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Spike Comics (Buffy Vampire Slayer)
Spike: Alone Together Now, Vol.1
It's Vegas, baby! Spike heads out to the City of Sin for a bachelor party, taking Betta George and pyrokinetic "hot" girl Beck along for the ride. But between a giant demon Elvis, a run in with an old flame, and the appearance of a certain witch, this is Spike as you've never seen him before!
104 pages, Hardcover
First published July 16, 2008
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February 5, 2022
I actually really enjoyed the first half of this and then it got a little...off.
March 3, 2012
Much like many of the other post-TV Angel series stuff from IDW, the story and the little details are great, but the flow of the book and the way the panels are set up often make this one more difficult to follow. Rawr. I'm so glad that everyone is back in the Dark Horse universe together... But I am liking the lead up to Spike's appearance in Season 8 (and excited enough for Willow's impending Book-2 cameo) enough to finish out this series before continuing to enjoy "Buffy S.9" and "Angel & Faith."
January 29, 2015
Ah this entry was quite good. So far, the whole season has either been spot-on fantastic or mediocre on all levels. Fortunately, this one was a keeper. It started out with Spike being a wanker like usual, but the speed with which things started happening started moving my blood. Some of it even staying in my body, which is more than could be said about those poor wolfram & hart guys. Hooray for the last hurrah.
March 14, 2013
I think I've screwed myself not having read Angel: After the Fall. Characters I have never seen make the whole thing a bit confusing. Add to that a rather disjointed plotline and it's a bit of a mess. I previously read Spike: After the Fall and had the same issue with it. I don't think I'll be reading another Spike series by this group.
September 23, 2011
Story: mediocre.
Art: pretty shoddy.
Art: pretty shoddy.
April 15, 2012
3.5
Spike is all kinds of awesome. Story is a bit blah. AND WHY IS THIS NOT WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON??
The twilight jabs are priceless!
Spike is all kinds of awesome. Story is a bit blah. AND WHY IS THIS NOT WRITTEN BY JOSS WHEDON??
The twilight jabs are priceless!
March 23, 2020
Taking place during Buffy season 8, this Spike story has him dealing with threats in Las Vegas. I like that we get a moment toward the end where he discusses Buffy's lasting effect on him.
It was also pretty funny seeing that there's a franchise loosely based on Spike called Twinkle. There's even a film titled Re-Clipse: Part 3 of the 4-Part Twinkle Trilogy. It kinda doesn't make sense given that there's a Twilight poster in one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales, complete with Bella and Edward, but I still got a good laugh.
As for the art, it looks pretty rough at first and reminds me of the terrible covers for Batman: Inferno and Star Wars: Darth Bane - Rule of Two. But it gets better. However, there's too much white space in the background of some panels.
It was also pretty funny seeing that there's a franchise loosely based on Spike called Twinkle. There's even a film titled Re-Clipse: Part 3 of the 4-Part Twinkle Trilogy. It kinda doesn't make sense given that there's a Twilight poster in one of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales, complete with Bella and Edward, but I still got a good laugh.
As for the art, it looks pretty rough at first and reminds me of the terrible covers for Batman: Inferno and Star Wars: Darth Bane - Rule of Two. But it gets better. However, there's too much white space in the background of some panels.
December 29, 2018
Spike, on his own, heads out to Las Vegas accompanied by fire starter Beck and Betta George. They launch an attack on the new offices of Wolfram &Hart and are in turn attacked by new assassin, John, who has taken up with Spike's old flame, Drusilla, and believes the vampire possesses his soul. Good story and art. Highly recommended.
July 1, 2024
Got a set of these at the Decatur Public Library. Always willing to try more Buffy comics, especially for a great deal! This first one-- good enough to keep reading, but not yet impressive or especially exciting.
August 23, 2017
the artwork got a bit wonky in the middle and the storyline wandered around a bit but not too shabby all in all
March 17, 2023
Enjoyed this more than I expected. I hate Dru, but she was a nice punch in the gut for ol’ Spike
October 8, 2024
Lmao!
October 26, 2024
3.25 stars
"All going to the plan I didn't know I had."
At least Spike is Spike. I liked the Twilight reference especially.
"All going to the plan I didn't know I had."
At least Spike is Spike. I liked the Twilight reference especially.
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July 19, 2021I’m having way more fun with these than I thought I would. (Still don’t know how to rate comics though)
July 5, 2011
This mini-series bridges the gap between After the Fall and Buffy Season 8, and since Spike shows up in Season 8 in an absurd way, I was pretty excited to read these.
This volume covers the first four issues of the Spike mini-series. So far, I'm a bit disappointed. The story seems to have potential but feels disjointed. The leaps of logic that the characters take don't quite seem to follow from the things that are happening. Also (and I've noticed this in all the Buffyverse comics, not just this one) the genius of Spike is the way that James Marsters plays him. The subtleties of voice, the little mannerisms, all combine for the massive snark and irresistable charisma. That's lacking in the comic form and is no fault of the artists or writers. Marsters just owns the character and is so much Spike (and Spike is so unpredictable) that the illustrations which, in Buffy Season 8 (for example) suggested to the mind exactly what would be happening on the screen, are just too static to capture or suggest all of Spike.
And Drusilla is so unbelievably out of character that I'm having a hard time getting into her parts at all. Drusilla's dialog is supposed to be made almost entirely of non sequiturs and nonchalantly delivered innocent lines in the face of extreme violence. She's supposed to be so bug-f***ing crazy that pretty much nothing she says makes sense except in an extreme metaphorical way. I guess it's hard to have an expository character who is incapable of meaningful dialog, but that was always Drusilla's marvelous charm. I've always had a little love affair with Dru, mostly because she is so crazy, so believe me when I say that Drusilla is not crazy enough, and this is a major problem. (ETA: After reading further along in the series, Drusilla is apparently supposed to be the way that she is. That still doesn't mean that I have to like it.)
By the by, the "Twinkle" and "Re-clipse" jibes had me rolling for a good long while. I love when this franchise takes jabs at Twilight.
This volume covers the first four issues of the Spike mini-series. So far, I'm a bit disappointed. The story seems to have potential but feels disjointed. The leaps of logic that the characters take don't quite seem to follow from the things that are happening. Also (and I've noticed this in all the Buffyverse comics, not just this one) the genius of Spike is the way that James Marsters plays him. The subtleties of voice, the little mannerisms, all combine for the massive snark and irresistable charisma. That's lacking in the comic form and is no fault of the artists or writers. Marsters just owns the character and is so much Spike (and Spike is so unpredictable) that the illustrations which, in Buffy Season 8 (for example) suggested to the mind exactly what would be happening on the screen, are just too static to capture or suggest all of Spike.
And Drusilla is so unbelievably out of character that I'm having a hard time getting into her parts at all. Drusilla's dialog is supposed to be made almost entirely of non sequiturs and nonchalantly delivered innocent lines in the face of extreme violence. She's supposed to be so bug-f***ing crazy that pretty much nothing she says makes sense except in an extreme metaphorical way. I guess it's hard to have an expository character who is incapable of meaningful dialog, but that was always Drusilla's marvelous charm. I've always had a little love affair with Dru, mostly because she is so crazy, so believe me when I say that Drusilla is not crazy enough, and this is a major problem. (ETA: After reading further along in the series, Drusilla is apparently supposed to be the way that she is. That still doesn't mean that I have to like it.)
By the by, the "Twinkle" and "Re-clipse" jibes had me rolling for a good long while. I love when this franchise takes jabs at Twilight.
July 24, 2014
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I greatly enjoyed this graphic novel set in the Buffy-verse. The author truly nailed the Spike character - it really felt like watching a true piece of the series. Instead of canny dialogue that can feel forced and trying to hard to be like Spike (as I've seen in other Buffy graphic novels), this really hits a great note. I also really liked the additional characters (a pyromaniac sex pot and telepathic fish!). They also were uniquely formed and felt an honest part of the Buffy characters set and not something tacked on for a graphic novel.
Really, it's beautifully drawn and the dialogue is appropriate and not overly wordy. The story is fun, appropriate, and has the right amounts of humor and pathos.
Really well done!
July 17, 2023
spike: shadow puppets ★★★☆☆
spike: old times ★★★☆☆
spike: asylum ★★★☆☆
spike: alone together now, vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
spike, volume 2: stranger things ★★★☆☆
spike: after the fall ★★★☆☆
spike: into the light ★★★☆☆
spike: a dark place ★★★☆☆
the artwork for this one isn’t as good as others. drusilla doesn’t really look like drusilla. but the character dynamics are good.
spike: old times ★★★☆☆
spike: asylum ★★★☆☆
spike: alone together now, vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
spike, volume 2: stranger things ★★★☆☆
spike: after the fall ★★★☆☆
spike: into the light ★★★☆☆
spike: a dark place ★★★☆☆
the artwork for this one isn’t as good as others. drusilla doesn’t really look like drusilla. but the character dynamics are good.
May 23, 2012
this was excellent, i thought. Spike and Dru are both well written, and it's nicely played, as Spike claims a starring role for himself that turns out to be a lot more bleeding responsibility than he imagined. Dru is also well-done, which doesn't happen often. set in between IDW's A6 and Dark Horse's B8, canonical, and intended as a free-standing series bridging the two seasons, this series is now more or less in limbo, i guess, what with the licence reverting to Dark Horse, who have now greenlighted a canonical B9. but it's too bad, this series had real possibilities. Volume 2 is scheduled to appear end of August 2011, so we'll get that at least.
August 28, 2011
Ok, so, considering how much I violently disliked Bill Willingham's underwhelming run on IDWs Angel comics, my expectations were REALLY REALLY low for this Spike series. But it was an enjoyable read for fans of the snarky bleach blonde boy. Granted, this all feels like set up for Vol 2 so if that one sucks this one will just seem disappointing in comparison, but it was worth my time to read it.
December 19, 2011
Fun stuff. Always good to see what Spike's been up to. LOVED the Twilight reference. Laughed so hard. Didn't care for the way Dru was drawn. It only looked like her on the cover.
July 7, 2012
4 stars because Spike spin-off.
September 2, 2012
Didn't finish
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