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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (trade paperbacks) #13
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Death of Buffy
Buffy is dead. Her friends are trying to get on with their lives. Between them, there is enough anger, frustration, loss, guilt, and tragedy to resurrect an ancient demon. Things aren't looking too good for Willow, Xander, and the gang. A lovelorn demon has been set free into our dimension, and its food is the grief of Buffy's nearest and dearest. If that's not bad enough, a horde of demonic reptilian sorcerers plan to resurrect their fallen comrade and paint the town blood red. Can Buffy's friends face the threat without a Slayer to defend them? Willow finds that she can learn a great deal from these reptilian mystics. And if there's going to be one resurrection, why can't there be TWO?
120 pages, Paperback
First published October 16, 2002
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August 15, 2018
El tomo anterior me pareció flojo, pero este me ha gustado bastante, mucha acción, dudas que te quedan entre el final de la quinta temporada y principios de la sexta quedan resueltos. Puedes intuir situaciones que van a suceder entre los personajes, o las relaciones de amistad y amor en futuros episodios.
July 17, 2023
#3 buffy the vampire slayer: spike & dru ★★★☆☆
#19 the blood of carthage ★★★☆☆
#22 buffy the vampire slayer: out of the woodwork ★★★☆☆
#24 buffy the vampire slayer: false memories ★★★☆☆
#27 buffy the vampire slayer: ugly little monsters ★★★☆☆
#29 buffy the vampire slayer: the death of buffy ★★★☆☆
kinda wish it had been a little longer, honestly.
#19 the blood of carthage ★★★☆☆
#22 buffy the vampire slayer: out of the woodwork ★★★☆☆
#24 buffy the vampire slayer: false memories ★★★☆☆
#27 buffy the vampire slayer: ugly little monsters ★★★☆☆
#29 buffy the vampire slayer: the death of buffy ★★★☆☆
kinda wish it had been a little longer, honestly.
May 5, 2016
The pace might have been a little too fast for me and the dialogue uncharacteristically cheesy sometimes, but usually it was a spot-on representation of the world of Buffy and really interesting to see the goings-on of the characters during Buffy's death.
December 28, 2024
Set following Buffy's death at the end of the fifth season of the TV series.
Buffy's loved ones all struggle with her loss but also task themselves with taking up her duties in protecting Sunnydale, all the while trying to hide the fact of the Slayer's absence. Then, following Buffy's resurrection, an old enemy returns in an attempt to tear the Slayer's personal life apart.
To begin with I was enjoying this book and what it was trying to do. All too often in comics, where heroes die and return every other Thursday, there isn't a pause to allow the loss of the hero to sink in. It was nice, therefore, to have some time dedicated to what the world and the lives of the main characters looks like with the loss of Buffy.
Unfortunately, this book shies away from getting too deep or morbid and instead the plots on offer pretty much boil down to people saying they're sad, shrugging and then just getting on with building a robot duplicate of Buffy.
I was amazed that not a single moment of this book is dedicated to how upsetting it would be to stare into the face of an exact duplicate of a dead loved one. That should be a really big deal, but it would've gotten in the way of quipping and shenanigans, so there's no time for it here.
The only character whose emotional state is done justice is Spike and the scenes between him and Buffy were the only bits I enjoyed of the back half of this book, set post-resurrection.
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Buffy's loved ones all struggle with her loss but also task themselves with taking up her duties in protecting Sunnydale, all the while trying to hide the fact of the Slayer's absence. Then, following Buffy's resurrection, an old enemy returns in an attempt to tear the Slayer's personal life apart.
To begin with I was enjoying this book and what it was trying to do. All too often in comics, where heroes die and return every other Thursday, there isn't a pause to allow the loss of the hero to sink in. It was nice, therefore, to have some time dedicated to what the world and the lives of the main characters looks like with the loss of Buffy.
Unfortunately, this book shies away from getting too deep or morbid and instead the plots on offer pretty much boil down to people saying they're sad, shrugging and then just getting on with building a robot duplicate of Buffy.
I was amazed that not a single moment of this book is dedicated to how upsetting it would be to stare into the face of an exact duplicate of a dead loved one. That should be a really big deal, but it would've gotten in the way of quipping and shenanigans, so there's no time for it here.
The only character whose emotional state is done justice is Spike and the scenes between him and Buffy were the only bits I enjoyed of the back half of this book, set post-resurrection.
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October 1, 2021
Set between season five and season six, this comic explores what was going on in Sunnydale after Buffy died (again*).
It focuses on what was happening, but I wish it focused more on how the characters were feeling. How they all mourned and grieved. I wanted to see a deeper insight into Giles' guilt, Xander's anger, Willow's inability to accept she was gone. The strongest moments of this arc were when we got a glimpse into that; when we got to see Xander try to stake Spike in a grief-stricken passion. When Spike keeps his promise to Buffy to look after Dawn, and takes her to get ice cream.
Instead, the comic is mostly interested in filling in narrative gaps between seasons that we can mostly infer ourselves. Why and how did they bring back the Buffybot*? How did Willow work out that she needed the Urn of Osiris to resurrect Buffy? How did she get the rest of the gang on board? I can't say these were burning questions for me, and I feel like we can fill in those narrative gaps ourselves.
I enjoyed this comic for what it was, but it doesn't add much depth to season 5 or 6, or tell us anything new that we were especially dying to know.
(*- for the uninitiated, Buffy was a weird show).
It focuses on what was happening, but I wish it focused more on how the characters were feeling. How they all mourned and grieved. I wanted to see a deeper insight into Giles' guilt, Xander's anger, Willow's inability to accept she was gone. The strongest moments of this arc were when we got a glimpse into that; when we got to see Xander try to stake Spike in a grief-stricken passion. When Spike keeps his promise to Buffy to look after Dawn, and takes her to get ice cream.
Instead, the comic is mostly interested in filling in narrative gaps between seasons that we can mostly infer ourselves. Why and how did they bring back the Buffybot*? How did Willow work out that she needed the Urn of Osiris to resurrect Buffy? How did she get the rest of the gang on board? I can't say these were burning questions for me, and I feel like we can fill in those narrative gaps ourselves.
I enjoyed this comic for what it was, but it doesn't add much depth to season 5 or 6, or tell us anything new that we were especially dying to know.
(*- for the uninitiated, Buffy was a weird show).
January 8, 2023
This fills in a few blanks from the Gang's time between seasons 5 and 6, but could have gone deeper. The other story, "Withdrawal", didn't feel necessary. Honestly, they could have used those pages to further develop the main story.
November 20, 2023
This was a really emotive story that follows the scooby gang after Buffy is dead and gone. Not only are they grieving, but Sunnydale is still threatened by nasty things that they must fight off. Good stuff.
January 9, 2024
It has honestly been a minute since I have read a Buffy comic that I thoroughly enjoyed. Dawn was right about feeling guilt as I blamed her for both Buffy & Joyce's death. Hated her character. Also I hate Xander and this comic captured his whiny behavior perfectly.
November 21, 2022
THE WAY THEY MADE SPIKE AND BUFFY THE CORE COUPLE HERE. LOVE. LOVE. LOVE. SHE TREATS HIM SO MCUH BETTER IN THIS COMMIC. also the way he was the most depressed about her death 😭😢🥹🥲
December 16, 2024
So good to read some Buffy, although that last story didn't make sense to me at all. Could be me, though.
February 1, 2026
Ties really well with the series. 🦇 🖤
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