Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Season Eight

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 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.

Comics

#	Title	Written By	Penciller	Published
1	The Long Way Home (1)	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	March 14, 2007
2	The Long Way Home (2)	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	April 4, 2007
3	The Long Way Home (3)	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	May 2, 2007
4	The Long Way Home (4)	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	June 6, 2007
5	The Chain	Joss Whedon	Paul Lee	July 25, 2007
6	No Future for You (1)	Brian K. Vaughan	Georges Jeanty	September 5, 2007
7	No Future for You (2)	Brian K. Vaughan	Georges Jeanty	October 3, 2007
8	No Future for You (3)	Brian K. Vaughan	Georges Jeanty	November 7, 2007
9	No Future for You (4)	Brian K. Vaughan	Georges Jeanty	December 5, 2007
10	Anywhere but Here	Joss Whedon	Cliff Richards	January 2, 2008
11	A Beautiful Sunset	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	February 6, 2008
12	Wolves at the Gate (1)	Drew Goddard	Georges Jeanty	March 5, 2008
13	Wolves at the Gate (2)	Drew Goddard	Georges Jeanty	April 2, 2008
14	Wolves at the Gate (3)	Drew Goddard	Georges Jeanty	May 7, 2008
15	Wolves at the Gate (4)	Drew Goddard	Georges Jeanty	June 4, 2008
16	Time of Your Life (1)	Joss Whedon	Karl Moline	July 2, 2008
17	Time of Your Life (2)	Joss Whedon	Karl Moline	August 6, 2008
18	Time of Your Life (3)	Joss Whedon	Karl Moline	September 3, 2008
19	Time of Your Life (4)	Joss Whedon	Karl Moline	November 26, 2008
20	After These Messages... We'll Be Right Back!	Jeph Loeb	Georges Jeanty, Eric Wight	December 17, 2008
21	Harmonic Divergence	Jane Espenson	Georges Jeanty	January 7, 2009
22	Swell	Steven S. DeKnight	Georges Jeanty	February 4, 2009
23	Predators and Prey	Drew Z. Greenberg	Georges Jeanty	March 4, 2009
24	Safe	Jim Krueger	Cliff Richards	April 1, 2009
25	Living Doll	Doug Petrie	Georges Jeanty	May 6, 2009
S1	Tales of the Vampires: The Thrill	Becky Cloonan	Vasilis Lolos	June 3, 2009
26	Retreat (1)	Jane Espenson	Georges Jeanty	July 1, 2009
27	Retreat (2)	Jane Espenson	Georges Jeanty	August 5, 2009
28	Retreat (3)	Jane Espenson	Georges Jeanty	September 2, 2009
29	Retreat (4)	Jane Espenson	Georges Jeanty	October 7, 2009
30	Retreat (5)	Jane Espenson	Georges Jeanty	November 4, 2009
S2	Willow: Goddesses and Monsters	Joss Whedon	Karl Moline	December 23, 2009
31	Turbulence	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	January 13, 2010
32	Twilight, Chapter One: Buffy Has F#©$ing Superpowers	Brad Meltzer	Georges Jeanty	February 3, 2010
33	Twilight, Chapter Two: The Master Plan	Brad Meltzer	Georges Jeanty	March 3, 2010
34	Twilight, Chapter Three: Them F#©%ing (Plus the True History of the Universe)	Brad Meltzer	Georges Jeanty	April 7, 2010
35	Twilight, The Final Chapter: The Power of Love	Brad Meltzer	Georges Jeanty	May 5, 2010
S3	Riley: Commitment through Distance, Virtue through Sin	Jane Espenson	Karl Moline	August 18, 2010
36	Last Gleaming (1)	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	September 1, 2010
37	Last Gleaming (2)	Joss Whedon and Scott Allie	Georges Jeanty	October 6, 2010
38	Last Gleaming (3)	Joss Whedon and Scott Allie	Georges Jeanty	November 3, 2010
39	Last Gleaming (4)	Joss Whedon and Scott Allie	Georges Jeanty	December 1, 2010
40	Last Gleaming (5)	Joss Whedon	Georges Jeanty	January 19, 2011