Through all this they deal with school, family, relationships, and heartache.

Most (but not all) of the individual issues have been collected into trade paperbacks.

These books were later published as official Buffy merchandise.

In an interview with Newsarama, he stated:

Canon is key, as is continuity.

As a result, most of these issues can be thought of as lost tales.

They were presented as a series of tales told by an ancient vampire to a group of young Watchers.

Whedon has said that, although he had issues with it, The Origin can be considered canonical.

What came next, though, would change everything!

In 2007, the nature of Buffy comics changed.

We could make it officially what happened at the end of the show.'

There are long-lasting ramifications to their decisions and actions, both on each other and the world at large.

The success of Season Eight paved the way forBuffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ninebeginning in 2011.

The two main series ran for 25 issues, while the mini-series consisted of five issues.

Both series ended in 2016, with Season Eleven scheduled to begin later that year.

These three seasons of comic book adventures have expanded the Buffyverse in new and exciting ways.

This article A Brief History Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Comics originally appeared onCompleteSet.com.