Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vs. Count Von Count

 

This oddball cover comes about from a suggestion by Bob Greenwade, a Patron of this blog.  I think there might have been an episode of Buffy The Vampires Slayer where some of the cast were transformed into puppets, so she's had experience with this type of menace.  You just know the felt and fangs would fly during this fracas!

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Morbius

 

Buffy first encountered Morbius in STF #387, but it looks like this time they are on the same side. The Morbius movie has been delayed once again.  It's becoming a situation like New Mutants, where the film's release has been pushed back so much that audiences are either forgetting about it or questioning its quality.  I actually thought New Mutants was OK when it was finally available to view, so I will hold out some hope for Morbius.

Superman and Buffy The Vampire Slayer

 

I remember when DC Comics Presents came out, a new team up title featuring Superman as the anchor character.  While this was obviously a concept that appealed to me, I wondered if it would work as well as The Brave and The Bold, since Superman was so much more powerful than most potential guest stars.  Fortunately, most of the time, writers were able to effectively work around that.  One way to even the odds was to introduce a mystical or magical element in the stories, for which The Man of Steel was just as vulnerable to as his guest stars were.

Scarlet Witch, Batgirl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I am glad that WandaVision will still be coming to Disney+ this year despite all of the delays in Hollywood.  The teaser I have seen which show the couple in various sitcom-like settings has me intrigued.  Plus we'll finally see the adult Monica Rambeau (and hopefully her super-heroic alter ego), a character I have been looking forward to seeing since the MCU began.  Then there is the rumor of Mephisto appearing, it will be cool to see how the demonic villain is realized.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Vs. The Confessor

I lost track of it in later years, but I was a big fan of Kurt Busiek's Astro City for its first few runs.  The Confessor story arc was among the many highlights of the series for me.  With such a rich world that Busiek (and artists Brent Anderson and Alex Ross) created, I am surprised that I have never heard any talk about adapting it for TV.  It seems like a perfect candidate for either a live action or animated treatment.

Doc Savage and Buffy Vs. Aliens

I thought I would go for a three-way crossover this time, with action stars from different decades.  An alien queen is nothing to trifle with, but I think that the combined skills of the Man of Bronze and Vampire Slayer could put up a decent fight.  It would be cool to see at least, either in print or live action.

Batman and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

This is a pairing that I am surprised I never got to in my B&B: The Lost Issues days.  I definitely think that these two would go well together in comics or film.  It would also be fun to see Alfred interacting with Giles as well, I'm sure they would enjoy venting to one another about their often stubborn partners.

Cyclops and Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I liked that the X-Men finally embraced more comic-centric costumes at the end of X-Men: Apocalype, and look forward to their next outing where they will have them for the full movie. I'd like to see Cyclops or Storm take more of a leadership role, as in the comics - Mystique giving the orders to the X-Men doesn't really work for me.

Vampirella Vs. Buffy The Vampire Slayer

One fun thing that comics offer is the ability to follow the continuing adventures of characters that only had a finite life in TV or movies.  It first started with properties like Star Trek and Star Wars and these days we have comic series presenting new "seasons" of fan favorite shows like Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Smallville.  Even cooler, classic series like Batman '66 and Wonder Woman '77 are getting the treatment.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer and The Walking Dead

I am looking forward to the new season of The Walking Dead hitting the airwaves in a few weeks.  I have been watching the prequel series Fear the Walking Dead, And while it has a talented cast, I do not find it nearly as exciting as the main show.  The idea of showing how the zombie outbreak began is an intriguing one, but by concentrating on such a small group of characters, the series lacks the kind of scale which  that story really demands.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer in Smallville

I watched these two series in very different ways.  Smallville I watched from the start and stayed with it through all of it's ups (John Glover, Michael Rosenbaum, the JSA, Guest stars from Superman's movie and TV past) and downs (the "Lana is a witch" season).  With Buffy, I felt it was too late for me to catch up with by the time I had read enough buzz to interest me.  Finally I binge watched the entire series on Netflix.  While it could get formulaic at times, the core group of characters and their interactions with one another kept me invested in the show.

Creature Crew

For this team I wanted to assemble a bunch of characters that would have no problem confronting the type of menaces that are just too spooky or creepy-crawly for the rest of us. After what all of these guys have been through, I don't see them flinching at much.  Any conflict the team might have would probably come from Mulder, who would want to understand  the menaces they face rather than just kick their butts like the rest of his teammates.

Xena and Buffy

By the time I had heard all the good reviews for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the series was well into its run, so I never bothered to start watching, figuring I had missed too much to appreciate it.  I finally got the chance to watch the full run of the show on Netflix, and I am glad that I waited for the chance to see it from the beginning.  the strength of the show for me was how the characters were allowed to change and grow in different directions, and even when it ended, I still wanted to know what would happen next.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Blade

I have to admit that I have never seen an episode of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer.  I remember thinking that it would be an ill-fated attempt to adapt a movie that wasn't all that great to begin with.  By the time I started hearing a lot of positive buzz on the program, they were already well into the series, and I didn't think I could catch up.  Since then I have become a big Joss Whedon fan, and with the advent of Netflix and other streaming video services, it's now easy to finally check out shows that I missed the first time around.  I think it is time I put Buffy on the queue and finally see what all the fuss was about.