Hey there! I'm pretty new to comics and having a hard time with the crossovers in the new comics series. Could you explain the read-order of the BTVS (2019), Angel + Spike, and Hellmouth comics? I'm a bit confused on how they should be read. Thanks so much!
Hi again! I'm the anon that asked about the read-order of the new comics. I'm also unsure about the shorter arcs like Every Generation, so if you could incorporate these other storylines into the previous ask I'd be very grateful! Thank you!
Hello!
The first tip I have is look into publication dates, since they are the suggested reading order by the publisher itself, and following it can reproduce the “official” experience. I imagine that having these dates on hand isn’t simple, but, if you’re interested in at least knowing, I recommend the page for the publication order of comics on the Buffyverse Wiki, which I personally keep up to date.
Now, I'll list bellow a simple reading order based on what stories depend on another, but I’ll also include some relevant chronological details. I've posted here a reading order considering trade paperbacks, but this one will be about single issues.
Buffy #1
Buffy #2
Buffy #3
Buffy #4 (ends with the same scene as Angel #0)
Angel #0 (begins with the same scene a Buffy #4, the rest is flashbacks)
Frenemies (takes place in the middle of Buffy #5)
Buffy #5
Buffy #6
Angel #1
Angel #2
Angel #3
Angel #4
Buffy #7
Chosen Ones (flashbacks, but has the origin of Sunnydale’s hellmouth)
Now the crossover begins. All three series are parallel to each other, like the TV shows were. Keep in mind that, while days pass in Sunnydale and Los Angeles, it’s mere hours inside the hellmouth. It looks messy, but the series aren’t as dependent on each other as they might appear.
Buffy #8
Angel #5 (ends with the same scene as Buffy #8)
Hellmouth #1 (Spike leaves Sunnydale)
Angel #6 (Spike arrives in Los Angeles)
Angel #7
Angel #8
Hellmouth #2
Hellmouth #3
Hellmouth #4
Buffy #9
Buffy #10
Buffy #11
Buffy #12 (Scoobies go after Buffy)
Hellmouth #5 (Scoobies arrive to help Buffy)
Every Generation (flashbacks for a character from Hellmouth)
End of the crossover, Buffy and Angel returns to their respective titles. The Willow miniseries begins. The Angel series is renamed Angel + Spike and ends in issue #16.
Buffy #13 (flashbacks)
Angel + Spike #9 (Angel is back in Los Angeles)
Angel + Spike #10
Angel + Spike #11
Angel + Spike #12
Willow #1
Willow #2
Willow #3
Willow #4
Willow #5 (Willow leaves to Sunnydale)
Buffy #14 (Willow arrives in Sunnydale)
Buffy #15
Buffy #16
Buffy #17 (flashbacks)
Angel + Spike #13 (flashbacks)
Buffy #18
Buffy #19
Buffy #20
Angel + Spike #14
Angel + Spike #15
Angel + Spike #16 (end of the Angel series)
Buffy #21 (flashbacks)
Faith (flashbacks)
Buffy #22
Buffy #23
Conversations with (Vexing) Dead People
Buffy #24
Buffy #25
Buffy #26
Tea Time (alternative reality)
Buffy #27
Buffy #28
Buffy #29
Auggie and Camazotz in: Birthday Brew
Buffy #30
Buffy #31
Buffy #32
Buffy #33
Buffy #34
We Are the Slayer: Epilogue (end of the Buffy series)
Sunnydale Yearbook (recap for Buffy)
With the end of Buffy, we say goodbye to the world without shrimp and dive deeper into the multiverse.
Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #1 (new alt. reality)
Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #2
Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #3
Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #4 (end of the BtLVS series)
Angel (2022) #1 (new alt. reality)
Angel (2022) #2
Angel (2022) #3
Angel (2022) #4
Angel (2022) #5
Angel (2022) #6
Angel (2022) #7
Angel (2022) #8 (end of the Angel series)
Wondrous and Surprising Magic (new alt. reality)
Is This What I Wanted (new alt. reality)
Mirrors Don't Lie (new alt. reality)
Buffy '97 (new alt. reality)
Trust the Process (prologue for The Vampire Slayer)
The evil forces behind the town of Abhainn think they've figured out how to defeat Willow. But Willow's survived Sunnydale, the Hellmouth AND high school — so her new enemies are in for the fight of their lives!
Willow had discovered something rotten at the heart of Abhainn — and now her newfound friends may become her enemies! To escape with her life, Willow will tap into powers she never knew she had to save herself — and her soul.
