No.

batmarlowe | March 14, 17:16 CET

Anybody got a copy yet?

Simon | March 14, 17:24 CET

Nope. No copy. Nada. Zilch. Zero.

I want it... I want it now!

TwisTz | March 14, 17:33 CET

My shop opens at 2p.m. on new comic day so not yet although I did get to read the issue already last week and thought it was great.

Buffyfantic | March 14, 17:58 CET

I should be picking up my copy on my lunch break. Three of us from my office are going and we're also buying a copy for my boss. SQUEE!

leafblown | March 14, 18:00 CET

I'll be picking my copy up tomorrow as soon as the shop opens. :)

Derf | March 14, 18:12 CET

I have mine in my hot little hands and I have read it twice. Sooooo fantastic! I think the dialog/humor is completely on point, though I found I had to get used to the narrative parts and being in our characters "heads". The art is wonderful. The final panel is just GREAT! Fabulous start Joss and company! The wait for next one will be worse then this one...*whoot*

Charmuse | March 14, 22:17 CET

My shop was absolutely packed today. A lot of it was due to people still picking up Cap #25, but most people seemed to be holding copies of Buffy, and a large number of them seemed to be there just for that. Can't wait to see sales figures if/when they're released.

As for the book itself: Issue #1 is largely setup, as this reviewer noted, but still thoroughly enjoyable. I disagree with the review on one point, though -- I've got plenty of reason to come back next ish. Sure, I'm a Buffy zombie, but still... I'm already dying to know who... Well, I'll leave that unsaid.

So great to have Joss writing these characters again.

RambleOn623 | March 14, 23:13 CET

Anyone out there know how soon comics arrive in UK stores after the American date? Is there a UK date? Im not normally a comic book person. Only bought Serenity, but I was in NY at the time.

Ashley | March 14, 23:13 CET

Ashley, they should be in UK stores tomorrow.

Simon | March 14, 23:40 CET

Rambleon623, I know exactly what your talking about, it's going to be bugging me.

The comic is amazing. It was sort of hard to get use to at first but it gets a lot easier and a lot better. I just loved Xander and Buffy, and I'm dieing to know what happens next!

hitnrun017 | March 15, 00:16 CET

Joss is an evil, evil man.

The way he set up the ending was just wrong. Have you thinkingin one direction, and then go another. And poor Dawn.

Can't wait 'til the next issue. :)

deepgirl187 | March 15, 00:19 CET

Cheers Simon. Will haev to visit dodgy local comic book guy (so not as good as the one on The Simpsons) next time im in town.

Ashley | March 15, 00:22 CET

I got mine a little bit ago and like Charmuse, I've already read it twice. It's thrilling to be in this world again. Sure, it's a little different to approach the Buffyverse via comics rather than via moving images & sound (at least it is different for me), but I'm hardly complaining.

I don't think this first issue is lacking meat on its bones. Joss is very good with establishing the sitch *while* introducing cool developments - see the first five minutes of Serenity, for e.g. Already in this issue there were a couple of twists that gave me delight.

My only complaint? It's a two-parter: (1) a comic book has relatively few pages, and (b) we have to wait another 3-4 weeks for the next installment. Grrr argh.... :)

phlebotinin | March 15, 00:24 CET

I went in earlier today but it hadn't arrived yet. He's supposed to call me when the shipment of new comics comes in, but he hasn't yet. Curses!

WilliamTheB | March 15, 00:30 CET

So, I wasn't the first person in the store and I wasn't standing outside waiting for them to open the door, but I was there early and did get my copy. Yippee. I shouldn't have worried, my store had lots of copies. They ordered more copies than Civil War or Infinite Crisis.

All the previews and hints, just don't compare to the actual issue. Loved it. It was a great set up, had enough background so someone new wouldn't feel lost but not so much to bore the long-time fans, and a cliff-hanger. Buffy's face when she says that she misses her mom, breaks your heart.

Thank you, Joss, for bringing this world and characters back to us. I knew that I missed them, but not how much until I was reading a completely new story and knew that there were lots more to come (at least 30 by last count). I'm hooked - again.

MacGuffin | March 15, 02:12 CET

Plenty of copies at my store as well, though most seemed to be picking it up. At first I was asking myself, When did Nick Fury come back to S.H.I.E.L.D.? However, I soon remembered where I was and how great it is to be back in a familiar place after being away for so long.

rockchalkwatcher | March 15, 02:22 CET

Before this falls off the front page, I've started a discussion thread here.

I thought it'd be fun for us to have a place to discuss issues as we read them and speculate on what's to come next. Especially since a link here often falls off the front page before everyone has had a chance to read that week's issue - in particular those outside the U.S. who don't get their copies until a day or so after us.

MacGuffin | March 15, 03:39 CET

I have devoured my copy and I have to say it's excellent!

It is a comfortable place to be, the Whedonverse.

I'm sooo digging on it. I couldn't be more thrilled that we're back in it.

Thank you.

*smiling while thinking about all the possibilities season 8 could bring us*

whedon is GOD | March 15, 03:40 CET

Good stuff. I've posted a new link to Herc's review if anyone wants to continue chatting about it on the front page.

Simon | March 15, 03:51 CET