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Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #1-4
Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #1
Can a lone Slayer save what's left of humanity?
Buffy Summers is the last Slayer. Now in her 50s, she wages a one woman fight against the forces of darkness, who prey on humanity in the daylight unimpeded thanks to a magical catastrophe that has nearly blotted out the sun. The same disaster robbed Buffy of her friends and ended the Slayer-line, forcing her into an endless guerilla war. That is, until she stumbles across something she hasn't seen in a long time -- hope, in the form of a prophecy and the young girl who carries it.
Buffy Summers is the last Slayer. Now in her 50s, she wages a one woman fight against the forces of darkness, who prey on humanity in the daylight unimpeded thanks to a magical catastrophe that has nearly blotted out the sun. The same disaster robbed Buffy of her friends and ended the Slayer-line, forcing her into an endless guerilla war. That is, until she stumbles across something she hasn't seen in a long time -- hope, in the form of a prophecy and the young girl who carries it.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 8, 2021
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July 29, 2022
An Elseworlds Buffy story where she's lived to her 50's. Vampires have become citizens and slaying is illegal. There's too much world building here for a 4 issue story. It would have made more sense to just base this 30 years after the actual show ended to minimize this. Instead this is a future where Willow and Tara got married and had a family, but the rest of the universe is close to the same adding unnecessary complications. There's not enough focus on the actual story in the current time. It's all vague and poorly fleshed out leaving me uninterested.
The art's OK. The characters suffer from same-face which can be a real issue for a comic that uses actors' likenesses.
The art's OK. The characters suffer from same-face which can be a real issue for a comic that uses actors' likenesses.
February 5, 2023
I quite enjoyed this book at the end. I would have given this nook 3.5 stars but the final fight and last chapter/issue rounded it up for me.
The world has changed and Vampires do not need to fear the sun, slaying them is illegal and Buffy Summers has grow old, obsolete with her friends either dead or alienated. Life goes on but us their anything or anyone left to fight for?
I think this book would have benefited from being six issues. I would not have minded two issues/chapters of past stories. The ending made up for a lot for me. I was a little concerned when 51 year old Buffy was talking like teenage Buffy, luckily that stopped about halfway through the book.
The book finishes with a varient covers gallery. All in all a good book for old Buffy fans, there is still more to this universe I would not mind another book.
The world has changed and Vampires do not need to fear the sun, slaying them is illegal and Buffy Summers has grow old, obsolete with her friends either dead or alienated. Life goes on but us their anything or anyone left to fight for?
I think this book would have benefited from being six issues. I would not have minded two issues/chapters of past stories. The ending made up for a lot for me. I was a little concerned when 51 year old Buffy was talking like teenage Buffy, luckily that stopped about halfway through the book.
The book finishes with a varient covers gallery. All in all a good book for old Buffy fans, there is still more to this universe I would not mind another book.
March 10, 2022
I had high hopes for this, and while it's easily better than anything else BOOM! has put out for Buffy in at least a year or two, this isn't the book I wanted or needed. It's just another fanfiction AU, and not even one based off of the show continuity. This could have easily been established in a continuity with at least the show to make me care, but they didn't even try. They randomly selected names out of a hat to fill lines of dialogue. This reads like a story someone wanted to do, and then BOOM! was like "Oh make it Buffy!" The writing is pretty basic and average, so I'd give it a 2.5/5 as a casual reader. But as a fan? I'm tired of BOOM! refusing to publish actual Buffy content. This isn't the Buffy people love. It's lifeless, even moreso than the vampires in it. It lacks passion... Even if this isn't the book I want as a fan, I can't even say it's worth picking up because the overall execution is also pretty meh to bad. If BOOM! is committed to Buffy AUs, they need to at least make them well written and know how to please fans of the show. The In Every Generation novel is coming out soon, and while it has many (many) problems, you can at least tell the writer is a huge fan and wanted to have fun with it and write it for other fans. I didn't feel this here. At all. I'm always going to consume new Buffy content, but it's been a rough few years for the Buffster. Dark Horse went out with a fart and then a whimper, and BOOM! just hasn't figured out how to tell Buffy stories since. Fans deserve quality content they should care about. Anyways, no one is shocked that another Buffy comic is a miss. Sorry, folks. Maybe the meta actor Angel AU series will be better? (*sarcasm) Go reread some of the Dark Horse seasons instead when BOOM! finally gets around to reprinting them.
August 21, 2022
3.5
This actually works for me.
More so than the current series at Boom...which I'm reading but not really liking
Series?
This actually works for me.
More so than the current series at Boom...which I'm reading but not really liking
Series?
March 10, 2022
I had high hopes for this, and while it's easily better than anything else BOOM! has put out for Buffy in at least a year or two, this isn't the book I wanted or needed. It's just another fanfiction AU, and not even one based off of the show continuity. This could have easily been established in a continuity with at least the show to make me care, but they didn't even try. They randomly selected names out of a hat to fill lines of dialogue. This reads like a story someone wanted to do, and then BOOM! was like "Oh make it Buffy!" The writing is pretty basic and average, so I'd give it a 2/5 as a casual reader. But as a fan? I'm tired of BOOM! refusing to publish actual Buffy content. This isn't the Buffy people love. It's lifeless, even moreso than the vampires in it. It lacks passion... Even if this isn't the book I want as a fan, I can't even say it's worth picking up because the overall execution is also pretty meh to bad. If BOOM! is committed to Buffy AUs, they need to at least make them well written and know how to please fans of the show. The In Every Generation novel is coming out soon, and while it has many (many) problems, you can at least tell the writer is a huge fan and wanted to have fun with it and write it for other fans. I didn't feel this here. At all. I'm always going to consume new Buffy content, but it's been a rough few years for the Buffster. Dark Horse went out with a fart and then a whimper, and BOOM! just hasn't figured out how to tell Buffy stories since. Fans deserve quality content they should care about. Anyways, no one is shocked that another Buffy comic is a miss. Sorry, folks. Maybe the meta actor Angel AU series will be better? (*sarcasm) Go reread some of the Dark Horse seasons instead when BOOM! finally gets around to reprinting them.
Terrible. You can tell the writer has no idea who these characters are. It reads like they casually watched the show as it aired but haven’t seen it since and are going off of memory. So bad I laughed multiple times. Willow naming her child after a comic character apparently because she’s a lesbian… (When that reads more like a Xander trait, not Willow.) And the marriage certificate moment made me lose it because it was just too funny in a bad way, disregarding everything Buffy is and was. This is NOT a Buffy story; it’s just using the names of characters we love, wearing their faces. I have to say that this makes the new YA novel In Every Generation look 1000% better than it is because this is just so bad it’s laughable when not depressing. BOOM’s Buffy line needs desperately saved or slayed at the very least.
This comic has Buffy tell Spike, “I’ve never said no to you and I’m not gonna start now.” That’s all you need to know about this hot (sometimes tone deaf) mess. It’s so laughably bad. There’s an appearance from a dead character in this issue (4) that should have been good, but it didn’t stand a chance, sadly. Also the BS mythology in this? So bad. It’s even insulting to Buffy Summers as a character. I’m so depressed this garbage is releasing on the show’s 25th anniversary.
Terrible. You can tell the writer has no idea who these characters are. It reads like they casually watched the show as it aired but haven’t seen it since and are going off of memory. So bad I laughed multiple times. Willow naming her child after a comic character apparently because she’s a lesbian… (When that reads more like a Xander trait, not Willow.) And the marriage certificate moment made me lose it because it was just too funny in a bad way, disregarding everything Buffy is and was. This is NOT a Buffy story; it’s just using the names of characters we love, wearing their faces. I have to say that this makes the new YA novel In Every Generation look 1000% better than it is because this is just so bad it’s laughable when not depressing. BOOM’s Buffy line needs desperately saved or slayed at the very least.
This comic has Buffy tell Spike, “I’ve never said no to you and I’m not gonna start now.” That’s all you need to know about this hot (sometimes tone deaf) mess. It’s so laughably bad. There’s an appearance from a dead character in this issue (4) that should have been good, but it didn’t stand a chance, sadly. Also the BS mythology in this? So bad. It’s even insulting to Buffy Summers as a character. I’m so depressed this garbage is releasing on the show’s 25th anniversary.
December 31, 2022
Wow, so. I haven't consumed anything Buffy in years, and I thought it would be neat to dip my toe back into the world with a fun What If type of story. This was probably not the best place to start.
The idea itself is fun - Buffy is 50 years old, still alive and kicking in a climate-ravaged future where vampires are in the open, staking them is illegal, and most of her friends are dead. Suddenly, a young girl shows up claiming to be a new Slayer, and the story kicks off.
Four issues was nowhere near enough for this story to make much sense. Everything about the main supposed plot rushed by so quickly that I still have no ideal idea why or how any of it was supposed to make sense. The only thing that this possibly had going for it was to play on Buffy fan nostalgia, but even that felt empty and off.
This wasn't entirely terrible, and I did enjoy some moments that revealed what happened to the various Scoobies. I even teared up a bit toward the end. The art was neat, though kind of hard to follow at times - especially in the big fight scenes. Too much going on, not enough clarity. Outside of the fight scenes, the art was pretty good.
So, probably not the best thing to check out after years of not consuming a Buffy story, but not entirely terrible, either. The overall story was a good idea, but the execution was sorely lacking.
The idea itself is fun - Buffy is 50 years old, still alive and kicking in a climate-ravaged future where vampires are in the open, staking them is illegal, and most of her friends are dead. Suddenly, a young girl shows up claiming to be a new Slayer, and the story kicks off.
Four issues was nowhere near enough for this story to make much sense. Everything about the main supposed plot rushed by so quickly that I still have no ideal idea why or how any of it was supposed to make sense. The only thing that this possibly had going for it was to play on Buffy fan nostalgia, but even that felt empty and off.
This wasn't entirely terrible, and I did enjoy some moments that revealed what happened to the various Scoobies. I even teared up a bit toward the end. The art was neat, though kind of hard to follow at times - especially in the big fight scenes. Too much going on, not enough clarity. Outside of the fight scenes, the art was pretty good.
So, probably not the best thing to check out after years of not consuming a Buffy story, but not entirely terrible, either. The overall story was a good idea, but the execution was sorely lacking.
July 16, 2022
Meh, only O.K. I didn’t love the art, and the story was pretty depressing. I miss writers like Christos Gage, who was able to match the humor and vibe from the original while still coming up with original plots.
July 1, 2022
The vampires won, and Buffy has spent the last 30 years trying not to be a Slayer. But when the child of some of her dearest friends turns up on her doorstep, she'll need to pick up the stake one more time to make sure she lives to tip the scales back in the forces of good's favour.
With all of the mess going on in Boom's main Buffy title, I was wary going into another one. But this is actually a pretty good little What If/future flashforward kinda story. The grizzled old Buffy manages to feel realistic without losing the snark and wit that made her Buffy in the first place, and new character Thessally bounces off of her really well. Even grumpy old Anya is a good fit for the book, and writer Casey Gilly manages to set up the status quo with enough background that it feels important when it all gets upended.
If anything, this book's a bit too short. I'd love to see this world revisited again, because it feels like this story is just beginning by the time it comes to a close.
With all of the mess going on in Boom's main Buffy title, I was wary going into another one. But this is actually a pretty good little What If/future flashforward kinda story. The grizzled old Buffy manages to feel realistic without losing the snark and wit that made her Buffy in the first place, and new character Thessally bounces off of her really well. Even grumpy old Anya is a good fit for the book, and writer Casey Gilly manages to set up the status quo with enough background that it feels important when it all gets upended.
If anything, this book's a bit too short. I'd love to see this world revisited again, because it feels like this story is just beginning by the time it comes to a close.
January 9, 2022
If people are writing AU storylines for Buffy comics, can I send them some awesome Fuffy fanfics that can be made into comics? This was an okay read for a first issue. The artwork wasn't the greatest though.
August 1, 2022
I read all but issue #3 as single issues and was not impressed.
I read all the issues collected in the trade and it was a much better read, partly getting everything in one read so I did no forget what was going on. But I can hear the pitch, lets do "Old Man Logan! with Buffy!" It could have been epic but fell far short.
Spoilers:
1) Buffy is actually not the last Slayer
2) The setting is not actually post apocalypse just in the "future"
I mean immediately contradicting not just the book title but advertisements is annoying. Otherwise this was just a typical Buffy story.
I read all the issues collected in the trade and it was a much better read, partly getting everything in one read so I did no forget what was going on. But I can hear the pitch, lets do "Old Man Logan! with Buffy!" It could have been epic but fell far short.
Spoilers:
1) Buffy is actually not the last Slayer
2) The setting is not actually post apocalypse just in the "future"
I mean immediately contradicting not just the book title but advertisements is annoying. Otherwise this was just a typical Buffy story.
September 22, 2022
own the individual comics, not the compilation
BY FAR MY FAVORITE BUFFY COMIC. succinct but wonderful. I cried and swooned. A perfect little epilogue.
BY FAR MY FAVORITE BUFFY COMIC. succinct but wonderful. I cried and swooned. A perfect little epilogue.
January 18, 2023
A nice Elseworld-y Buffy story, until it got insufferably maudlin in the last half dozen pages.
October 3, 2022
That was sick as hell!! I really, really enjoyed this. I could literally hear the character's voices in my head, I've never been happier. I've always loved Buffy so when I learned that there were comics many years ago, I knew I'd have to get my hands on one somehow, and now that I've read this, I'm even more motivated to read more. Wow.
March 9, 2022
An uneven imitation of Old Man Logan
Read upon the release of each single issue
There is much to like in this series; Gilly nails the voices of Buffy, and seeing Buffy as an angry old woman is a fun experience.
But there is too much world-building and too many mentions of what happened in the past - and not enough forward momentum in a story that seems a bit uninspired.
Read upon the release of each single issue
There is much to like in this series; Gilly nails the voices of Buffy, and seeing Buffy as an angry old woman is a fun experience.
But there is too much world-building and too many mentions of what happened in the past - and not enough forward momentum in a story that seems a bit uninspired.
January 31, 2022
Wasn't sure how I was going to feel about this, but I actually really enjoyed it! Not a super big fan of the art style but I can get past it, it's not the worst I've ever seen. I really like the old, tired, bitter hero trope. Reminiscent of Old Man Logan, in a really good way. Can't wait to continue and see where it goes!
December 28, 2024
i can’t lie, i’m not positive this deserves 5 stars based off content alone but i felt really touched by this story. i’ve read a lot of the buffy comics, and feel like most of them don’t really distinguish themselves, but this one absolutely does and provides a beautiful ending that does the series justice (as much as an au like this can)
April 14, 2022
Borderline fanfiction, its fine I guess, there is not really connection with the main continuity.
It has its moments, but generally it is dull and plotless.
It has its moments, but generally it is dull and plotless.
July 24, 2022
The last slayer
This world is different from the others. I can't wait to read the rest of it and find out what's happening.
This world is different from the others. I can't wait to read the rest of it and find out what's happening.
January 16, 2024
Old Man / Last post-apocalypse books have become their own comic sub-genre at this point.
Slayer Buffy is somewhere between mutant Logan and Turtle Ronin in quality.
I dropped out reading BOOM! era multiverse BtVS but this standalone(?) what if? tale is good enough to tempt me back again.
Slayer Buffy is somewhere between mutant Logan and Turtle Ronin in quality.
I dropped out reading BOOM! era multiverse BtVS but this standalone(?) what if? tale is good enough to tempt me back again.
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January 22, 2024
I had fun with this one! I've always wondered what Buffy would be like as an older person and this was a pretty fun take on it. I wish it had one or two more issues so it'd be able to develop and explore some aspects more in depth, but this was a nice arc overall. The art was also great!
August 10, 2022
Not going to lie, really loved the ending.
September 27, 2022
This was a quick little read and an interesting take on an older Buffy in an alternate timeline though the story wasn’t great but it wasn’t awful either I might read the rest of these.
September 5, 2024
Awe Buffy.
August 23, 2022
1.5 stars
March 16, 2023
MILF Buffy, my beloved
December 12, 2021
This series seems to have the most potential (haha) of all the Buffy series so far. I did enjoy the obvious Richard Madded/Keeley Hawes Bodyguard reference. But I need some serious worldbuilding to make this work. And yes, I think they potentially (haha) can.
September 22, 2022
Kind of mixed emotions about this one. Seems like I am missing information. I have always liked the series and the comics that have followed, but I was totally impressed here. The art was just a little off in my estimation, and even the witty banter just a tad off. Still, I liked it enough.
March 10, 2023
absolutely amazing, life-affirming, cured my depression etc etc
on my third reread: this is still the best piece of btvs non-show media i've read so far, it's just. excellent. i love it so much. i cry about four times every time i read it.
on my third reread: this is still the best piece of btvs non-show media i've read so far, it's just. excellent. i love it so much. i cry about four times every time i read it.
February 14, 2022
This has potentiwl. Certainly better than the last few attempts at resurrecting buffy verse. I’d love dir it to work but it probably won’t.
August 5, 2022
Because Spike !
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