense (IBS). No, it wasn't my grumbling
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Dec 14, 2010
Jacki
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Summary: Japanese vampires and a witch have stolen Dracula's powers and are out to undo the spell that gives the Slayer's power to more than one girl at a time. Buffy and friends travel to Tokyo to save the day while Xander reunites with Dracula, his dark master (fans of the show can fill in the punchline here.)
Characters: We have the same core characters, all acting like themselves for the most part...except Buffy, who has suddenly developed lesbian tendencies. It's slightly in charac More...
Characters: We have the same core characters, all acting like themselves for the most part...except Buffy, who has suddenly developed lesbian tendencies. It's slightly in charac More...
Nov 22, 2011
Bryan
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Attached original review to wrong issue.
This one was fairly decent, even if Mecha-Dawn was absolutely stupid and the Japanese vampires were laughably incompetent, despite their seemingly taking years and millions of dollars to prepare for their big moment. They went down quite easily.
Oh, also, the Buffy as lesbian plot line seems a little tacked on and lurid. Maybe if Buffy had ever at any point questioned her sexuality, felt confused or expressed a sexual attraction to women More...
This one was fairly decent, even if Mecha-Dawn was absolutely stupid and the Japanese vampires were laughably incompetent, despite their seemingly taking years and millions of dollars to prepare for their big moment. They went down quite easily.
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Apr 16, 2010
lynne
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Continuing Buffy Season 8 in graphic novel format ... this time around the fight is taken to Japan. It also involves the original Dracula. Oh, and the still oversized Dawn stomping around Tokyo (and a mecha-Dawn! Ha!). And one or two other plot points that I shall remain silent about so you have the joy of discovery for yourself, LoL!
Again with the disliking this format: I had no idea who was being transported by Willow until a few pages later when Andrew was finally identified by n More...
Again with the disliking this format: I had no idea who was being transported by Willow until a few pages later when Andrew was finally identified by n More...
Mar 25, 2009
Mandy
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Sep 19, 2009
Ozimandias
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This volume contains a rather intelligent and witty arc about vampires, and an important stand-alone which introduces us to the major nemesis Twilight. The great genius idea in the stand-alone comes at the end, after giving us some important details about how Buffy awakened from the sleeping beauty curse. Twilight's plan to eliminate Buffy's moral certitude is the greatest strategy so far and totally makes sense having known Buffy for so long. Great work. The four-story arc has all the humor and
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May 10, 2010
Runa
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I started out skeptical. Elements of the previous comics seemed unlike the Buffy we knew and loved...and while l still saw some of that in the beginning of this volume, by the end of it, it really started feeling like classic Buffy again, and I was really glad to see that. It definitely still captures the characters well, but the plot contained too much senseless fighting, with not enough actual, well, plot, lacking intrigue. I feel like Willow, who, yes, I'm biased towards, since she's my fa
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Feb 06, 2012
Traci
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This volume of Buffy comics really blew me away. We're really starting to hit a groove I think. The story lines combined with character actions and words are starting to really fall into place with how characters acted on the show.
I think this volume really hit a high point. Things really started to get interesting in this grouping of comics and we're seeing Buffy do something that I thought would NEVER happen. I'm actually quite giddy over that however I'm a bit apprehensive as to wh More...
I think this volume really hit a high point. Things really started to get interesting in this grouping of comics and we're seeing Buffy do something that I thought would NEVER happen. I'm actually quite giddy over that however I'm a bit apprehensive as to wh More...
Jun 05, 2011
Dwhren
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I received e-book copies of these books through NetGalley. These books are are collections of comics that continue the story of Buffy the Vampire Slayer after the end of the television show in season 7. The books do an excellent job of keeping the tone of the show, and most of the drawings are really good likenesses of the characters translated from screen to page. In season 8 Buffy, the new slayers, and the scooby gang are fighting a big bad named Twilight. Apparently the name was totally coinc
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Nov 26, 2009
Amanda
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Dec 31, 2009
Punk
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Graphic Novel. Okay, I am loving this series. It's like an awesome combination of fanfiction and a continuation of the show. There's a focus on characters, new and old (Andrew is back! Though I didn't recognize him at first because of the awful art!), and there's continuity, and Joss-caliber dialogue, and the friendships that make these characters real. In this book Buffy makes a Very Special Friend, which is maybe out of left field, but still awesome. Also: CANON.
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Jan 04, 2009
Cat
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May 03, 2010
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Aug 25, 2011
Jacquline
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I'm a rabid Buffy fan and am totally digging this continuation of the series. I loved seeing Dracula and Xander interact again.
That said, the sub-plot between Buffy and Satsu was completely out of character for the Buffster. No matter the book's reasoning, I found it jarring and more akin to a fanboy's dream. Thus, the 3 star rating. Elements in the end were a bit ridiculous as well, but in a fun way this time.
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That said, the sub-plot between Buffy and Satsu was completely out of character for the Buffster. No matter the book's reasoning, I found it jarring and more akin to a fanboy's dream. Thus, the 3 star rating. Elements in the end were a bit ridiculous as well, but in a fun way this time.
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Dec 07, 2008
Ann
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The series, Whedon's "8th season" of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in comic book form, continues to be fun, rivetting and all around excellent. I'd love to have been able to watch this season in place of one of the later seasons of Buffy, because the Whedon touch is evident throughout.
Volume 3 is alternately fun and emotionally intense, if a bit over the top at times. The characters we know are spot on (although I wish the ever-annoying Andrew could be given a bit more of a life More...
Volume 3 is alternately fun and emotionally intense, if a bit over the top at times. The characters we know are spot on (although I wish the ever-annoying Andrew could be given a bit more of a life More...
May 27, 2009
Christina Stind
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This fourth part of Buffy season 8 contains two stories - a short one A Beautiful Sunset where the villain Twilight is introduced and then the main thing, Wolves at the Gate, a four-part story where Buffy's headquarters in Scotland is attacked by wolves. Wolves who turn out to be Japanese vampires able to turn into vampires, bees, fog... Of course this remind Buffy and companions about the one, the only - Dracula! And because of past history, Xander is send off to Dracula's castle to see why the
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