Angel & Spike #15

Zac Thompson feels like an excellent choice to take over as the writer on the series, his clear love of the show shines through and he's doing an excellent job with the cast. The ongoing storylines feel fresh and exciting for fans of old, with no clear destination in mind yet. The art is a big change which might initially be a hurdle for some fans, but is as equally stylish as what's come before. Read Full Review

Angel & Spike has been a bit hit and miss over the past few issues, but things are wonderfully back on track with issue #15. Read Full Review

Issue #15 also continues to tease a more romantic relationship between Angel and Kate, which the TV-show hinted at but never developed. The comic also checks in with Fred, who it appears is having a bit of trouble staying sane with the metaphysical entities warring within her skull. Read Full Review

Oz from Buffy the Vampire Slayer join Angel's crew, but his iconic stoic disposition seems to be forgotten. Read Full Review

Bigpoppa393

Nov 03, 2020

LOVE THIS NEW DIRECTION.

mikesbr42

Jan 06, 2021

the overall story is okay, but I hate the art and the dialogues. It looks and sounds like completely different characters from the beginning of the series.

Psycamorean

Oct 31, 2020

Man, I am not liking this. I feel like all the characters are out of character. The dialogue is the biggest problem, I think. It's like everyone got ran through a woke filter, so now everyone is very keen on gay lingo and Angel is very caught up on the socio-political ramblings of the Wokescold. And in a different book with different characters, this would be fine, but it does not fit these characters. I don't understand how this book can be praised for nailing the voices of these characters while still openly ignoring their traits. Angel is supposed to be outdated and asocial. In the shows, it's Buffy and, later, Doyle and Cordelia (and Wesley) that get him to become more sociable. But he's still not great at it. We've seen none of that in the comics so why is Angel so familiarized with this sort of thing? If anything, Spike should be the one more socially adept because he didn't divorce himself from society for a century. And then Oz sounds nothing like Oz ever sounded? The dry wit and insight is replaced with random barbs of implied homosexuality. And ugh, poor Fred. I really fucking hope that's Illyria. Even though it'd make no sense. The only thing in this issue that I genuinely enjoyed was that one panel of Fred's TV show death because it reminded me of a monumentally better story. The art also wasn't great. more