Description

This is an amazing issue of Buffy the Vampire Slayer #5B, signed by Randy Green , the cover artist. This comic book is a first edition, monthly publication from Dark Horse Comics, released in 1999. The story title is "Happy New Year" and it features the iconic characters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow, and Angel. The comic is in 8.0 Very Fine grade @ 77% market Near Mint and comes bagged & boarded, newsstand "B" variant cover, and a witnessed & notarized certificate of authenticity (COA). This comic is perfect for collectors and fans of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series as well as a must-have for anyone who loves action, superheroes, bad/good girl art, supernatural, vampire, horror & sci-fi, action/adventure, and/or science fiction genres. While many comic books based on the television series " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " were published when the television show was on air they are not all considered c anonical and often deal with characters who do not appear in the television series, most notably in the " Tales of the Slayers " and " Tales of the Vampires " mini-series. This first series of books were published by Dark Horse Comics between 1998 and 2004, originally in comic format but then gathered into volumes of trade paperbacks . A small number of Buffy comics have not been included in trade paperbacks, such as the books entitled "Giles", "Jonathan", and "Reunion". The stories in the Buffy comics take place in between episodes of the " Buffy the Vampire Slayer " TV series , and continue after the series ended. Issues #1 - #63 take place during the period that the series was still on air, and none are written by Joss Whedon himself. The earlier issues are not very easy to place in the series other than the season they are set in. The stories get more specific later on, however; for example, the " Oz" (Buffy) comics fill in the story line of Oz's character after he leaves the TV series, and the " Death of Buffy " comics clearly take place between Seasons #5 and #6 of the series. Following the television series finale, Dark Horse began releasing new books titled Season Eight (8), Nine (9), and Ten (10), and the various spin-offs, which are written and/or supervised by creator Joss Whedon and officially recognized as canon to the show. Series creator Joss Whedon and a number of writers involved with the television series authored many of the comic books. Overviews summarizing the comic books' storylines were written early in the writing process and were 'approved' by both/either the Fox Network and/or Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were, therefore, later published as official Buffy merchandise. Randy Green is a comic artist/inker living near Greenville, SC and started his illustrious career inking the back inside covers of Dark Horse Comics "Comics Greatest World". He has worked for all of the larger comic publishers including Marvel, DC, Image & Dark Horse. Please notice his attention to detail on this cover (& especially check out #8)