REVIEW: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1

According to the original prophecy, in every generation there is a Chosen One. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the Slayer. As the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series, was able to inspire legions of young women to be strong and be themselves (called the Scoobie Gang).Â The Scoobie Gang fans deep in the Buffy fandom verse, think they know all there is to know about The Slayer but unfortunately the comics don’t get enough attention.Â However, the Buffy comic books hardly address reality and keep themselves firmly rooted in the realm of oddities, so thankfully there is Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1 to keep it going.

In the current issue of Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1 the first story-line, The Mission centers around a Hutash, aÂ native American vampire slayers from the early 1800’s who hails from the Chumash tribe a Native American people who historically inhabited the central and southern coastal regions of California portions of Santa Barbara.Â Â Her main fight is against the vampires who came and enslaved her village under the guise of being Spanish Missionaries.Â We also meet the Watcher, Perez, who is an actual human Spaniard.Â The story of how the Vampires came to her village under the guise of being Spaniards is compelling.Â Though I am confused because the Spanish colonization of Americas began as early as the 1500’s.

The secondary storyÂ ‘The Eater of Men’ is about Silvia Placido Ramberti a pre-teen vampire slayer from Bologna, in northern Italy duringÂ the 14th century, Her village is plagued by man-eaters who stalk the woods mainly at night.Â That“s story was pretty good,Â and had a shock value element to it.

The third story ‘Behind the Mask’, Â is about Adelaide a teenage vampire slayer from Paris France during the early 1800s’, Her city is plagued by kidnappers who pick-off party goers.

As for the art, my expectations were high because of the fantastic covers, however as good as the interior panels were, there wasn“t anything that’s going to knock anyone’s socks off.Â I think the thing that got in the way was for instance in The Mission there was an over reliance on the diffusive glow technique, which is a fantastic aesthetic that suggests a scene is taking place in the past. It can be a subtle but effective technique but here it was overused.

Keep an eye for: Buffy The Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Ones #1 will come in three covers; Buffy The Vampire SlayerÂ Chosen Ones #1 Cover A Regular Evan Cagle Cover [7.99]; Buffy The Vampire Slayer Chosen Ones #1 Cover B Variant Helen [7.99]; Buffy The Vampire Slayer Chosen Ones #1 Cover C Incentive Celia Lowenthal Virgin Variant Cover [1:25], though I doubt many stores will purchase 25 copies.

To date the highest selling Buffy the Vampire collectible comic is still the ‘BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 #1 CGC 9.8 Long Way Home Sketch limited to 1,000 printed.

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(W) Celia Lowenthal, Mairghread Scott, Alexa Sharpe
(A) Celia Lowenthal, Ornella Savarese, Alexa Sharpe
(CA) Evan Cagle