Viva Las Buffy (Buffy comic)

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Canonicity warning: The following is not considered canonical in the Buffyverse.''

Viva Las Buffy is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.

Contents

1 Story description

1.1 General Synopsis
1.2 ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #51''
1.3 ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #52''
1.4 ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #53''
1.5 ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer #54''

2 Trivia
3 Continuity

3.1 Canonical issues
3.2 Timing

Story description

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

General Synopsis

After burning down her school gym Buffy was expelled and is now finding it hard to cope with her Slayer duties since her Watcher, Merrick, is dead. She escapes to Las Vegas along with her friend Pike. They work in one of the casinos which, as it happens, is run by two vampires. Angel is also around in the background helping her out although she does not know it.

At the end, Pike realizes he cannot stay with Buffy, and that even friendship between them might endanger the both of them, so he leaves Buffy alone.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #51

Comic title: Viva Las Buffy!, Act 1: Broken Parts

::It's 1996, and Buffy Summers has recently discovered her role as the Vampire Slayer. She goes to Las Vegas to think about her life. Watcher Rupert Giles is puzzled that his slayer has yet to arrive in Sunnydale.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #52

Comic title: Viva Las Buffy!, Act 2: Full House

::Confused by her new powers as Slayer, Buffy has left Joyce and Dawn behind. Trouble soon arrives when Buffy gradually uncovers a vampiric presence in the Las Vegas.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #53

Comic title: Viva Las Buffy!, Act 3: Deuces Wild

::Pike starts to question the idea of a relationship with the slayer whilst Giles battles to become the next Watcher of the Slayer.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer #54

Comic title: Viva Las Buffy!, Act 4: The Big Fold

::In England, Rupert Giles discovers treachery surrounding his aim to become the newest Watcher, whilst Pike leaves Buffy deciding that his relationship with her might be dangerous for them.

Trivia

Characters include: Buffy, Pike, Angel, Giles, Dawn, Joyce
Story takes place from Pike's point of view

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

Supposed to be set in Summer of 1996, before Buffy moves to Sunnydale in "Welcome To The Hellmouth".
It is set after The Origin and before Slayer, Interrupted

Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:

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