Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Angel ("The Hollower" Part 2) [COMICS]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Angel # 2
(Dark Horse) (Limited Series, 1999)

Creators: Chris Golden (writer), Hector Gomez (penciller), Sandu Florea (inker), Ken Bruzenak (letterer), Guy Major (colorist)
Setting:  Season 2

T.V./Movie Character Appearances:  Buffy, Willow, Xander, Angel, Giles, Spike, Drusilla,

Major Original Characters:  Catherine (Vampire), The Hollower (monster)

Summary:  Angel agrees to help Catherine slay The Hollower, and conceals what's happening from Buffy.  Angel visits Giles for help, and their joint research shows that once The Hollower has consumed 3,000 vampires, it can contain no more and unleashes all the demons back into the bodies of the nearby living.  Such a cataclysm would destroy Sunnydale!  A flashback to 1892 Vienna shows The Hollower attacking a party put on by Angelus, Spike, Drusilla, and Catherine; the tentacles monster kills several vampires by sucking the demon out of their bodies.  Back in the modern era, Buffy learns about The Hollower and Angel's involvement; but she's concerned he may want to be attacked in the hopes that the monster will take the Angelus out of Angel!

Review:  Interior artwork is fairly amateurish in spots, though the facial likenesses and depictions of the Lovecraftian Hollower are done well.  I thought the twist at the end, with Buffy suspecting Angel wants to be attacked by The Hollower, was pretty good.  The melding of flashbacks with present day scenes works well.

Notes

* We get a last name for Catherine: "DeLancie"