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Post by hitnrun017 on May 6, 2007 13:37:17 GMT -5
Wizard has put up a Summer Preview for Buffy Season 8 with some Spoilers for #4, #5 and #6. Not HUGE spoilers like "this happens when this person blah blah blah", just some teases to get excited about for the upcoming issues. www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/004478171.cfm |
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 7, 2007 15:04:47 GMT -5
Cool thanks for the update!
Here's the quote from the article:
"SUMMER PREVIEW: BUFFY–SEASON 8
Sink your teeth into some tasty teasers from Joss Whedon’s first arc that’ll have you salivating at the vampire slayer’s best season EVER!
By Andy Serwin
Posted May 6, 2007 9:25 AM
In the comic book equivalent of TV’s Nielsen ratings, Buffy the Vampire Season 8 made an “American Idol”-sized splash.
Moving over 100,000 copies in initial orders of March’s issue #1, good enough for a spot in the Diamond Top 10 and necessitating a second printing, Dark Horse has staked its claim on a bona fide hit with Buffy Season 8.
“We’re all real proud of what we’ve done,” says Buffy Editor Scott Allie. “Joss is loving the book, and his plans just keep growing. What started as a 22-issue ‘season’ is more likely going to be twice that.”
And the summer only gets hotter as the vamp train rolls on—take a look at these top-secret story morsels for the rest of Whedon’s first five-part arc, as well as a super-sneak-peek at writer Brian K. Vaughan’s first issue, hitting in September!
MORE ACTION, JACKSON!
With comics’ unlimited budget, Whedon has upped Buffy Season 8’s action and special effects budget to astronomical figures. We’ve already seen a full-on Slayer raid against demons in issue #1, and a ninja-versus-Slayer melee in issue #2. The book only gets more frenetic in May’s issue #3 when the Slayers must repel an all-out zombie attack, and Willow goes all dark witch against Amy, followed by Buffy taking on the U.S. military in Buffy #4 in June.
NEW BUDS, NEW BADDIES
The Scooby Gang gets amped up with an army of Slayers at Buffy’s beck and call as familiar faces like Rona and Violet (from “Buffy” Season 7 who show up in issue #5 in August) join with new recruits Satsu, Leah and Rowena. But the new friends mean more targets for the new big bads as well, as the Slayers must do battle not just with blood-sucking vamps, but with an order of demons sporting a secret agenda, another former foe from the TV show, the U.S. military who wants to take them down, and a Slayer gone bad (in Vaughan’s issue #6 slated for September).
SEXPOT SLAYER
The comic adventures of the sultriest Slayer ever take a cheeky turn for the titillating, starting with Buffy’s passionate pass at Xander in issue #2 (true, it was a dream sequence, but it was hot enough to knock off Xander’s head!). Look for more passion plays in Buffy Season 8’s summer installments, including one smooch from a secret admirer and one familiar stalker-type for Buffy, a steamy threesome scene and a hilarious heart-to-heart about the birds and the bees between Buffy, Xander and Willow in issue #3. That installment also has a panel featuring fledgling Watcher Andrew and a bevy of Slayers that’s so steamy, Whedon asks artist Georges Jeanty in his script to make sure “nothing un-Dark Horse-able is showing”!
ASTONISHING ABSURDITIES
The comic carries over Whedon’s penchant for the bizarre and multiplies it to the Nth degree. If seeing Dawn transform into a 50-foot giant for losing her virginity to a mystical Thricewise isn’t enough, wait until you see these scenes: the zombie dance party in issue #3; the death of a Slayer close to Buffy in issue #5; and bad girl Faith do her “My Fair Lady” impression to take down a high-society Slayer gone rogue!
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Post by hitnrun017 on May 7, 2007 17:45:05 GMT -5
I really can't wait to see some vamps get dusted! I've missed that. I also can't wait to see Vi and Rona again, not really a big fan of Rona, but I really want to see some old characters and it will be cool to see what they're like with their powers.
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Post by airgirl on May 8, 2007 8:33:17 GMT -5
"the death of a Slayer close to Buffy in issue #5"
Who do you think that will be? I suspect it will be one of the slayers from S7...
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Post by Grave on May 8, 2007 8:53:53 GMT -5
it better not be faith!  |
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Post by Shin on May 8, 2007 9:16:16 GMT -5
Nah, Faith has her own arc after #5.
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Post by Bennyboi on May 8, 2007 15:31:32 GMT -5
after reading the plot for #5, i think that the 'slayer close to buffy' will be one of the decoys... also this could also explain why the story is so important to joss whedon
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Post by colonelforbin on May 8, 2007 17:42:02 GMT -5
I really can't wait to see some vamps get dusted! I've missed that. I also can't wait to see Vi and Rona again, not really a big fan of Rona, but I really want to see some old characters and it will be cool to see what they're like with their powers. EXACTLY!!! This IS Buffy the VAMPIRE Slayer!!! Hopefuly Rona dies. OR gets vamped, then at least that crappy personality would make sense  |
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Post by CowboyGuy on May 8, 2007 18:15:57 GMT -5
What a good call!! I betcha it's one of the decoys who is killed... Could it be that the US Gov't kills a decoy...and Buffy is "dead" again? That would be cool, and would ease up some problems occurring so far! But at the same time it might make things a little less interesting. How sad for the decoy Buffy though...if it happens  |
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Post by airgirl on May 10, 2007 5:47:20 GMT -5
Sounds like it will be a tying up of loose ends kind of issue.
Could be good though and it would be nice to get a bit of back story about what has happened since end of S7.
I got the feeling it would be one of the potentials from S7 who got bumped off, but it sounds like it's going to be one of the Buffy decoys, which would be a better storyline
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