Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer (2023) #1

Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer (2023)

by Casey Gilly, Oriol ROIG (Artist)

Thess is all grown up, having taken up the mantle as the new Slayer!
But with new responsibilities comes new enemies, and a mysterious clan will do anything to get to her, even if it means using her friends as bait.
Fans won’t want to miss this brand new mini series from veteran Buffy scribe Casey Gilly, set after the events of Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer Special #1!

Genres: Comics, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Graphic Novels Comics, Vampires

24 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 2, 2023

Reviews

[Elizabeth (Miss Eliza) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Damn. Literally this is easily my favorite of all the Buffy comics and I am so glad they are continuing it. What’s more they took an interesting premise in the first arc and now with the second made it more like the original series. I also can’t fault Thessaly’s taste in books.

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Boom Studios never collected a trade of the second Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer mini-series, so I'm just going to use this issue to represent the entire second run of five issues. This takes place a few years after the special with Thess now 21 and working as both slayer and at a local amusement park. Weirdly people no longer seem aware that the supernatural exists even though that was half the premise of the first volume. The setting feels mostly like the current day now which I guess is supposed to imply Buffy and Thess saved society, but people would still remember it. The story splits up the cast. Buffy goes on vacation with Spike and finally has to grieve over the loss of her powers and calling, while the new slayer dates a girl in a demonic gang. The art is so hard to read at times, but the characterization is strong. I would gladly read another few volumes of this.

Despite continuity errors and bad art (seriously so bad), this was still pretty good and remains one of the best things Boom did with the license. This, not the reboot, should have gotten the ongoing treatment. They could fix the continuity issues, hire a decent artist, and run this as their flagship book. Instead, they quietly dropped the license altogether.

[Kay ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

So is this new? A reboot? I thought I already read this but nah this was new.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I have zero idea what is going on in the Buffyverse. I will be continuing to pick up one shots though.

[aimee louise · Rating 2 out of 5]

not my fav graphic novel