Spike created by Joss Whedon and David Greenwalt. Thanks to Debbie Olshan at Fox Worldwide Publishing for her invaluable assistance.
This issue is a variant of Spike: Asylum (IDW, 2006 series) #1 [Cover A].
There exist further variants:
This storyline is most likely occuring during the middle of Angel Season 5 when Spike is living on his own away from the agency. It could be post "Not Fade Away", the Angel series finale, also.