- John Hansen
- August 30, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Tempted Champions’ (2002) (Book review)
After a brief foray into Season 4 with “The Lost Slayer,” the “Buffy” novels skip over Season 5 (at least for now) and enter Season
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Tempted Champions’ (2002) (Book review)
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- John Hansen
- August 23, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Creatures of Habit’ (2002) (Illustrated novel review)
In addition to their strong run as the main writers on the “Buffy Classic” comic books, Tom Fassbender and Jim Pascoe also tried their hand
- John Hansen
- August 16, 2018
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Unseen III: Long Way Home’ (2001) (Book review)
Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte wrap up their “Buffy”/“Angel” crossover trilogy “Unseen” by paying off most of the threads in satisfying ways and going big
- John Hansen
- August 9, 2018
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Unseen II: Door to Alternity’ (2001) (Book review)
Nancy Holder and Jeff Mariotte expand on their portrayal of gang warfare in Los Angeles and Sunnydale by digging into the Russian side of the
- John Hansen
- August 2, 2018
‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Unseen I: The Burning’ (2001) (Book review)
“Unseen I: The Burning” (May 2001), the first of a “Buffy”/“Angel” crossover trilogy, is one of the more unusual Buffyverse books so far. It’s notably
- John Hansen
- July 26, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: All 7 short stories from ‘Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1’ (2001), ranked (Book review)
I remember when “Tales of the Slayer Vol. 1” (October 2001) came out, it felt to me like for first time the Buffyverse had a
- John Hansen
- July 19, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Lost Slayer’ (2001) (Book review)
The four-book serial novel “The Lost Slayer” (August-November 2001) is one of the grimmest “Buffy” stories on record, oddly taking place near the start of
- John Hansen
- July 12, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘The Summoned’ (2001) (Book review)
Cameron Dokey, in her final Buffyverse novel (she also wrote the weak “Buffy” YA book “Here Be Monsters” and two excellent short stories in “How I
- John Hansen
- July 9, 2018
‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Chaos Bleeds’ (2003) (Book and comic book review)
The most heavily marketed “Buffy” video game, “Chaos Bleeds,” got both comic book (June 2003) and novel (August 2003) adaptations. Usually video game tie-ins are
- John Hansen
- July 7, 2018
‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Bruja’ (2001) (Book review)
Mel Odom pens another winner in the “Angel” book series with “Bruja” (August 2001), which blends a lot of story threads into a surprising yet