Oooh... Ominous. The menace of Twilight aside, this issue is problematic for me in that it returns one of the more annoying portions of the original Buffy television show, the whole "magic as drug" aspect. It's troubling in that we have characters whose lives have been forever changed by magic in relatively positive ways (Buffy no longer a slave to fashion, Willow no longer a wallflower to be ignored) and then have them trying to fight against that nature, which is kind of counter to the whole point of the show. I'm happy to see Oz again and I like the fact that he has built himself a life separate from the craziness that has enveloped the rest of the cast, but unless this arc ends with the characters able to mask their usage of strange powers, I will probably still be annoyed. The book maintains it's usual art quality, and the story of Oz overcoming his own (and others') inner wolf natures is a well-told one, but I'm still left with a vague dissatisfaction. Maybe it's just Read Full Review