Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Season Eight
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| Season Eight Buffy the Vampire Slayer | |
| Season Premiere | March 7, 2007 |
| Season Finale | January 6, 2011 |
| Episode Count | 40 + 3 specials |
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Season Eight (2007—2011) of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a canon continuation of the series in the form of monthly comic books. The series is published by Dark Horse Comics under the supervision of Joss Whedon, who will also write many of the issues. Penciller Georges Jeanty, inker Andy Owens and colorist Dave Stewart provide art for the series, along with cover artist Jo Chen.
The series runs chronologically at the same time as the fifth season of Angel, with four-issue story arcs being roughly equivalent to one television episode. Whedon commented that there will be no reference to the series finale of Angel, partially due to the fact that the publishing rights to Angel comics is owned by IDW. Incidentally, the popularity of this series gave way to a canon comic continuation of Angel, entitled After The Fall.
Since the collapse of the Hellmouth and total destruction of Sunnydale, Buffy has established an international group of "slayer squads" which deal with supernatural creatures which threaten humanity. However, the United States military sees Buffy's group as a potential terrorist threat which is infringing upon American interests. While the two build up to an inevitable clash, a big bad known as "Twilight" is lurking.
Much of what Andrew told Angel about the status of the scoobies following the Hellmouth's collapse is correct. Many characters from the series are also being considered for appearance, including Amy, Angel, Spike and possibly resurrected characters like Anya.
Along with Whedon, several former series writers are expected to make a return to write story arcs and single issues. Also appearing will be several professional comic writers, including some who have become television writers like Brian K. Vaughan. The series was initially expected to run for around 22 issues, but it continued to expand and will now run 40 issues, plus 3 specials. Release dates are speculative based on announced solicitation dates and are subject to change.
Writers
The series broken down by writers of each issue:
- 1-5: Joss Whedon
- 6-9: Brian K. Vaughan
- 10-11: Joss Whedon
- 12-15: Drew Goddard
- 16-19: Joss Whedon
- 20: Jeph Loeb
- 21: Jane Espenson
- 22: Steven S. DeKnight
- 23: Drew Z. Greenberg
- 24: Jim Krueger
- 25: Doug Petrie
- 26-30: Jane Espenson
- 31: Joss Whedon
- 32-35: Brad Meltzer
- 36-40: Joss Whedon
Comics
| # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Long Way Home (1) | March 14, 2007 |
| 2 | The Long Way Home (2) | April 4, 2007 |
| 3 | The Long Way Home (3) | May 2, 2007 |
| 4 | The Long Way Home (4) | June 6, 2007 |
| 5 | The Chain | August 1, 2007 |
| 6 | No Future For You (1) | September 6, 2007 |
| 7 | No Future For You (2) | October 3, 2007 |
| 8 | No Future For You (3) | November 7, 2007 |
| 9 | No Future For You (4) | December 5, 2007 |
| 10 | Anywhere But Here | January 2, 2008 |
| 11 | A Beautiful Sunset | February 6, 2008 |
| 12 | Wolves at the Gate (1) | March 5, 2008 |
| 13 | Wolves at the Gate (2) | April 2, 2008 |
| 14 | Wolves at the Gate (3) | May 7, 2008 |
| 15 | Wolves at the Gate (4) | June 4, 2008 |
| 16 | Time of Your Life (1) | July 2, 2008 |
| 17 | Time of Your Life (2) | August 6, 2008 |
| 18 | Time of Your Life (3) | September 4, 2008 |
| 19 | Time of Your Life (4) | November 26, 2008 |
| 20 | After These Messages ... We'll Be Right Back! | December 17, 2008 |
| 21 | Harmonic Divergence | January 7, 2009 |
| 22 | Swell | February 4, 2009 |
| 23 | Predators and Prey | March 4, 2009 |
| 24 | Safe | April 1, 2009 |
| 25 | Living Doll | May 6, 2009 |
| SP1 | Tales of the Vampires | June 3, 2009 |
| 26 | Retreat (1) | July 1, 2009 |
| 27 | Retreat (2) | August 5, 2009 |
| 28 | Retreat (3) | September 2, 2009 |
| 29 | Retreat (4) | October 7, 2009 |
| 30 | Retreat (5) | November 4, 2009 |
| SP2 | Willow: Goddesses & Monsters | December 23, 2009 |
| 31 | Turbulence | January 13, 2010 |
| 32 | Twilight (1) | February 3, 2010 |
| 33 | Twilight (2) | March 3, 2010 |
| 34 | Twilight (3) | April 7, 2010 |
| 35 | Twilight (4) | May 5, 2010 |
| SP3 | Riley | August 18, 2010 |
| 36 | Last Gleaming (1) | September 1, 2010 |
| 37 | Last Gleaming (2) | October 6, 2010 |
| 38 | Last Gleaming (3) | November 3, 2010 |
| 39 | Last Gleaming (4) | December 1, 2010 |
| 40 | Last Gleaming (5) | January 6, 2011 |
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