- Script
- Fabian Nicieza
- Pencils
- Cliff Richards (pages 2 - 22); Brian Horton (painting; page 1 and two panels on pages 21 and 22)
- Inks
- Will Conrad (pages 2 - 22); Brian Horton (painting; page 1 and two panels on pages 21 and 22)
- Colors
- Michelle Madsen (pages 2 - 22); Brian Horton (painting; page 1 and two panels on pages 21 and 22)
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
- Characters
- Buffy Summers; Dawn Summers; Hank Summers; Joyce Summers; Angel; Whistler; Malignancy Demon; Rupert Giles; Xander Harris; Willow Rosenberg; Jesse McNally
- Synopsis
- Angel tries to anonymously help Buffy deal with the pain of her parents’ divorce and accidentally releases four Malignancy demons. Buffy defeats the first demon who tries to trick her into believing her father was having an affair. Giles arrives in Sunnydale to prepare for the arrival of the slayer.
- Reprints
This story takes place between the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie and the beginning of Season One of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show.