| "Out of the Woodwork" | |
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Cover of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the Woodwork (2002), trade paperback collected edition. |
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| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics |
| Publication date | March – June 2001 |
| Genre |
Action/adventure, horror Vampires in comics |
| Title(s) | Buffy the Vampire Slayer #31-34 |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe |
| Penciller(s) | Cliff Richards |
| Inker(s) | Joe Pimentel |
| Colorist(s) | Dave McCaig |
| With respect to the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise | |
| The material covered in this article is a continuity issue in the canon of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. | |
"Out of the Woodwork" is a comic book storyline based on the Buffy television series and published in Buffy the Vampire Slayer #31-34 by Dark Horse Comics. It was later reprinted in a trade paperback collected edition.
Contents |
During one of Sunnydale's hottest summer, the town is suffering from a severe infestation of insects anyone. Strangely, some people are starting to transform into huge demonic insects. Buffy and company must stop this.
A Sunnydale alleyway becomes the center of some weird happenings. Buffy and her friends try and find out. Meanwhile Giles has a new girlfriend, but the Scoobies suspect she can't be trusted.
The Scooby Gang cope with a ghost in an alleyway and an infestation of really angry insects. Whoever is responsible remains hidden to the gang. Giles seems unusually upbeat thanks to the company of his new woman.
Giles' new lady-friend is has gone missing and may have been taken by bugmen. Willow and Tara read a dusty volume called Demonic Entomology to try and solve Sunnydale's insect problem. Giles is worried that he might lose another lover yet must rely on Buffy to defeat the insect-threat.
Buffy and her friends discover the secret behind the Sunnydale infestation. Meanwhile the bug hunt to an end as Buffy challenges a crazy scientist, lots of nasty bugs, and their Queen.
Buffy comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. However, unlike fan fiction, overviews summarizing 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.