Reviews

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin by Christopher Golden, Dan Brereton

misformorebooks's review

emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

this is how it all started!!! 
im nearing the end of buffy so im slowly getting my hands on comics i don't think ill be able to let go of this show for a WHILE

taylormadespines's review

3.0

3.5/5. Not the best Buffy comic but a preferable alternative to the horrible movie. Buffy's origin is not treated as a joke but highlights many of parts of Whedon's original plan for the slayer. The art is a little exaggerated when it comes to the female characters and the vampires look more like goblins than the signature Buffy vamp faces, but thankfully later issues don't have this problem.

wyrmbergsabrina's review

4.0

Meet Buffy, the vampire slayer, right at the start.
While this may come across as an abridged version of the movie, this comic is still full of snappy quips from Buffy, some seriously gross vampires, and Pike, the first of the Scobbies.
If you've not seen the film, this is a pretty good place to start with the Buffy verse.

crloken's review

2.0

This is an adaptation of the screenplay of the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer with the likeness of the tv show versions of Buffy and Merrick and without any of the bizarre line readings or miscasting. It's completely functional. If you really need an origin for Buffy then this does the job perfectly competently, albeit very rushed. Not a must read by any means, but doesn't hurt.

amyg414d2's review

4.0

A thousand times better than the movie in that all the best parts of the movie are still there, and all of the worst parts are not, and then at the end it actually ties in with the series. I won't read the rest of the series that follow the show, but I will pick up at season 8.