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Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine, Volume 4: Welcome to the Team by Andrew Chambliss, Joss Whedon
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
There were some great story arcs in this volume. We see Illyria come back and she is supposed to be this very powerful being of magic. Yet, within a few pages someone has sucked out her power. Yawn. Guess she isn't all that powerful. Silly.
Willow makes an appearance again and all is right with the Buffy verse. Yeah. One of the best arcs of this story is that Dawn is beginning to fade away without the link to magic in the world. She is still a ball of magic. It's a very cool idea, but it other power beings like Buffy can keep their magic, then why wouldn't Dawn. Why does Dawn fade and Buffy doesn't? Still, it's a good storyline. Willow helps Dawn out but she doesn't have enough magic to save her. She needs more. Dawn does wake up.
It appears on the face of things that Xander is going to double cross Buffy, but who knows. We are left on a cliff hanger. I don't like Xander as a character and I think he has always been a jerk and a grade A asshole, but he has always been loyal to Buffy and Willow. I can see him being desperate when it's just Buffy, but with Willow back in the picture, I and the fact that Dawn woke up, I would think he would put his faith in Willow. I don't think it's consistent with what I know of him.
There were a lot of great reveals in this story and I still feel the story is silly. I enjoyed it better when there were an army of slayers. Let's get magic back and move on.
This pales in comparison to the TV show, but it's nice to keep the world going, even if it's much much sillier, or I'm older, one or the other.
Willow makes an appearance again and all is right with the Buffy verse. Yeah. One of the best arcs of this story is that Dawn is beginning to fade away without the link to magic in the world. She is still a ball of magic. It's a very cool idea, but it other power beings like Buffy can keep their magic, then why wouldn't Dawn. Why does Dawn fade and Buffy doesn't? Still, it's a good storyline. Willow helps Dawn out but she doesn't have enough magic to save her. She needs more. Dawn does wake up.
It appears on the face of things that Xander is going to double cross Buffy, but who knows. We are left on a cliff hanger. I don't like Xander as a character and I think he has always been a jerk and a grade A asshole, but he has always been loyal to Buffy and Willow. I can see him being desperate when it's just Buffy, but with Willow back in the picture, I and the fact that Dawn woke up, I would think he would put his faith in Willow. I don't think it's consistent with what I know of him.
There were a lot of great reveals in this story and I still feel the story is silly. I enjoyed it better when there were an army of slayers. Let's get magic back and move on.
This pales in comparison to the TV show, but it's nice to keep the world going, even if it's much much sillier, or I'm older, one or the other.
theartolater's review against another edition
5.0
I've been previously critical of the Buffy comics continually going back to the well for reasons that come across more as fanservice than because they actually do anything for the storyline.
Perhaps this is different because it actually does accomplish some stuff storywise that works, or maybe it's because Fred/Illyria was one of my favorite characters from Angel, but I really enjoyed where this one went, including the use of Dawn and the sort of legitimate, Whedonesque danger that everyone's in.
For the first time, Season 9 feels like Buffy again, and that's really great. Working toward the end of this arc should be interesting, since I really have no clue where it will end up.
Perhaps this is different because it actually does accomplish some stuff storywise that works, or maybe it's because Fred/Illyria was one of my favorite characters from Angel, but I really enjoyed where this one went, including the use of Dawn and the sort of legitimate, Whedonesque danger that everyone's in.
For the first time, Season 9 feels like Buffy again, and that's really great. Working toward the end of this arc should be interesting, since I really have no clue where it will end up.
sparkleboymatty's review against another edition
4.0
A bit of filler but moves the plot and story along nicely. Good to see Billy, and the core Scoobies.
zlwrites's review against another edition
3.0
Decent enough. Better than the last season, but the Big Bad isn't there much. Or are there two? Eh. One volume to go.
booksaremyjam's review against another edition
2.0
I had some time to kill between work and book club last night, so I walked over to the library and hunkered down with BTVS, where I left off almost 3 years ago after the anger was too much to handle. "I'm older, I thought. "My dislike of the comic books was probably overstated back in 2015".
Nah, bro. 2015 me and 2018 me agree: these graphic novels are poo.
There's still no magic (geez, I forgot about how dumb all that was), and Buffy is just running around with a bunch of the new characters who aren't fleshed out enough for me to care about them, and everything is still watered-down weirdness. I also feel like they're gunning toward Xander having sex with Buffybot which... just... no. And Willow is a footnote and just...
Nah, bro. 2015 me and 2018 me agree: these graphic novels are poo.
There's still no magic (geez, I forgot about how dumb all that was), and Buffy is just running around with a bunch of the new characters who aren't fleshed out enough for me to care about them, and everything is still watered-down weirdness. I also feel like they're gunning toward Xander having sex with Buffybot which... just... no. And Willow is a footnote and just...
shanbear16's review against another edition
4.0
Still a great continuation of the story. I took off a star because the artwork was a bit wonky. No one seems to be able to get a handle on how to draw Andrew.
thecomicslayer's review against another edition
5.0
Loved this volume and I'm stoked to see what Xander is going to do!
daisymoon's review against another edition
4.0
Illyria and Buffy, together in the same comics, fighting on the same side... Enough said ! (that was awesome !)