Angel: Strange Bedfellows and Other Stories

Angel (1999) #4, 10–11, 17

by Christopher Golden, Thomas E. Sniegoski, Eric Powell

The largest book of Angel stories yet, this volume completes the collection of Angel Volume 1 , featuring stories set in the first season of the hit television series. It sees the evolution of the team of vampire hunters from the very beginning, through the death of sidekick Doyle. The title story, drawn by artist Christian Zanier, features a vampire brothel, in which the bloodsucking madam tries to lure Angel into unholy congress with his own kind. This volume also features the first solo Cordelia story, in which she and her haunted apartment defend themselves against a demonic intruder.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Graphic Novels Comics, Fantasy

104 pages, Paperback

First published March 27, 2002

About the author

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN has been called “the king of the horror-thriller.” The New York Times bestselling, multi-award-winning storyteller has made his mark in many mediums, as a writer of novels, screenplays, animation, audio dramas, and comics, and as an editor of landmark horror anthologies. His work has been published in dozens of languages around the world. Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, and the Audie Award, he has been nominated for others, including the British Fantasy Award. His best-known novels include Road of Bones, The House of Last Resort, All Hallows, and his latest, Carry Me to My Grave. He lives in Massachusetts, where he watches too many movies and eats too much chocolate.

Reviews

[Ian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Four stories of the vampire private investigator and his allies Cordelia, Doyle and Wesley.
Here Angel and company confront an abusive husband, hunt down a vampire hooker, work with a ghost and declare their mission to LA's vampire underworld.

What's good about this book is that, much like the TV series itself, it can deal with darker and more mature themes than Buffy stories can.
The story where he has to deal with an abusive, but totally human, husband is one such example, as is the concept of vampire callgirls. It makes for more interesting reading than much of the PG-13 (12A here in the UK) action of the Buffy books.

Unfortunately, none of the stories here are long enough to develop any real depth and, as a result, feel pretty disposable overall.

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[Karen-Leigh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strange Bedfellows....substitute for Chameleons by Glen A. Larson