Buffy : Season 8

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #29

Written by Jane Espenson, penciled by Georges Jeanty, inked by Andy Owens, colored by Michelle Madsen, covers by Jeanty and Massimo Carnevale.

"Retreat," part 4 of 5. Oz’s temple in the Tibetan mountains is no longer a safe retreat for Buffy and her troops. Discovered by Twilight’s magical agent, Amy, and bereft of their own magic, the army is preparing for a human war with guns, grenades, missiles . . . and manpads — it’s not a laughing matter. People are about to die. But even without her own magic, Buffy is still a Slayer — the Slayer — and she has to lead the way to victory. Or at least . . . live to fight another day.

40 pages, $2.99, in stores on Oct. 7.