Angel Legacy Edition Book Two

by Whedon, Joss

• ISBN13: 9781684154906
• ISBN10: 1684154901
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-04-28
• Publisher: Boom! Studios

Summary

A new collection of out of print and rare official Angel stories taking place during the first two seasons of the show, including a never-collected story from visionary creator Joss Whedon himself!

FROM JOSS WHEDON (CREATOR OF BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER) COMES THE OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ANGEL TELEVISION SERIES! Set during the first two seasons of the Angel television series, discover the rare and out of print stories that reveal the untold history of Angel Investigations - including a never reprinted story by visionary creator Joss Whedon! Experience the epic “Past Lives” comic book event, as a new enemy decimates Angel Investigations, sending Angel back to Sunnydale to find the one person who can help him... Buffy! But with a horde of deadly enemies on his tail and shocking secrets about their connection to one of the Scooby Gang, it’ll take everything Angel and Buffy have got to save the day...if they can first survive this super awkward reunion. It can’t go any worse than the last time they were together, right? Collects Angel #11-17, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #29-30, Angel: Long Night's Journey #1-4, along with stories from Dark Horse Extra. Legacy Editions collect for the first time every issue of the most popular BOOM! Studios series in chronological order, in a newly designed, value priced format.

Author Biography

Joseph Hill Whedon is an American film director, producer, writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series. These include Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (2002), Dollhouse (2009–2010), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020).

Whedon co-wrote for the Pixar animated film Toy Story (1995) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay), wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity (2005), co-wrote and directed the Internet miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), and co-wrote and produced the horror comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2012). He wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers (2012) and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and also co-wrote the script for the DC Extended Universe superhero film Justice League (2017). He also served as director for Justice League on re-shoots, replacing Zack Snyder (who retained directorial credit).

Actors Ray Fisher, Charisma Carpenter, Michelle Trachtenberg and Amber Benson have complained publicly about Whedon's behavior on set. WarnerMedia investigated Fisher's allegations and announced that they had taken "remedial action" in December 2020.