Tales of the Slayers
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Note: This is not to be confused with the Tales of the Slayer prose short story volumes.
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Tales of the Slayers consists of two items, a graphic novel and a one-shot comic book, Tales of the Slayer: Broken Bottle of Djinn.
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[edit] Introduction
Both the graphic novel and the one-shot are set in the Buffyverse. Together they compose an anthology of short stories written by Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, and others, each of which tells of a different member of the Slayer line.
The stories are presented in chronological order and offer snapshots of Slayers throughout history, from The First Slayer to Melaka Fray, (the Slayer of the future who starred in her own limited comic series).
The comic miniseries Tales of the Vampires, now available as a single collected trade paperback, offers a similar anthology of stories covering assorted Buffyverse vampires.
[edit] Canonical issues
- This graphic novel is part of Buffyverse canon. That means it is considered official Buffyverse reality. The stories were written by Amber Benson and members of Mutant Enemy Productions, specifically Jane Espenson, David Fury, Doug Petrie, and Joss Whedon.
[edit] Tales within Buffyverse chronology
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details about some or all of the Buffyverse productions (Buffy, Angel, Fray, etc.) follow.
[edit] Prologue
- Story by: Joss Whedon
- Pencils: Leinil Francis Yu
- Inks: Dexter Vines
- Colors: Dave Stewart
- Letters: Michael Madsen
- Setting: prehistoric Africa
- Canon characters: The First Slayer
- Synopsis:
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- Follows the prehistoric first Slayer, as she is rejected by her village and instructed to fight alone.
[edit] Righteous
- Story by: Joss Whedon
- Art by: Tim Sale
- Colors: Lee Loughridge
- Letters: Richard Starkings
- Setting: England, 1398
- Synopsis:
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- A Slayer operating within a walled medieval town during a period of witch-hunts.
[edit] The Innocent
- Story by: Amber Benson
- Art by: Ted Naifeh
- Colors: Dave Stewart
- Letters: Michael Madsen
- Setting: France, 1789
- Synopsis:
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- During the French Revolution. Claudine the Slayer is used by her Watcher to kill an Aristocrat.
[edit] Presumption
- Story by: Jane Espenson
- Art by: P. Craig Russell
- Colors: Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters: Gallen Showman
- Setting: England 1813
- Synopsis:
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- Elizabeth Weston has to operate in the English upper-class society of 1813.
[edit] The Glittering World
- Story by: David Fury
- Art and letters: Steve Lieber
- Colors: Matthew Hollingsworth
- Setting: Sunnydale, Late 19th Century
- Canon characters: Richard Wilkins
- Synopsis:
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- The American West and a Navajo Slayer.
[edit] Broken Bottle of Djinn, 1937
- Story by: Doug Petrie
- Art by: Gene Colan
- Originally collected in: Tales of the Slayers: Broken Bottle of Djinn
- Setting: New York 1937
- Synopsis:
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- A poor Slayer named Rachel O'Connor must deal with a powerful spirit.
[edit] Sonnenblume
- Story by: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
- Art and colors: Mira Friedmann
- Letters: Jason Hvam
- Setting: Germany, 1938
- Synopsis:
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- A young World War II-era German Slayer, Anni Sonnenblume, member of the Hitler Youth, learns who the true monsters are.
[edit] Nikki Goes Down!
- Story by: Doug Petrie
- Art by: Gene Colan
- Colors: Dave Stewart
- Letters: Michael Madsen
- Setting: New York, 1970s
- Canon characters: Nikki Wood
- Synopsis:
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- Nikki Wood tries to balance a love life and slaying.
[edit] Broken Bottle of Djinn, 1997
- Story by: Jane Espenson
- Art by: Jeff Matsuda
- Originally collected in: Tales of the Slayers: Broken Bottle of Djinn
- Setting: Sunnydale, 1997
- Canon characters: Buffy, Willow, Snyder
- Synopsis:
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- A powerful spirit is released from a locker at Sunnydale High. Buffy and Willow end up transporting it back to 1937.
[edit] Tales
- Story by: Joss Whedon
- Pencils: Karl Moline
- Inks: Andy Owens
- Colors: Dave Stewart
- Letters: Michael Madsen
- Canon characters: Fray
- Setting: New York, 26th century
- Synopsis:
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- Fray discovers a former Watcher’s sanctuary and records of her Slayer forebears.
- The scythe in this story later appears in the final episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is found by Buffy and used to fight off the Ubervamps.
[edit] Continuity
- Most of these 'tales' take place before 1995. Here they are listed with the other stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
[edit] See also
[edit] External Links
- Interview with artist Gene Colan at SlayerLit
