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Generic Profile avatar Based on the TV Series First came the TV show, then came books to fill-in gaps, give background and continue the storyline....
List created by Tony T. (tonysbooks) - on Aug 23, 2014
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home by Joss Whedon & Georges Jeanty &...
Since the destruction of the Hellmouth, the Slayers - newly legion - have gotten organized and are kicking some serious undead butt. But not everything's fun and firearms, as an old enemy reappears and Dawn experiences some serious growing pains. Meanwhile, one of the "Buffy" decoy slayers is...  more


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No Future For You (Buffy Season 8, Vol 2) by Brian K. Vaughan & Joss Whedon
Eisner award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y:The Last Man, Ex Machina) tackles Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight with "No Future for You." When a rogue debutant Slayer begins to use her power for evil, Giles is forced to recruit the rebellious Faith, who...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by D...
Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not only walk away unscathed, but in possession of Buffy's scythe, the symbol of Slayer power worldwide. Buffy and the Slayer-legion travel to Tokyo in...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 4: Time of Your Life by Joss Whedon & Je...
Willow and Buffy head to New York City to unlock the secrets of Buffy's mysterious scythe, when something goes terribly awry. Buffy is propelled into a dystopian future where there's only one Slayer - Fray, the title character of Joss Whedon's 2001 series, the first comic he ever wrote. Their...  more


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Predators and Prey (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Vol. 5) by Joss Whedon &am...
Buffy's world goes awry when former-classmate-turned-vampire Harmony Kendall lands her own reality TV show, "Harmony Bites," bolstering bloodsucking fiends in the mainstream. Humans line up to have their blood consumed, and Slayers, through a series of missteps, misfortunes, and anti-Slayer...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 6: Retreat by Jane Espenson & Joss W...
Buffy Season Eight Volume 6 showcases the first failure of the Slayer legion. Vampires have solid footing at the top of the totem and Slayers have been crushed to the bottom - in short, no one likes Buffy anymore... least of all this season's mysterious Big Bad, Twilight, who is hot on her...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight, Vol 7: Twilight by Georges Jeanty (Illustrato...
Buffy Summers and her Slayer army have suffered heavy losses throughout Season Eight and faced scores of threats new and old, but the one mystery connecting it all has been the identity of the Big Bad-Twilight! In this penultimate volume of Season Eight, New York Times best-selling novelist...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Volume 8: Last Gleaming by Joss Whedon & Ja...
The Season Finale is here, and Buffy must face the ultimate betrayal! Seems like a perfect time for Spike to come back. Series creator Joss Whedon writes the final story arc of Buffy Season 8, taking his greatest characters to places only he can! Teamed with series artist Georges Jeanty, Joss...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 1: Freefall by Joss Whedon & Andrew Cham...
Season 8 ended with a bang that cut the world off from magic - culminating in another set of world-ending problems. Buffy has left her best friend, Willow, powerless, and brought an end to a millennia-long tradition of superpowered girls. By day, Buffy is a twenty-something waitress with no real...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 2: On Your Own by Andrew Chambliss & Sco...
With the Scooby gang on the skids, Buffy finds herself increasingly alone. When faced with some tough decisions grounded in "real world" problems (i.e., not the slaying of pesky demons), Buffy is determined to make her own choices, but that doesn't mean she won't need a little handholding along...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 3: Guarded by Andrew Chambliss & Jane Es...
The Chosen One has a new lease on life, courtesy of... Kennedy?! In a bold move to give disenfranchised Slayers a meaningful societal role (with pay), Kennedy recruits Buffy to act as bodyguard for high-profile clientele. But unlike the other recruits, Buffy struggles to abandon her Slaying...  more


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Lost: Endangered Species - Novelization #1 (Lost (Hyperion)) by Cathy Hapka
Stripped of everything, 48 surviviors of Oceanic Flight 815 find themselves stranded on a tropical island. This band of friends, family, enemies, and strangers must work together to stay alive. But the island isn't going to make it easy for them... As an environmentalist, Faith Harrington...  more


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Primeval: Shadow of the Jaguar (Primeval) by Steven Savile
Primeval sees evolutionary zoologist Nick Cutter make the terrifying discovery that prehistoric creatures are alive and well in the twenty-first century. The natural world is turned on its head and humanity faces extinction as unexplained anomalies rip holes in the fabric of time and allow...  more


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Sons of Anarchy Vol. 1 by Christopher Golden
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The Vampire Diaries by Colleen Doran
Elena, Stefan and Damon make their comics debut in a new series based on the hit CW television show! This anthology graphic novel will bring some of comics' greatest talents to Mystic Falls and set them loose to bring the characters to life. Or death. They are vampires, you know. THE VAMPIRE...  more


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Willow: Wonderland by Jeff Parker
Armed with Buffy's broken scythe, Willow has entered another dimension and begun a quest to somehow, someway, against all odds, bring magic back to Earth. She must keep her darkest self at bay while she battles demons - the scaly and horned type, as well as her own! On a journey of her choosing,...  more


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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 Volume 4: Welcome to the Team by Andrew Chambliss
Rededicated to the Slayer mission, Buffy is reducing the zompire population one by one - until she is ripped from the middle of a battle and transported to LA. The demon Illyria and a mystical council make the Slayer an unwilling recruit in a team formed to take down an increasingly powerful...  more


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Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season Nine Volume 5: The Core by Andrew Chambliss & Jan...
When Dawn falls ill, it's up to best friends Buffy, Xander, and Willow to join forces and find a supernatural cure in a world sorely lacking magic. The trio must fight their way into the Deeper Well, the former home of Illyria and other ancient gods known as the Old Ones, where they hope to...  more


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Buffy: Season Ten Volume 1 : New Rules by Christos Gage
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Buffy: Season Ten Volume 2 - I Wish (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Christos Gage
Buffy and her crew get their fight on, as they try to take control of the new rules of magic! While new living arrangements take some getting used to, Buffy and the Scoobies head for adventure in Sunnydale, where Andrew is up to his good/bad/old tricks again. And as everyone continues to feel...  more


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