Slayer Interrupted (Buffy comic)
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Slayer, Interrupted is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.
Story description
General Synopsis
After running off to Vegas, Buffy has written in her diary tales of vampires and demons. Her parents have her put into a mental institution. Whilst there Buffy realises she enjoys the freedom, and the loss of her role as Slayer. However certain doctors are not what they appear. In England, Rupert Giles's use of magic has prevented a Watcher from causing destruction to the Council.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #55
- Comic title: "Hoopy the Bear"
- ::Dawn is gradually led on an adventure that predates the Scooby Gang's very creation. Dawn receives a package that was intended for her sister, Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy has at this time run off to Las Vegas with her friend Pike. The package contains a demonic teddy named Hoopy the bear. It soon starts wreaking havoc upon the life of the ten year old and all of those around her, yet no one seems to be able to believe that Hoopy might be responsible.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #56
- Comic title: "Slayer, Interrupted, act 1"
- ::Buffy returns from Las Vegas where she had been on a trip with Pike. Dawn has been reading her diary, and tells their parents. Since Buffy had also recently burnt down her school gym and run off to Las Vegas, they fear that she has lost her mind. Feeling like they have little choice, Buffy's parents have her committed.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #57
- Comic title: "Slayer, Interrupted, act 2"
- ::Buffy is staying at an institution and sort of likes not having to slay vampires and other forces of evil night after night. However, something sinister is going on as the doctors may not have just the patients' interests at heart. Meanwhile Giles has to face consequences for using black magic even if it was done to protect the Watchers' Council.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #58
- Comic title: "Slayer, Interrupted, act 3"
- ::Buffy had assumed the girls who claimed they were brides to the demon Rakagore were crazy, but when Rakagore shows up, Buffy is forced to reconsider. A medicated Buffy does her best to deal with the demon who had preyed upon young hospitalized women but may need help.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59
- Comic title: "Slayer, Interrupted, act 4"
- ::Buffy does not know whom she can trust but she tries to save the group of young girls from the demon that feeds off them. Eventually she leaves the hospital, and her parents prepare for some big life changes.
Trivia
- Characters include: Buffy, Giles, Joyce, Dawn, Hank Summers, and Hoopy the bear.
- This comic is strongly influenced by events revealed in "Normal Again".
- Buffy #55, "Hoopy the bear and Dawn" is an all Paul Lee issue. He wrote, drew, colored, lettered, and provided both photo and art covers.
Continuity
Canonical issues
- Buffy comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them to be stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were approved by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy merchandise. Also, the writers Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, and Paul Lee made a strong effort to offer a non-contradictory continuity which fills the gap between the events of Buffy burning down her school gym (seen in The Origin), and "Welcome To The Hellmouth".
Timing
- Supposedly set in the Summer of 1996, before Buffy moves to Sunnydale in "Welcome To The Hellmouth". Takes place immediately after Viva Las Buffy, and immediately before A Stake to the Heart.
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
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