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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dust Waltz by Daniel Brereton, Randy Green, Dan Brereton, Laura Allred, Rick Ketcham ISBN: 1-56971-342-1 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 14 October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Dust Buster
Comment: Based on the popular Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series, The Dust Waltz, was completed at the height of the show's popularity. The story is an original grapihic novel-not a collection of stories from the monthly comic book, put together, as a reprint edition. That being the case, really made me want to read this...that and the fact that I miss the show not being on anymore. Anytime I can take in "new" Buffy is a good thing.
THE STORY: Buffy and the rest of the "Scooby Gang" are still in High School. Giles is still Buffy's Watcher. As the gang gathers to welcome Giles' niece Jane, to Sunnydale. This as sinister, and bickering vampire sisters, Lilith and Lamia also arrive to give the slayer a workout. And, if that weren't enough, one of them sets their sights on Angel. The story, written by Daniel Brereton, does a fairly good job at capturing the humor and "spirit" of the television show. It's obvious from reading the story and his introduction, that he has a great affection for the "Buffyverse"
THE ART: The team of Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea is OK. The biggest problem I had with it is a pretty big deal though. The character/actor likenesses seemed a bit off. Enough to be a distraction anyway. In the end though, the distraction doesn't impede the story, too much
The 80 page book also includes a page of bios for the creative team. If you like Buffy...this Dark Horse Comics Trade Paperback is worth your time and attention
Rating: 4
Summary: Stake, Two and Three and - Stake...
Comment: Badness is coming to Sunnydale in the person of two vampire sisters. Lilith and Lamia aren't just vampires; they are vampires so old that everything pretty much happened after them. Fortunately, they usually cannot stand each other. Unfortunately, this isn't one of those fortunate times. Each of the sisters is bringing a champion to town to fight to the death in a special ritual. Known as the Dust Waltz, it involves ritual murder, drinking of blood, opening the Hellmouth for a demon and, as usual, ending the world as we know it.
So Lilith arrives, Angel panics, and a tree has a major collision with Buffy. On the other side of town the rest of the gang are showing Giles' niece the sights when they discover that some of the sights are werewolves. As you can tell, this original trade paperback does not have many dull moments. Of course it also comes with a spectacular, no holds barred final conflagration. To say the least, writer Dan Brereton has outdone himself.
'The Dust Waltz' does have a few flaws. I never quite got my mind around a heavily tattooed Maori shape-changing champion of evil named Cecil. And Giles' visiting niece Jane is a bit ditsy for being a chip off that particular block. She has a remarkable knack for picking the wrong tunnel to explore. But, over all the book maintains a good level of story and action. I am a staunch fan of comic artists Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea. Even though their Buffy doesn't much look like the 'real' Buffy, they capture the essence of the characters and provide them with a great deal of animation and expression.
Rating: 3
Summary: Okay
Comment: This original trade paperback so it doesn't have a mini series type equivalent as far as I know. It introduces Giles' niece as well as dealing with a feud between two ancienct sisters. I really didn't like it that much. There was a lot of fighting and not much character interaction. The artwork is okay but not good enough to make up for what I thought was a contrived story. Demons come to town, demons make trouble, Buffy gets rid of demons. The stuff that is supposed to make it worthwhile is something more than having Xander like Giles' niece. Comics let you do so much with a story, this plays out like the sort of episode you'd skip because it is so formulaic -- stick demon here, mix with a bit of history. . .nothing new. I would buy it again, however, because I'm a completist. Lots of people like this trade so if you want to read a story that does nothing to further the characters, this is it.
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Uninvited Guests by Brereton Watson, Andi Watson, Dan Brereton, Hector Gomez, Sandu Florea ISBN: 1569714363 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 13 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Origin by Christopher Golden, Daniel Brereton, Joe Bennett, Golden Christopher, Joss Whedon, Dan Brereton ISBN: 1569714290 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 15 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Bad Blood by Andi Watson, Joe Bennett, Rick Ketcham ISBN: 1569714452 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 05 April, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Crash Test Demons by Andi Watson, Joss Whedon, Cliff Richards, Joe Pimentel, Joe Pimental ISBN: 1569714614 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Remaining Sunlight by Andi Watson, Joe Bennett, Rick Ketchman, Rick Ketcham, Joe Bennet ISBN: 1569713545 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: 24 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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