Oz (Buffy comic)

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Oz: Into the Wild


Publisher Dark Horse Comics
Format Soft cover, 80 pages, Full color
Publication dates May 15, 2002
Number of issues Oz: Into the Wild#1-3
Creative team
Writer(s) Christopher Golden
Penciller(s) Logan Lubera, Valentine De Landro, Herb Apon
Inker(s) Craig Yeung
Colourist(s) HALO, Percy Melbye, Helen Bach

Oz is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the Buffy television series about the character Daniel "Oz" Osbourne. Not to be confused with the novel, Oz: Into the Wild.

Contents

[edit] Story description

[edit] General Synopsis

Oz left Sunnydale in search of his own nature, he travels to the Far East. Oz goes across the globe in search of a secret monastery where he might learn to find inner peace. When he arrives, he discovers that a number of the monks have been kidnapped by a demon-race. Oz must rescue the monks and overcome a terrible demon.

[edit] Oz #1

Comic title: Oz #1
Daniel Osbourne (Oz), was a friend to the slayer, victim of the werewolf curse. Oz has left his home in search of peace within himself. He travels to Tibet looking for a monk called Shantou, who might be able to teach him to control the darkness within himself. With the help of a Chinese demon-girl, Oz finds Shantou in a situation of peril.

[edit] Oz #2

Comic title: Oz #2
With the help of the wise Tibetan Monk, Shantou and the beautiful Chinese demon-girl, Oz hopes to gain control over his wolf nature. The weeks draw nearer to the next full moon, and Oz gets ready to face himself. Meanwhile dark forces are on the move, and Oz must prepare to face them.

[edit] Oz #3

Comic title: Oz #3
Oz and his new companions challenge a crazy demon overlord and a large number of various supernatural nasties. The showdown could change Oz forever.

[edit] Trivia

  • Characters include: Oz, (Willow also appears in flashback).
  • The trade paperback included a sketchbook section featuring the work of cover artist John Totleben and series artist Logan Lubera.

[edit] Continuity

[edit] Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon
Buffy/Angel comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.

[edit] Timing

  • Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Location, time
(if known)
Buffyverse chronology: Fall 1999 - December 1999
(non-canon = italic)
L.A. 1999 Angel comic: Doyle: Spotlight
L.A. 1999 A1.01 City of
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.01 The Freshman
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.02 Living Conditions
L.A. 1999 A1.02 Corrupt (unaired)
L.A. 1999 A1.02 Lonely Hearts
L.A. 1999 A1.00 Unaired Angel pilot
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Not Forgotten
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.03 The Harsh Light of Day
L.A. 1999 A1.03 In the Dark
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.04 Fear, Itself
Sunnydale, 1999 Buffy graphic novel: Blood of Carthage
L.A. 1999 Angel graphic novel: Surrogates
L.A. 1999 Angel comic: Strange Bedfellows story, Angel #4
Sunnydale, 1999 Buffy video game: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Game Boy Color)
Sunnydale, 1999 Tales of the Slayer: All That You Do Comes Back..
L.A. 1999 A1.04 I Fall to Pieces
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.05 Beer Bad
L.A. 1999 A1.05 Rm w/a Vu
Sunnydale, 1999 Buffy books: Lost Slayer series
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.06 Wild at Heart
Sunnydale, 1999 Buffy graphic novel: Oz
Sunnydale, 1999 Buffy book: Oz: Into the Wild
L.A. 1999 A1.06 Sense & Sensitivity
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.07 The Initiative
L.A. 1999 A1.07 Bachelor Party
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Close to the Ground
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Soul Trade
L.A. 1999 Angel graphic novel: Earthly Possessions
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Redemption
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Shakedown
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Hollywood Noir
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Avatar
L.A. 1999 Angel book: Bruja
L.A. 1999 Angel book: The Summoned
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.08 Pangs
L.A. 1999 A1.08 I Will Remember You
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.09 Something Blue
L.A. 1999 A1.09 Hero
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.10 Hush
L.A. 1999 A1.10 Parting Gifts
Sunnydale, 1999 B4.11 Doomed
L.A. 1999 A1.11 Somnambulist

[edit] See also

Buffy comics


Buffy comics in order of Buffyverse chronology

All's Fair | The Origin | Viva Las Buffy | Slayer Interrupted | A Stake to the Heart | The Queen of Hearts | Dust Waltz | Ring of Fire | Paint the Town Red | Play With Fire | Remaining Sunlight | Uninvited Guests | The Final Cut | Bad Blood | Crash Test Demons | Pale Reflections | Angel: The Hollower | Double Cross | Blood of Carthage | Oz | Giles | Jonathan | Past Lives | Out of the Woodwork | Haunted | False Memories | Willow & Tara: Wannablessedbe | Autumnal | Ugly Little Monsters | 'Chaos Bleeds' comic prequel | Lost & Found | Death of Buffy | Reunion | Wilderness | Note from the Underground | Creatures of Habit | Withdrawal

Buffyverse & related topics
Main Canon | Index

Chronology: Ancient | Modern | BS1 | BS2 | BS3 | BS4/AS1 | BS5/AS2 | BS6/AS3 | BS7/AS4 | AS5 | Future | Flashbacks

Buffy Characters (main) | Characters (minor) | Episodes | Plot | Quotes

Comics | DVDs | Film | Novels | Pilot (unaired)

Angel Characters (main) | Characters (minor) | Episodes | Plot | Quotes

Comics | Corrupt (unaired) | DVDs | Novels | Pitch tape

Expanded Uni. Comics | Fray | Novels | Slayer timeline | Tales of Slayer (prose) | Tales of Slayers | Tales of Vampires | Video Games

New: Auld Lang Syne | Asylum | Bad Bargain | Blackout | Deathless | Go Ask Malice | Masks | Portal Through Time | Spike vs Dracula

Auxiliary Academia | Cast & crew | Fan made productions | Rare promos | Unofficial parodies | Undeveloped productions

Buffy Animated | Card Game | Guidebooks | Magazines | RPGs | Spike movie | Toys

Powers Angel Investigations | Circle of the Black Thorn | Order of Aurelius | The First Evil | The Initiative | Monsters | Old Ones | The Powers That Be | Ra-Tet | Scooby Gang | Scourge of Europe | Senior Partners | Watchers' Council | Wolfram & Hart
People Adam | Amy | Andrew | Angel | Anya | Buffy | Caleb | Connor | Cordelia | Dawn | Darla | Doyle | Drusilla | Eve | Faith | Fred | Giles | Glory | Gunn | Harmony | Holtz | Illyria | Jasmine | Jenny | Joyce | Jonathan | Kate | Kennedy | Lilah | Lindsey | Lorne | Master | Mayor | Oz | Robin Wood | Prof. Walsh | Riley | Spike | Tara | Warren | Wesley | Willow | Xander
Places L.A. | Sunnydale
Bronze | Buffy's residence | Caritas | Hellmouth | Hyperion | Library | Magic Box | Pylea | Sunnydale High
Music Complete Tracklist | Use of Music in Buffy & Angel

Buffy album | Dingoes Ate My Baby | Film | Radio Sunnydale | Live Fast, Die Never | Once More, with Feeling

Key Terminology "Demon" | "Slayer" | "Vampire" | "Watcher" | "Werewolf" | "Witch"

"Child of Senior Partners" | Shanshu | Sunnydale Syndrome | Tro-Clon