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Buffy and the rest of the Slayers have been increasingly positioned against one another — all the while, a multiversal threat continues to grow.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Buffy the Vampire Slayer #29, on sale now from Boom! Studios
The Slayers are, across the history of most worlds in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer multiverse, forced to fight alone as the only Slayer at any given time. But that hasn’t been the case in the current Buffy the Vampire Slayer series, which has activated multiple Slayers at once. But this has also opened up the door to conflict between them, which could soon explode.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer #29 by Jeremy Lambert, Marianna Ignazzi, Mattia Iaconov and Ed Dukeshire escalates the growing tension between the two rival groups of heroes — all as Silas seems to escalate his plans to wipe out the entire multiverse.
In the Boom! Studios modern incarnation of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer, there are numerous notable Slayers all operating openly at the same time — a rarity, considering the subsequent Slayers are only supposed to be called if their predecessor was killed. But due to the specifics of their adventures into the Hellmouth earlier in the series, Buffy Summers and Kendra Young have been working together to protect Sunnydale. This also resulted in the Faith Lehane to be called upon, and all of this was further complicated by the revelations that Anya had been able to revive Morgan Palmer — the Slayer whose death activated Buffy’s latent abilities. The former three had been working together for a time — until Faith’s killing of a vampiric Xander seemingly severed her bonds with Buffy and Willow.
This has coincided with an increasing divide between Rupert Giles — Buffy’s loyal and dedicated Watcher — and his mother Dorothy, the head of the Watcher’s Council. Content with sacrificing the Slayers in the line of duty with little regret or restraint, Dorothy has tried to assert her power and authority in Sunnydale with the aid of Wesley-Wydem Price, Robin Wood and Mayor Richard Jenkins. Through them, she’s also recruited Faith to her side — who seems unaware of the mental tampering the Watcher’s had conducted on her. Buffy the Vampire Slayer #29 reveals that Kendra has also been targeted by Dorothy, who uses their connection via Wesley to try and attract her to their side. Although Kendra is interested in the resources available to the Watchers, she seems to want to foster a genuine alliance.
But her attempts appear doomed to fail, as the two groups end up openly confronting each other in a graveyard during an attack of Lurkers from Silas. Arriving on the scene via portals created by the Watchers, Dorothy and her recruits end up finding Buffy and Morgan working together. Shocked to discover Morgan alive, Dorothy is even more furious when she discovers that Morgan was behind the murder of her own duplicitous Watcher AND that her son Rupert has been working with her. Dorothy orders the capture and detainment of Morgan, Anya and anyone who continues to stand by their side — with the main group just barely escaping. Buffy and her allies also see Kendra with Dorothy — and all she can offer is a meek excuse that she did it for her, and to try to call off the attack on their friends.
This Slayer Civil War comes at a very dangerous time. Buffy is trying to rally an army of multiversal Slayers — which will likely require a lot of magic and power from Willow. Having Dorothy and her forces hunting them down won’t help on that front in the slightest. Making matters worse, Faith is increasingly being trusted by Dorothy and has even been given the Scythe of the First Slayer. However, Silas has also been targeting her, hoping to turn her to his side — and effectively giving him a spy into the Watcher’s camp. If the Slayers want any chance of defeating Silas and saving their entire reality, they’ll need to learn how to work together once more before everything falls apart once and for all.
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