PLOT
Christmas
is closing in on the residents of Sunnydale, and Buffy decides to get
a job in the mall, so that she can get a dress and looks beautiful for
the school dance. But it looks like Buffy has picked the wrong place
to work; the owner has a mysterious fascination with elementals, and working
at Popsicle Parlor is the prime place to call up ice elementals, but being
on the Hellmouth, not everything goes to plan.
ART
The
first issue that Xander and Willow look like the actors, but sadly the
rest of the characters are unrecognisable - even Buffy fails to look like
Sarah Michelle Gellar for the first time.
STORY
Great
story and dialogue, especially Cordy. After the mall gets destroyed
and the gang are nearly all killed, her only comment is "My mall. My beautiful mall."
OVERALL
Well
the standard did slip, but it took Bennett three issues to find his feet,
so I'll give Gomez until #6 before I start a "get rid of Gomez" campaign. back to the top
