Jeff Mariotte

‘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

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Masks’ (2006) (Comic book review)

Following the “Spotlight” series, IDW’s “Angel” comics line unveiled more stories focused on individual characters in the loosely Halloween-themed “Masks” (October 2006). The double-length one-shot

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‘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

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Spotlight’ (2006) (Comic book reviews)

After a mediocre start with “The Curse” and “Old Friends,” IDW’s “Angel” title picks up steam with “Spotlight” (2006), five issues that focus, respectively, on

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‘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

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Old Friends’ (2005-06) (Comic book review)

“Old Friends” (November 2005-March 2006), the second IDW “Angel” comic series where Jeff Mariotte is tasked with introducing us to “Season 6” – apparently without

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘The Curse’ (2005) (Comic book review)

A little more than a year after the “Angel” TV series ended, the saga returned in comic-book form via new licensee IDW. Whereas Dark Horse’s Volume

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Hollywood Noir’ (2001) (Book review)

“Angel” and hardboiled detective fiction are such a natural fit in book form that I almost wish every novel in the series used the style.

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‘Angel’ flashback: ‘Close to the Ground’ (2000) (Book review)

Jeff Mariotte – who had teamed with Nancy Holder on Buffyverse guidebooks and will go on to be a reliable author – makes a respectable

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The 10 best short stories in ‘The X-Files: Secret Agendas’ (Book review)

I’ll take my fix of new “X-Files” material where I can get it, but it’s irritating that in IDW’s third volume of “X-Files” short stories, “Secret

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