Buffy's Slayerverse is the Best Thing To Happen to Her Since The Show Ended
The Slayerverse from Boom! Studios' Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics is the best thing to happen to the franchise since the TV series ended. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is one of the most important and influential TV shows of all time. The series came to an end in 2003, with adventures set in that world continuing in the Angel TV show until 2004. Creator Joss Whedon initially chose to continue the story in comic book form — but recently, everything has changed.
In January 2019, Boom! Studios launched a new series of Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics. This reimagined Buffy and the Scoobies in the present day, and it proved to be a tremendously compelling tale. It didn't take long for Boom! to advance its story, however, unlocking an entire multiverse of Vampire Slayers. Multiverses are all the rage right now, and of course Buffy's is called the "Slayerverse."
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The Slayerverse started out as simply an excuse to reboot Buffy's story in the twenty-first century, giving readers an opportunity to reimagine their heroes in the modern world. But more than that, it's also a chance to explore possible alternate timelines where things had played out very differently — a crazy funhouse mirror of the familiar world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. One of the most entertaining so far has been a dystopian future timeline in which the sun became dark, allowing vampires to step out of the shadows and forcing Buffy to retire — for a time. Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer twisted the entire story upside-down, leaving readers thrilled at this bold new interpretation.
Meanwhile, other spinoffs are exploring timelines in which Buffy is no longer a Vampire Slayer, or where the
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