Buffy the Vampire Slayerand Angel in Reading Order Novels

Terminal Updated 4 months ago.In every generation there is a chosen one. She alone will stand confronting the vampires, the demons and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer.

Who is Buffy Summers ?

She made a first appearance in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, before becoming the badass heroine of her own television evidence and comic books. Presented as a shallow high school cheerleader, Buffy is the Chosen One. She is gifted with the forcefulness and skills to fight vampires, demons and other supernatural creatures.

Equally Buffy grows up, she must face the challenge of every teenager (and afterward, adult) life and as well the darkness. She is surrounded past friends and family who assist her in her mission.

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Buffyverse Comic Books in guild :

Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics publication begun during the television show aired. Nigh of those stories during that fourth dimension take place in parallel to the serial's events. Despite that, they are not all considered canonical.

The get-go series of books were published by Dark Horse Comics between 1998 and 2004. After the show conclusion, the publisher began releasing new season and spin-offs written and/or supervised by creator Joss Whedon and officially recognized as canon to the evidence.

At some point, Dark Horse lost Angel rights and they were picked upwardly by IDW Publishing, who produced a canon follow-upward to the Buffy spin-off, in the middle of other non-canon stories. Dark Horse reacquired the rights in 2010 to produce more than official titles.

Every good thing comes to an end, and after twenty years at Night Horse Comics, Buffy and her friends left the publisher – the license now in the hands of BOOM ! Studios for a reboot of Buffy.

I. The Slayers through time

Let'southward begin with some tales almost slayers and vampires. Slayers from the by, from the future and with the ane and simply Buffy, of grade.

Fray – The story takes place hundreds of years in the hereafter. To read preferably before Tales (as Fray has a story in it).
Buffy Omnibus: Tales – short stories focused on different Slayers and vampires through time. Beware, this collection includes 2 stories from season 8 that will be kind of spoiler-y if you haven't read it before. Specifically, the stories The Thrill and Carpe Noctem take place later issue #21, Harmonic Difference.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Jitney Volume 1 – Have place before Buffy'southward arrival in Sunnydale, and include her origin story based on Whedon'southward original script for the 1992 movie. Although this was not considered catechism at the showtime, it is at present accepted as canon.

Two. Buffy : From Flavour 1 through Flavour 7

a. Buffy : The Loftier School Years

Written by Kel McDonald and penciled past Yishan Li, The Loftier School Years are gear up during season 1 of the tv set series, but before the revelation about Angel's nature. The series includes 3 graphic novels and ane short story, published for Free Comic book twenty-four hour period.

Buffy: The High Schoolhouse Years 1: Freaks & Geeks
Buffy: The High School Years two: Glutton for Punishment
Buffy: The Loftier School Years iii: Parental Parasite
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b. The Omnibus Edition

Dark Horse has published numerous Buffy stories during near a decade (earlier flavor 8). The Coach edition are presented as the definitive drove, i that reunites all the material published in chronological gild, in parallel to the TV serial' timeline. The first omnibus is indicated before.

It is worth notice that those omnibus contains stories considered non-canon.

Buffy Omnibus Vol. 2 – From before flavour ane to the beginning of season iii. Collecting issues sixty to threescore-3, as well as the graphic novels "Band of Fire" and "The Grit Waltz", and the 1-shots Angels Nosotros Take Seen on High, Spike and Dru: The Queen of Hearts, and Spike and Dru: Paint the Town Red.
Buffy Motorbus Vol. 3 – During flavour 3. Collecting the Buffy stories "Play with Fire," "Fasten and Dru," and bug #i-#eight of the original Buffy series.
Buffy Autobus Vol. 4 – Through the end of flavor iii. collects Buffy problems #nine-11, thirteen-15, 17-20, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bad Dog, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fasten and Dru, Who Fabricated Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Affections: The Hollower.
Buffy Motorcoach Vol. 5 – We enter season 4. Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Haunted, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Claret of Carthage, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Autumnal, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Oz "Into the Wild," DHP 2000: Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Take Back the Night," DHP #150: Buffy the Vampire Slayer "Killing Fourth dimension".
Buffy Omnibus Vol. 6 – Season 4 continues and concludes, and we get to season five. Collects City of Despair, Jonathan: Codename: Comrades, Giles: Beyond the Pale, One Small Promise, Punish Me With Kisses, Past Lives (crossover with Affections), Out of the Woodwork, WannaBlessedBe, Demonology Menagerie, Simulated Memories.
Buffy Passenger vehicle Vol. seven – During flavour 5 and six. Collects the stories Roll All Night (and Sleep Every Day), Wilderness, The Death of Buffy, Reunion, Withdrawal, Hellmouth to Oral fissure

c. The New Alternative to The Omnibus : The Legacy Edition

Now that the license is in the hands of Nail ! Studios, the editor announces it volition collect every issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer from previous publishers in chronological society, including hard-to-detect and out-of-print stories in the Legacy Edition format.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition Book One Buffyverse Comics Reading Order

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, Volume 1 – Set during the tertiary flavour. Collects Buffy The Vampire Slayer #one-ten (Dark Equus caballus Comics), as well as the MacGuffins, Trip the light fantastic toe with Me, Rogues Gallery, Hello Moon, Cursed, Expressionless Love, Play with Fire (parts one-3).
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, Book 2 – Ready during the third flavor. Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer #11-xix (Dark Equus caballus Comics), as well as the curt stories Stinger, Play with Fire (parts 4–6), The Latest Craze, Bad Canis familiaris, Killing Time.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, Book 3 – Later the third flavor finale. Collects Buffy The Vampire Slayer #xx-29 and Affections #15 (Nighttime Horse Comics), as well as the miniserie Haunted.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, Volume 4 – Set up during the 6th season. Collects Buffy The Vampire Slayer #30-39 and Angel #16 (Dark Horse Comics), also as Punish Me with Kisses and Fasten and Dru: Who Made Who?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, Book 5 – Set during the 5th and sixth seasons. Collects Buffy the Vampire Slayer #39-fifty (Night Horse Comics), likewise as the short stories Willow & Tara: Demonology Menagerie, Stone 'North Ringlet All Nighttime, Mall Rats and Angels We Have Seen on Loftier.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, Book 6 – Coming soon. No details nonetheless.

Three. Angel (and Spike) World

a. The non-catechism stories

Like Buffy on Tv set gave an Angel spin-off, it is natural to run into the same phenomenon on paper. The Buffyverse extends beyond the Slayer and give us stories near famous vampires, among other things.

Spike: Into The Light – Written by James Marsters. Takes place before flavor 7.
Fasten Omnibus – Mostly during flavour five of Angel, with the exception of Spike vs. Dracula. Too Collects Lost & Found, Old Wounds, Old Times, Shadow Puppets and Asylum.

Affections Omnibus (Dark Horse) – You can read it between Vol. 5, half dozen or 7 of Buffy. Those stories take place during seasons i and 1 during season 2. Collects Angel #1–#fourteen, #17, Affections: Long Nighttime'due south Journeying #1–#4, Dark Horse Presents #153–#155: "Hunting Ground," Dark Horse Actress #25–#28: "Angel," and Angel: Indicate of Social club. Missing from this omnibus : the crossover with Buffy, Past Lives, placed in Buffy Omnibus Vol.6.
Angel Double-decker Vol. 1 (IDW) – Cipher is quite simple with Angel, the proof with omnibuses from two editors. This i from IDW collects Affections: The Expletive, Affections: Old Friends, Angel: Spotlight, and Affections: Auld Lang Syne. Takes place during and after flavour 5 (but before Subsequently The Autumn).
Angel Omnibus Vol. 2 (IDW) – This omnibus collects accommodation of several episodes from flavour 5, which includes Smile Time, A Hole in the World, Barbary Coast, Only Human, and Not Fade Away.

The New Alternative to The Charabanc : The Legacy Edition

Like for Buffy the Vampire Slayer Legacy Edition, The Angel Legacy Edition volition collect every issue of Affections from previous publishers in chronological order, including hard-to-notice and out-of-print stories in the Legacy Edition format.

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Angel Legacy Edition Book One – Set during seasons i and 2, Angel Investigations are dedicated to their mission of helping the helpless… Collects issues Affections #one-9 (Dark Horse series), as well as Affections: The Hollower, "Point of Order", and Lovely, Dark and Deep.
Angel Legacy Edition Volume Two – Set during the kickoff two seasons of the Angel television series. Collects Angel #eleven-17, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #29-30, Affections: Long Dark's Journey #ane-4, forth with stories from Dark Horse Extra.

b. After The Fall, too known as Affections flavour 6 (mostly canon)

Originally intended as a 12-upshot limited series, Afterward the Fall expanded into a 17-event Angel series. After the Fall was so followed past an ongoing series, with rotating writers and artists just without the input of Joss Whedon and has also spawned multiple spin-offs of its ain. All of this has been published between Nov 2007 and Apr 2011.

Angel: Afterwards The Autumn Vol. ane – Collects issues #1-five.
Angel: After The Autumn Vol. 2– Collects bug #6-8.
Angel: Later on The Fall Vol. 3 – Collects issues # 9–12.
Spike: After the Fall – Collects problems # 1–4.

Angel: Later The Fall Vol. 4 – Collects issues # 13–17.
Affections: Aftermath Vol.five – Collects issues # eighteen–22. Non-canon.
Affections: Final Affections in Hell Vol. vi – Collects issues # 23–27, Angel Annual #one. Non-canon.

This Affections arc has also been collected into a two-volume prepare, Angel Season Six, Vol.1 & Angel Season Half dozen, Vol. 2.

Angel: The Stop – Collects event #28–44, Angel Yearbook. As well publishing in Angel: Immortality for Dummies, Angel: The Crown Prince Syndrome, Angel: The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart. Not-canon.
Angel: The John Byrne Collection – All the John Byrne stories in one place. This includes Angel vs. Frankenstein, Claret and Trenches (before Buffy season 1) and After the Fall: First Night (between Angel season 6 and The Stop). Not-canon.

Fasten: The Devil You Know – Angel issue#29 but before #33. Non-canon.
Illyria: Haunted – between the 2d and 3rd arc of The End and the Spike series
Fasten Complete Series – Collects issue #i-8. Prequel to Dark Horse Comics' Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight.

IV. Buffy Season 8

Buffy continues officially her fight on comic book form published by Dark Horse. After the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers–newly legion–have gotten organized, but it'southward not long before new and onetime enemies begin popping upwards.

Information technology's Buffy's success that would prompt Whedon and IDW to create After The Fall.

Buffy: Season 8 Library Edition Volume i – issues #ane-x, E'er Darkest.
Buffy: Season 8 Library Edition Volume two – problems #11-xx, Willow: Goddesses and Monsters.
Buffy: Season 8 Library Edition Volume 3 – issues #21-30.
Buffy: Season 8 Library Edition Volume 4 – Season 8 issues #31-twoscore, Riley: Commitment through Altitude, Virtue through Sin.

This Buffy flavor has also been collected into a two-book ready, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Motorbus Vol. 1 and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus: Flavor 8 Vol. 2.

5. Flavor ix

Buffy is back for a new flavour, with a spin-off for Angel & Faith, and two miniseries – one about Willow and another about Spike.

Buffy: Season 9 Library Edition Volume one – problems #01-10, In Infinite No One Tin can Hear Y'all Slay!
Angel and Faith: Season 9 Library Edition Volume 1 – problems #01-10.
Angel and Faith: Season 9 Library Edition Volume 2 – bug #11-xv and the miniserie Spike: A Nighttime Place.
Angel and Faith: Season 9 Library Edition Volume three – issues #16-25.
Buffy: Season 9 Library Edition Volume 2 – issues #xi-xv and the miniserie Willow: Wonderland, to read after Angel & Faith #14.
Buffy: Season 9 Library Edition Volume three – issues #16-25, Love vs. Life)

VI. Season 10

A new season for Buffy, but also a new season for Angel and Organized religion. For those two, the events take place earlier the fourth outcome of the Fray comic book series and at this stage, at that place is no Library edition yet, simply the paperback edition.

Buffy Flavour Ten Library Edition, Vol. 1 – bug #01-x.
Buffy Season Ten Library Edition, Vol. 2 – issues #11-xx.
Buffy Flavour 10 Library Edition, Vol. 3 – problems #21-30, Where Are They Now?

Angel and Faith: Flavour x – Volume 1: Where the River Meets the Sea – issues #01-05.
Angel and Religion: Season 10 – Volume 2: Lost and Found– issues #06-10.
Affections and Religion: Season 10 – Book 3: United– issues #11-15.
Angel and Faith: Flavor 10 – Volume iv: A Picayune More Than Kin– issues #16-20.
Angel and Faith: Flavour 10 – Volume five: A Tale of Ii Families – issues #21-25.

Seven. Season 11

After overcoming the struggles of Season ten, Buffy and the Scoobies give themselves a well-deserved break from fighting evil. Unfortunately, the momentary peace comes to a screeching halt when a supernatural disaster wreaks havoc and the gang is forced to save the globe from imminent doom, once again.

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season xi Library Edition – Collects issues Season xi #ane-12.
Angel Season 11 Library Edition – Collects issues Season xi #i-12.

VII. Season 12

Buffy'southward earth as we know information technology comes to an cease with the four-consequence series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning. This activeness-packed miniseries reunites the Buffyverse with the return of Angel, Faith, Illyria, and Fray, the Slayer from the future

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12 Library Edition Buffyverse Comics Reading Order

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12 Library Edition – Collects bug Season 12 #i-4 and Giles: Girl Blue #i-4.

VIII. Buffy, The Reboot

This is a new beginning, a new Buffy Summers (who notwithstanding looks like Sarah Michelle Gellar). Go dorsum to high school with this reimagined Buffy the Vampire Slayer under the guidance of series creator Joss Whedon.

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