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And so the BAD BLOOD saga drags on. Part five of the nine-part arc saw things pick up slightly, but the momentum doesn't really continue with LOST HIGHWAY.

The vampires with the bad blood find their increased strength makes them targets for the rest of Sunnydale's vamp population and, with Buffy getting a rare night off to go to a gig outside town, Giles and Angel are out on patrol.

Except Buffy's planned lift from Joyce falls through and she decides to drive to the gig herself, colliding with one of the vampires that Giles and Angel let escape.

There's a reasonable fight when Buffy's "victim" and her fellow vamps go after the Slayer, but you have to question the Buffster's intelligence when after hitting someone with her car and not finding a body she doesn't seem to think there's a something supernatural at work.

Meanwhile, there's the less-than-rivetting continuation of the Doc's attempts to clone the Slayer. Despite his latest attempt failing, we know he's going to succeed so dragging it out like this is just getting tedious. And tedium is something that BAD BLOOD can well do without at the moment.

Two-thirds of the way through the BAD BLOOD arc and it's about time that things start to move along. Unsurprisingly, the last piece of Slayer bone produces the results (so why bother dragging things out for this long?) so hopefully the last three parts will finally see some action. BACK TO THE TOP

BAD BLOOD, PART 6
LOST HIGHWAY

Writer: ANDI WATSON

Pencils: CLIFF RICHARDS

Inks: JOE PIMENTEL

Colours: GUY MAJOR


RATING: 5/10


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