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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dust Waltz

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Dust Waltz

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Very good, if you like the style
Review: "The Dust Waltz is an excellent book! If you are a Buffy fan, then you don't want to miss this. It is almost as if the show is happening!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Reading! Couldn't Put it Down!!!
Review: "The Dust Waltz is an excellent book! If you are a Buffy fan, then you don't want to miss this. It is almost as if the show is happening!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Very good, if you like the style
Review: As a huge Buffy Fan, I can't usually put the books down. With this one, I didn't even have time to put it down since it was so short... the story itslef was very promessing, but as it is often the case with comic books, the authers had to stay on the surface. Still, it is a buyI would recommend for real fans.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Stake, Two and Three and - Stake...
Review: Badness is coming to Sunnydale in the person of two vampire sisters. Lilith and Lamia aren't just vampires; they are vampires so old that everything pretty much happened after them. Fortunately, they usually cannot stand each other. Unfortunately, this isn't one of those fortunate times. Each of the sisters is bringing a champion to town to fight to the death in a special ritual. Known as the Dust Waltz, it involves ritual murder, drinking of blood, opening the Hellmouth for a demon and, as usual, ending the world as we know it.

So Lilith arrives, Angel panics, and a tree has a major collision with Buffy. On the other side of town the rest of the gang are showing Giles' niece the sights when they discover that some of the sights are werewolves. As you can tell, this original trade paperback does not have many dull moments. Of course it also comes with a spectacular, no holds barred final conflagration. To say the least, writer Dan Brereton has outdone himself.

'The Dust Waltz' does have a few flaws. I never quite got my mind around a heavily tattooed Maori shape-changing champion of evil named Cecil. And Giles' visiting niece Jane is a bit ditsy for being a chip off that particular block. She has a remarkable knack for picking the wrong tunnel to explore. But, over all the book maintains a good level of story and action. I am a staunch fan of comic artists Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea. Even though their Buffy doesn't much look like the 'real' Buffy, they capture the essence of the characters and provide them with a great deal of animation and expression.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Stake, Two and Three and - Stake...
Review: Badness is coming to Sunnydale in the person of two vampire sisters. Lilith and Lamia aren't just vampires; they are vampires so old that everything pretty much happened after them. Fortunately, they usually cannot stand each other. Unfortunately, this isn't one of those fortunate times. Each of the sisters is bringing a champion to town to fight to the death in a special ritual. Known as the Dust Waltz, it involves ritual murder, drinking of blood, opening the Hellmouth for a demon and, as usual, ending the world as we know it.

So Lilith arrives, Angel panics, and a tree has a major collision with Buffy. On the other side of town the rest of the gang are showing Giles' niece the sights when they discover that some of the sights are werewolves. As you can tell, this original trade paperback does not have many dull moments. Of course it also comes with a spectacular, no holds barred final conflagration. To say the least, writer Dan Brereton has outdone himself.

'The Dust Waltz' does have a few flaws. I never quite got my mind around a heavily tattooed Maori shape-changing champion of evil named Cecil. And Giles' visiting niece Jane is a bit ditsy for being a chip off that particular block. She has a remarkable knack for picking the wrong tunnel to explore. But, over all the book maintains a good level of story and action. I am a staunch fan of comic artists Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea. Even though their Buffy doesn't much look like the 'real' Buffy, they capture the essence of the characters and provide them with a great deal of animation and expression.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Dust Buster
Review: Based on the popular Buffy The Vampire Slayer television series, The Dust Waltz, was completed at the height of the show's popularity. The story is an original grapihic novel-not a collection of stories from the monthly comic book, put together, as a reprint edition. That being the case, really made me want to read this...that and the fact that I miss the show not being on anymore. Anytime I can take in "new" Buffy is a good thing.

THE STORY: Buffy and the rest of the "Scooby Gang" are still in High School. Giles is still Buffy's Watcher. As the gang gathers to welcome Giles' niece Jane, to Sunnydale. This as sinister, and bickering vampire sisters, Lilith and Lamia also arrive to give the slayer a workout. And, if that weren't enough, one of them sets their sights on Angel. The story, written by Daniel Brereton, does a fairly good job at capturing the humor and "spirit" of the television show. It's obvious from reading the story and his introduction, that he has a great affection for the "Buffyverse"

THE ART: The team of Hector Gomez and Sandu Florea is OK. The biggest problem I had with it is a pretty big deal though. The character/actor likenesses seemed a bit off. Enough to be a distraction anyway. In the end though, the distraction doesn't impede the story, too much

The 80 page book also includes a page of bios for the creative team. If you like Buffy...this Dark Horse Comics Trade Paperback is worth your time and attention

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The best
Review: Great action and art work combine to keep the reader glued to the pages. The Dust Waltz is a dance of passion and adventure. Everyone is in danger. Angel is in chains. Buffy is their only hope again. I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it to Buffy fans.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The most exciting of the Graphic novels
Review: Great action and art work combine to keep the reader glued to the pages. The Dust Waltz is a dance of passion and adventure. Everyone is in danger. Angel is in chains. Buffy is their only hope again. I enjoyed it very much and would recommend it to Buffy fans.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: it's a comic book!
Review: I thought i was going to get a chapter book but i didn't and it was very dssapointing. ALERT! ALERT! THIS IS A COMIC BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I thought it was really cool.
Review: I thought that this book is now one of my fave'


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