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Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin #[nn]

Dark Horse · 1999

First appearance: Willow RosenbergFirst appearance: Rupert GilesFirst appearance: Xander Harris
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Identification plate

Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Origin (Dark Horse, 1999 series)
Issue
#[nn]
Publication date
1999
Key date
1999-00-00
Price
$9.95
Pages
84

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Willow Rosenberg - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Rupert Giles - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Xander Harris - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Dave Stewart; inks: Dave Stewart; colors: Dave Stewart
1-illustration1pencils: Dave Stewart; inks: Dave Stewart; colors: Dave Stewart
2-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: J. Jadsen
3Destiny Freecomic story22script: Joss Whedon, Christopher Golden, Daniel Brereton; pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: Rick Ketcham, Randy Emberlin, J. Jadsen; colors: Jeromy Cox, Guy Major; letters: Ken BruzenakBuffy Summers
4-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: Joe Bennett
5Defenseless Mechanismscomic story22script: Joss Whedon, Christopher Golden, Daniel Brereton; pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: Rick Ketcham, Randy Emberlin, J. Jadsen; colors: Jeromy Cox, Guy Major; letters: Ken BruzenakBuffy
6-cover reprint (on interior page)1pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: Hector Gómez
7Disco Infernocomic story22script: Joss Whedon, Christopher Golden, Daniel Brereton; pencils: Joe Bennett; inks: Rick Ketcham, Randy Emberlin, J. Jadsen; colors: Jeromy Cox, Guy Major; letters: Ken BruzenakBuffy Summers, Rupert Giles First, Xander Harris First, Willow Rosenberg First
8-text article2
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Sources

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