Bit of an anticlimactic big bad closer, but not in a bad way. Lots of the territory felt obvious, or it was too clear at times to guess what was coming, but that’s not the end of the world, and the group chemistry was perfect, and Buffy’s performance in the final battle was SO COOL. A nice short season, but masterfully pulled off.

Volume 1 was fantastic but this was just OK. It devolved into just finding where the big bad is at and fighting it. It's all very rushed. Maybe they originally planned on more issues like previous seasons? The big bad wasn't even a shocking reveal since they'd probably only been in one panel of the book before that. In fact, the big bad's plan was pretty stupid. I'm going to suck up all the world's magic for myself. Seems a bit simplistic and unrealistic. The art's good though and it's still at...

4.5Book source ~ LibraryBuffy, Willow, and Spike are still in the “Safe Zone” (i.e. internment camp) out in the Grand Canyon. They know the gov’t is up to something nefarious, but they need to escape to figure out what. When all of the magical creatures are given the option to become “normal” most take it just to get out of the terrible living situation. But there are those who can’t live without their magic (and those who choose not to), so Buffy and Willow give up their magic to get outside. A...

Was a solid ending but didn't blow me away. Gage does a great job with the dialogue but the pacing drags a bit here and the ending wrapped up too nicely in the end.

[Read as single issues]With the world's supernatural community threatened by a shady government agency, Buffy and Spike must rage against beaurocracy itself before the true Big Bad is finally revealed in the second half of Season 11.Like the first volume, I'm very impressed with how fresh and new this series feels. It's a bit skewed in favour of Buffy, Spike, and Willow, but considering a) they're the ones most affected by this storyline and b) there's only twelve issues, it makes sense for this...

Definitely one of my favorite collections of Buffy comics in the continuation. I didn’t realize this season was only 12 issues until after I finished reading it. I liked the shorter, more concise season as the previous seasons have at times meandered too much but I think this story arc would have best been served by 15-16 issues. 12 felt too short and the ending was truncated too much. Rebekah Isaacs has secured herself as my favorite Buffy artist. She does a great job of capturing the actors ex...

(view spoiler)[Ophelia Reyes, Secretary of the Supernatural, announces that they now are able to drain magicals of their magic. All unmagiced individuals will be allowed to go free. Many magicals object to this; non-humanoid and vampires would all be wiped out and are outraged. Buffy, Willow, and Spike withdraw to discuss their escape plan, the new information about the magic collection machine, and this new announcement. Willow comforts a bunch of baby Wiccas, encouraging them to think about th...

The previous volume was a better story, but this gives a good conclusion to what was set up. It feels rushed and it seems they could have drawn this out for another volume, but they wrapped it up neatly and quickly. They figure everything out super fast. I guess 2 volumes was enough for them, but 3 might have worked better. Giles is not in this one as he is in his own story arc at this time. We also don't see as much of Xander and Dawn as usual. Willow throws around some big magic again in this

#1 The Spread of Their Evil ★★☆☆☆#2 One Girl in All the World ★★★★☆Much better than the first half. Love all the Faith/Buffy and Buffy/Spike. Missed Giles, though.

I loved the Buffyverse for something like 20 years now and the graphic novel series continues to delight. The revelations about the government conspiracy make sense; there's the sense of similarity with the Marvel universe - how do things progress with magic and non-humans fully out in the open; it was refreshing to see Buffy and Willow openly discuss and accept not wanting to be 'normal'; yay for Buffy and Spike continuing to work out "much to everyone's surprise."

5 🌟Glad to see that Buffy and Willow were able to leave the camp. Also glad that they were able to go back and free Spike and the other supernatural creatures in the camp. Sad about the animal experimentation. Happy they were able to stop the cyborg witch. Hope the dragon will be okay.Can't wait to read Buffy season 12!!!!

Mostly enjoyable, but I felt it bogged down in the middle. "Is this just going to be another monster of the week joints?" I asked but no one was there, so I was like, talking to myself, embarrassing. But then it picked up and absorbed me as it should do. But where can they go from here? Is there anything left to be explored in this 'verse? I hope so... I will read Volume 3 when it comes out just to see. Enjoyable but not the best volume of the best season in the graphic novelization of the BTVS

Buffy the Vampire Slayer wraps up its shortest season yet with One Girl in All the World. It's an okay finale to an okay season, but I feel like it was too preachy at times, and the last couple of issues were really not that good. Willow has become a character who is basically a walking, talking Deus Ex Machina on demand, which undermines the stakes and makes the entire season feel somewhat uneventful. Faith is still criminally underused, but this time she at least showed up and kicked some ass....

I thought the first half was good!The government has rounded up magical beings and are building a machine to drain their supernatural powers. Humans and demons are given the opportunity to relinquish themselves of their powers in order to leave the safe zone (which is within the Grand Canyon). Buffy and Willow take the deal and lose their powers. This leads to one of the most painful moments of Buffy history. Buffy sees a man picking on a woman. She intervened but he knows she was a Slayer and n...

Pretty good, but I’m glad the “safe zone” plot was resolved in this volume. I do enjoy Christos Gage’s work on the Buffy comics, and I look forward to the next arc.

Okay they're still letting that George whoever do art for an issue or two which just doesn't make sense cause Rebekah Isaacs is soooooo good! But there are a few incredibly moving scenes in this volume, so much so that they make up for the art I don't like in one of the five issues and a finally revealed villain who's not that interesting. Namely, when Buffy, having given up her superpowers to escape an internment camp for people with magic, has a run-in with a guy who's harassing a woman. She m...

Okay, yeah, the big boss reveal is kind of lame, and Willow is kind of a walking, talking deus ex machina, and the story is kind of preachy, but whatevs, I really liked it anyway. Xander's part in things is hilarious (as usual), Faith's in town and is awesome, and the Spike and Buffy parts are so sweet it's...I was about to say "sickening," but I'm just gonna go with "adorable" instead. And I loved the one-page comics at the end--the one where Buffy and Willow discuss business while Xander and S...

Buffy embraces being the Chosen One in a way only Buffy can. Spike and Buffy somehow work. Really. The highest-functioning relationship she's had so far. It reminds me a tad of the early days of Angel and Buffy, before the Big Bad got bigger and badder. Except this is Spike, and he's got all his bloody jokes and sarcasm. He's fun. I'm glad the comics are keeping him with the Scoobies.I think the loose ends were tied together a little too quickly at the end. It works, but it did feel a little too...

The ending was a little anticlimactic, but overall this was a solid season! The first half was stronger though, IMO! Still, worth reading! I hope this creative team continues to go strong! 4/5 Stars!

The second half of Season 11 finds the government tightening the noose around all supernatural beings as they are stuck in an internment camp. Willow and Spike are set to report but the Slayer "army" shows up early leading to a confrontation with Buffy and the Scoobies. While Spike decides to go, Buffy forgoes her exception and joins them.Once inside, the trio work to expose the government cover up.But when the government announces a method to drain magic from people, the stakes are raised even