Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten
This article consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (July 2018) |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten | |
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Publication information | |
Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
Schedule | Monthly |
Format | Limited series |
Genre | Horror[1] |
Publication date | March 2014 – August 2016 |
No. of issues | 30 (Buffy) 25 (Angel & Faith) |
Main character(s) | Scooby Gang |
Creative team | |
Created by | Joss Whedon |
Written by | Buffy: Christos Gage Nicholas Brendon Angel & Faith: Victor Gischler Kel McDonald |
Penciller(s) | Buffy: Rebekah Isaacs Karl Moline Cliff Richards Richard Corben Megan Levens Angel & Faith: Will Conrad Derlis Santacruz Cliff Richards |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten is the sequel to the Season Nine comic book series, a canonical continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The series is published by Dark Horse Comics and ran from March 2014 to August 2016.[2]
The Season Ten brand continues the two ongoing component series that formed Season Nine: Buffy and Angel & Faith. The creative team of Angel & Faith in Season Nine, writer Christos Gage and penciler Rebekah Isaacs, are the creative team behind Buffy Season Ten. Victor Gischler and Will Conrad took over Angel & Faith in this season.[3] Unlike with Season Nine, there were no spin-off series in addition to the two core series. There was however a short story titled "Where Are They Now", published in Dark Horse Day Sampler 2016.
The series was followed by Season Eleven which began November 23, 2016.[4]
Production
As in the preparation for the previous season, there was a writer's summit in spring 2013, months before Season Nine ended. Along with all the creators from Season Nine, Victor Gischler and Buffy the Vampire Slayer actor Nicholas Brendon joined the team.[2]
Plot
This section's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. (August 2016) |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
The gang does some growing up.
When Buffy's father Hank announces he doesn't want Buffy to be a part of his wedding due to her being a Slayer, she finds herself surprisingly hurt by this. On a different mission, a demon triggers Buffy's memories of her attempted rape by a soulless Spike. She explains to Spike that she doesn't blame him for his actions when he didn't have a soul, but that she will always remember them, and that he has to respect that she will always have to deal with them in her own way. Meanwhile, Anya's ghost transpires to be the puppet of an unseen force and completely unaware that she is not Anya; it is exploiting Xander as a weak link in Buffy's circle. Later, demon invasions caused by the Restless Door become a global threat. The Slayer Satsu, who once had a fling with Buffy, attempts to convince Buffy that she needs to work with the military as they are the only ones with the resources to help and since she forgave Angel, the military also deserves another chance. The military needs Buffy and Spike to recruit both types of vampires to help battle the demon invasions. The vampires are represented by Harmony and Vicki who have Buffy and Spike win trials of combat to gain the vampires alliance. The two vampire leaders also point out the insecurities in Buffy's and Spike's relationship. Spike later meets with a woman from his past, Dylan, first seen in the Spike: Into the Light (2014) comic. Dylan thanks Spike for giving her the courage to grow as a person and wants a friendship with both him and Buffy. Meanwhile, Buffy is outraged at Willow's eagerness to work for the military, helping them understand magic. Willow believes this is right and has an attraction to Lake Stevens, a woman who leads the military's supernatural unit. Willow and Buffy acknowledge they are changing but agree to not let this disagreement divide them.
To help battle the invasions Buffy reluctantly agrees to use the Vampyr book to increase the powers of D'Hoffryn's Demon Council with the limit that the powers are for the one in office, not the demon themselves. Giles grows close to the
While the Scoobies are desperate to reach Dawn and Xander in the hell dimension Anharra, D'Hoffryn kills all the other members of the Magic Council and takes their expanded abilities. The Scoobies are powerless to stop him from taking the book. Meanwhile, Xander and Dawn make the demons of the dimension more civilised but attract the attention of
Where are They Now? is a brief story released in a free sampler celebrating Dark Horse's 30th anniversary. Harmony, Clem, and a two-person film crew of a vampire and human are filming Harmony's documentary of how the world has changed now that the supernatural is known. She annoys Buffy over three days, calling her a relic that is no longer special since she broke the rules to give all the Slayers power, but also warns her that someone is apparently trying to kill her. Buffy is electrocuted by wires left in water in the laundry room. Harmony interrupts Buffy and Spike's date night, implying they have relationship problems, and the three of them stop an out-of-control streetcar from hurting anyone. On the third night she walks in on Buffy and Giles looking over old spell-books, and Giles remembers the human from the film crew as a former Watcher-in-training, deducing that he and the vampire cameraman are trying to kill Buffy, tired of her messing with primordial forces. Buffy slays the vampire, and the would-be Watcher is turned over to the police. Harmony believes that if a Watcher and vampire hate Buffy enough to work together, she should realise that rules exist for a reason, and that if she keeps breaking them she might break everything. Buffy ignores this, and Harmony is unsure if that makes her the best Slayer ever, or the worst.
Angel & Faith
Angel begins as the self-appointed guardian over London's new Magic Town ghetto created by events of Angel & Faith in the previous season, while Faith is on a journey to find herself, initially in the United States. Many of the town's residents have mutated into magical creatures, and Angel is forced to adjust to this new status quo, making an ally in London police officer Detective Brandt and relying on previous local friends Alasdair Coames and the Fairweather sisters Lavinia and Sophronia. He learns that the aggressive Slayer Nadira has survived her injuries at the conclusion of Season Nine and mutated into a benevolent seer who can commune with the unique magic of Magic Town, which she says is sentient. Angel is initially frustrated by the half-demon Pearl from Season Nine and a plot run by mutated magical pixies that leads him to the witch Amy Madison. Amy is vengeful for the events of Season Eight, and has gained great power from Magic Town's energy intending to kill Willow. However, Nadira easily overpowers Amy. Soon after, Angel is stunned to find his deceased friend Fred Burkle walking the streets – alive following the events of Buffy in Season Nine, when Illyria, the demon wearing Fred's former body, appeared to die during the event which restored magic to the world.
Meanwhile, Faith begins working for
While Angel is away, Faith and Fred are called by Detective Brandt to look into a recent trend of murders caused by vampires in the London area. Realizing the connection to the deaths in Angel's dreams and a local Prep School, Faith & Fred go undercover as the gym teacher and lunch lady respectively. Faith notices a girl named Mary being bullied by her classmates. The bullies are all new vampires that have been ordered to convince their classmates to want to become vampires. Faith & Fred slay the bullies. Mary discovers the vampires want her to join them, while they are led by Drusilla. Archaeus has recruited Drusilla to sire the students and wants Mary sired for a special reason. Faith, Fred and Koh save Mary while dusting the vampire students, though Drusilla escapes. Faith and Fred decide to wait for Angel to return to figure out their next move, while Mary visits her father who is researching an ancient statue. Angel's return causes Drusilla's vampires to wreak havoc on Magic Town while they capture Nadira. Archaeus explains he can offer the energy of Magic Town a gift and wants Nadira to be his ambassador to the energy, intending to take over Magic Town with his vampire forces. Nadira warns him the energy of Magic Town will lash out at him like a bomb and unsuccessfully tries to fight her way out. Nadira is locked up as Drusilla has a plan to get the statue and Angel's team is on Archaeus' trail. With the statue on its way to Archaeus, Detective Brandt gives Angel a tip on his whereabouts, though nobody realizes Brandt is now a vampire. Archaeus and Drusilla try and talk Angel into coming "home" to them, but Archaeus' attempt to control Angel seems to awake Angelus. Archaeus sends Drusilla and some of his vampires to eliminate Faith and her team while taking Angelus to Nadira. Nadira claims she is worried The Magic may decide to side with Archaeus. Angel reveals he was putting on an act, allowing everyone to escape with Nadira. Archaeus has the statue unloaded in the middle of Magic Town. The sentient magic merges with it to give itself physical form and lashes out at any who approach. Angel confronts Brandt and Faith dusts the Detective. Nadira tries to calm The Magic down, saying she knows it wants to be like a real person, but it attacks Fred which summons an angry Illyria. Koh is able to convince Illyria they do not need to fight each other and forgives her for what she did to him, letting Fred return to the body. Nadira is able to get The Magic to stop fighting, but Archaeus shows up and offers it a place at his side as an equal. When Angel and everyone attack him, Archaeus claims it's proof that they only know violence and they would never treat The Magic fairly. Drusilla and hundreds of vampires reveal themselves as Archaeus's "family." The citizens and mutants of Magic Town rush to Angel & Faith's aid out of respect for all the help they've given them. The vampires are overwhelmed and many including Drusilla flee. Even alone, Archaeus proves powerful, and attacks Nadira. The Magic defends her by vacating the statue and locking Archaeus inside. Afterwards Nadira says she can sense it has gone somewhere quiet to think. The team toast their victory in protecting their new home of Magic Town.
Publication
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten
Single issues
Title | Issue # | Release date | |||
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"New Rules, Part I" | 1 | March 19, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"New Rules, Part II" | 2 | April 23, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"New Rules, Part III" | 3 | May 21, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"New Rules, Part IV" | 4 | June 18, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"New Rules, Part V" | 5 | July 23, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"I Wish, Part I" | 6 | August 20, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Karl Moline and Cliff Richards | ||||
"I Wish, Part II" | 7 | September 17, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Return To Sunnydale, Part I" | 8 | October 22, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs and Richard Corben | ||||
"Return To Sunnydale, Part II" | 9 | November 19, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Day Off (or Harmony In My Head)" | 10 | December 24, 2014 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Love Dares You, Part I" | 11 | January 21, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"Love Dares You, Part II" | 12 | February 18, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"Love Dares You, Part III" | 13 | March 18, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"Relationship Status: Complicated, Part I" | 14 | April 22, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Relationship Status: Complicated, Part II" | 15 | May 20, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Old Demons, Part I" | 16 | June 17, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Old Demons, Part II" | 17 | July 22, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Old Demons, Part III" | 18 | August 19, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Freaky Giles Day" | 19 | September 23, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage and Nicholas Brendon | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Triggers" | 20 | October 21, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"In Pieces on the Ground, Part I" | 21 | November 18, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"In Pieces on the Ground, Part II" | 22 | December 23, 2015 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"In Pieces on the Ground, Part III" | 23 | January 20, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"In Pieces on the Ground, Part IV" | 24 | February 17, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"In Pieces on the Ground, Part V" | 25 | March 23, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Megan Levens | ||||
"Own It, Part I: Home Sweet Hell" | 26 | April 20, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Own It, Part II: The Centre Cannot Hold" | 27 | May 18, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Own It, Part III: Taking Ownership" | 28 | June 22, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Own It, Part IV: Vengeance" | 29 | July 20, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
"Own It, Part V: It's On You" | 30 | August 24, 2016 | |||
Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs |
Trade Paperbacks
Volume | Title | Issues collected | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | "New Rules" | New Rules (1-5) | November 12, 2014[5] | ISBN 978-1-61655-490-3
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2 | "I Wish" | I Wish (6-7); Return to Sunnydale (8-9); Harmony in My Head (10) | April 8, 2015[6] | ISBN 978-1-61655-600-6
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3 | "Love Dares You" | Love Dares You (11-13); Relationship Status Complicated (14-15) | September 29, 2015[7] | ISBN 978-1-61655-758-4
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4 | "Old Demons" | Old Demons (16–18); Freaky Giles Day (19); Triggers (20) | February 23, 2016[8] | ISBN 978-1-61655-802-4
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5 | "In Pieces on the Ground" | In Pieces on the Ground (21-25) | July 26, 2016[9] | ISBN 978-1-61655-944-1
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6 | "Own It" | Own It (26-30); Where Are They Now? | December 27, 2016[10] | ISBN 978-1-50670-034-2
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Library Editions
Volume | Trade Paperbacks collected | Release date | ISBN |
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1 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 10, Volume 1: New Rules
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 10, Volume 2: I wish |
July 18, 2018[11] | ISBN 978-1-50670-645-0
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2 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 10, Volume 3: Love Dares You
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 10, Volume 4: Old Demons |
September 12, 2018[12] | ISBN 978-1-50670-657-3
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3 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 10, Volume 5: In Pieces on the Ground
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 10, Volume 6: Own It |
November 14, 2018[13] | ISBN 978-1-50670-820-1
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Angel & Faith Season Ten
Single issues
Title | Issue # | Release date | |||
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"Where the River Meets the Sea, Part I" | 1 | April 2, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Where the River Meets the Sea, Part II" | 2 | May 7, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Where the River Meets the Sea, Part III" | 3 | June 4, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Where the River Meets the Sea, Part IV" | 4 | July 2, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Old Habits" | 5 | August 6, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Derlis Santacruz | ||||
"Lost & Found, Part I" | 6 | September 3, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Lost & Found, Part II" | 7 | October 1, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Lost & Found, Part III" | 8 | November 5, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Lost & Found, Part IV" | 9 | December 3, 2014 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Lost & Found Part V" | 10 | January 7, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"United, Part I" | 11 | February 4, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"United, Part II" | 12 | March 4, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"United, Part III" | 13 | April 1, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"United, Part IV" | 14 | May 6, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"Fight or Flight" | 15 | June 3, 2015 | |||
Writer: Kel McDonald | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
"Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part I" | 16 | July 1, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
"Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part II" | 17 | August 5, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
"Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part III" | 18 | September 2, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
"A Little More Than Kin, Part I" | 19 | October 7, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"A Little More Than Kin, Part II" | 20 | November 4, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"A Tale of Two Families, Part I" | 21 | December 2, 2015 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"A Tale of Two Families, Part II" | 22 | January 6, 2016 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"A Tale of Two Families, Part III" | 23 | February 3, 2016 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"A Tale of Two Families, Part IV" | 24 | March 2, 2016 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
"A Tale of Two Families, Part V" | 25 | April 6, 2016 | |||
Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad |
Trade Paperbacks
Volume | Title | Issues collected | Release date | ISBN | |
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1 | "Where the River Meets the Sea" | Where the River Meets the Sea (1–4); Old Habits (5) | December 10, 2014[14] | ISBN 978-1-61655-503-0
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2 | "Lost and Found" | Lost and Found (6–10) | May 26, 2015[15] | ISBN 978-1-61655-601-3
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3 | "United" | United (11–14); Fight or Flight (15) | October 14, 2015[16] | ISBN 978-1-61655-766-9
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4 | "A Little More Than Kin" | Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym (16-18); A Little More Than Kin (19-20) | March 9, 2016[17] | ISBN 978-1-61655-890-1
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5 | "A Tale of Two Families" | A Tale of Two Families (21–25) | August 23, 2016[18] | ISBN 978-1-61655-965-6
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