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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (trade paperbacks) #7
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Food Chain
The largest Buffy collection ever! "Food Chain" presents such landmarks in Buffy's comics history as T.V. scribe Doug Petrie's first comics story, "Bad Dog," drawn by the notorious Ryan (The Spectre) Sook; Christian (Rising Stars) Zanier's first two-part Buffy tale; and Chris Golden and Tom Sniegoski's first Buffy collaboration, from the 1999 Buffy Annual. Also presented here is the unforgettable "Double Cross," Doug Petrie's epilogue to Buffy's third season, dealing with the night Angel left Sunnydale once and for all. These stories span three years of Buffy's history, taking us through the breakup with Angel, and into the college years.
168 pages, Paperback
First published October 19, 2011
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About the author
Christopher Golden
804 books2,989 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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December 8, 2019
Some of the art was okay, same with the stories.
October 11, 2023
A larger collection of Buffy adventures that are consistently good.
Food Chain Part 1 sees her facing off a life-sapping demon that turns to her friends for sustenance after Buffy thwarts an earlier attempt.
The Latest Craze features an new fad in owning ugly plushies that inevitably turn out to be alive and gremlin-like. A fun story, but as it features in another Buffy collect (as one of the two stories in it) it's odd it's in here as well.
Bad Dog has a werewolf on the prowl, but all is not as it seems. Or is it? A lot of fun and some great character moments.
Food Chain Part 2 features the idiots who summoned the demon in part 1 at it again, but this demon is more of the smashy smashy unsubtle type. A story about never underestimating the depths of stupidity.
Double Cross takes place after Graduation Day and Buffy and Angle have broken up. Unfortunately they're simultaneously attacked by identical demons, which does help take their minds of their woes for a bit.
Punish Me With Kisses is a hilarious Willow and Tara story as they deal with a double haunting at a B&B.
One Small Promise has Riley and Buffy having a tiff and not in the mood to deal with the group of vampires that want to fight. Silly, but fun.
City of Despair sees Angle and Buffy getting kidnapped and placed in a demonic gladiatorial ring where they end up having to do battle against one another. Bit of a weird one, that kind of sticks out in the collection and the Buffy Verse in general.
All, in all a fun collection with an interesting variety of artwork styles.
Food Chain Part 1 sees her facing off a life-sapping demon that turns to her friends for sustenance after Buffy thwarts an earlier attempt.
The Latest Craze features an new fad in owning ugly plushies that inevitably turn out to be alive and gremlin-like. A fun story, but as it features in another Buffy collect (as one of the two stories in it) it's odd it's in here as well.
Bad Dog has a werewolf on the prowl, but all is not as it seems. Or is it? A lot of fun and some great character moments.
Food Chain Part 2 features the idiots who summoned the demon in part 1 at it again, but this demon is more of the smashy smashy unsubtle type. A story about never underestimating the depths of stupidity.
Double Cross takes place after Graduation Day and Buffy and Angle have broken up. Unfortunately they're simultaneously attacked by identical demons, which does help take their minds of their woes for a bit.
Punish Me With Kisses is a hilarious Willow and Tara story as they deal with a double haunting at a B&B.
One Small Promise has Riley and Buffy having a tiff and not in the mood to deal with the group of vampires that want to fight. Silly, but fun.
City of Despair sees Angle and Buffy getting kidnapped and placed in a demonic gladiatorial ring where they end up having to do battle against one another. Bit of a weird one, that kind of sticks out in the collection and the Buffy Verse in general.
All, in all a fun collection with an interesting variety of artwork styles.
December 22, 2024
A collection of eight stories from across Seasons 3 and 4 of the Buffy TV series.
Buffy and her friends have to confront demonic possession, the latest toy fad turned bad, Oz as a werewolf, ghosts and the emotional fallout of Angel leaving Sunnydale.
The best stories here are 'Bad Dog' and 'Punish Me With Kisses' and I don't think it's a coincidence that those two stories are the most different in their art style.
All of the other stories here pretty much blend into one, with bland antagonists-of-the-week and nothing significant for the main characters to do, much like most of Dark Horse's early Buffy stories.
The two stories I've highlighted, however, actually have a bit of character that makes them stand out and, perhaps tellingly, focus quite a bit on supporting characters other than Buffy. But they're not enough to pull the book as a whole out of the realms of the bland and forgettable.
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Buffy and her friends have to confront demonic possession, the latest toy fad turned bad, Oz as a werewolf, ghosts and the emotional fallout of Angel leaving Sunnydale.
The best stories here are 'Bad Dog' and 'Punish Me With Kisses' and I don't think it's a coincidence that those two stories are the most different in their art style.
All of the other stories here pretty much blend into one, with bland antagonists-of-the-week and nothing significant for the main characters to do, much like most of Dark Horse's early Buffy stories.
The two stories I've highlighted, however, actually have a bit of character that makes them stand out and, perhaps tellingly, focus quite a bit on supporting characters other than Buffy. But they're not enough to pull the book as a whole out of the realms of the bland and forgettable.
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November 4, 2018
This collection jumps around a lot. A few stories from Buffy in high school, post Angel breakup. A couple stories of Buffy in college, when she's dating Riley. A nice set of stories but nothing special here. Just some minor Scooby gang adventures.
- a demon disguised as a high school student is draining life energy from other students
- tiny toys called Hooligans become insanely popular. Buffy figures out that they're a type of magical creature from another plane and they are staking precious items from their "owners"
- a wannabe witch kidnaps Willow and tries to steal her magical powers
- a demon had possessed Brad (Buffys classmate) and is using him to commit murder
- a soul collecting demon tries to steal Angel and Buffys souls but their live for each other helps them break the spell and saves they're lives
- a demon disguised as a high school student is draining life energy from other students
- tiny toys called Hooligans become insanely popular. Buffy figures out that they're a type of magical creature from another plane and they are staking precious items from their "owners"
- a wannabe witch kidnaps Willow and tries to steal her magical powers
- a demon had possessed Brad (Buffys classmate) and is using him to commit murder
- a soul collecting demon tries to steal Angel and Buffys souls but their live for each other helps them break the spell and saves they're lives
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August 27, 2019
Overall its buffy and I love it :)
However the stories do not follow any kind of timeline, they jump from place to place and I would have preferred them to all follow on from the previous.
However the stories do not follow any kind of timeline, they jump from place to place and I would have preferred them to all follow on from the previous.
January 30, 2013
Brought me back to the days of watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer on T.V. and for a marked down price of %5.00 it was well worth the price of the book.
December 27, 2014
Collection of singles with the expected variation in artwork and writing.
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December 27, 2023Ahh nostalgia 😊
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