(July 2007)

Dark Horse, 2007 Series
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Volume
1
Price
24.95 USD
Pages
324
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Comics Inc.
Brand
Dark Horse 20 Years
ISBN
1-59307-784-X; 978-1-59307-784-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781593077846 52495
Editing
Scott Allie (Editor); Katie Moody (Assistant Editor)

Issue Notes

Also appears with a cover price of 24.99 USD.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1 (photo cover)] (Table of Contents: 1)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Stewart (photo)
Inks
Dave Stewart (photo)
Colors
Dave Stewart (photo)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
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Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Scott Allie
Letters
typeset

Synopsis
Scott Allie talks about editing the original comics and why the specific stories in this volume were selected for the first Omnibus.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru #3] (Table of Contents: 4)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ryan Sook
Inks
Ryan Sook
Colors
Guy Major
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Spike; Drusilla
Reprints

All's Fair (Table of Contents: 5)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Christopher Golden
Pencils
Eric Powell
Inks
Drew Geraci; Keith Barnett
Colors
Guy Major
Letters
Pat Brosseau

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Drusilla; Spike; Paul Barron; Bridget
Synopsis
Spike and Dru at the 1933 World's Fair.
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Indexer Notes

The original lists more inkers than this volume does for this story. Unclear where those credits came from. [MN 9/2007]

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #3] (Table of Contents: 6)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Bennett
Inks
Hector Gómez
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[Destiny Free] (Table of Contents: 7)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Joss Whedon (original screenplay); Christopher Golden; Dan Brereton
Pencils
Joe Bennett
Inks
Rick Ketcham; Randy Emberlin; Jack Jadson
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers; Hank Summers; Joyce Summers; Amilyn; Lothos (vampire); Pike; Benny; Jeffrey; Andy; Grueller; Bessel (vampire); Kimberly; Merrick (Watcher); Robert Berman (vampire)
Synopsis
Buffy is contacted by her Watcher, Merrick, and has her first encounter with a vampire. Flashbacks include two previous slayers, one from the Dark Ages in Europe and another in Hong Kong in the 18th century.
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Indexer Notes

Title given in TPB. Adaptation of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie using Joss Whedon's original script.

[Defenseless Mechanisms] (Table of Contents: 8)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Joss Whedon (original screenplay); Christopher Golden; Dan Brereton
Pencils
Joe Bennett
Inks
Rick Ketcham; Randy Emberlin; Jack Jadson
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers; Buffy Summers; Jeffrey; Merrick (Watcher); Lothos (vampire); Gary Murray (guidance counselor); Pike; Benny (vampire); Andy; Zeph; Grueller (vampire)
Synopsis
Buffy saves Pike from a group of vampires, and Pike in turn saves her from Lothos, but not before her watcher is killed.
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Indexer Notes

Title given in TPB.

[Disco Inferno] (Table of Contents: 9)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Joss Whedon (original screenplay); Christopher Golden; Dan Brereton
Pencils
Joe Bennett
Inks
Rick Ketcham; Randy Emberlin; Jack Jadson
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major
Letters
Ken Bruzenak

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Rupert Giles; Xander Harris; Willow Rosenberg; Buffy Summers; Pike; Lothos (vampire); Benny (vampire); Andy; Jeffrey; Kim; Jennifer
Synopsis
Buffy has a showdown with Lothos and his Vampire gang during the senior dance.
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Indexer Notes

Title given in TPB.

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #54] (Table of Contents: 10)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers; Pike; Dawn Summers; Joyce Summers; Hank Summers; Quentin Travers; Rupert Giles; Angel
Synopsis
After being expelled from school for the incidents that happened in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie, Buffy and Pike run away to Las Vegas.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers; Pike; Angel; Quentin Travers; Willem Bryardale; Rupert Giles; Gwendolyn Post; Wesley Wyndham-Price
Synopsis
Buffy and Pike get jobs at the Golden Touch casino where they discover that vampires are using it as a hide-out.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Angel; Buffy Summers; Marcus Sidle; Mary Lou Sidle; Garner Sidle; Joyce Summers; Hank Summers; Dawn Summers; Quentin Travers; Willem Bryardale; Rupert Giles
Synopsis
Angel, while trapped in 1930, finds out the origin of the evil at the Golden Touch casino. In the present Buffy and Pike are captured by the boss of the casino.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers; Pike; Marcus Sidle; Mary Lou Sidle; Garner Sidle; Willem Bryardale; Rupert Giles; Quentin Travers
Synopsis
Angel stops the spell in the past and returns to the present. Buffy turns all the water in the casino to Holy Water, then sets the place on fire. The sprinklers take care of the vampire problem.
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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #55] (Table of Contents: 15)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Paul Lee
Colors
Paul Lee

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Dawn Summers
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Paul Lee
Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Paul Lee
Colors
Paul Lee
Letters
Paul Lee

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Dawn Summers; Matthew; Joyce Summers; Buffy Summers (Flashback); Ms. Olshan; Hank Summers
Synopsis
A demon tries to kill the slayer by giving her a magic bear that fulfills wishes, but at a price. The bear is accidentally given to Dawn while Buffy has run away from home.
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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #56] (Table of Contents: 17)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Dawn Summers; Buffy Summers
Reprints

Slayer, Interrupted Chapter 1 (Table of Contents: 18)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig; Lisa Gonzales
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Rupert Giles; Buffy Summers; Dawn Summers; Hank Summers; Joyce Summers; Marcus Sidle (flashback, cameo); Mary Lou Sidle (flashback, cameo); Pike (flashback, cameo); Quentin Travers; Dr. Stone
Synopsis
Buffy returns home from Vegas. Dawn has read Buffy's diary and shown it to Buffy's parents. They now believe that Buffy must be crazy and have her committed to a mental institution.
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Indexer Notes

This story is set during the time that Buffy was in an institution, before the beginning of Season 1 of the Buffy TV show. This time is alluded to in the episode "Normal Again" from Season 6.

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #57] (Table of Contents: 19)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig; Lisa Gonzales
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Angel; Cordelia Chase; Rupert Giles; Harmony Kendall; Willow Rosenberg; Buffy Summers; Dawn Summers; Hank Summers; Joyce Summers; Dr. Primrose; Dr. Stone; April Levine; Quentin Travers; Haversham; Whistler
Synopsis
Buffy begins to suspect that something isn't right in the mental institution that she has been placed. Giles must face a version of himself from the past to pass a test by the Watchers Council.
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Indexer Notes

This story is set during the time that Buffy was in an institution, before the beginning of Season 1 of the Buffy TV show. This time is alluded to in the episode "Normal Again" from Season 6.

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #58] (Table of Contents: 21)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig; Lisa Gonzales
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Rupert Giles; Buffy Summers; Dawn Summers; Hank Summers; Joyce Summers; Dr. Primrose; Dr. Stone; Mr. Levine; April Levine (flashback)
Synopsis
Buffy discovers the demon that has been living under the mental institution where she has been placed.
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Indexer Notes

This story is set during the time that Buffy was in an institution, before the beginning of Season 1 of the Buffy TV show. This time is alluded to in the episode "Normal Again" from Season 6.

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59] (Table of Contents: 23)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Scott Lobdell; Fabian Nicieza
Pencils
Cliff Richards
Inks
Will Conrad
Colors
Dave McCaig; Lisa Gonzales
Letters
Clem Robins

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Rupert Giles; Buffy Summers; Dawn Summers; Joyce Summers; Wesley Wyndam-Pryce; April Levine; Dr. Primrose; Lothos (flashback cameo); Pike (flashback cameo); Marcus Sidle (flashback cameo); Mary Lou Sidle (flashback cameo); Quentin Travers; Roger Wyndam-Pryce
Synopsis
Buffy defeats the demon in the mental institution. Dr. Primrose reveals to Buffy about the Watchers Council. Giles is selected and sent to be Buffy's new watcher.
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Indexer Notes

This story is set during the time that Buffy was in an institution, before the beginning of Season 1 of the Buffy TV show. This time is alluded to in the episode "Normal Again" from Season 6.

[Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1] (Table of Contents: 25)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Bennett
Inks
Rene Micheletti; ? [as J. Jadsen]
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: The Origin #2] (Table of Contents: 26)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Joe Bennett
Inks
Rene Micheletti; ? [as J. Jadsen]
Colors
Jeromy Cox; Guy Major

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #51] (Table of Contents: 27)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #52] (Table of Contents: 28)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers
Reprints

[Buffy the Vampire Slayer #53] (Table of Contents: 29)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Paul Lee
Inks
Brian Horton
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero
Characters
Buffy Summers; Angel
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  2. 1. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1 (photo cover)]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  3. 2. Introduction
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
  5. 4. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru #3]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  6. 5. All's Fair
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  7. 6. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #3]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  8. 7. [Destiny Free]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  9. 8. [Defenseless Mechanisms]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  10. 9. [Disco Inferno]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  11. 10. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #54]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  16. 15. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #55]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  18. 17. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #56]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  19. 18. Slayer, Interrupted Chapter 1
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  20. 19. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #57]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  22. 21. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #58]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  23. 22. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  24. 23. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  25. 24. [no title indexed]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  26. 25. [Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  27. 26. [Buffy, The Vampire Slayer: The Origin #2]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  28. 27. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #51]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  29. 28. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #52]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  30. 29. [Buffy the Vampire Slayer #53]
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Kirk House
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Bjorn Wallin