Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel

‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Monolith’ (2004) (Book review)

John Passarella completes a solid three-for-three among Buffyverse novels with “Angel: Monolith” (June 2004). As with “Buffy: Ghoul Trouble” (2000) and “Angel: Avatar” (2001), this

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The High School Years’ (2017) (Comic book reviews)

In my review of the first two installments of “Buffy: The High School Years” – “Freaks and Geeks” and “Glutton for Punishment” (both from 2016)

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‘Angel & Faith’ flashback: Season 10, Issues 21-25 (2015-16) (Comic book reviews)

“Angel & Faith” wraps Season 10 with the five-part “A Tale of Two Families” (Issues 21-25, December 2015-April 2016), which affirms the themes I’ve remarked

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Dark Mirror’ (2004) (Book review)

There was never an “Angel” young-adult book line, but Craig Shaw Gardner’s “Dark Mirror” (April 2004) gives a sense of what those books would be

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‘Angel & Faith’ flashback: Season 10, Issues 11-20 (2015) (Comic book reviews)

At the end of Issue 15, Fred asks Angel: “Can we call ourselves Angel Investigations?” But, nostalgia aside, writer Victor Gischler’s “Angel & Faith” Season

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‘Angel & Faith’ flashback: Season 10, Issues 1-10 (2014-15) (Comic book reviews)

“Angel & Faith” Season 10 should really be called “Angel. And Faith,” at least for the first 10 issues. The co-leads have completely different story

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Nemesis’ (2004) (Book review)

Scott and Denise Ciencin deliver another messy yet surprisingly enjoyable page-turner with “Angel: Nemesis” (February 2004), their final work in the Buffyverse. Similar to the

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‘Buffy’ flashback: Season 10, Issues 21-30 and ‘Where Are They Now?’ (2015-16) (Comic book reviews)

Season 10 started with Buffy and the gang being modest about their callings, and it ends with them realizing the mature response is to embrace

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‘Spike’ flashback: ‘Into the Light’ (2014) (Comic book review)

Over in the pages of Season 10, things are going well in Buffy and Spike’s relationship, so in true “Buffy” fashion, it’s time to throw

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‘Buffy’/ ‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Heat’ (2004) (Book review)

I’ll say this for Nancy Holder’s “Heat” (June 2004), the seventh and last of the “Buffy”/ “Angel” crossover novels: It’s certainly ambitious. This 456-page beast

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