Spoiler alert. Gods, goddesses, faster than a speeding bullet super powers, another Apocalypse on its way and the topper, Twilight’s Angel. That about sums up the four part issue called “Twilight.” One of the part’s even included a cosmic fuck between Buffy and Angel that could be heard around the world. One that sends them to Eden and creates a new universe, not a very creative orgasm metaphor. Oh and wait there’s one more surprise, Spike; thus, the four part issue was the come back of Buffy’s lovers. The issues were a four part disappointment to nowhere.
The Scooby gang of the comic series has not grown or developed, but instead seem to be going in circles. All that’s needed now is for Tara to be pulled out of her dimension and returned to Willow then the circle would be complete. The four part issue of Buffy’s season eight comic series is not what I hoped for as a lead up to the season finale.
The art work for the four parts was solid, even the creative placement of objects for the sex panels of Buffy and Angel. The four parts even lacked the confusing appearance of the characters that occurs in some of the previous issues. One issue featuring Willow had me guessing through each page if the character was Willow or not, in both the writing and the art. There is only one issue left for season eight which is due out in September and the issues for a season nine have been approved, but I may have to give up reading them.
None of the stories in the series since the television show have any solid character development beyond the same old Scooby gang. The TV show ended with an opening for all the characters to go in many different directions and to grow beyond being the Scooby gang, but the comic series just doesn’t seem to have done anything with the opportunity. Even the one plot that had me intrigued, which was about the future Willow killing Buffy, didn’t reveal or lead to any new layers.
The well of Buffy has runneth dry.