Joss Whedon Is Returning to 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer'

Feb 22

Many Buffy fans were disappointed last year when Sarah Michelle Geller said she doesn't think a Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunion show will work today. But that doesn't mean we've seen the last of the butt-kicking teenage action hero. She's still going strong in the comics, and now series creator, Joss Whedon, is coming back to tell the last chapter in the Slayer's story.

As CBR first reported, Whedon is returning for the next arc of the popular Dark Horse comic series. He will co-write with longtime Buffy collaborator Christos Gage, with Georges Jeanty returning to illustrate the action. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning takes place after Buffy and Co. have saved everyone from the supernatural disaster that wreaked havoc on the citizens of San Francisco. The synopsis has more details:

“Following the world-altering finale of Season 11, Buffy and the Scoobies have had a laid-back year in the saving-the-world department. But as they’ve learned over their years of fighting the forces of darkness and thwarting many an apocalypse, nothing stays quiet for long. When Dawn and Xander’s housewarming party is crashed by some familiar faces with news of an amassing force that must be reckoned with—Wolfram & Hart, a legion of demons, and Harth, a vampire from the future—Buffy finds herself in a time warp that could alter the fate of the world and could spell the end for Buffy, her friends, and the Slayers, forever.
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This will be the last season of the comic series, allowing Whedon to wrap up the story a full 26 years after the original movie came out. Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 12: The Reckoning #1 will be available June 20th. Are you excited for the next chapter? Sound off in the comments below

Via | CBR