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  <title><![CDATA[Spike: After the Fall]]></title>
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  <default_description>Poet, vampire, murderer, lover, hero, prisoner, slaveO Spike has been called a lot of things. But by the time this fight is over, he'll have one more name: Lord. Or &quot;dust&quot;omaybe we'll just call him dust, considering how it seems things are going in his immediate future. But after enjoying this collection of the four-issue Spike: After the fall series you'll be looking at the events of Angel: After the Fall in a whole new light, courtesy of Brian Lynch and Franco Urru!</default_description>
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  <original_publication_month type="integer">3</original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">2009</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Tue Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This volume collects <em>Spike: After the Fall</em> four issue mini series, which ties in with the <em>Angel: After the Fall</em> storyline.<br/><br/>Written by Brian Lynch and drawn by Franco Urru (who had to temporarily leave his art duties over on <em>Angel: After the Fall</em> to do this series) has joined forces to mak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77336998">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting backstory to what happened to Spike in the aftermath of the Battle of the Alley; and how and why he is entangled with Fred/Illyra and Conner. <br/><br/>What can I say? If you like Spike as a character and Brian Lynch's work, then its worth the read - its got a strong storyline that ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50288893">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well, it wasn't all I wanted it to be. (You can tell Brian Lynch isn't a girl. ;) )<br/><br/>And I do wish the artist (Frank Urhu? Is that how it's spelled?)  drew Spike a little cuter. :P<br/><br/>Let's face it, I'll buy and read anything with Spike in it.  Because I adore the character with a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62787097">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Provides some backstory about Spike and Illyria that makes the Angel: After the Fall books make more sense, but a pretty simple story with a lot of action.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was actually pretty meh.  And Spike doesn't really seem recognizably Spikeish these days.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[decent book but definitely not as good as the angel series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a quick read (graphic novels usually are), but I laughed my way through the whole thing.  Even if Spike was never a favorite character throughout the Buffy or Angel series, I sure enjoyed him here.  He brings the funny.  The artwork was good, story was great--definitely would recommend this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57571652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I cannot get enough of Spike. Spike Spike Spike forever, need I say more. It fills the gap after the fight in the alley, SPIKE!]]></body>
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