This past weekend I was able to pick up 3 more Buffy comics of Season 8.  One thing I love about picking up a handful of new comics is that I am able to sit down and ready them through right away.  The thing I hate, is that more often than not I have to re-read the one or two before them so I remember what the heck is going on.

My interest is piqued in why Willow became ‘Dark Willow’ although I’m wondering if it has anything to do with the upcoming Kennedy & Satsu issue.  I was surprised to see Riley but not so surprised to see he was part of Twilight; given his past with the Initiative, I suppose he’d be easily swayed into another deep military operation.  Although I am curious as to where his wife is.

Issue 20 and 21 were nice little breaks from the norm.  I like Buffy’s realization that there has never been a ‘before’ where things were just plum happy.  Her life was and will always be fighting demons and making the hard choices.  In the back of one of the comics there was a full page of people bitching how crazy self-righteous Buffy is.  I know that there are times when her speeches get long-winded and she *can* come off as all above the law; but if there’s anything that Season 7 showed us is that she needs to be.  Even though she isn’t the only one anymore, she has become this leader for the girls.  She can’t be palin’ around with them; Faith herself said it that she isn’t going to be Buffy, but she isn’t one of the girls anymore, she’s their leader and they need to listen.  I think Buffy thinks that when she relaxes, things just go to hell.

I’m excited to see how many issues I can pick up *next* month!!!