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Spike: Shadow Puppets is a limited series comic book based on the Angel television series.[1] The Spike centric comic was released by IDW Publishing from June 2007 through October 2007. The four issues will be collected together in a single trade paperback scheduled for publication on December 15, 2007.[2]
[edit] Trivia
- By coincidence James Marsters, who portrayed Spike onscreen, was involved in a film called Shadow Puppets.[3]
- Other puppets that appear other than Spike and Lorne are an Angelus puppet,a "street" Gunn( From before joining Wolfram and Heart) and a "smart" Gunn puppet (From after joining Wolfram and Heart.),a Drusilla puppet,a "classic" Wesley puppet,a "spoiler" Wesley puppet(looking as he did after his confrontation with Cyvus Vail.),a new Wesley,a Cordelia puppet,a Conner puppet and a Fred/Illyria puppet(Right side is Illyria,Left side is fred.)
[edit] Continuity
- The continuity of this comic is unconfirmed. However a scene on page 3 of issue #2 with Angel, Illyria, and Wesley at Wolfram & Hart, indicates it occurring during the final episodes of Angel Season Five, sometime after Shells, but before Not Fade Away.
- The original ambiguity of Shadow Puppets place in the continuity is directly referenced (through use of a pun) in issue #1, when the puppets attack Spike with the "Official Smile Time Cannon", Spike remarks "I hate... official cannon."
[edit] Canonical issues
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- Buffy and Angel comics such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.
[edit] Timing
- Stories that take place around the same time in the Buffyverse:
Location, time
(if known) |
Buffyverse: Spring 2003 – 2004
(non-canon = italic) |
| Sunnydale, Cleveland, Italy, Summer 2003-2004 |
Buffy book: Queen of the Slayers (unofficial continuity) |
| 2003-2004 |
Buffy book: Dark Congress |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.01 Conviction |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.02 Just Rewards |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.03 Unleashed |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.04 Hell Bound |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.05 Life of the Party |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.07 Lineage |
| Europe, 2003 |
Tales of the Vampires: Antique |
| L.A., 2003 |
Angel comic: Spike vs. Dracula #5 |
| L.A., 2003 |
Angel comic: Wesley: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.08 Destiny |
| L.A., 2003 |
A5.09 Harm's Way |
| L.A., 2003 |
Angel comic: Spike: Old Wounds |
| L.A., 2003/4 |
A5.10 Soul Purpose |
| L.A., 2003/4 |
A5.11 Damage |
| L.A., 2003/4 |
Angel comic: Spike: Lost and Found |
| L.A., 2003/4 |
A5.12 You're Welcome |
| L.A., 2003/4 |
A5.13 Why We Fight |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.14 Smile Time |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.15 A Hole in the World |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.16 Shells |
| L.A., 2004 |
Angel comic: Illyria: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.17 Underneath |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.18 Origin |
| L.A., 2004 |
Angel comic: Gunn: Spotlight |
| 2004 |
Angel comic: Connor: Spotlight |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.19 Time Bomb |
| Four months before Shadow Puppets |
Angel comic: Spike: Asylum |
| L.A., 2004 |
Angel comic: Spike: Shadow Puppets |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.20 The Girl in Question |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.21 Power Play |
| L.A., 2004 |
A5.22 Not Fade Away |
| L.A./Hell, 2004 |
Angel comics: After The Fall |
| Romania, 2004 |
Angel comics: The Curse |
| L.A., 2004 |
Angel comics: Old Friends |
| L.A., 2004 |
Angel comics: Auld Lang Syne |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
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