Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2011 to 2013. It is the sequel to the Season Eight comic book series, a canonical continuation of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The Season Nine brand also incorporates a new Buffy spin-off series, Angel & Faith, and two spin-off miniseries Willow: Wonderland and Spike: A Dark Place. The core series consisted of 25 issues and each miniseries consisted of 5 issues.
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine | |
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Promotional artwork for Season 9 featuring both core series, Buffy and Angel & Faith. Art by Jo Chen. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | Horror |
| Publication date | August 2011 – September 2013 |
| No. of issues | 25 (core series) 5 (each miniseries) |
| Main character(s) | Scooby Gang |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Joss Whedon |
| Written by | Buffy: Joss Whedon Andrew Chambliss Scott Allie Jane Espenson Drew Z. Greenberg Angel & Faith: Christos Gage Spike: A Dark Place: Victor Gischler Willow: Wonderland: Jeff Parker Christos Gage |
| Penciller(s) | Buffy: Georges Jeanty Karl Moline Cliff Richards Ben Dewey Angel & Faith: Rebekah Isaacs Phil Noto Chris Samnee Lee Garbett Spike: A Dark Place: Paul Lee Willow: Wonderland: Brian Ching |
| Collected editions | |
| Freefall | ISBN 978-1-59582-922-1 |
| On Your Own | ISBN 978-1-59582-990-0 |
| Guarded | ISBN 978-1-61655-099-8 |
| Welcome to the Team | ISBN 978-1-61655-166-7 |
| The Core | ISBN 978-1-61655-254-1 |
| Live Through This | ISBN 978-1-59582-887-3 |
| Daddy Issues | ISBN 978-1-59582-960-3 |
| Family Reunion | ISBN 978-1-61655-079-0 |
| Death and Consequences | ISBN 978-1-61655-165-0 |
| What You Want, Not What You Need | ISBN 978-1-61655-253-4 |
| Spike: A Dark Place | ISBN 978-1-61655-109-4 |
| Willow: Wonderland | ISBN 978-1-61655-145-2 |
While Joss Whedon, the creator of the original television series, shares writing duties with Andrew Chambliss on the main series, Christos Gage writes Angel & Faith.
At the start of Season Nine, the series focuses on Buffy living in San Francisco in a world without magic. Angel & Faith, on the other hand, is set primarily in London and pursues several plot threads from Season Eight.
The series were followed in 2014 by the start of a Season Ten line of Buffy and Angel & Faith comics.