Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home | 2007 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 2 | The Long Way Home | 2007 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 3 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 2: No Future for You | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 4 | No Future for You | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 5 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Wolves at the Gate | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 6 | Wolves at the Gate | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 7 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Time of Your Life | 2007 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 8 | Time of Your Life | 2009 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 9 | Willow: Goddesses and Monsters | 2009 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 10 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Predators and Prey | 2009 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 11 | Predators and Prey | 2009 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 12 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 6: Retreat | 2010 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 13 | Retreat | 2010 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 14 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 7: Twilight | 2010 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 15 | Twilight | 2010 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 16 | Riley: Commitment Through Distance, Virtue Through Sin | 2010 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 17 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8, Vol. 8: Last Gleaming | 2011 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 18 | Last Gleaming | 2011 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 continued the TV show’s story in comic book form, with Joss Whedon overseeing the project and multiple writers contributing arcs. Brian K. Vaughan wrote several issues, bringing his comics experience to the established Buffy universe. The series ran from 2007 to 2011 across 18 collected volumes.
The comic format allowed for bigger action and more fantastical storylines than the TV budget could have supported. Vaughan’s arcs fit within the larger season-long narrative while bringing his own storytelling sensibilities to the Buffy characters.