Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Volume 3: Wolves at the Gate

Joss Whedon, Drew Goddard, Georges Jeanty; Farel Dalrymple — 2007

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 order to learn more about their dangerous new foes, as Xander journeys to Transylvania to solicit the only person they've ever known to possess such power: Dracula. * The celebrated Buffy Season Eight continues with Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, Lost) writing Wolves at the Gate, with Joss Whedon continuing his role as executive producer, and Georges Jeanty as series artist. * Includes the stand-alone issue written by Buffy creator Joss Whedon, "A Beautiful Sunset." * "The dialogue is Whedonesque and I can hear how the actors would read there lines. It's fun and witty and we’re treated to more fantastical stories than the WB/UPN could ever pony up the money to do." -Comic Book Resources * A New York Times bestseller!

Reviews

Jacalyn Boggs@ladyozma

Dec 8, 2022

The culminating battle with Mecha-Dawn-Zilla makes this the best graphic novel EVER! I mean really, what more do you need to know. Mecha-Dawn-Zilla. :)

Wren Hardwick@fablesandwren

Aug 31, 2021

I feel like the start of this volume brings Buffy very out of character. She sleeps with a girl? Even though she continually states that she isn't a lesbian and is just lonely? I'm not sure I really buy it though. But then again, her type is vampire if we are looking at her past, so really this is a big step up from sleeping with the living-dead. At least she still has her soul, right? note: I just don't think it fits her character. I wouldn't be able to care less if she was gay. I just don't think that puzzle fits exactly. Don't get your panties in a bunch. BUT GUYS. GUYS. DRACULA IS IN THIS ONE. I SMILED AND GIGGLED SO HARD. OMGsh YES. these wolves, panthers and fog are like surround The Slayer Castle and they are actually vampires and they stole that Slayer Scythe from Buffy and the only other vampire who can do that is *ding ding ding* Dracula! AND AND AND Dracula and Xander are like... FRIENDS! I couldn't have loved that more. But bad news: These poser vamps actually took the scythe so they could reverse Buffy's *all girls who would be slayers are slayers* gig and make them all normal and kill them... obviously that doesn't fly with our trio and they start to get down to business. Xander and Renee's relationship blossoms a lot in this volume, which I absolutely loved. She fits so well with my little cyclops. She keeps him grounded. Willow and Buffy still have some awkwardness, but they know when to put their problems aside and deal with the big problem at hand. This volume was sad when it comes to Buffy. She feels left out because all the slayers bonded and she doesn't bond with them because she's the boss lady. She feels lonely in basically every aspect of her life which, as I said, leads her to act in very out of character ways (IN MY OPINION). The art is okay... I don't think they drew Buffy and Willow very well. They don't really look like themselves. In the Classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer Comic Series, they do a phenomenal job though. So maybe I am just a little spoiled. But, as all Joss Whedon stories end, your heart melts and burns up in a pit of fire because he ruins everything after making you love everything. Why do I keep reading this.