Spike: Shadow Puppets

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Spike: Shadow Puppets


Cover of #1 by David Messina.

Publisher IDW Publishing
Publication dates May/June 2007 onwards
Number of issues Angel: Spike: Shadow Puppets#1+
Main character(s) Spike
Lorne
Creative team
Writer(s) Brian Lynch
Artist(s) Franco Urro

Spike: Shadow Puppets is a comic based on the Angel television series.

Contents

[edit] Story description

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Angel once put a stop to an evil children's show, but not before being turned into a puppet during his fight. Now, fresh out of the Asylum, it's Spike's turn! Writer Brian Lynch and artist Franco Urru (Spike: Asylum) reunite for a miniseries that sees Spike and Lorne heading off to Japan to stop the latest Japanese kids' show... Smile Time! Will they become "puppetized" themselves? And along the way, find themselves in a fight with hundreds of ninja-puppets, reuniting with fellow Asylum inmates, and be at extreme odds with one other? We're not telling (but, um, yes)!

[edit] Trivia

  • By coincidence James Marsters, who portrayed Spike onscreen, was involved in a film called Shadow Puppets[1]

[edit] Continuity

  • The continuity of this comic is unconfirmed. However it is implied it might take place shortly after "Smile Time".

[edit] Timing

  • Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Location, time
(if known)
Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004
(non-canon = italic)
Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004 Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (unofficial continuity)
2003-2004 Buffy book: Dark Congress
L.A., 2003 A5.01 Conviction
L.A., 2003 A5.02 Just Rewards
L.A., 2003 A5.03 Unleashed
L.A., 2003 A5.04 Hell Bound
L.A., 2003 A5.05 Life of the Party
L.A., 2003 A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
L.A., 2003 A5.07 Lineage
Europe, 2003 Tales of the Vampires: Antique
L.A., 2003 Angel comic: Spike vs Dracula #5
L.A., 2003 Angel comic: Wesley: Spotlight
L.A., 2003 A5.08 Destiny
L.A., 2003 A5.09 Harm's Way
L.A., 2003 Angel comic: Spike: Old Wounds
L.A., 2003/4 A5.10 Soul Purpose
L.A., 2003/4 A5.11 Damage
L.A., 2003/4 Angel comic: Spike: Lost and Found
L.A., 2003/4 Angel comic: Gunn: Spotlight
L.A., 2003/4 A5.12 You're Welcome
L.A., 2003/4 A5.13 Why We Fight
L.A., 2004 A5.14 Smile Time
Shortly before Shadow Puppets Spike: Asylum
L.A., 2004 Angel comic: Spike: Shadow Puppets
L.A., 2004 A5.15 A Hole in the World
L.A., 2004 A5.16 Shells
L.A., 2004 Angel comic: Illyria: Spotlight
L.A., 2004 A5.17 Underneath
L.A., 2004 A5.18 Origin
2004 Connor Spotlight
L.A., 2004 A5.19 Time Bomb
L.A., 2004 A5.20 The Girl in Question
L.A., 2004 A5.21 Power Play
L.A., 2004 A5.22 Not Fade Away
Romania, 2004 Angel graphic novel: The Curse
L.A., 2004 Angel graphic novel: Old Friends
L.A., 2004 Angel graphic novel: Auld Lang Syne

[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] Footnotes and references

  1. ^ "James Marsters", IMDb.com (2007).

[edit] External links

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