Buffy : Season 8

10. Buffy the Vampire Slayer #5

"The Chain" is the issue I’d give to anyone who thinks that comics should just be dismissed as trivial. It contains no name Buffy characters, is not part of a bigger story, and has little-to-no quips. It’s just one girl thinking about stuff like self-sacrifice, community, subjective versus objective truth, and personal fulfillment. It’s probably one of the best issues of comics of all time, and I wouldn’t have to take it out of one of my boxes, because it’s never made it into one of them. I just have it out, all the time.

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