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Buffyverse Comic Book Reboot Reading Order by Boom Studios (2019-)

Dark Horse Comics’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer license expired at the end of 2018, and the license is now in the hands of BOOM! Studios who relaunched the series in 2019 and followed 3 months later with an Angel title.

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

Buffy Summers wants what every average teenager wants: friends at her new school, decent grades, and to escape her imposed destiny as the next in a long line of vampire slayers tasked with defeating the forces of evil.

What to read before the Buffy Reboot?

Nothing! If you never read the Dark Horse Comic book series, this is not a problem, as the comics under Boom Studios are part of a rebooted timeline.

Buffyverse Reboot Reading Order:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel: Hellmouth Event

The first event in the rebooted Buffy universe! Buffy and her Scooby Gang will have to muster all their strength as they deal with an open Hellmouth that threatens the lives of everyone they love in Sunnydale. Meanwhile, Angel, the vampire cursed with a soul, arrives in town to find his redemption by doing whatever it takes to close the Hellmouth… and no human, demon, or Slayer will stand in his way. For the issue by issue, see our Hellmouth Event Reading Order.

Or as a Deluxe Edition:

Willow is the star of her own miniseries written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Natacha Bustos. The story takes place after the Hellmouth event and before Buffy the Vampire Slayer #14.

Stake Buffy Reading OrderTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of Buffy, Boom Studios released a special one-shot in which Buffy Summers and Willow Rosenberg find themselves trapped… in a ‘90s teen magazine! Meanwhile, in true ‘90s makeover montage-style, Spike gives Giles a hand with a fresh new look to impress a very special someone! 

  • Buffy ’97
    Collects the Buffy ’97 one-shot as well as material previously published in Buffy 25th Anniversary Special along with a selection of classic, previously published material.

Alternate Buffy/Angel Stories from Boom Studios

Following are stories published by Boom Studio taking place in an alternate future or in another alternate universe.

The Last Vampire Slayer

On an alternate future earth ravaged by climate change, vampires daywalk unimpeded under a polluted sky. But even amidst the dystopian harmony between the vampire regime and their human cattle, a hardened, 50-year-old Buffy Summers stumbles across hope in the form of a little girl that believes she is the last Slayer.

Universe 37 aka The Willowverse

This story is set in Universe 37 which has been recently referred to as the “Willowverse”. It first appeared in Hellmouth, Part Five, then in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2019) #31.

Trying to help Buffy heal from her trauma proves to be more than Giles and Willow bargained for! She’s left without her powers or identity, and it’s up to an unprepared and inexperienced new Slayer to take up the mantle–Willow.

Alternate Angel

Angel reaches celebrity status with his own show, but his monster hunting doesn’t just happen on TV! Balancing stardom with actual vampire status isn’t easy though, and when he crosses paths with a mysterious figure from Sunnydale, Angel uncovers the greatest threat he’s ever faced!

 
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