Format 96 pages, full color Number of issues 1 | Publication date February 20, 2002 Publisher Dark Horse Comics | |
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Main character(s) First Slayer
Nikki Wood
Melaka Fray Artist(s) Tim Sale
Ted Naifeh
P. Craig Russell
Steve Lieber
Mira Friedman
Gene Colan Inker(s) Dexter Vines
Andy Owens Writers Joss Whedon, Amber Benson, Jane Espenson, David Fury, Rebecca Rand Kirshner, Douglas Petrie Pencillers Leinil Francis Yu, Karl Moline Similar Tales of the Vampires, Fray, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Se, The Origin, Angel: After the Fall | ||
Tales of the Slayers is a Dark Horse Comics Buffy the Vampire Slayer graphic novel that consists of multiple stories written by Joss Whedon, Amber Benson, and others which tell of different members of the Slayer line.
The stories are presented in chronological order and offer snapshots of Slayers throughout history, from The First Slayer to Melaka Fray (the Slayer of the future who starred in her own limited comic series). The overarching theme of the graphic novel is on the loneliness and duties of being the Slayer. This is reflected in the juxtaposition of the first line in the first short story ("I am alone"), and the final line in the last ("I am not alone").
This graphic novel was followed by the one-shot comic book Tales of the Slayers: Broken Bottle of Djinn that followed the same concept.