Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #25

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• 10

  SciFiPulse - Patrick Hayes

  Sep 21, 2013

  Things are resolved, things are changed, but there's always one constant in this series: Incredible story, art, colors, and lettering that keeps the Slayer at her peak! Highest possible recommendation! Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Comic Book Therapy - Kevin Finnigan

  Sep 09, 2013

  Season 9 officially ends. It's not as great as Angel & Faith #25, but it's still a good issue. The future is bright for Buffy Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Unleash The Fanboy - Harrison Rawdin

  Sep 11, 2013

  As a total package this series had some high and low points butBuffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 #25 is exactly the finale it deserves. It's a culmination of this volume that leaves me grinning ear to ear as I find myself with no choice but to write: bring on Season 10! Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Comic Booked - Kelly Cassidy

  Sep 11, 2013

  So there we have it. Another season done, and I think done much better than season 8. Having all of Joss's characters under one umbrella with Dark Horse (during season 8, the continuation ofAngel was over at IDW which did it justice but prevented too much cross pollination of stories) really helped bring it all together. We had crossovers, we had references, but we still had a standalone purpose to each title. We end with some interesting cliffhangers leading up to next season and in the words of Buffy from "Once More With Feeling", we simply need to ask: "Where do we go from here?" Read Full Review

• 8.0

  Razorfine - Alan Rapp

  Sep 16, 2013

  The issue's final panels show us the rules have changed as the laws of magic, vampires, and possibly much more are all different under the new seed than the old. Although Buffy and her companions survive (sadly without Illyria who doesn't make it out of the Well), the world they return to may be far different than the one they left. Worth a look. Read Full Review

• 7.0

  Culture Mass - Andy Mansell

  Sep 12, 2013

  Buffy Season 9 is better than Season 8 and overall a lot of fun, if a bit inconsistent. Read Full Review

• 7.0

  Bloody Disgusting - ShadowJayd

  Sep 12, 2013

  The gang has resolved what they set out to resolve, but at what cost? Readers will be left speculating about possible scenarios for next season, and curious about the ever evolving vampire mythology of the series once getting to the final panel of the book. Read Full Review

• 7.0

  Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson

  Sep 15, 2013

  It's a good solid hit from the creators to put Season 9 in the history books, but there's still a quiet voice in the back of my head that wonders if these characters are ever going to get an ending. Not a happy ending, not even an on-screen death (though the latter seems much more likely than the former), but just an ending, where they get to go off an have lives and such. It's an odd worry to have, but writer Chambliss has successfully captured the Joss Whedon mystique enough that I still feel like these are my old TV Buffy friends, and that maybe, after more than a decade of rushing about getting picked off, they could go and have a Diet Coke on the veranda. Still, Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 9 #25 is a solid ending to a somewhat shaky season, and has me wondering what might be up next (especially given hints that the return of magic has all-new rules). Read Full Review

• 6.9

  IGN - AllThatJas

  Sep 15, 2013

  Jeanty's work is strong in this issue. Characters emotion's are evoked well and the Deeper Well panels are brimming with energy. Jeanty has been a consistent worker, and this issue has some stand out panels for which he should be lauded. Read Full Review

• 5.0

  CHUD - Graig Kent

  Sep 13, 2013

  It's evident that I'm not a super-fan of the Buffyverse, though I do like it a lot, and I appreciate the level of storytelling craft Whedon and company put into the show while it was on the air. I also never undervalue the importance of Buffy as powerful and necessary pop-culture icon. The comics, however, struggle to live up to that model because, for the most part, it's not the same thing as television. Despite Season 8"s weirdness, it felt more like what a Buffy comic book should be, bigger and more eventful. Season 9 has been intentionally reserved to fit in more with the general show aesthetic but, in doing so, it doesn't stand out as much on a very active comic book rack. Read Full Review