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PLOT The Mayor's dead, Angel and Buffy have gone their separate ways, yet there's something watching them, drawn to their pain of being apart, and it'll do everything in it's power to kill them. While Angel drives to L.A he sees a hitchhiker on the side of the road. Ever the hero he offers her a ride, yet everything is not as it appears, especially when she morphs into a demon. Meanwhile back in Sunnydale Buffy is taken an evening stroll, alone. With Angel gone Buffy is already feeling the pain of being apart. When a fisherman grabs her attention though Buffy decides to have a chat, until it too morphs into a demon. Battling for their lives Buffy and Angel slug it out with each of the Demons, until both of them are on the brink of death and both enter a dream world. There Buffy and Angel finally realise that to survive this they need to be apart and both sink back to their own bodies to fight the demons. Yet while they need to be apart to kill the demons, perhaps it's also a message that Buffy and Angel need to be apart to survive... WRITING Well there's no Selke or Clones so it's already ranking high, yet for once there's also a sense that this story actually means something, and proves quite sad as Buffy and Angel finally learn that they are destined to be apart. Petrie uses the comic form to its full advantage, as a demon like the one here could never be done on the show. Petrie also acts like he understands the characters inside out, which in fairness he should as he is the story editor for the show. ART Minor's style is quite a bit like that of the infamous Hector Gomez, yet with the focus solely on 2 characters from the show there is never any doubt as to who's who. Minor also has a good sense of pacing as the fight scenes play out well, and the slightly darker edge to his drawing style really adds to the atmosphere of the story. Again some of the backgrounds lack depth to them but this seems to be a standard complain with all BUFFY artists. OVERALL The best BUFFY story in a long while, with no real downside and one that actually ties into TV show continuity. If only all BUFFY comics could be this good; come back soon Mr. Petrie. NEXT ISSUE The BLOOD OF CARTHAGE saga kicks off, as Cliff Richards returns joined by new series writer Chris Golden and Chynna Clugston-Major of BLUE MONDAY fame joining as flashback artist. BACK TO THE TOP |
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