List of Angel comics
Angel comic book refers to one of two series published by Dark Horse Comics during 2000–2002. Both of these series are based on the television series Angel, and were published while the television series was on air. The first volume was an ongoing series halted after seventeen issues. The second volume was a mini-series, spanning four issues. Various related works have come out coinciding with these volumes.
In 2005, IDW Publishing picked up the rights and began publishing various Angel related mini-series and one-shots set during and after the show's final season (these series are considered non-canonical). In 2007, IDW began publishing Angel: After the Fall, which is considered the canonical Angel season 6 (following the success of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight from Dark Horse) and is overseen by the show's creator Joss Whedon. IDW continued to publish an Angel ongoing title until Whedon transferred the rights to the character back to Dark Horse, where he will feature as part of the Buffy Season Nine franchise, starring most prominently in the ongoing series Angel and Faith.
Dark Horse Comics
Angel: The Hollower (1999)
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Hollower, Part One" | Christopher Golden | Penciller(s): Hector Gomez
Inker(s): Sandu Florea Colorist(s): Guy Major |
May 12, 1999 | The Hollower
BtVS Omnibus Vol. 4 |
| 2 | "The Hollower, Part Two" | June 9, 1999 | |||
| 3 | "The Hollower, Part Three" | March 24, 1999 |
TV Guide Ultimate Cable (1999)
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Point of Order"
(8 pages) |
David Fury | Penciller(s): Ryan Sook
Inker(s): Ryan Sook Colorist(s): Dave Stewart |
November 18, 1999 | Strange Bedfellows
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| Exclusive to TV Guide Ultimate Cable readers. 3 pages. Collected in Angel: Strange Bedfellows.[1] | |||||
Angel Classics (1999–2001)
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 | "Surrogates" | Rushbutz R. Abejo | Penciller(s): Dexter Villegas
Inker(s): Rushtov Abejo, Leonardo Intoma & Julix Julve Colorist(s): Morlen Pateres |
November 10, 1999
December 22, 1999 January 12, 2000 |
Surrogates
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| Angel must solve a case involving a demonic fertility clinic, when he finds a rash of murdered mothers, and their husbands turned into zombie-like guards. Assisted by Cordelia Chase and Allen Francis Doyle (simply referred to as Doyle), Angel is able to uncover the mystery, but Angel is thrown into a well for his troubles. Escaping his captivity just in time to survive the harsh light of day, Angel and his gang are able to stop the clinic. Set early in Angel first season, before the episode "Hero". Collected in Angel: Surrogates. | |||||
| 4 | "The Changeling Wife" | Christopher Golden | Penciller(s): Eric Powell
Inker(s): Eric Powell Colorist(s): Guy Major |
February 9, 2000 | Strange Bedfellows
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| In Los Angeles, things can often not be what they seem. Angel attempts to help a woman who is trapped in an abusive marriage, however Angel is not seeing where the danger really lies. Collected in Angel: Strange Bedfellows.[1] | |||||
| 5–7 | "Earthly Possessions" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Christian Zanier
Inker(s): Andy Owens Colorist(s): Guy Major |
March 8, 2000
April 12, 2000 May 10, 2000 |
Earthly Possessions
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| Angel attempts to drive a demon out of a possessed lawyer; Father Noe is an excommunicated priest who gives him a hand. Noe seems to hold expert knowledge on removing demonic forces. He is known to some as "The Exorcist to the Stars." However, there may be a darker reason for his success. Supposed to be set early in Angel's first season, before the episode "Hero". Collected in Angel: Earthly Possessions. | |||||
| 8–9 | "Beneath the Surface" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Eric Powell & Paul Lee
Inker(s): Eric Powell & Brian Horton Colorist(s): Matt Hollingsworth & Lee Loughridge |
June 14, 2000
July 12, 2000 |
Hunting Ground
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| A murderer is leaving corpses across L.A. sewers, and the evidence found by Detective Kate Lockley suggests Angel is responsible. Angel does not know which demon or monster is trying to set him up. In the other story Cordelia lands the main role in a Blair Witch type film about three film makers looking for the Helm of Haraxis. However the film is a sham and the Helm's the real thing. Angel tries to rescue Cordelia and the other film makers. Collected in Angel: Hunting Ground. | |||||
| 10–11 | "Strange Bedfellows" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Christian Zanier
Inker(s): Andy Owens Colorist(s): Lee Loughridge |
August 9, 2000
September 13, 2000 |
Strange Bedfellows
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| A Californian congressman is robbed and killed by a woman of the night, a front-page sleaze scandal emerges with a scary twist: Cordy has a vision of the congressman just before his death, it seems the prostitute who murdered him was not human. Angel must find the inhuman assassin. Detective Kate Lockley eventually becomes involved in the case, while Angel and Wesley continue their attempt to discover the vampire-prostitute known on the streets by the name of Candy. They find a vampire bordello controlled by an ancient and seductive vampire has her eyes on Angel. He must face both a large group of vampires, and a battle the much stronger force of lust. Set in the first season of Angel. Collected in Angel: Strange Bedfellows.[1] | |||||
| 12–13 | "Vermin" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Eric Powell & Christian Zanier
Inker(s): Andy Owens, Andrew Pepoy, Mark Heike, Clayton Brown, Chris Ivy, Derek Fridolfs & Jason Moore Colorist(s): Lee Loughridge |
October 11, 2000
November 8, 2000 |
Autumnal
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| 14 | "Little Girl Lost" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Eric Powell
Inker(s): Jason Moore Colorist(s): Lee Loughridge |
December 13, 2000 | |
| Angel looks in an abandoned amusement park to find and rescue a young girl from a gang of kidnappers. The thugs aren't the only things Angel face. Angel, the girl, and the criminals must fight their way past a huge number of demonic rats! It seems Angel has a dislike of the furry rodents. Angel later investigates a series of bizarre deaths which seem to be caused by spontaneous combustion. Angel soon associates the deaths with a teen runaway and a demon magic-user. Collected in Angel: Autumnal. | |||||
| 15–16 | "Past Lives"
(Parts 1 & 3, crossover with Buffy series) |
Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Christian Zanier, Cliff Richards
Inker(s): Joe Pimentel, Digital Jump Colorist(s): Lee Loughridge |
January 17, 2001
February 2001 |
Past Lives
BtVS Omnibus Vol. 6 |
| A crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer issue #29–30 (collected in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Past Lives). A huntress is tracking demons in L.A. This would normally seem to be a good thing, except leaving survivors to tell Angel that she sent them. Angel has a huge horde of demons trying to track him for revenge. His human friends, Cordelia and Wesley will soon no longer be safe, unless Angel can do something. At the same time monsters are leaving L.A. and trying to find refuge at Sunnydale. Buffy, Giles, and the others learn about recent chaos, and Buffy believes she should go to help Angel in L.A. Riley is displeased with such developments. | |||||
| 17 | "Cordelia" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Penciller(s): Eric Powell
Inker(s): Jason Moore Colorist(s): Lee Loughridge |
April 11, 2001 | Strange Bedfellows
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| The Angel Investigations office has been blown up after the events of "To Shanshu in L.A.". The dark forces have discovered where Angel and Wesley live and are now forced to stash their demonic items at Cordy's haunted apartment. Dennis makes his presence felt. Collected in Angel: Strange Bedfellows.[1] | |||||
Dark Horse Presents (2000)
| # | Story | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #153-155 | "Angel: Lovely, Dark and Deep" | Christopher Golden & Thomas E. Sniegoski | Brian Horton & Paul Lee | April 19, 2000
May 17, 2000 July 5, 2000 |
Hunting Ground
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
Dark Horse Extra (2000)
| # | Story | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #25-28 | "Angel: The Nepalese Switcheroo" | Scott Allie | Penciller(s): Eric Powell
Inker(s): Eric Powell Colorist(s): Dave Stewart |
July 5, 2000
August 2, 2000 August 30, 2000 October 4, 2000 |
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
Angel mini-series (2002)
Promoted as "Angel retooled and reinvented" by Dark Horse Comics, the storyline represents an attempt to make Angel a comic-book hero in a more traditional sense, battling against huge behemoths of monsters, and they were the final Angel comics until IDW began publishing them in 2005. Not to be confused with the Angel episode, "Long Day's Journey", or the Angel novel, "The Longest Night".
Angel's searching for a kidnapped child, only to stumble upon a force of unspeakable evil and unimaginable power, seeking him for some reason. Angel ends up fighting a walking volcano, and must try and survive long enough to discover who or what is behind the recent strange series of events. Finally, the strange evil reveals itself; Perfect Zheng, a vampire who beat Angel up in the 1920s. Angel, Wesley, Cordelia, and Gunn try to put the pieces together in time to make sense of present events, a possible product of Angel's past encounter with Zheng. In fact, as it turns out, the gypsy curse that was used on Angel was meant to be used on Zheng, turning him into the 'vampire champion', but it didn't take, and Zheng is determined to find out why Angel's soul was restored and his wasn't. A battle for survival between the pair ensues, which Angel wins. Supposed to be set early in the second season of Angel. Collected in Angel: Long Night's Journey.
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Long Night's Journey..." | Brett Matthews & Joss Whedon | Penciller(s): Mel Rubi
Inker(s): Chris Dreier Colorist(s): Michelle Madsen & Dave Stewart |
September 12, 2001 | Long Night's Journey
Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic) |
| 2 | "A Rock and a Hard Place" | November 14, 2001 | |||
| 3 | "Thicker Than Water" | February 6, 2002 | |||
| 4 | "The End of the Beginning" | Penciller(s): Mel Rubi
Inker(s): Chris Dreier Colorist(s): Digital Chameleon |
June 12, 2002 |
Angel & Faith (2011-2017)
Volume 1
| Title | Issue # | Release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Live Through This, Part I" | 1 | August 31, 2011 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Live Through This, Part II" | 2 | September 28, 2011 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Live Through This, Part III" | 3 | October 26, 2011 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Live Through This, Part IV" | 4 | November 30, 2011 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "In Perfect Harmony" | 5 | December 28, 2011 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Phil Noto | ||||
| "Daddy Issues, Part I" | 6 | January 25, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Daddy Issues, Part II" | 7 | February 29, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Daddy Issues, Part III" | 8 | March 28, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Daddy Issues, Part IV" | 9 | April 25, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Women of a Certain Age" | 10 | May 30, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Chris Samnee | ||||
| "Family Reunion, Part I" | 11 | June 27, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Family Reunion, Part II" | 12 | July 25, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Family Reunion, Part III" | 13 | August 29, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Family Reunion, Part IV" | 14 | September 26, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "The Hero of His Own Story" | 15 | October 31, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Lee Garbett | ||||
| "Death and Consequences, Part I" | 16 | November 28, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Death and Consequences, Part II" | 17 | December 19, 2012 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Death and Consequences, Part III" | 18 | January 30, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Death and Consequences, Part IV" | 19 | February 27, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "Spike and Faith" | 20 | March 27, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "What You Want, Not What You Need, Part I" | 21 | April 24, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "What You Want, Not What You Need, Part II" | 22 | May 29, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "What You Want, Not What You Need, Part III" | 23 | June 26, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "What You Want, Not What You Need, Part IV" | 24 | July 31, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
| "What You Want, Not What You Need, Part V" | 25 | August 28, 2013 | |||
| Writer: Christos Gage | Penciller: Rebekah Isaacs | ||||
Volume 2
| Title | Issue # | Release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Where the River Meets the Sea, Part I" | 1 | April 2, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Where the River Meets the Sea, Part II" | 2 | May 7, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Where the River Meets the Sea, Part III" | 3 | June 4, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Where the River Meets the Sea, Part IV" | 4 | July 2, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Old Habits" | 5 | August 6, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Derlis Santacruz | ||||
| "Lost & Found, Part I" | 6 | September 3, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Lost & Found, Part II" | 7 | October 1, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Lost & Found, Part III" | 8 | November 5, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Lost & Found, Part IV" | 9 | December 3, 2014 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Lost & Found Part V" | 10 | January 7, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "United, Part I" | 11 | February 4, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "United, Part II" | 12 | March 4, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "United, Part III" | 13 | April 1, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "United, Part IV" | 14 | May 6, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "Fight or Flight" | 15 | June 3, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Kel McDonald | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
| "Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part I" | 16 | July 1, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
| "Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part II" | 17 | August 5, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
| "Those Who Can't Teach, Teach Gym, Part III" | 18 | September 2, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Cliff Richards | ||||
| "A Little More Than Kin, Part I" | 19 | October 7, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "A Little More Than Kin, Part II" | 20 | November 4, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "A Tale of Two Families, Part I" | 21 | December 2, 2015 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "A Tale of Two Families, Part II" | 22 | January 6, 2016 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "A Tale of Two Families, Part III" | 23 | February 3, 2016 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "A Tale of Two Families, Part IV" | 24 | March 2, 2016 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
| "A Tale of Two Families, Part V" | 25 | April 6, 2016 | |||
| Writer: Victor Gischler | Penciller: Will Conrad | ||||
Volume 3
| Title | Issue # | Release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Out of the Past - Part I" | 1 | January 18, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Out of the Past - Part II" | 2 | February 15, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Out of the Past - Part III" | 3 | March 19, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Out of the Past - Part IV" | 4 | April 19, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Time and Tide - Part I" | 5 | May 24, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Ze Carlos | ||||
| "Time and Tide - Part II" | 6 | June 21, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Ze Carlos | ||||
| "Time and Tide - Part III" | 7 | July 19, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Ze Carlos | ||||
| "Time and Tide - Part IV" | 8 | August 30, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Ze Carlos | ||||
| "Dark Reflections - Part I" | 9 | September 27, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Dark Reflections - Part II" | 10 | October 25, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Dark Reflections - Part III" | 11 | November 22, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
| "Dark Reflections - Part IV" | 12 | December 20, 2017 | |||
| Writer: Corinna Bechko | Penciller: Geraldo Borges | ||||
IDW Publishing
IDW released various, loosely connected mini-series and one-shots before launching a new ongoing Angel series in late 2007.
Mini-series (2005-2010)
| Title | Hikaye | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Curse"
(5 episodes) |
Jeff Mariotte | Penciller(s): David Messina
Inker(s): Andrea Fattori Colorist(s): Davide Amici |
June 29, 2005 | The Curse
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 1 | |
| July 13, 2005 | |||||
| August 24, 2005 | |||||
| September 28, 2005 | |||||
| October 26, 2005 | |||||
| Having survived the battle of " Not Fade Away", we find Angel in Romania. He has traveled there in the hope he can find the Kalderesh clan, the Gypsies who cursed him with a soul. Angel believes that he deserves some happiness with a woman, possibly with Nina having been through so much and lost so many that had been close to him.
Instead Angel finds a gypsy fighting force struggling against the oppressive regime of Corneliu Brasov. | |||||
| "Old Friends"
(5 episodes) |
Jeff Mariotte | Penciller(s): David Messina
'Inker(s):' Elena Casagrande 'Colorist(s):' David Amici |
November 2005 | Old Friends
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 1 | |
| January 11, 2006 | |||||
| January 2006 | |||||
| February 2006 | |||||
| April 19, 2006 | |||||
| This mini-series features the reunion of the Angel cast members after the events of the series finale, revealing some slim details of their fate; for example, Gunn has lost one eye. The group must ultimately face seemingly flawless clones of their own selves, created by Dr. Sparrow, one of the characters responsible for the death of Fred and rebirth of Illyria. After defeating Sparrow, the team agrees to work together again, and are set to continue fighting crime and the occult in Los Angeles. | |||||
| "Spike vs. Dracula"
(5 episodes) |
Peter David | Penciller(s): Joe Corroney
Inker(s): Joe Corroney & Jeff Dabu Colorist(s): Thompson Knox |
February, 2006 | Spike vs. Dracula
Spike Omnibus | |
| March 29, 2006 | Spike vs. Dracula
Spike Omnibus Spike: 100-Page Spectacular | ||||
| Penciller(s): Joe Corroney
Inker(s): Joe Corroney & Jeff Dabu Colorist(s): Thomas Mason |
May 24, 2006 | Spike vs. Dracula
Spike Omnibus | |||
| Penciller(s): Joe Corroney & Mike Ratera
Inker(s): Joe Corroney & Mike Ratera Colorist(s): Thompson Knox |
July 26, 2006 | ||||
| Penciller(s): Zach Howard & Nicola Scott
Inker(s): Zach Howard & Nicola Scott Colorist(s): Thompson Knox |
August 9, 2006 | ||||
| "Asylum"
(5 episodes) |
Brian Lynch | Penciller(s): Franco Urro
Inker(s): Michael Heisler, Sulaco Studios, Neil Uyetake & Chris Mowry Colorist(s): Matteo Gherardi, Elena Virzi, Fabio Mantovan & Donatella Melchionno |
September 27, 2006 | Spike: Asylum
Spike Omnibus | |
| October 4, 2006 | Spike: Asylum
Spike Omnibus Spike: 100-Page Spectacular | ||||
| November 20, 2006 | Spike: Asylum
Spike Omnibus | ||||
| December 20, 2006 | |||||
| February 7, 2007 | |||||
| Ruby Monahan has gone missing and her family recruits Spike to track her down. It seems Ruby (a half-demon) has been checked into "Mosaic Wellness Center", a rehab facility designed to cure the demonic. In an unfortunate turn of events, Spike faces both the Mosaic Center, which hopes to cure his vampiric nature, and its clientele who want him dead. | |||||
| "Auld Lang Syne"
(5 episodes) |
Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): Sulaco Studios
Inker(s): David Messina Colorist(s): David Messina |
November 2006 | Auld Lang Syne
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 1 | |
| Penciller(s): Sulaco Studios
Inker(s): David Messina Colorist(s): Ilaria Traversi |
December 2006 | ||||
| Penciller(s): Sulaco Studios
Inker(s): Elena Casagrande & David Messina Colorist(s): Studio 42 |
January 2007 | ||||
| Penciller(s): Robbie Robbins
Inker(s): David Messina Colorist(s): David Messina |
February 7, 2007 | ||||
| Penciller(s): David Messina
Inker(s): David Messina Colorist(s): David Messina |
March 14, 2007 | ||||
| Angel has taken up his job in L.A. again, but is quickly faced by mysterious figures from his past, and they seem to be quite real. Similarly, Spike is faced by the ghosts of his pasts, and the two accidentally meet each other, placing the blame for the occurrence with the other. A fight ensues, but they soon discover that they are being manipulated and are forced to work together again. The culprit turns out to be a demon both men have wronged in the past, who hoped they would kill one another. Angel and Spike are able to defeat her however, and both go their own ways again. Features the IDW comics debuts of Skip, Holtz, The Master, Nikki Wood and the Chinese Slayer (Xin Rong). | |||||
| "Shadow Puppets"
(4 episodes) |
"Once More, With Felt" | Brian Lynch | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Ilaria Traversi & Donatella Melchionno |
June 20, 2007 | Shadow Puppets
Smile Time Spike: Omnibus |
| "Plush" | July 18, 2007 | ||||
| "Two to Sew" | August 15, 2007 | ||||
| "Doppelgangbang" | October 3, 2007 | ||||
| "Smile Time"
(3 episodes) |
Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): Neil Uyetake
Inker(s): David Messina & Elena Casagrande Colorist(s): Giovanna Niro |
December 2008 | Smile Time
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 2 | |
| February 18, 2009 | |||||
| April 15, 2009 | |||||
| "Blood and Trenches"
(4 episodes) |
"Over There" | John Byrne | Penciller(s): John Byrne
'Inker(s):' John Byrne 'Colorist(s):' John Byrne |
March 11, 2009 | Blood and Trenches
Angel: The John Byrne Collection |
| "Front Lines" | April 1, 2009 | ||||
| "Interlude" | May 6, 2009 | ||||
| "Monsters" | June 10, 2009 | ||||
| In Europe, war ravages nations, but a greater darkness than human conflict calls Angel back across the ocean from his distant home in America – bodies of combatants found drained of blood, and signs of an ancient evil once more abroad in the world. | |||||
| "Fallen Angel: Reborn"
(4 episodes) |
Peter David | Penciller(s): J. K. Woodward
Colorist(s): J. K. Woodward |
July 15, 2009 | – | |
| August 5, 2009 | |||||
| September 10, 2009 | |||||
| October 1, 2009 | |||||
| "Not Fade Away"
(3 episodes) |
Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): Steven Mooney
Colorist(s): Ciaran Lucas |
October 21, 2009 | Not Fade Away
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 2 | |
| "A Hole in the World"
(5 episodes) |
Scott Tipton | Elena Casagrande | December 2009 | A Hole in the World
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 2 | |
| January 2010 | |||||
| February 2010 | |||||
| March 2010 | |||||
| April 2010 | |||||
| "Barbary Coast"
(3 episodes) |
David Tischman | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Andrea Priorini |
April 14, 2010 | Barbary Coast
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 2 | |
| May 5, 2010 | |||||
| June 16, 2010 | |||||
| A recently souled Angel is on a quest for a "cure" in San Francisco when, of course, something goes horribly wrong. Seeking out a Chinese healer, Angel encounters a mysterious girl with a strange tattoo, and quickly learns that life in early 1900s America is full of surprises... | |||||
One-shots (2005–2010)
| Title | Hikaye | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Spike: Old Times" | Peter David | Penciller(s): Fernando Goni
Inker(s): Impacto Studios Colorist(s): Impacto Studios |
August 24, 2005 | Spike
Spike Omnibus | |
| "Spike: Old Wounds" | Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): Fernando Goni
Inker(s): Impacto Studios Colorist(s): Impacto Studios |
February 8, 2006 | ||
| A retired L.A. detective arrives at Wolfram and Hart and says that Spike had been responsible for a murder that took place decades previously. Spike attempts to solve one of the most infamous unsolved crimes that has taken place in LA history. Meanwhile, there are various monster-slayings for the gang to solve. | |||||
| "Spike: Lost and Found" | Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): Fernando Goni
Inker(s): Impacto Studios Colorist(s): Impacto Studios |
April, 2006 | Spike
Spike Omnibus | |
| A vampire is preying on citizens of Los Angeles in broad daylight making it particularly difficult for Angel and Spike to deal with. Meanwhile, Spike finds himself thinking about some of his evil actions in some new found guilt. The story features a second Ring of Amarra, the ring that grants vampires virtual indestructibility, the subject of the Buffy/Angel television crossover "The Harsh Light of Day"/"In the Dark". | |||||
| "Angel: Masks" | "Mystery Date"
(Puppet Angel story) |
Jeff Mariotte | Penciller(s): Stephen Mooney
Inker(s): Stephen Mooney Colorist(s): Ronda Pattison |
October 25, 2006 | Masks
Smile Time |
| "Unacceptable Losses"
(Illyria story) |
Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): David Messina
Inker(s): David Messina Colorist(s): David Messina |
Masks
Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 2 | ||
| "Foreshadowing"
(Cordelia story) |
Christopher Golden | Penciller(s): Steph Stamb
Inker(s): Steph Stamb Colorist(s): Steph Stamb |
Masks | ||
| "Pencils and Paperclips"
(Lindsey story) |
James Patrick | Penciller(s): Sean Murphy
Inker(s): Sean Murphy Colorist(s): Rico Renzi | |||
| This issue is a one-shot Halloween-themed annual featuring four special stories. The stories featured are "Mystery Date", concerning Angel, "Unacceptable Losses, with Illyria, "Foreshadowing", about Cordelia and finally "Pencils and Paperclips", detailing a story about Lindsey. | |||||
| "Angel vs. Frankenstein" | John Byrne | John Byrne | October 21, 2009 | Angel: The John Byrne Collection | |
| "Angel vs. Frankenstein ||" | John Byrne | John Byrne | October 6, 2010 | Angel: The John Byrne Collection | |
Angel: Spotlight (2006)
A series of spotlight issues focussing on one character's motivations (although they are sometimes assisted by an additional character). Each one-shot featured a number of variant covers, illustrated by Russell Walks, Lee Kohse, Steph Stamb or was a retailer incentive photo.
| Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Illyria" | Peter David | Nicola Scott | April 2006 | Angel: Spotlight |
| Illyria, an Old One who has only recently been reintroduced to its life, tries to further understand humanity by studying the vessel whom it now occupies, Fred. Illyria considers whether she is capable of guilt.
Peter David's wife Kathleen revealed her contribution to the story on David's official web site: "My idea has to do with locking up a criminal with pictures of his victims and the only thing on his/her TV are videos of the lives of the people they killed/destroyed so they have to face what they did every day of their lives for the rest of their lives. I think this is most of a just punishment than killing the individual."[2] | ||||
| "Gunn" | Dan Jolley | Mark Pennington
Howard, Stamb & Walks |
May 2006 | Angel: Spotlight |
| Gunn's naive cousin ends up in L.A. having run away from his home in Ohio. Gunn must try to find him before the city chews him up and spits him out. This is the first comic to feature Gunn as a main character. | ||||
| "Wesley" | Scott Tipton | Mike Norton & Tom B. Long | June 2006 | Angel: Spotlight |
| An extreme legal measure in the form of a lethal venom strikes down Knox, the current object of Winifred Burkle's affections. Forced to make a choice between letting Knox die or saving his life, Wesley deals with his own affections for Fred and their ramifications. The title of Wesley's story is "No Sacrifice". | ||||
| "Doyle" | Jeff Mariotte | David Messina | July 2006 | Angel: Spotlight |
| Set just before the very first episode of Angel, this story focuses on Doyle as he wanders the streets of L.A., depressed and isolated. After receiving a vision about a young woman he knows named Misty, showing that she is in grave danger, he rushes to try to save her from a grisly fate. | ||||
| "Connor" | Jay Faerber | Bob Gill, David Messina, Steph Stamb & Russell Walks | August 2006 | Angel: Spotlight |
| As Connor tries to work on a genealogy project as part of one of his college courses, his town is experiencing a widespread surge in vigilantism, in which suspected criminals are being killed. Connor suspects that he might be to blame, fearing that he may be killing these criminals in his sleep. The title of Connor's story is "Inheritance". | ||||
After the Fall (2007-2011)
Episodes
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "After the Fall, Part One" | Brian Lynch & Joss Whedon | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Ilaria Traversi |
November 21, 2007 | Angel: After the Fall (Part One)
Angel: After the Fall (Premiere Edition) Angel: Season Six, Vol. 1 |
| 2 | "After the Fall, Part Two" | December 19, 2007 | |||
| 3 | "After the Fall, Part Three" | January 14, 2008 | |||
| 4 | "After the Fall, Part Four" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Jason Jensen |
February 20, 2008 | ||
| 5 | "After the Fall, Part Five" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Jason Jensen & Art Lyon |
March 19, 2008 | ||
| 6 | "First Night, Part One" | Penciller(s): John Byrne, David Messina, Stephen Mooney & Tim Kane
Inker(s): John Byrne, David Messina, Stephen Mooney & Tim Kane Colorist(s): Lisa Jackson, Len O'Grady, Ilaria Traversi & Tim Kane |
April 2, 2008 | Angel: First Night (Part Two)
Angel: After the Fall (Premiere Edition) Angel: Season Six, Vol. 1 | |
| 7 | "First Night, Part Two" | Penciller(s): Tim Kane, Stephen Mooney & Nick Runge
Inker(s): Tim Kane, Stephen Mooney & Nick Runge Colorist(s): Lisa Jackson, John Rauch & Jeremy Treece |
May 7, 2008 | ||
| 8 | "First Night, Part Three" | Brian Lynch, Joss Whedon & Scott Tipton | Penciller(s): Tim Kane, Fabio Mantovani, Mirco Pierfederici & Kevyn Schmidt
Inker(s): Tim Kane, Fabio Mantovani, Mirco Pierfederici & Kevyn Schmidt Colorist(s): Michele Buscalferri, Fabio Mantovani & Jeremy Treece |
June 11, 2008 | |
| 9 | "After the Fall, Part Nine" | Brian Lynch & Joss Whedon | Penciller(s): Nick Runge
Inker(s): Nick Runge & Shaynne Corbett Colorist(s): Art Lyon |
June 18, 2008 | Angel: After the Fall (Part Three)
Angel: After the Fall (Premiere Edition) Angel: Season Six, Vol. 1 |
| 10 | "After the Fall, Part Ten" | Penciller(s): David Messina & Nick Runge
Inker(s): Shaynne Corbett Colorist(s): Art Lyon |
July 2, 2008 | ||
| 11 | "After the Fall, Part Eleven" | Penciller(s): Nick Runge
Inker(s): Shaynne Corbett Colorist(s): Jason Jensen |
August 13, 2008 | ||
| 12 | "After the Fall, Part Twelve" | Penciller(s): Stephen Mooney & Nick Runge
Inker(s): Stephen Mooney & Nick Runge Colorist(s): Art Lyon |
September 4, 2008 | ||
| 13 | "After the Fall, Part Thirteen" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Ilaria Traversi |
October 22, 2008 | Angel: After the Fall (Part Four)
Angel: After the Fall (Premiere Edition) Angel: Season Six, Vol. 2 | |
| 14 | "After the Fall, Part Fourteen" | Penciller(s): Stephen Mooney
Inker(s): Stephen Mooney Colorist(s): Art Lyon |
November 19, 2008 | ||
| 15 | "After the Fall, Part Fifteen" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Fabio Mantovani |
December 17, 2008 | ||
| 16 | "After the Fall, Part Sixteen" | January 21, 2009 | |||
| 17 | "After the Fall, Part Seventeen" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Fabio Mantovani, Federica Manfredi & Mirco Pierfederici |
February 11, 2009 | ||
| 18–22 | "Aftermath"
(5 episodes) |
Kelley Armstrong | Penciller(s): Dave Ross
Colorist(s): Charlie Kirchoff |
February 25, 2009
March 25, 2009 April 29, 2009 May 20, 2009 June 24, 2009 |
Angel: Aftermath (Part Five)
Angel: Season Six, Vol. 2 |
| 23 | "Become What You Are" | Brian Lynch | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Colorist(s): Fabio Mantovani & Paolo Maddelini |
July 1, 2009 | Angel: Last Angel in Hell (Part Six)
Angel: Season Six, Vol. 2 |
| 24–25 | "Drusilla"
(2 episodes) |
Brian Lynch & Juliet Landau | Franco Urru | August 5, 2009
September 16, 2009 | |
| 26–27 | "Boys and Their Toys"
(2 episodes) |
Brian Lynch | Stephen Mooney | October 7, 2009
November 4, 2009 | |
| 28 | "The Crown Prince Syndrome" | Bill Willingham | Brian Denham | December 16, 2009 | Immortality for Dummies
The End |
| 29 | "Immortality for Dummies" | January 13, 2010 | |||
| 30 | "The Trouble With Felicia" | February 24, 2010 | |||
| 31 | "The Big Dustup" | March 17, 2010 | |||
| 32 | "Roman a Clef" | April 28, 2010 | |||
| 33 | "Letters Home: A Jamesian Interlude" | May 26, 2010 | Crown Prince Syndrome
The End | ||
| 34 | "Bedroom Follies" | June 30, 2010 | |||
| 35 | "Prophet for Profit"
(3 episodes) |
Bill Willingham | Elena Casagrande | July 28, 2010 | |
| 36 | David Tischman & Mariah Huehner | August, 2010 | |||
| 37 | September, 2010 | ||||
| 38 | "Cats in the Cradle" | October, 2010 | |||
| 39–44 | "The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart"
(6 episodes) |
November, 2010
December, 2010 January, 2011 February, 2011 March, 2011 April, 2011 |
The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart
The End |
Mini-series
| Title | Story | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Spike: After the Fall"
(4 episodes) |
Brian Lynch | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Art Lyon, Tom Smith & Jason Jensen |
July 16, 2008 | Spike: After the Fall
Angel: Season Six, Vol. 1 | |
| August 6, 2008 | |||||
| September 17, 2008 | |||||
| October 29, 2008 | |||||
| "Only Human"
(5 episodes) |
Scott Lobdell | Penciller(s): David Messina
Inker(s): David Messina Colorist(s): Mirco Pierfederici, Ilaria Traversi & Andrea Priorini |
August 12, 2009 | Only Human | |
| Penciller(s): David Messina & Emanuela Lupacchino
Inker(s): Gaetano Carlucci Colorist(s): Ilaria Traversi & Andrea Priorini |
September 10, 2009 | ||||
| Penciller(s): David Messina
Inker(s): Gaetano Carlucci Colorist(s): Ilaria Traversi & Andrea Priorini |
October 14, 2009 | ||||
| November 18, 2009 | |||||
| December 23, 2009 | |||||
| "The Devil You Know"
(4 episodes) |
Bill Williams | Penciller(s): Chriss Cross & José Maria Beroy
Inker(s): Chriss Cross & José Maria Beroy Colorist(s): Felix Serano, Ronda Pattison & Charlie Kirchoff |
June, 2010 | Spike: The Devil You Know | |
| July, 2010 | |||||
| August, 2010 | |||||
| September, 2010 | |||||
| "Spike"
(8 episodes) |
"Alone Together Now" | Brian Lynch | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Andrea Priorini |
October 13, 2010 | Spike |
| "What Happens in Vegas, Slays in Vegas" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru & Nicola Zanni
Inker(s): Franco Urru & Nicola Zanni Colorist(s): Andrea Priorini |
November 10, 2010 | |||
| "Everybody Loves Spike" | Penciller(s): Nicola Zanni
Inker(s): Nicola Zanni Colorist(s): Andrea Priorini |
December 8, 2010 | |||
| "You Haven't Changed A Bit" | January 5, 2011 | ||||
| "Bedknobs and Boomsticks" | Penciller(s): Stephen Mooney
Inker(s): Stephen Mooney Colorist(s): Andrea Priorini |
February 23, 2011 | |||
| "Something Borrowed" | March 16, 2011 | ||||
| "Give And Take" | April 13, 2011 | ||||
| "Stranger Things" | Penciller(s): Franco Urru
Inker(s): Franco Urru Colorist(s): Fabio Mantovani |
May 4, 2011 | |||
| "Illyra: Haunted"
(4 episodes) |
Scott Tipton & Mariah Huehner | Penciller(s): Elena Casagrande
Inker(s): Walter Trono Colorist(s): Illyria Traversi |
November 10, 2010 | Illyria: Haunted | |
| December 22, 2010 | |||||
| January 26, 2011 | |||||
| March 2, 2011 | |||||
One-shots
| Title | Story | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Last Angel in Hell" | Brian Lynch | Penciller(s): Stephen Mooney
Inker(s): Stephen Mooney Colorist(s): Leonard O'Grady |
December 1, 2009 | Angel: Season Six, Vol. 2 | |
| "Lorne" | "The Music of the Spheres" | John Byrne | Penciller(s): John Byrne
Inker(s): John Byrne Colorist(s): Rhonda Pattison |
March 24, 2010 | Angel: The John Byrne Collection |
| "Angel Yearbook" | "...Dust to Dust" | Jeff Mariotte | David Messina | May 25, 2011 | The End |
| "OMG Unicorns!" | Peter David | Stephen Mooney | |||
| "All the Time in the World" | Scott Tipton | Elena Casagrande | |||
| "My Only Friend" | Patrick Shand | Stephen Mooney | |||
| "Fight for the Remote!" | Daniel Roth | Stephen Mooney | |||
| "This One Time" | Brian Lynch | Franco Urru | |||
Trade Paperbacks
- Angel: After the Fall (Part One)
- Angel: First Night (Part Two)
- Angel: After the Fall (Part Three)
- Angel: After the Fall (Part Four)
- Angel: After the Fall (Premiere Edition)
- Angel: Aftermath (Part Five)
- Angel: Last Angel in Hell (Part Six)
- Immortality for Dummies
- Crown Prince Syndrome
- The Wolf, the Ram, and the Heart
- The End
- Only Human
- Spike: After the Fall
- Spike: The Devil You Know
- llyria: Haunted
- Angel: Season Six, Vol. 1
BOOM! Studios (2019-2020)
In 2019, a new Angel comic book series was released by Boom! Studios; this version of the series is a reboot with no continuity to the television series or previous comics.
Angel (2019)
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Prologue | Bryan Edward Hill | Gleb Melnikov | April 17, 2019 | Angel: Being Human |
| 1-4 | Being Human
(4 episodes) |
May 29, 2019 June 26, 2019 July 31, 2019 August 28, 2019 | |||
| 5-8 | City of Demons
(4 episodes) |
September 25, 2019 October 23, 2019 November 27 2019 December 12, 2019 |
Angel: City of Demons |
Angel & Spike (2020)
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9-12 | All The Devils Are Here
(4 episodes) |
Bryan Edward Hill | Gleb Melnikov | February 26th 2020 March 25th 2020 June 24th, 2020 July 22nd, 2020 |
Angel & Spike: All The Devils Are Here |
| 13-16 | What's Done is Denied
(4 episodes) |
Adam Smith | Piotr Kowalski | August 26th, 2020 | Angel & Spike: What's Done is Denied |
| Zac Thompson | Hayden Sherman | September 23rd, 2020 October 28th, 2020 November 25th, 2020 |
Angel (2022)
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Artist(s) | Release Date | Reprinted in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | Parallel kantutan
(4 episodes) |
Christopher Cantwell | Daniel Bayliss | January 19th, 2022 February 16th, 2022 March 16th, 2022 April 20th, 2022 |
Angel: Parallel Hell |
Trade Paperbacks
Dark Horse Comics
- Surrogates
- Earthly Possessions
- Hunting Ground
- Autumnal
- Strange Bedfellows
- The Hollower
- Angel Omnibus (Dark Horse comic)
IDW Publishing
- The Curse
- Old Friends
- Auld Lang Syne
- Shadow Puppets
- Smile Time
- Blood and Trenches
- Not Fade Away
- A Hole in the World
- Barbary Coast
- Masks
- Angel: Spotlight
- Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 1
- Angel Omnibus (IDW comic) Vol. 2
- Angel: The John Byrne Collection
- Spike
- Spike vs. Dracula
- Spike: 100-Page Spectacular
- Spike: Asylum
- Spike Omnibus
BOOM! Studios
- Being Human
- City of Demons
- All the Devils Are Here
- What's Done is Denied
- Parallel Hell
Canonical issues
 | This article possibly contains original research. (July 2008) |
Angel comics 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, overviews summarizing their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Angel merchandise.
References
- ^ a b c d Angel: Strange Bedfellows collects the stand-alone issues from the Angel comic series, issues #4, 10–11, 17 and a short from TV Guide, which was colored for the TPB. Strange Bedfellows is the largest and final Angel TPB of Dark Horse's Angel volume one comic series.
- ^ Kathleen David (2006-05-15). "Peter is AFTKB for a week". PeterDavid.net. Retrieved 2007-06-12.