Click on the covers to see them full size. Buffy the Vampire Slayer #51 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #52 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #53 Buffy the Vampire Slayer #54 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #55 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #56 Buffy the Vampire Slayer #57 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #58 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59 Previous | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #60 | Next Buffy the Vampire Slayer #51 Viva Las Buffy (Part 1 of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards & Will Conrad Cover by: Brian Horton & Paul Lee The Buffy monthly takes a bold new direction under the guidance of former X-Men writers Lobdell and Nicieza. It's 1996, and Buffy Summers has just accepted her role as the Vampire Slayer. After the destruction of her high school, she flees to Las Vegas to sort out her life. Meanwhile, Watcher Rupert Giles wonders why on Earth his Slayer hasn't arrived in Sunnydale. The comic takes you where the TV show never did, back to the roots of everything, in the summer before Buffy arrived in Sunnydale. And there's a tall, dark, and handsome stranger keeping an eye on her during those dangerous nights in Vegas. The saga of the Slayer begins again with a new direction for Dark Horse's monthly series! Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #52 Viva Las Buffy (Part 2 of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton "Viva Las Buffy"! Before Buffy ever arrived in Sunnydale, she did a little stint in Vegas. Not exactly doing what we have her pictured here, but we couldn't resist ... Frightened and confused by her new-found powers as the Slayer, Buffy has picked up and left her mom and little sister behind. Hiding out in Sin City is no way to avoid trouble, though, especially when the city's gentle citizens are being terrorized by just a few of the many bodies buried without headstones in Vegas's seedier strips. Perfect for Christmas! Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #53 Viva Las Buffy (Part 3 of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton Find out why Buffy and Pike split-up before Buffy moved to the Hellmouth. See just what happened to Giles in those fateful days before he was Buffy's Watcher. Be the first one on your block to know when and where this whole Buffy/Angel thing started. Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza continue their controversial take on the Slayer's salad days. Don't miss what every hardcore Buffy fan's talking about. Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #54 Viva Las Buffy (Part 4 of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton Scott Lobdell and Fabian Nicieza wrap up Buffy's trip to the city of sin with part four of "Viva Las Buffy!": the first in a series of stories depicting events that occurred before everyone's favorite Slayer made her way to the happy little Hellmouth of Sunnydale. Meanwhile, in England, Rupert Giles finally uncovers the treachery surrounding his quest to become the newest Watcher. Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #55 Dawn and Hoopy the Bear (one-shot) By: Paul Lee Cover by: Paul Lee Continuing the look into Buffy's life before Sunnydale, we take a detour with Dawn -- a mysterious package is accidently delivered to the younger Summers sister, and the enchanted teddy bear Hoopy wreaks havoc upon the life of the little ten year old. Intended to destroy the Slayer, the gift leads Dawn unwittingly into her first adventure, years before she'd ever be accepted into the Scooby Gang. It's the all Paul Lee issue! Paul Lee, creator of Lurid and longtime cover artist on the Buffy series, writes, draws, colors, letters, and provides both photo and art covers for this special, hilarious issue. Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #56 Slayer Interrupted Part 1 (of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton Buffy returned from her runaway road-trip with Pike...only to discover that Dawn has read her diary, and shared what she found with their parents, who see no other choice: after she's burned down the school gym, run off to Vegas, and apparently lost her mind . . . they have her committed. Buffy #56 begins the first of a four-issue arc, "Slayer Interupted" by Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza and Cliff Richards, in which we finally see what happened to Buffy in that mental institution. Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #57 Slayer Interrupted Part 2 (of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton Considering that she burned down the school gym and ran off to Vegas, and the strange entries in her diary, Buffy Summers's parents see no other choice than to have her committed. At the mental institution, Buffy sort of likes not having to slay vampires and demons night after night. But there's something sinister going on here, and the doctors may not be what they appear to be. And while Giles' black magic stopped a corrupt Watcher from destroying the Council, now he has to face the consequences of dabbling in the forbidden arts. Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #58 Slayer Interrupted Part 3 (of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton Most people would find life in a mental institution unsettling enough, but for the Slayer things are even worse. She assumed the girls who said they were brides to the demon Rakagore were just crazy--but when Rakagore actually shows up, the only thing more bizarre than his appearance is who he was hiding behind. Can a medicated Buffy deal with a demon with a taste for hospitalized young women, or will she have to call on help from outside? Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #59 Slayer Interrupted Part 4 (of 4) By: Scott Lobdell & Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards Cover by: Paul Lee & Brian Horton Don't miss the final chapter of the four-issue story arc, "Slayer Interrupted" as Buffy discovers the horrible secret being kept deep in the bowels of one of Los Angeles's premier mental institutions. Committed by her parents, Buffy finds herself not knowing whom to trust. Now it's up to her to save a group of young girls from the demon that feeds off the sick teenagers hospitalized within. The second book of the Buffy: Year One trilogy wraps up, leading into her parents' divorce, and her arrival in Sunnydale. Back to the Top Buffy the Vampire Slayer #60 A Stake to the Heart Part 1 (of 4) By: Fabian Nicieza & Cliff Richards & Brian Horton Cover by: Paul Lee Buffy Summers has faced vampires, demons and monsters but now she must face there scariest thing of all: the divorce of her parents. But with divorce comes all the bad feelings attached to it, for all the members of the family, and those bad feelings take on physical shapes. No vampire is safe as the tortured young Slayer takes her anger and frustrations to the streets of L.A. All the while she is being closely watched by the mysterious vampire with a soul, Angel. Back to the Top

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