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Issue: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1
Publication Date: January 1999
 
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Publisher: FlagDark Horse
Indicia Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 32
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: 76156898497200111
Price: $4.15 CAD
$2.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
11 (1 story, 1 cover) from base issue
Editor(s): Scott Allie; Ben Abernathy
Disclose Notes: Released Jan. 13, 1999
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age U. S.
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Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Miniseries
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
fantasy, horror, occult, superhero
Sarah Michelle Gellar [Buffy Summers]
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FlagBuffy the Vampire Slayer: Omnibus #1 published July 2007
as Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #1 (photo cover) [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
 
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horror, occult
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Destiny Free

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
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fantasy, horror, occult, superhero
Buffy; Amilyn; Lothos (Vampire); Pike; Benny; Jeffrey; Andy; Grueller; Bessel (Vampire); Joyce Summers (Buffy's Mom); Buffy's Father; Kimberly; Merrick (Watcher); Robert Berman (Vampire)
Buffy is contacted by her Watcher, Merrick, and has her first encounter with a vampire. Flashbacks include two previous slayers, one from the Dark Ages in Europe and another in Hong Kong in the 18th century.
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Title given in TPB. Adaptation of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie using Joss Whedon's original script.
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Braingear
Get your brain in gear!
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Ad from Dark Horse for assorted hats.
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Federation Comics
Buffy T.V.S. T-shirts...
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Ad for Buffy merchandise from Federation Comics.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer the Origin #2 on sale Febriary 10, 1999
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Ad for issue 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin
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Rufferto loyal to Groo... and loyal to you for 12 years!
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Ad for Sergio Aragones Groo and Rufferto.
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Things are far from dead in Sunnydale...
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Ad for graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics featuring Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Power Star Collectibles
Officially licensed Buffy merchandise...
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Ad for Buffy merchandise from Power Star Collectibles.
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Meet... Paul Chadwick
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Information about January realeases from Dark Horse, key Dark Horse staff, and information about Paul Chadwick.
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Beavis and Butthead Do U.
Lambduh lambduh lambduh
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Ad for Beavis and Butthead game for the Nintendo Game Boy.

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