This is my version of a chronology for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel, and for their official continuation in comics. Some of the “noncanon” comics I’ve included because they fill an empty space and do not conflict with the official storyline, at least not significantly, some canon comics have been left out either because they do conflict significantly or because they fall so far outside of the main storyline they are not part of it.
I’ve included very few of the Buffy Classic comics series because some of its overall features, such as the subplot of Buffy working as a model, conflict too much. But I have, however, included single-issue and miniseries that focus on characters other than the two protagonists.
In parentheses after several of the comic stories, I’ve told in what they were originally published, or whether they are a one-shot, a graphic novel, or a miniseries.
In some of the TV episodes, I’ve grouped together ones in which the story from one continued mid-scene from the previous, though I had to change that up a bit with Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 7 and Angel season 4.
I based the original version of this on the chronology in the Buffy and Angel Wiki, but changed much of the order it was in because of continuity problems in that version.
I should add that this list is primarily for those who have already viewed or read most or all of the entries, because otherwise this order will give spoilers to the story for first-timers.
BtVS Season 0
In the first item here, some enterprising huge fan of the Fanged Four edited all the scenes of the Fanged Four—Darla, Angel, Drusilla, Spike—in the two TV series into a separate series all it own in six parts.
The Origin is Whedon’s official version of the story that got corrupted into the movie which came out in 1992.
The Fanged Four History and Origins series is available on Vimeo.
Fanged Four History and Origins, Part 1: 1609-1764
Fanged Four History and Origins, Part 2: 1765-1880
Fanged Four History and Origins, Part 3: 1880-1898
Fanged Four History and Origins, Part 4: 1900-1943
Spike and Dru 3: All’s Fair
Fanged Four History and Origins, Part 5: 1950s
Fanged Four History and Origins, Part 6: 1977-1996
BtVS: The Origin
“Dust to Dust” (Angel Yearbook)
All of these stories take place after The Origin before the start of the show but include the memories of Dawn fabricated by the Order of Dagon.
BtVS Classic #51-54: Viva Las Buffy!
BtVS Classic #55: Dawn and the Hoopy Bear
BtVS Classic #56-59: Slayer Interrupted
BtVS Classic: Angels We Have Seen On
High
BtVs Classic #60-63: A Stake to the Heart
BtVS Season 1
Buffy the High School Years is, unlike the Buffy Classic series, considered canon. I included “MacGuffins” because it was the very first Buffy comic ever.
BtVS s01e01
Welcome to the Hellmouth
Special music guest: Sprung Monkey
BtVS s01e02
The Harvest
BtVS: The Origin (#1-3)
BtVS s01e03
Witch
BtVS s01e04
Teacher’s Pet
Special music guest: Superfine
Buffy, the High School Years: Freaks
& Geeks (graphic
novel)
Buffy, the High School Years: Glutton
for Punishment (graphic
novel)
BtVS s01e05
Never Kill a Boy on the First Date
Special music guest: Velvet Chain
BtVS s01e06
The Pack
BtVS s01e07
Angel
Buffy, the High School Years:
Parental Parasite
(graphic novel)
“No Need to
Fear, the Slayer’s Here” (BtHSY short story, free comic May 2017)
BtVS s01e08
I, Robot…You, Jane
BtVS s01e09
The Puppet Show
BtVS s01e10
Nightmares
BtVS s01e11
Out of Mind, Out of Sight
BtVS s01e12
Prophecy Girl
“MacGuffins” (Dark
Horse Presents Annual, 1998)
BtVS Season 2
BtVS s02e01
When She Was Bad
Special music guest: Cibo Matto
BtVS s02e02
Some Assembly Required
“The
Problem with Vampires” (Tales of the
Vampires #1)
Spike and Dru #2: The Queen of
Hearts
BtVS s02e03
School Hard
Special music guest: Nickel
BtVS s02e04
Inca Mummy Girl
Special music guest: Dingoes Ate My Baby
BtVS s02e05
Reptile Boy
BtVS s02e06
Halloween
BtVS s02e07
Lie to Me
BtVS s02e08
The Dark Age
BtVS
s02e09e10 What’s My Line
BtVS s02e11
Ted
BtVS s02e12
Bad Eggs
BtVS s02e13
Surprise
BtVS s02e14
Innocence
BtVS s02e15
Phases
Special music guest: Lotion
BtVS s02e16
Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered
Special music guest: Dingoes Ate My Baby
BtVS s02e17
Passions
BtVS: Ring of Fire (graphic novel)
BtVS s02e18
Killed by Death
BtVS s02e19
I Only Have Eyes for You
Special music guest: Splendid & Angie Hart
BtVS s02e20
Go Fish
BtVS
s02e21e22 Becoming
Spike and Dru #1: Paint the Town Red
BtVS Season 3
BtVS s03e01
Anne
Special music guest: Bellylove
BtVS s03e02
Dead Man’s Party
Special music guest: Dingoes Ate My Baby
BtVS s03e03
Faith, Hope, & Trick
Special music guest: Darling Violetta
BtVS s03e04
Beauty and the Beasts
BtVS s03e05
Homecoming
Special music guest: Dingoes Ate My Baby
BtVS s03e06
Band Candy
Special music guest: Dingoes Ate My Baby
BtVS s03e07
Revelations
Special music guest: Dingoes Ate My Baby
BtVS s03e08
Lovers Walk
BtVS s03e09
The Wish
BtVS s03e10
Amends
“Numb” (Tales
of the Vampires #5)
BtVS s03e11
Gingerbread
BtVS s03e12
Helpless
BtVS s03e13
The Zeppo
“Spike and
Dru: Who Made Who?” (Lover’s Walk
one-shot)
BtVS s03e14
Bad Girls
BtVS s03e15
Consequences
BtVS s03e16
Doppelgangland
Special music guest: K’s Choice
BtVS s03e17
Enemies
BtVS s03e18
Earshot
BtVS s03e19
Choices
BtVS s03e20
The Prom
BtVS s03e21e22
Graduation Day
BtVS Classic
#20: Double Cross
BtVS: Haunted (#1-4)
BtVS Season 4/Angel Season 1
Here I’ve included several issues of the Angel Classic series because that way we get to see more of Doyle.
Angel
s01e00 Pitch Tape (aka Unaired Pilot)
Angel Spotlight: Doyle (one-shot)
Angel
s01e01 City Of
BtVS s04e01
The Freshman
Special music guests: Angie Hart & Splendid
BtVS s04e02
Living Conditions
Special music guest: Shy
Angel
s01e02 Lonely Hearts
BtVS s04e03
The Harsh Light of Day
Special music guests: Bif Naked & Dingoes Ate My Baby
Angel s01e03
In the Dark
BtVS s04e04
Fear, Itself
Angel
s01e04 I Fall to Pieces
Angel Classic #4: The Changeling
Wife
BtVS s04e05
Beer Bad
Special music guest: Shy
Angel
s01e05 Rm w/a Vu
BtVS s04e06
Wild at Heart
Special music guest: Shy
Angel
s01e06 Sense & Sensitivity
BtVS s04e07
The Initiative
“Angel:
Point of Order” (TV Guide: Ultimate Cable)
“Angel: The
Nepalese Switcharoo” (Dark Horse Extra #25-28)
Angel
s01e07 Bachelor Party
BtVS s04e08
Pangs
Angel
s01e08 I Will Remember You
BtVS s04e09
Something Blue
Angel
s01e09 Hero
“Angel:
Lovely, Dark, and Deep” (Dark Horse
Presents #153-155)
Angel
s01e10 Parting Gifts
BtVS s04e10
Hush
BtVS s04e11
Doomed
“Foreshadowing”
(Angel: Masks)
Angel
s01e11 Somnambulist
BtVS s04e12
A New Man
Angel
s01e12 Expecting
Angel s01e13
She
BtVS s04e13
The I in Team
BtVS s04e14
Goodbye Iowa
Angel
s01e14 I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Angel
s01e15 The Prodigal
Angel
s01e16 The Ring
BtVS s04e15
This Year’s Girl
BtVS s04e16
Who Are You?
Angel
s01e17 Eternity
Jonathan: Codename: Comrades (one-shot)
BtVS s04e17
Superstar
Special music guest: Royal Crown Revue
Giles: Beyond the Pale (one-shot)
“Buffy
& Riley: One Small Promise” (Lover’s
Walk one-shot)
BtVS s04e18
Where the Wild Things Are
Oz (#1-3)
BtVS s04e19
New Moon Rising
“Willow
& Tara: Punish Me With Kisses” (Lover’s
Walk one-shot)
Angel
s01e18 Five by Five
Angel
s01e19 Sanctuary
Willow & Tara: WannaBlessedBe (one-shot)
BtVS s04e20
The Yoko Factor
BtVS s04e21
Primeval
BtVS s04e22
Restless
Angel
s01e20 War Zone
Angel
s01e21 Blind Date
Angel
s01e22 To Shanshu in L.A.
BtVS Season 5/Angel Season 2
Angel Classic #17: Cordelia: Phantom
Dennis
BtVS s05e01
Buffy vs. Dracula
Angel
s02e01 Judgement
BtVS s05e02
Real Me
Angel
s02e02 Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
Angel
s02e03 First Impressions
BtVS s05e03
The Replacement
BtVS s05e04
Out of My Mind
Angel
s02e04 Untouched
BtVS s05e05
There’s No Place Like Home
BtVS s05e06
Family
Angel
s02e05 Dear Boy
Angel
s02e06 Guise Will Be Guise
BtVS s05e07
Fool for Love
BtVS s05e08
Shadow
Angel s02e07
Darla
Angel
s02e08 The Shroud of Rahmon
BtVS s05e09
Listening to Fear
BtVS s05e10
Into the Woods
Angel
s02e09 The Trial
Angel s02e10
Reunion
Angel s02e11
Redefinition
BtVS s02e11
Triangle
Angel
s02e12 Blood Money
BtVS s02e12
Checkpoint
Angel
s02e13 Happy Anniversary
BtVS s05e13
Blood Ties
Angel
s05e14 The Thin Dead Line
BtVS s05e14
Crush
Special music guest: Devics
Angel
s02e15 Reprise
Angel
s02e16 Epiphany
BtVS s05e15
I Was Made to Love You
BtVS s05e16
The Body
BtVS s05e17
Forever
Angel
s02e17 Disharmony
BtVS s05e18
Intervention
Angel s02e18
Dead End
BtVS s05e19
Tough Love
BtVS s05e20
Spiral
BtVS s05321
The Weight of the World
BtVS s05e22
The Gift
“Angel”
(Dark Horse Extra 36-38)
Angel
s02e19 Belonging
Angel
s02e20 Over the Rainbow
Angel
s02e21 Through the Looking Glass
Angel
s02e22 There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb
BtVS: Lost & Found (The Death of
Buffy) (one-shot)
BtVS Classic #43-45: The Death of
Buffy
BtVS Season 6/Angel Season 3
Switching the places in Angel season 3’s “That Old Gang of Mine” and “That Vision Thing” is intentional. The reasons that order is better are subtle, but noticeable if you pay attention.
Angel
s03e01 Heartthrob
Angel
s03e03 That Old Gang of Mine
Angel
s03e02 That Vision Thing
BtVS s06e01e02
Bargaining
BtVS s06e03
After Life
Angel
s03e04 Carpe Noctem
BtVS s06e04
Flooded
BtVS: Reunion (one-shot)
BtVS s06e05
Life Serial
Angel
s03e05 Fredless
Willow & Tara: Wilderness
Angel
s03e06 Billy
BtVS s06e06
All the Way
BtVS Classic #47-50: Note From the
Underground
Angel
s03e07 Offspring
BtVS s06e07
Once More, with Feeling
BtVS s06e08
Tabula Rasa
Special music guest: Michelle Branch
Angel
s03e08 Quickening
Angel
s03e09 Lullaby
Angel
s03e10 Dad
BtVS s06e09
Smashed
Special music guests: Virgil & Halo Friendlies
BtVS s06e10
Wrecked
Angel
s03e11 Birthday
BtVS s06e11
Gone
Angel
s03e12 Provider
BtVS s06e12
Doublemeat Palace
BtVS s06e13
Dead Things
Angel
s03e13 Waiting in the Wings
Angel
s03e14 Couplet
BtVS s06e14
Older and Far Away
BtVS s06e15
As You Were
Angel
s03e15 Loyalty
BtVS s06e16
Hell’s Bells
Angel
s03e16 Sleep Tight
Angel
s03e17 Forgiving
BtVS s06e17
Normal Again
Angel
s03e18 Double or Nothing
Spike: Old Times (graphic novel)
Angel
s03e19 The Price
Angel
s03e20 A New World
Angel
s03e21 Benediction
Angel
s03e22 Tomorrow
BtVS s06e18
Entropy
BtVS s06e19
Seeing Red
BtVS s06e20
Villains
BtVS s06e21
Two to Go
BtVS s06e22
Grave
BtVS Season 7/Angel Season 4
Spike: Into the Light (graphic novel)
BtVS s07e01
Lessons
BtVS s07e02
Beneath You
Angel
s04e01 Deep Down
BtVS s07e03
Same Time, Same Place
Angel
s04e02 Ground State
BtVS s04e04
Help
Angel
s04e03 The House Always Wins
Angel
s04e04 Slouching Toward Bethlehem
BtVS s07e05
Selfless
BtVS s07e06
Him
Special music guest: The Breeders
Angel
s04e05 Supersymmetry
Angel s04e06
Spin the Bottle
BtVS s07e07
Conversations with Dead People
Special music guest: Splendid & Angie Hart
BtVS s07e08
Sleeper
Special music guest: Aimee Mann
Angel
s04e07 Apocalypse Nowish
Angel
s04e08 Habeus Corpses
BtVS s07e09
Never Leave Me
BtVS s07310
Bring on the Night
Angel
s04e09 Long Day’s Journey
Angel
s04e10 Awakening
BtVS s07e11
Showtime
Angel
s04e11 Soulless
BtVS s07e12
Potential
Angel
s04e12 Cavalry
BtVS s07e13
The Killer in Me
Special music guest: Aberdeen
BtVS s07e14
First Date
Angel
s04e13 Salvage
BtVS s07e15
Get It Done
BtVS s07e16
Storyteller
Angel
s04e14 Release
BtVS s07e17
Lies My Parents Told Me
Angel
s04e15 Orpheus
Angel
s04e16 Players
Angel
s04e17 Inside Out
Angel
s04e18 Shiny Happy People
BtVS s07e18
Dirty Girls
Angel
s04e19 The Magic Bullet
Angel
s04e20 Sacrifice
Angel
s04e21 Peace Out
Angel
s04e22 Home
BtVS s07e19
Empty Places
Special music guest: Nerf Herder
BtVS s07e20
Touched
BtVS s07e21
End of Days
BtVS s07e22
Chosen
Angel Season 5
“Pencils
and Paperclips” (Angel: Masks)
Angel s05e01
Conviction
Angel
s05e02 Just Rewards
Angel
s05e03 Unleashed
Angel
s05e04 Hell Bound
Angel Spotlight: Wesley: No
Sacrifice (one-shot)
Angel
s05e05 Life of the Party
Angel
s05e06 The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco
Angel
s05e07 Lineage
Spike vs. Dracula #1-5
Angel
s05e08 Destiny
Angel
s05e09 Harm’s Way
Spike: Old Wounds (graphic novel)
Angel
s05e10 Soul Purpose
Angel
s05e11 Damage
Spike: Lost and Found (graphic novel)
Angel
s05e12 You’re Welcome
Angel
s05e13 Why We Fight
Angel
s05e14 Smile Time
“Mystery
Date” (Angel: Masks)
“All the
Time in the World” (Angel Yearbook)
Angel
s05e15 A Hole in the World
Angel
s05e16 Shells
Spike: Asylum (#1-5)
Angel
s05e17 Underneath
“Unacceptable
Losses” (Angel: Masks)
Angel
s05e18 Origin
Angel Spotlight: Conner: Inheritance (one-shot)
Angel
s05e19 Time Bomb
Angel
s05e20 The Girl in Question
Angel Spotlight: Gunn
Fallen Angel: Reborn (#1-4; features Illyria)
Angel Spotlight: Illyria (one-shot)
Spike: Shadow Puppets (#1-4)
Willow: Goddesses and Monsters (one-shot)
“Antique” (Tales
of the Vampires #3)
Angel:
s05e21 Power Play
Angel:
s05e22 Not Fade Away
Angel: After the Fall
After Team Angel destroyed the Circle of the Black Thorn, the Senior Partners retaliated by sending Los Angeles into Hell. The city was ultimately returned to the time just before the Fall, erasing the events that happened during the time between, though residents remembered the events that had occurred there in that temporal fold.
Angel: After the Fall #6-8: First
Night
Angel: After the Fall #24-25:
Drusilla
Spike: After the Fall #1-4
Angel: After the Fall #1-5, 9-17
Angel Season 6 #23: Become What You Are
Angel Season 6
The events of Angel Season 6 are only quasi-canonical, though events and people in them are referenced in later “canonical” comics. The name “Angel Season 6”, in some cases also applied to Angel: After the Fall, is a fan designation, especially for the issues of the IDW series that take place following the restoration of L.A.
“OMG,
Unicorns!” (Angel Yearbook)
Angel Season 6 #18-22: Aftermath
Angel: Only Human #1-5
“My Only
Friend” (Angel Yearbook)
Angel Season 6 #26-27: Boys and
Their Toys
Last Angel in Hell (graphic novel)
Lorne: Music of the Spheres (one-shot)
“This One Time” (Angel Yearbook)
Eddie Hope: Eddie and the Crew, Parts 1-5 (in Angel Season 6
#28-32)
“A Devils Walks Into A Bar, Parts 1
& 2”
“Intermission”
“The Risk of Skipping Ahead”
“The Getaway”
Angel Season 6 #28-32: Immortality,
Inc.
#28: Crown Prince Syndrome
#29: Immortality for Dummies
#30: The Trouble with Felicia
#31: The Big Dustup
#32: Roman a Clef
Spike: The Devil You Know (#1-4)
Angel Season 6 #33: Letters Home: A
Jamesian Interlude
Eddie Hope: Eddie and the Crew,
Parts 6-11 (in Angel Season 6: #33-39)
“My Dinner With Gunn”
“The Long Tale of Gunn”
“Gunn Smoked”
“Gunfight”
“Round One”
“Knockout Punch”
“Sunset”
Angel Season 6 #34-38: Connorland
#34: Bedroom Follies
#35-37: Prophet for Profit, Parts 1-3
#38: Cats in the Cradle
“Fight for
the Remote!” (Angel Yearbook)
Illyria: Haunted (#1-4)
Angel Season 6 #39-44: The Wolf, the
Ram, & the Heart
BtVS Season 8
The two entries with asterices (plural of asterix) take place in the 24th century, as does the following story “Time of Your Life” in BtVS Season 8, but while they are outside of the main storyline, they do provide background to the main 24th century character in the latter. In fact, Fray was a comic miniseries written by Joss Whedon in 2001, during the run of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, while Season 8’s “Time of Your Life” as not written until 2009.
BtVS Season 8 #1-4: The Long Way
Home
Spike (#1-8)
BtVS Season 8 #5: The Chain
Riley: Commitment Through Distance, Virtue Through Sin (one-shot)
BtVS Season 8 #6-9: No Future for
You
BtVS Season 8 #10: Anywhere but Here
BtVS Season 8 #11: A Beautiful
Sunset
BtVS Season 8 #12-15: Wolves at the
Gate
*Fray, #1-8
* “Tales”, Tales of the Slayers (graphic anthology)
BtVS Season 8 #16-19: Time of Your
Life
BtVS Season 8 #20: After These
Messages…We’ll Be Right Back
BtVS Season 8 #21: Harmonic
Divergence
Harmony Bites (e-comic)
“Vampy Cat Play Friend” (Dark Horse Presents 19)
BtVS Season 8 #22: Swell
BtVS Season 8 #23: Predators and
Prey
“Always Darkest” (Dark
Horse Presents 24)
BtVS Season 8 #24: Safe
BtVS Season 8 #25: Living Doll
Tales of the Vampires: The Thrill (one-shot)
“Harmony Comes to the Nation” (Dark Horse Presents 25)
“Tales of the Vampires: Carpe Noctem” (Dark Horse Presents 31 & 32)
BtVS Season 8 #26-30: Retreat
BtVS Season 8 #31: Turbulence
BtVS Season 8 #32-35: Twilight
BtVS Season 8 #36-39: Last Gleaming, Parts 1-4
Magical Mystery Tour, featuring The Beetles (e-comic)
BtVS Season 8 #40: Last Gleaming, Part 5
Season 9
Angel & Faith Season 9 #1-4:
Living Through This
BtVS Season 9 #1-4: Freefall
Angel & Faith Season 9 #5: In
Perfect Harmony
BtVS Season 9 #5: Slayer,
Interrupted
In Space No One Can Hear You Slay! (free comic)
BtVS Season 9 #6-7: On Your Own
Angel & Faith Season 9 #6-9:
Daddy Issues
BtVS Season 9 #8-10: Apart (of Me)
Angel & Faith Season 9 #10:
Women of a Certain Age
Angel & Faith Season 9 #11-14:
Family Reunion
BtVS Season 9 #11-13: Guarded
BtVS Season 9 #14-15: Billy the Vampire
Slayer
Angel & Faith Season 9 #15: The
Hero of His Own Story
Spike: A Dark Place (#1-5)
Angel & Faith Season 9 #16-19:
Death and Consequences
Angel & Faith Season 9 #20:
Spike and Faith
BtVS Season 9 16-19: Welcome to the
Team
Willow: Wonderland (#1-5)
Angel & Faith Season 9 #21-25:
What You Want, Not What You Need
BtVS Season 9 #20: The Watcher
BtVS Season 9 #21-25: The Core
“Love vs.
Life” (Dark Horse Presents #25-27)
Season 10
BtVS Season 10 #1-5: New Rules
Angel & Faith Season 10 #1-4:
Where the River Meets the Sea
Angel & Faith Season 10 #5: Old
Habits
BtVS Season 10 #6-7: I Wish
Angel & Faith Season 10 #6-10:
Lost and Found
BtVS Season 10 #8-9: Return to
Sunnydale
BtVS Season 10 #10: Day Off (or
Harmony in My Head)
BtVS Season 10 #11-13: Love Dares
You
Angel & Faith Season 10 #11-14:
United
BtVS Season 10 #14-15: Relationship
Status: Complicated
Angel & Faith Season 10 #15:
Fight or Flight
BtVS Season 10 #16-18: Old Demons
Angel & Faith Season 10 #16-18:
Those Who Can’t Teach, Teach Gym
BtVS Season 10 #19: Freaky Giles Day
Angel & Faith Season 10 #19-20:
A Little More Than Kin
BtVS Season 10 #20: Triggers
BtVS Season 10 #21-25: In Pieces on the
Ground
Angel & Faith Season 10 #21-25:
A Tale of Two Families
BtVS Season 10 #26-30: Own It
“Harmony:
Where Are They Now?” (Dark Horse Day
Sampler 2016)
Season 11
The story featuring Rupert Giles take places between issues #4 and #12 of BtVS Season 11.
Angel Season 11 #1-4: Out of the
Past
BtVS Season 11 #1: The Spread of
Their Evil
BtVS Season 11 #2: In Time of Crisis
BtVS Season 11 #3: A House Divided
BtVS Season 11 #4: Desperate Times
BtVS Season 11 #5: Desperate
Measures
BtVS Season 11 #6: Back to the Wall
Angel Season 11 #5-8: Time and Tide
Giles: Girl Blue #1-4
Angel Season 11 #9-12: Dark
Reflections
BtVS Season 11 #7: Disempowered
BtVS Season 11 #8: Ordinary People
BtVS Season 11 #9: The Great Escape
BtVS Season 11 #10: Crimes Against
Nature
BtVS Season 11 #11: Revelations
BtVS Season 11 #12: One Girl in All
the World
Season 12
This is the final season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It takes place roughly a year after the end of Season 11.
BtVS: The Reckoning #1-4
Some of my favorites quotes from the show:
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