Buffy the Vampire Slayer #25

BOOM! Studios' Buffy the Vampire Slayer #25 brings the whole crew together on a striking watercolor-styled cover by Frany, showing Buffy front and center — stake in hand, expression steely — flanked by a platinum-blonde Spike in his signature dark coat, a red-haired companion, and two more allies watching from behind, including a figure sporting an eye patch, all framed by swirling shadow and silhouetted bats. It's a quietly tense ensemble portrait that captures the uneasy alliance energy this series does so well. Inside, Jeremy Lambert scripts with art by Valentina Pinti and colors by Raúl Angulo, making this a polished entry in one of 2021's most engaging ongoing series.