Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Omnibus, Vol. 1
by:
Joss Whedon (author)
Eric Powell (author)
The definitive comics collection of all things Buffy starts here. This first massive volume begins at the beginning - The Origin, a faithful adaptation of creator Joss Whedon's original screenplay for the film that started it all. The newly-chosen slayer's road to Sunnydale continues in Viva Las...
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The definitive comics collection of all things Buffy starts here. This first massive volume begins at the beginning - The Origin, a faithful adaptation of creator Joss Whedon's original screenplay for the film that started it all. The newly-chosen slayer's road to Sunnydale continues in Viva Las Buffy and Slayer, Interrupted. Next, high school, the Scoobies and an English librarian lead the way into Season One continuity. Plus, The Goon creator Eric Powell provides pencils to "All's Fair," featuring Spike and Drusilla at the 1933 World's Fair.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781593077846 (159307784X)
ASIN: 159307784X
Publish date: July 3rd 2007
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pages no: 312
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Paranormal,
Media Tie In,
Horror,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Supernatural,
Vampires,
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus (#1)
Disclaimer: I've never seen a single episode of the series or read any of the comics before, but I got this in a Humble Bundle, which I finally got around to reading. I don't know. I think it would have been much more fun if I had grown up with the series, so there would have been nostalgia involved...
I enjoyed reading this collection of comics. It gave a back story of what happened between the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and the TV show. I liked reading about that and found it very interesting. I liked the artwork in the comics and I liked the story lines.
While it's neat to see people - Angel, Pike, Joyce, Dawn, Giles and Wesley to name a few - before Buffy hit Sunnydale high, I found that I missed the usual gang - Xander, Willow, Cordelia and all all the rest - more than I liked seeing the before. One of the things that made Buffy work so well was ...
*Book source ~ Home library This graphic novel starts before Buffy goes to Sunnydale and contains her life in L.A. after Merrick, her Watcher, tells her that’s she’s the new Slayer. There are some Sunnydale scenes interspersed here and there and it flips back and forth between the stories and, aft...
Genre: Horror / Comedy / School / Action / Romance Year Published: 2007 Year Read: 12/31/2015 Series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus #1 Publisher: Dark Horse Books Introduction: Now, I have to tell everyone who reads this review something…I am a HUGE FAN OF “BUFFY THE VAMP...