Angel & Spike Volume 1

A bold new beginning for Joss Whedon’s Angel, as he must team up with his mortal enemy Spike to save Los Angeles from the new threat of Wolfram & Hart.

TEAM SPIKE OR TEAM ANGEL?

It’s a new beginning for Los Angeles, as Angel has returned from the Hellmouth in Sunnydale...only to find that Gunn and Fred are now aligned with his mortal enemy, Spike. But as the two vampires must resolve their complicated history, new faces have emerged to threaten Angel and Spike’s missions. While Detective Kate Lockley is drawn into this world of horror beyond her imagination, a new enemy rises in the form of the demonic law firm Wolfram & Hart - and they’re determined to get Fred back at any cost.

The acclaimed team of writer Bryan Edward Hill (DC Universe’s Titans, Detective Comics) and artist Gleb Melnikov (Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers) kick off an all new, all different era for Angel, Spike and the whole team as they begin a new mission to save Los Angeles from it’s true enemy. And they just might pull it off if Angel and Spike manage not to kill each other. Again.

Collects Angel & Spike #9-12.

Joseph Hill Whedon is an American film director, producer, writer, and composer. He is the founder of Mutant Enemy Productions, co-founder of Bellwether Pictures, and is best known as the creator of several television series. These include Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003), Angel (1999–2004), Firefly (2002), Dollhouse (2009–2010), and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020).

Whedon co-wrote for the Pixar animated film Toy Story (1995) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay), wrote and directed the Firefly film continuation Serenity (2005), co-wrote and directed the Internet miniseries Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008), and co-wrote and produced the horror comedy film The Cabin in the Woods (2012). He wrote and directed the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films The Avengers (2012) and its sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and also co-wrote the script for the DC Extended Universe superhero film Justice League (2017). He also served as director for Justice League on re-shoots, replacing Zack Snyder (who retained directorial credit).

Actors Ray Fisher, Charisma Carpenter, Michelle Trachtenberg and Amber Benson have complained publicly about Whedon's behavior on set. WarnerMedia investigated Fisher's allegations and announced that they had taken "remedial action" in December 2020.