Food Chain (Buffy comic)

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title=Food Chain


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publisher = Dark Horse Comics
date=August 1999 speratically through February 2001 [The title is used only on the trade paperback collected edition and the story from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" #16. The other stories do not reference it.]
titles= "A Nice Girl Like You"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" #12 (Aug, 1999)
"The Food Chain"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" #16 (Dec 1999)
"Double Cross"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" #20 (Apr 2000)
"Stinger"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" #½ (1999)
"One Small Promise"
"Punish Me With Kisses"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Lover's Walk" #1 {Feb 2001)
"The Latest Craze"
"Bad Dog"
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer Annual '99" (Aug 1999}
"City of Despair"
"Buffy/Angel" #½ (1999)
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writers = Christopher Golden, Doug Petrie, Jamie S. Rich, Chynna Clugston-Major, Tom Fassbender, Jim Pascoe
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pencillers = Christian Zanier, Ryan Sook, Jason Minor, Chynna Clugston-Major, Cliff Richards
inkers = Andy Owens, Joe Pimentel, Tim Goodyear, Curtis P. Arnold, Jason Minor, P. Craig Russell
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colorists = Guy Major, Lee Loughridge
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Food Chain is a trade paperback collecting comic stories based on the "Buffy" television series.

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General Synopsis

"Food Chain" contains a collection of several "Buffy" stories that take place across three years. The following stories are included:

Food Chain (Part 1)

:Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12" (under the title "A Nice Girl Like You").

:A new girl has arrived in Sunnydale. She seems to the school to be a sweet and intelligent high-school senior. However, strangely, she decides to spend time with delinquents. Buffy believes there is something odd about her.

Food Chain (Part 2)

: Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer #16" (under the title "Food Chain").

Buffy Summers hopes to relax with her friends, but a demonic force strikes Sunnydale and leads to a number of deaths. Even though she disliked those who have died, she must get to the bottom of the mystery.

Double Cross

Canonicity warning: The following's canonical status in the Buffyverse is unclear."

: Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer #20".

Set directly after Graduation Day, Part Two when Angel had left for L.A., and Buffy was preparing for life without him in Sunnydale. Demonic forces had hoped to exploit the separation of these two powerful enemies, but Buffy and Angel are closer than such forces could imagine.

Bad Dog

Canonicity warning: The following's canonical status in the Buffyverse is unclear."

: Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Annual 1999".

It's that time of the month for Oz, but the wolf escapes from the library. Buffy eventually tracks down werewolf-Oz, then uses him to track Willow. Willow has been kidnapped by Alan Duffy, a normal kid with a desperate taste for the supernatural.

The Latest Craze

: Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Annual 1999".

What happens when owning miniature demons becomes a fad for the rich and snooty.

Punish Me With Kisses

: Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Lovers' Walk".

Willow and Tara, on their way to find a powerful flower, meet a ghostly couple and help them to resolve their differences.

One Small Promise

: Originally appeared in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Lovers' Walk".

Buffy gives Riley a present, Riley is surprised by the offer of jewelry, then the two dispose of a group of vampires.

City of Despair

: Originally appeared in "Buffy/Angel # ½" (published jointly by Dark Horse and Wizard).

Buffy and Angel confront each other in another dimension, and seemingly battle against each other.

Continuity

Supposed to be set in Buffy the Vampire Slayer's third and fourth seasons.

Canonical issues

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:Buffy 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.

:However, two of the stories in the "Food Chain" collection -- "Bad Dog" and "Double Cross" -- were written by "Buffy" television writer Doug Petrie.

Trivia

*"Food Chain" is the largest "Buffy" graphic novel.
* In "City of Despair", the character Hellboy makes a background appearance as one of the captured demons. Hellboy also made a cameo in "Past Lives" as a bust in Giles' Office.

Notes

External links

* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/buffy/ecomics/ "BBC - Cult - Buffy the Vampire Slayer Ecomics"] Many of the above comics are available for free as ecomics from the BBC website.