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I'm afraid, dear readers, that this will not be a very good review. The reason this review will fail is not because I lack the eloquence or vocabularly, but because I have a very serious problem: I am utterly devoted to Buffy. therefore, I urge you to read on, safe in the knowledge that this review is completely unfair. Buffy(as well as its spin off, Angel) has been one of my favourite TV shows for as long as I can remember, so it was a sad day when the show finally came to an end in 2003. When Angel finished a year later, I found myself abandoned in the Sci-Fi wilderness: Where was I to focus my nerdy devotion now? The non-canon offerings from Dark Horse were firstly, non-canon and, secondly uniformly dodgey. Not really safe ground for the true fan. Thankfully, my wondering came to an end in March 2007 when the first issue of a brand new eighth season was released in comic book form. Penned by Joss Whedon himself, it was the offcial continuation of the show, picking up just over a

I would like to start this blog by saying that I have never been a very political person. I may, form time to time, express cynicism towards the way our modern world works but I am well aware that without those inner workings many, if not all, of the things we rely on would disappear overnight; so I try not to moan... However, having said that, it was with a heavy heart that I read the news of the Disney-Marvel Comics takeover. This is something I simply do not understand. I know that Marvel have been in finacial trouble before but...Disney? What will happen to darker series like X-force now that America's favourite rodent is at helm? Does this mean we'll have to endure ridiculous crossovers? On the other hand, perhaps this is just what both companies need in order to expand, Who can say? All I know is the idea DOES NOT make me happy. Another, smaller, peice of bad news comes in the form a new buffy movie...Minus the original cast, Joss Whedon and anything that was good about