Mayor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) of grotesquely large insects which will, after he ingests them, imbue him with greater power. Faith retrieves the box for him, which Buffy then steals in order to prevent this important ritual from occurring. In the process, Buffy's best friend Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan) is captured by Faith, and the Mayor meets Buffy for the first time when they exchange Willow for the box. During the confrontation, the Mayor pointedly asks questions about the viability of Buffy's relationship with Angel (David Boreanaz), a vampire who has been re-ensouled and who fights alongside Buffy. Although Buffy and Angel have been trying
Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics Horse Comics compiled select stories in comic books so that people could find them more easily. After the publication of these volumes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Nine and Ten were released. Dark Horse Comics published many comic stories during the airing of the TV series. After the TV series came to an end, a new comic season was published by Joss Whedon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, as well as , a spin-off of this series. When Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight was finished, Dark Horse Comics decided to publish a new comic season of Buffy.