The Buffy Comic Project: "She's No Lady" Part 2

Buffy the Vampire Slayer # 18

Dark Horse (Volume 1, 1998-2003)

Creators: Andi Watson (writer), Cliff Richards (penciller), Joe Pimentel (inker)

Setting: Season Three

T.V. Character Appearances: Joyce, Oz, Giles, Xander, Willow, Cordelia, Buffy, Angel

Major Original Characters: EvilBuffy (doppelganger), DeformedBuffy (failed doppelganger), Dr. Flitter (mad scientist), Selke (vampire)

Summary: Buffy wakes up and realizes that not only is she in the sewer, she's being tended to by the deformed result of the original attempt to create her doppelganger. DeformedBuffy wants Buffy to return to the surface and kill Selke & Dr. Flitter, but EvilBuffy appears in a not-so-startling cliffhanger. Subplots: the Scoobies continue work on their Mardi Gras float, and Xander finally starts to suspect that maybe something strange is going on with Buffy. Angel continues to interrogate vampires, and finds his way to Dr. Flitter's lab; although Flitter & Selke aren't there, Angel finds a vial of the blood that is making vampires stronger along with notes from Dr. Flitter speculating that the current batch might be poisoned somehow.

Review: I think editor Scott Allie received so many letters early on in this series' run complaining about the one-shot stories that he overreacted and commissioned this nine-part serial. Frankly, Selke just isn't interesting or original enough to carry almost a year's worth of stories and I'm glad next issue is the big conclusion.

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