Angel Is Setting the Stage to Reverse Spike's Buffy Redemption
Warning: contains a preview for Angel #5!
In a preview for Angel #5, shared by BOOM! Studios, the beloved vampire-turned-antihero, Spike, shows that he is doubting his own path of redemption that began years ago when he fell in love with Buffy.
Spike is one of the the Buffy franchise's most fan-favorite characters - a tragic but undeniably cool antihero who often overshadows his fellow converted vampire, Angel. Spike debuted as a villain in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show, and the instant popularity of the character played by James Marsters quickly made him part of the stable cast. Spike's sacrifice was fundamental to winning the day and saving the world in the very last episode of the series but he was resurrected in the spin-off show Angel. In the BOOM! Studios reboot of the Buffyverse, which began with a new Angel comic in January 2022, followed by The Vampire Slayer in April, Spike is still hanging out in Los Angeles with his friend/rival Angel, helping him solve supernatural crimes and mysteries.
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In line with the publisher's intention of re-telling the Buffy story with the same characters but in a different context, Angel picks up many characters and situations from the TV show (and the follow-up comics) but adds a new spin. The Slayer in Los Angeles is Fred, who gives a whole new nerdy and science-based outlook to the role. Angel is still a vampire who turned to good after receiving a soul, but in this dimension of the Buffyverse, he is also the star of a Hollywood TV show. Spike is also a reformed vampire, but the comic has not yet explained how or when he received a soul, and readers do not know if he has met Buffy in this universe. In a
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