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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus #6
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus Vol. 6
The Buffy Omnibus series continues with volume 6—delving further into Season 4 of the acclaimed television series and launching readers into the heart of Season 5.
Buffy and Angel, who's now a resident of Los Angeles, must reunite to fight new foes, but Buffy's current flame, Riley Finn, isn't too keen on the former lovers reuniting under any circumstances.
Meanwhile, things begin to heat up between Willow and Tara.
• Dark Horse completely revitalized the Buffy franchise with their Buffy Season 8 series, selling over 135,000 copies of the first two Season 8 graphic novels!
• "There's plenty of humor and action here. Lots of strange (and strangely fun) violence. And, for Slayer fans, Omnibus is an opportunity to run down memory lane and relive those early, exciting Slayer days."—Comic Book Bin
Buffy and Angel, who's now a resident of Los Angeles, must reunite to fight new foes, but Buffy's current flame, Riley Finn, isn't too keen on the former lovers reuniting under any circumstances.
Meanwhile, things begin to heat up between Willow and Tara.
• Dark Horse completely revitalized the Buffy franchise with their Buffy Season 8 series, selling over 135,000 copies of the first two Season 8 graphic novels!
• "There's plenty of humor and action here. Lots of strange (and strangely fun) violence. And, for Slayer fans, Omnibus is an opportunity to run down memory lane and relive those early, exciting Slayer days."—Comic Book Bin
368 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 20, 2005
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Christopher Golden
798 books2,959 followersCHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of such novels as Road of Bones, Ararat, Snowblind, Of Saints and Shadows, and Red Hands. With Mike Mignola, he is the co-creator of the Outerverse comic book universe, including such series as Baltimore, Joe Golem: Occult Detective, and Lady Baltimore. As an editor, he has worked on the short story anthologies Seize the Night, Dark Cities, and The New Dead, among others, and he has also written and co-written comic books, video games, screenplays, and a network television pilot. Golden co-hosts the podcast Defenders Dialogue with horror author Brian Keene. In 2015 he founded the popular Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival. He was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. For the Bram Stoker Awards, Golden has been nominated ten times in eight different categories. His original novels have been published in more than fifteen languages in countries around the world. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com
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July 10, 2017
salvo un par de historias cortas del principio que me parecen un poco de relleno, el resto de historias me han gustado mucho. Tanto a lo que se refiere a dibujo como a las tramas. Todas con ese toque de misterio y el cambio que hay en este sexto tomo es que en todas podemos descubrir un poco más del pasado de Angel, y volver a tener a toda la pandilla junta con mucha más fuerza ya que tienen más experiencia cada uno en su área. Además de tener nuevos aliados^^
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March 13, 2015
At first, this volume seems kind of like a waste of time. Sure, it's fun to see Riley so much because I am practically in love with the man. And it's always lovely to see Willow and Tara being the dynamic duo that they are. But there were three long comics here, and only one of them blew me away. It was so good that I had to bump my rating up an extra star.
Let's start with the worst, Past Lives:
Let me state before I continue: I was NEVER a fan of Angel. And I was especially against the ongoing Angel/Buffy love affair because I disliked him SO MUCH. Much like all of the crossover episodes that happened during the TV show, I hated the crossover comics with him as well. He is just a boring character to me, no matter how interesting Joss and all of the writers try to make him. His soul means nothing to me. But hey, I'm a super bitch, so whatever. So all in all, because this was yet another Buffy-Angel crossover, it flopped big time for me. Add in the "No Riley, you can't come, I'm going to see the person I ACTUALLY love" type lines and I am hating it. The only saving grace in all of this was Anya. Silly little ex-demon Anya with her dry, sardonic wit and unending honesty. God bless Anya every time.
Out of the Woodwork:
This one was probably three stars by itself. The premise had been touched on in the show (Xander's crush on the creepy crawly substitute teacher) so it was a nice revisit. Also, Riley is very abundant in this issue (you will hate me talking about Riley by the end of this probably). But before I dwell on Riley Finn's good looks, amazing attitude, and ability to love Buffy even when he's unconscious, let me focus on another man in my life. RUPERT GILES. This poor man could get a good hand dealt to him if he offered to be sex slave to the devil for the rest of his life. He meets yet another woman who is actually shockingly perfect for him, and the Scooby Gang successfully runs her off. GROW UP CHILDREN; DAD NEEDS TO MOVE ON. Rant over. Onto Riley, who sadly spends half of this issue in a hospital bed. But Buffy shows her true colors by being by his side as much as possible, and trying to solve the mystery behind the mega bugs. Tara also has a rough go of things, trying to fit in with the gang but being shut out at pretty much every turn. Luckily Willow is a babe and makes her feel included in the end.
But what did it for me in this volume was FALSE MEMORIES:
To Fassbender and Pascoe: I felt like I was watching an episode of Buffy. Dawn was handled in a manner that was so fitting to the original stories that I was in absolute awe. I cannot praise you enough.
MAJOR TV SHOW SPOILERS AHEAD: If you've watched the show, you know that Dawn isn't ACTUALLY Buffy's sister. BUT she is. BUT she is also a key that was planted in all of their lives along with fake memories from the first fourteen years or so of her life. BUT even after everyone finds out they still totally accept her as Buffy's sister. So she's Buffy's sister, right? I dunno. All I know is that this hit the nail on the mother fucking head. Buffy had a hard as shit time trying to deal with all of the Dawn drama on the show, but I never felt like it was explored enough. That is where this comes into play. Dawn keeps bringing up old memories that actually did happen, only now Dawn is inserted in them, playing hero and being a pesky little sister. And Buffy is PISSED that her memories are being tainted in a way. Also Dawn keeps bashing Riley and Angel and that's enough to make Buffy a mad girl. At this point, Giles and Buffy are the only ones who know about Dawn, and thus it makes things even harder on Buffy to keep it together. While she's getting angry with Dawn, Willow and Xander are telling her that she just needs to love Dawn because they're sisters. I am telling you, I may describe it in a boring way, but this story is CRUCIAL. Also, there are some really good Buffy/Spike moments (because Spike is my number two choice for the Buffmeister) before they start their play dates in bed. That's when I liked Spike the best, when he was still pining over that ass he couldn't have. But alas, all good things can't last forever.
So all in all, SO GLAD ANYA IS NOW PRESENT ALL THE TIME! But so sad Riley is now out of the picture (but not for good!). I always enjoy a good Giles story. Aaaaaand what up Dawn?
I suck at reviews. But this volume was really fun.
Let's start with the worst, Past Lives:
Let me state before I continue: I was NEVER a fan of Angel. And I was especially against the ongoing Angel/Buffy love affair because I disliked him SO MUCH. Much like all of the crossover episodes that happened during the TV show, I hated the crossover comics with him as well. He is just a boring character to me, no matter how interesting Joss and all of the writers try to make him. His soul means nothing to me. But hey, I'm a super bitch, so whatever. So all in all, because this was yet another Buffy-Angel crossover, it flopped big time for me. Add in the "No Riley, you can't come, I'm going to see the person I ACTUALLY love" type lines and I am hating it. The only saving grace in all of this was Anya. Silly little ex-demon Anya with her dry, sardonic wit and unending honesty. God bless Anya every time.
Out of the Woodwork:
This one was probably three stars by itself. The premise had been touched on in the show (Xander's crush on the creepy crawly substitute teacher) so it was a nice revisit. Also, Riley is very abundant in this issue (you will hate me talking about Riley by the end of this probably). But before I dwell on Riley Finn's good looks, amazing attitude, and ability to love Buffy even when he's unconscious, let me focus on another man in my life. RUPERT GILES. This poor man could get a good hand dealt to him if he offered to be sex slave to the devil for the rest of his life. He meets yet another woman who is actually shockingly perfect for him, and the Scooby Gang successfully runs her off. GROW UP CHILDREN; DAD NEEDS TO MOVE ON. Rant over. Onto Riley, who sadly spends half of this issue in a hospital bed. But Buffy shows her true colors by being by his side as much as possible, and trying to solve the mystery behind the mega bugs. Tara also has a rough go of things, trying to fit in with the gang but being shut out at pretty much every turn. Luckily Willow is a babe and makes her feel included in the end.
But what did it for me in this volume was FALSE MEMORIES:
To Fassbender and Pascoe: I felt like I was watching an episode of Buffy. Dawn was handled in a manner that was so fitting to the original stories that I was in absolute awe. I cannot praise you enough.
MAJOR TV SHOW SPOILERS AHEAD: If you've watched the show, you know that Dawn isn't ACTUALLY Buffy's sister. BUT she is. BUT she is also a key that was planted in all of their lives along with fake memories from the first fourteen years or so of her life. BUT even after everyone finds out they still totally accept her as Buffy's sister. So she's Buffy's sister, right? I dunno. All I know is that this hit the nail on the mother fucking head. Buffy had a hard as shit time trying to deal with all of the Dawn drama on the show, but I never felt like it was explored enough. That is where this comes into play. Dawn keeps bringing up old memories that actually did happen, only now Dawn is inserted in them, playing hero and being a pesky little sister. And Buffy is PISSED that her memories are being tainted in a way. Also Dawn keeps bashing Riley and Angel and that's enough to make Buffy a mad girl. At this point, Giles and Buffy are the only ones who know about Dawn, and thus it makes things even harder on Buffy to keep it together. While she's getting angry with Dawn, Willow and Xander are telling her that she just needs to love Dawn because they're sisters. I am telling you, I may describe it in a boring way, but this story is CRUCIAL. Also, there are some really good Buffy/Spike moments (because Spike is my number two choice for the Buffmeister) before they start their play dates in bed. That's when I liked Spike the best, when he was still pining over that ass he couldn't have. But alas, all good things can't last forever.
So all in all, SO GLAD ANYA IS NOW PRESENT ALL THE TIME! But so sad Riley is now out of the picture (but not for good!). I always enjoy a good Giles story. Aaaaaand what up Dawn?
I suck at reviews. But this volume was really fun.
April 24, 2015
En realidad: ☆☆☆½, pero tarde o temprano tenía que promediar para arriba alguno de estos geniales ómnibus de Buffy.
Los motivos: ¡Varios buenos dibujantes (y, por primera vez en la serie, pocos malos! ¡Mucho Angel, mucho Spike y bastante Anya! ¡Una Cazadora-vampira (el personaje en sí es medio choto, pero en la serie nunca se animaron a jugar con el concepto y acá sí)! ¡Retcons con Dawn (esto, aunque lo hubieran querido hacer en la serie, habría sido imposible, bien por el lenguaje del comic) ¡Un comic de Willow y Tara escrito por Amber Benson! Y, esteeee... Una tapa muy bonita y una introducción bastante graciosa.
Ahora, a buscar el tomo 7 de prestado a un precio no emasculador. ¡¡Y a esperar pacientemente el resto de la 9ª temporada y arrancar con la 10ª!!
Los motivos: ¡Varios buenos dibujantes (y, por primera vez en la serie, pocos malos! ¡Mucho Angel, mucho Spike y bastante Anya! ¡Una Cazadora-vampira (el personaje en sí es medio choto, pero en la serie nunca se animaron a jugar con el concepto y acá sí)! ¡Retcons con Dawn (esto, aunque lo hubieran querido hacer en la serie, habría sido imposible, bien por el lenguaje del comic) ¡Un comic de Willow y Tara escrito por Amber Benson! Y, esteeee... Una tapa muy bonita y una introducción bastante graciosa.
Ahora, a buscar el tomo 7 de prestado a un precio no emasculador. ¡¡Y a esperar pacientemente el resto de la 9ª temporada y arrancar con la 10ª!!
April 13, 2024
I think it’s really cool Amber Benson got to work on Buffy comics and write her own Tara and Willow story in this collection. I always think it’s good when actors are able to take ownership of their characters when they are abused on set. And I liked that these stories take on the tone of the earlier monster-of-the-week seasons before Joss Whedon decided to make every episode a circlejerk of pain and suffering for his female characters post-season 5. I really would’ve liked to see a live action version of False Memories, it was my favorite story and my favorite art in here.
June 23, 2025
Two of the longer stories here (Past Lives and False Memories) were good and engaging, but as is the way with larger omnibus collections, there were some others that dragged it down and I found it hard to motivate myself to keep going through some of them.
March 14, 2020
I really thought that I would only end up giving this two stars, but thankfully the second half of this book was amazing and made up for the first half. The first 200 pages have way too much Angel Investigations plotlines and Giles romance for me to be interested in it, and the art for these sections is a style I'm not into. However, the Willow-Tara issues in this were great (and worked on by Amber Benson!) and the "False Memories" arc explores some cool ideas. It was awesome to get to see how the Scoobies memories, particularly in moments we saw on the show, were rewritten to include Dawn. I also liked that this arc looked at what could happen if a Slayer was ever turned into a vampire. Honestly if the first half of this book didn't exist, it'd actually be my absolute favorite BtVS comic.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 6, 2015
This had some better stories.
City of Despair was a fascinating concept. But it did seem like a bit of a rehash from a recent Angel episode.
The problem with some of these, is if you read them in true chronological order, they spoil the show. For example, the Jonathan story should be read after the Jonathan episode - even though it takes place first (chronologically). This was a good story - written (of course) by Jane Espenson.
Giles-centric stories are always good, so Beyond the Pale was enjoyable.
And who doesn't like Willow and Tara? Punish Me with Kisses, Wannablessedbe, and the very brief Demonology Menagerie were all good and a bit different.
City of Despair was a fascinating concept. But it did seem like a bit of a rehash from a recent Angel episode.
The problem with some of these, is if you read them in true chronological order, they spoil the show. For example, the Jonathan story should be read after the Jonathan episode - even though it takes place first (chronologically). This was a good story - written (of course) by Jane Espenson.
Giles-centric stories are always good, so Beyond the Pale was enjoyable.
And who doesn't like Willow and Tara? Punish Me with Kisses, Wannablessedbe, and the very brief Demonology Menagerie were all good and a bit different.
November 9, 2021
This volume dove headfirst into the thick of seasons 4 and 5 of BTVS and it was epic. I really enjoyed the focus on characters that don't always get that. A very nice "sharing is caring' which BTVS has always done well with. And the extra Jonathan arc? YES!
This volume really did edge the show very nicely and much more closely while previous volumes had a focus on extra backstories that filled out the characters so much more.
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This volume really did edge the show very nicely and much more closely while previous volumes had a focus on extra backstories that filled out the characters so much more.
Full Review:
https://thescarletreaderreviews.wordp...
March 23, 2018
I enjoyed it again I think I would have enjoyed it more if it went along with the series more and had less of Riley in it. I did enjoy that they put Dawn in here and made it seem more like the show. Great for a filler though if you've just finished the series and wanted something to keep your interest.
January 26, 2023
This volume features comics that take place during the fourth and fifth seasons of Buffy. I loved the crossover with Angel...I don't understand why they didn't do more TV crossovers while both shows were airing. I enjoyed all of the comics in this collection, though the first one with Tara had her a little off, they didn't get the characterization quite right.
August 19, 2017
Un gusto leer estos comics que siempre me transportan a otra época de mi vida, ya que soy de esas mega fans que han visto en bucle mil veces la serie. He disfrutado mucho este volumen, y me quedo con ganas del próximo.
December 30, 2020
Definitivamente el dibujo de Cliff Richards es de mis favoritos. Este tomo, al igual que los anteriores, lo he disfrutado mucho, especialmente porque salen más Spike y Angel (aunque haya que soportar a Riley).
Mis favoritos han sido Falsos recuerdos, de quien sabe donde , vidas pasadas y las historia corta de Giles.
Mis favoritos han sido Falsos recuerdos, de quien sabe donde , vidas pasadas y las historia corta de Giles.
April 6, 2023
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
One thing that I find particularly joyful about the comic series is that it’s very obvious which characters the writers enjoy and which ones they deliberately leave behind or stick in a comma *cough cough* Riley *cough cough*
One thing that I find particularly joyful about the comic series is that it’s very obvious which characters the writers enjoy and which ones they deliberately leave behind or stick in a comma *cough cough* Riley *cough cough*
October 6, 2024
It’s okay. I did like that it mentioned characters from the show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, but I didn’t care for how long the graphic novel was. Felt like they were trying to cram a lot of stuff from the show and additional extras that wasn’t needed in the graphic novel.
May 21, 2018
Past Lives is such an interesting story. So is False Memories! Ugh, I just love this series so much.
July 10, 2018
I'm actually really starting to enjoy these.......
July 16, 2018
It's Buffy!
July 23, 2018
Great stories, love the ideas. I'm taking a point off for the big cliffhanger at the end. Now I have to wait to get the next one.
March 25, 2020
Best one yet!
May 22, 2020
This book was better than the last collection. Takes place late season 4 / early season 5. I especially enjoyed the Jonathan's fantasy world one shot.
April 25, 2023
Good, but I bought the 6th book first on accident, so I haven't read the full series, so I don't know.
May 30, 2023
Didn't really care for 3/4th. Really enjoyed the last two stories though
June 19, 2023
3.5-4⭐️
July 12, 2023
had some of my favorites in the omnibus collections! false memories is a stand out, really felt very much like a missing moment from the series, as did the Buffy/angel crossover in past lives.
May 9, 2024
Love the one shots! False Memories was a miss for me; it didn’t quite convince me.
March 26, 2025
More stories of the gang in between episodes of the show.
April 1, 2025
Made me wish there were more Buffy/Angel crossovers. Or at least one where both casts got to interact.
May 31, 2025
There were some fun stories in here (really enjoyed Beyond the Pale) but not all of them kept my interest going. Art style was mixed, but largely more cohesive than the Boom comics.
April 18, 2024
willow y tara ❤️🩹
June 14, 2023
Buffy 6
Several stories, some ok, some good, one real bad
Details
So average is 3
Several stories, some ok, some good, one real bad
Details
So average is 3
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