Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1 [Photo Cover]

(January 1999)

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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 (credited as J. Jadsen)

Colors

Jeromy Cox; Guy Major

Letters

Ken Bruzenak

Genre

fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense; superhero

Characters

Buffy; Amilyn; Lothos (Vampire); Pike; Benny; Jeffrey; Andy; Grueller; Bessel (Vampire); Joyce Summers (Buffy's Mom); Buffy's Father; 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.

Reprints

• in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin (Dark Horse, 1999 series) #[nn] (1999)
• in Buffy contre les vampires (Semic S.A., 1999 series) #1 (juin 1999)
which is reprinted
• in Buffy Spécial (Semic S.A., 1999 series) #4 (octobre 2000)
• in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Omnibus (Dark Horse, 2007 series) #1 (July 2007)
• in Buffy Contre les Vampires (Panini France; Soleil, 2009 series) #1 (avril 2009)

Keywords

television adaptation

Indexer Notes

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

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