I am – Hercules!!The eighth and longest season of “Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” launched March 14, 2007 in comic book form and written by a lot of the same screenwriters behind the 1997-2003 TV show, comes to an end Wednesday with a final issue scripted by series mastermind Joss Whedon.
The 40th issue of Season Eight was delayed slightly to commemorate the 30th birthday of Buffy Summers (as established on the TV show).
Writers who migrated from the first seven seasons to the eighth include Joss Whedon ("Toy Story," "Speed"), Drew Goddard (“Lost,” “Cloverfield”), Jane Espenson (“Battlestar Galactica,” “A Game Of Thrones”), Doug Petrie (“CSI,” “Pushing Daisies”), Drew Greenberg (“Dexter,” “Warehouse 13”) and Steven S. DeKnight (“Smallville,” “Spartacus: Blood and Sand”).
Issue #39, released last month, featured Very Big Death. #40 looks to be the sad epilogue.
Word is there will be a ninth season, also in funnybook form, but we may not see it launch till Joss Whedon is done writing and directing Marvel’s big-deal “Avengers” motion picture.
