Giles is a comic, a story based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.

Story description

Giles has been Buffy's Watcher now for four years. He becomes involved in a solo adventure when the Watcher, Michaela Tomasi, notifies him of the death of his former mentor, Archie Lassiter. This draws him back to England. He finds out that the Watchers' Council is guarding a dark secret, which may cause the resurrection of the dark Elder Gods. Though the Council does not want his help, Giles might be the one person who can prevent disaster.

Characters

• Characters include: Giles, Michaela Tomasi, Archibald Lassiter, Quentin Travers.
• Michaela Tomasi is a character from The Gatekeeper Trilogy
  The Gatekeeper (Buffy novel)
  The Gatekeeper is a trilogy of books written by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Plot summary:...
  
  

Continuity

Supposed to be set in Buffy season 4, after "This Year's Girl

This Year's Girl (Buffy episode)

"This Year's Girl" is the 15th episode of season 4 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Written by Doug Petrie and directed by Michael Gershman, it originally aired on February 22, 2000 on the WB network....

" but before "Superstar

Superstar (Buffy episode)

"Superstar" is the 17th episode of season four of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.- Plot summary :When Buffy and the gang discover a nasty nest of vampires, they go to Jonathan for help. At Giles' place, Jonathan checks out weapons and practices hand-to-hand with Buffy...

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Canonical issues

Buffy comics

Buffy comics

Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics refer to comic books based on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. While many of these comics were published when the television show was on air they are not all considered canonical and often deal with characters who do not appear on in the television...

 such as this one are not usually considered by fans as canonical. Some fans consider them stories from the imaginations of authors and artists, while other fans consider them as taking place in an alternative fictional reality. However unlike fan fiction

Fan fiction

Fan fiction is a broadly-defined term for fan labor regarding stories about characters or settings written by fans of the original work, rather than by the original creator...

, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon

Joseph Hill "Joss" Whedon is an American screenwriter, executive producer, director, comic book writer, occasional composer and actor, founder of Mutant Enemy Productions and co-creator of Bellwether Pictures...

(or his office), and the books were therefore later published as officially Buffy merchandise.

External links

• Shiai, Slayer Lit Review - "Giles: Beyond the Pale", Slayerlit.us (2007).