Caroline's Reviews > Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Out of the Woodwork

This story takes place sometime in Btvs S4 where innocent people have begun to transform into giant, demonic insects - at first, I immediately thought of the giant demon bugs that Angel Investigations faced in Season 3 Fredless but nope these were entirely different species that could infect a human host and some serious The Faculty and Bodysnatchers vibes!!

Storywise? Entertaining enough. The illustrations are really well done, the action scenes are getting better and better which is awesome!

Though to be fair, I don't have all these comics to read them all in order as I'm missing some from my collection. I'm aware I've missed several plot points that have transpired in previous comics leading up to this one. I don't know how this one affects the major overall plot, I'm guessing that these bug demons are just run of mill the demon of the week, so I'm gonna go with that.

Get some character development which I liked concerning: Giles, Buffy, Willow, and Tara. As Giles gets a love interest and of course, Buffy is super protective and instantly on guard against Rebecca, as the poor guy hasn't had a lot of luck (since his last girlfriend was murdered), so it's nice for there to be a reconciliation between Giles and Buffy; especially the latter coming to realize Giles is a big boy, he can make his own decisions but the Scoobies would always be there.

Loved the Willow/Tara scenes, it reminds me of the early season 4 and at the beginning of Season 5 where Tara feels like an outcast and unsure of her place within the Scooby Gang and these feelings are continued to be explored in this comic.

It's always a blast to have Spike around! Loved the banter! The author did well in capturing the voices of the characters. I'm not a huge fan of Riley, but meh, I much prefer Buffy/Angel, Buffy/Spike and even better Fuffy! lol

I would still recommend this to any Buffy fan to read! I'll give this a 4-star rating