BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER (CLASSIC)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Classic) – Issues 0 – 20

These stories are non-canonical

ONE SHOTS: The Dust Waltz | Spike & Dru: Paint the Town Red | Spike & Dru: The Queen of Hearts

SPIN OFFS: The Origin | Angel: The Hollower |

SPECIALS: Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1/2 (Special Wizard Magazine Comic)

0. MacGuffins

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Written By: Jen Van Meter
Pencilled By: Luke Ross
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Pat Brosseau

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Release Date: 26 August 1998

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Guest Characters: Hank Summers

Summary: Can Buffy pass the test of the MacGuffins?

1. Wu-Tang Fang

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Joe Bennett
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang

Covers By: Arthur Adams | Dave Stewart
Release Date: 23 September 1998

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Guest Characters: Principal Snyder | San Sui | Sensei

Summary: Buffy Summers is not like other girls. She’s been chosen to save the world from the vampire plague, and balancing saving the world with high school is no easy task.

2. Halloween

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Joe Bennett
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang

Covers By: Chris Bachalo | Tim Townsend
Release Date: 28 October 1998

Summary: With the approach of Halloween, Sunnydale experiences an increase in vampire-related murders. The search for the perpetrators is called to a halt on All Hallow’s Eve and Buffy looks forward to an uneventful night of trick or treating with her friends… but how uneventful will it stay? The killers are still on the loose and there was that one house that refused to answer the door..

3. Cold Turkey

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Joe Bennett
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Joe Bennet | Guy Major
Release Date: 25 November 1998

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Guest Characters: Hart | Norris

Summary: Buffy Summers’ horrific holiday season continues as Turkey Day rolls into Sunnydale. The day before begins as hectic as any past Thanksgiving, save for one exception: some strange goings-on around the house have set Buffy’s mind a flutter. What happened to the vampire that survived the fateful Halloween massacre? Who’s been digging through her family’s trash at night? And why do so many people wait until the last minute to go grocery shopping?

4. White Christmas

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Hector Gomez
Inked By: Sandu Florea
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Hector Gomez | Guy Major
Release Date: 23 December 1998

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Guest Characters: Felicia | Richter

Summary: Dashing through the snow, in a one horse open slay! A puzzling heat wave is the least of Buffy’s concerns when she realizes she does not posses the monetary means to afford the holiday season (or a new dress for the Winter Dance!). To add insult to injury, she is forced to get a job in the mall to pay for her expenditures. All would be well, though, if she didn’t have to wear a paper hat and if her employer wasn’t quite so “cold” toward her…

5. Happy New Year

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Hector Gomez
Inked By: Sandu Florea
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Randy Green | Rick Ketchum | Guy Major
Release Date: 27 January 1999

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Guest Characters: Nathanial Filmer | Ben Johnson | Mariana Johnson | Mangus

Summary: This New Year’s Even is going to be on to remember for the town of Sunnydale. When a cursed Puritan rolls into town, looking to break a hex placed on him centuries before, trouble follows: in the form of a giant Hellhound! Mania and mayhem ensue!

6. New Kid on the Block Part 1

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Written By: Andi Watson | Dan Brereton
Pencilled By: Hector Gomez
Inked By: Sandu Florea
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Arthur Adams | Joyce Chin | Guy Major
Release Date: 3 March 1999

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Guest Characters: Cynthia |

Summary: With spring in the air and a day off from school, the gang decides to have a get together. Harbouring thoughts of an all-night, all-girl slumber party, Willow’s new gal-pal Cynthia, volunteers to coordinate it. The only problem is whom to invite. Buffy’s in. Cordelia, too. What about Xander? Eight ladies, all in their pajamas. One way or another, Xander’s going to make it!

7. New Kid on the Block Part 2

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Written By: Andi Watson | Dan Brereton
Pencilled By: Hector Gomez
Inked By: Sandu Florea
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Hector Gomex | Guy Major
Release Date: 31 March 1999

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Guest Characters: Cynthia | Cynthia’s Father |

Summary: The gang’s well-intentioned slumber party has gone awry, and the trouble grows as the night deepens. Things are not always what they seem, and in this case, the new girl might not be telling the whole story… and it could cost Buffy more than a game of Truth or Dare.

8. The Final Cut

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Guest Characters: Marty Glass | Fair Quinn | Marty’s mother

Summary: Sunnydale High is abuzz with anticipation about a movie being filmed in town! The whole gang wants to get involved, with the bright lights of Hollywood blinding the more sinister aspects of the filmmaker himself. Is he just an eccentric genius or an ominous, shadowy character?

9. Hey, Good Lookin’, Part 1

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Joe Bennett
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Jeff Matsuda | Jon Sibal | Liquid!
Release Date: 26 May 1999

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Guest Characters: Polly Bonifield | Flitter | Lana | Rich |

Summary: Selke, the vampire Buffy thought was killed in the mausoleum fire over Thanksgiving, returns with a vengeance. She’s back and she’s out for blood… literally

10. Hey, Good Lookin’, Part 2

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Joe Bennett
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Chris Bachalo | Art Thibert | Liquid!
Release Date: 30 June 1999

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Guest Characters: Flitter | Lana | Rouleau |

Summary: Buffy the next runaway supermodel? Believe it! Buffy pursues a potential modelling career only to learn that beauty isn’t only skin deep. Meanwhile, with Selke regaining her strength, she decides to pay a visit to the local vampire coven… with mixed results.

11. A Boy Named Sue

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Joe Bennett
Inked By: Rick Ketcham
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Jeff Matsuda | Jon Sibal | Liquid!
Release Date: 28 July 1999

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Guest Characters: Flitter | Lana | Rouleau | Amy Madison | Trent

Summary: Summer sizzles as Buffy and her pals continue their quest to stem the tide of evil that is rampant on Earth! In this action-packed issues Selke and the Doctor continue their scheming and hit upon the solution to Selke’s “cosmetic” complaints. Meanwhile, a jilted student at Sunnydale High learns a valuable lesson in gender relations.

12. A Nice Girl Like You

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Written By: Christopher Golden
Pencilled By:Christian Zanier
Inked By: Andy Owens
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Janice Chiang
Covers By: Randy Green | Tim Townsend | Guy Major
Release Date: 18 August 1999

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Guest Characters: Brad Caulfield | Connor | Yilsandroth

Summary: The new girl in Sunnydale, by all appearances, is your typical sweet, intelligent high-school senior, except for one thing — the crowd she runs with. She hangs out with more punks and delinquents than in juvenile hall, yet Buffy still finds something… different about her.

13. Delia’s Gone

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Cliff Richards
Inked By: Joe Pimentel
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Amador Cisneros
Covers By: Jeff Matsuda | Jon Sibal | Guy Major
Release Date: 29 September 1999

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Guest Characters: Flitter | Lyle | Rouleau |

Summary: Beauty, popularity, and impeccable fashion sense are just a few of the qualities that help define the character of Cordelia Chase. When a gorgeous, mysterious beauty begins to invade Cordelia’s spotlight with the men of the Bronze, though, she undergoes a shift in priorities. With an upcoming school quiz-show contest looming, Cordelia decides its time to flaunt her intelligence,,, by any means necessary!

14. Love Sick Blues

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Cliff Richards
Inked By: Joe Pimentel
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: DH Digital
Covers By: Jeff Matsuda | Jon Sibal | Liquid
Release Date: 27 October 1999

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Guest Characters: Todd Dahl | Drusilla | Elliot | Flitter | Unidentified Slayer

Summary: As Sunnydale becoes an increasingly hazardous place to kill vampires, Buffy begins to suspect there might be something amiss… as do Spike and Dru, newly returned to town and none too happy to find that Selke has set up shop in their old haunt. Meanwhile, Buffy begins to question her relationship with Angel. And just what do Selke and the Doctor have in store for the ancient Slayer relic they hold in their possession.

15. Lost Highway

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Written By: Andi Watson
Pencilled By: Cliff Richards
Inked By: Joe Pimentel
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Amanda Cisneros
Covers By: Jeff Matsuda | Jon Sibal | Guy Major
Release Date: 24 November 1999

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Guest Characters: Bob | Dark Slayer | Flitter |

Summary: She alone will stand against the vampires… the demons… and the forces of Darkness… wait, she can’t even drive yet! Learning how to operate an automobile is a rite of passage that all teenagers face, the Chosen One being no different. And while Buffy faces the horrors of Drivers’ Ed., Selke and the Doctor are busy breeding disaster for Sunnydale. Does their evil alchemy spell disaster for Buffy and the gang? have we seen the last of the super-vampires that have plagued Sunnydale lately? Will Buffy get her driving permit?! There’s only one way to find out!

16. The Food Chain

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Written By: Christopher Golden
Pencilled By: Christian Zanier
Inked By: Jason Minor | Andy Owens | Curtis P. Arnold
Coloured By: Guy Major
Lettered By: Amanda Cisneros
Covers By: Christian Zanier | Guy Major
Release Date: 5 December 1999

Summary: All Buffy Summers wants is to hang out with her friends and relax. Is that too much to ask? It is when you’re the Slayer and there’s a demonic force ripping through town leaving a pile of bodies behind it. And even if she doesn’t particularly like the guys getting offed, Buffy’s gotta put a stop to it!

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