The first Buffy issue of 2021 was certainly an eye-opener, particularly as it focused on everyone’s favourite Vengeance Demon. With Anya Jenkins at the heart of her own issue, it gave us a fun, fast-paced backstory explaining just how she got into the position we saw her in at the end of last issue. We also learn a great deal more about Morgan, the Slayer who has teamed up with Anya in an attempt to take down Giles, Wesley, and Robin. The first thing we learn is that Anya’s origin story is pretty much the same as in the show; Olaf cheated on her, she turned him into a troll, D’Hoffren offered her a job. But the second thing we learn is that Anya’s stint as a Watcher was actually surprisingly similar in a way to Giles’s. Or at least, Giles’s stint on-screen. Anya is fired by the head of the Watcher’s Council because her behaviour is ‘rebellious and out of line’, leaving Anya to argue that her Slayer would have died had she not acted. She is then informed that the Council is not inten
Although real life did a good job of getting in the way for a few weeks, I’m back to review the final few Buffy universe comics for the year. With the Willow miniseries being wrapped up, and Angel being cancelled, as well as the most recent issue of Buffy , we have a lot to get through. So let’s get started... Angel & Spike issue 16 So, it turns out looking back through my past reviews that my disinterest in the Angel & Spike comics was more pronounced than I realised, considering I forgot to review issue fourteen altogether. But now the news has broken that issue sixteen would be the last, somehow resulting in me actually owning all of the issues despite cancelling my subscription. Perhaps it was the knowledge that this was the last issue, perhaps I’d resigned myself to never getting into the swing of these comics, but reading issue sixteen was just as underwhelming as previous issues. Part of the problem was, of course, the cancellation meaning a slightly rushed wrap