Steve's Buffyverse Timeline

It’s a relatively busy week in the world of Buffyverse comics. Obviously the big news is that the final arc of Buffy: Season 8, called Last Gleaming and written by Joss Whedon himself, will finally be kicking off! Here are the details for this week’s releases: Buffy: Season 8 #36. See a preview here. The [...]

The Angel: A Hole in the World trade paperback, collecting the 5-issue adaptation of the episodes A Hole in the World and Shells, will be arriving in stores this week. IDW’s series of adaptations of landmark Angel episodes continues with “A Hole in the World,” one of the series’ most heartbreaking episodes! Adapting both “A [...]

Word out of Comic Con is that Bill Willingham’s run on Angel will be wrapping up with issue #38. In the meantime, the current arc continues with Angel #35, arriving this week: Sometimes being a “chosen” one really sucks. Which is something Connor is about to find out when his little band of merry demon [...]

This week will see the release of Spike: The Devil You Know #2, written by Bill Williams, with art by Chris Cross and cover from Franco Urru. Spike and Eddie continue to butt heads, sometimes literally, as they try to figure out what to do about some baby Hellmouths, blood manufacturing, and oh yeah … [...]

This week sees the release of the Angel : Immortality for Dummies hardcover collection, which includes issues #28-32 of IDW’s ongoing Angel title. Eisner Award-winning writer Bill Willingham’s (Fables) first storyline on Angel: Immortality For Dummies takes us down the dark path of fame, testing old allegiances, and new friendships. When Angel goes missing, Connor [...]

Arriving in stores tomorrow is Angel #34. For a 6-page preview, check over at Comics Continuum. In the Angel family “like father, like son” takes on a whole new meaning. With prophecies practically falling from the sky, Connor and Angel must figure out how to work together without getting back into bad habits. Meanwhile, Illyria’s [...]

One miniseries concludes while another begins this week. Angel : Barbary Coast #3 Earthquakes. Dragons. Angel. Everything comes to a shattering conclusion as Angel’s attempt to “cure” his newfound soul comes crashing down along with the rest of San Francisco. Plus, an old enemy shows just how long they’ve been watching him. Did we mention [...]

Better late than never, here’s a reminder that last week saw the release of Angel #33. This kicks off a new arc in writer Bill Willingham’s run, and he’s now joined by artist Elena Casagrande. If Amazon is to be believed about the title of the hardcover that eventually collects these issues, it’s called The [...]

I forgot to mention that this week saw the release of Angel, Volume 6 : Last Angel in Hell, a hardcover collection of the following issues: Angel #23 : Become What You Are Angel #24-25 : Drusilla Angel #26-27 : Boys and Their Toys Angel Annual #1 : Last Angel in Hell Here’s the summary [...]

This week brings a few different titles to choose from, including the conclusion to Brad Meltzer’s Twilight arc of Buffy: Season 8. Buffy: Season 8 #35 Brad Meltzer concludes his blockbuster run on Buffy Season Eight! After last issue’s climactic encounter between Buffy and the unmasked Twilight, the Slayer army’s entire mission has been altered [...]