Triggers

October 21, 2015

22 pages

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten #20

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Triggers is the twentieth issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten comic book series. Written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Megan Levens, it was originally published on October 21, 2015, by Dark Horse Comics.

Synopsis

Called in for a supernatural-crimes case, Buffy and Spike discover an incubus demon is targeting women in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Xander and Giles work on an exorcism that stirs up some questions about Ghost Anya.^[1]

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Buffy and Spike revisit his rape attempt onto her from "Seeing Red."
Dowling and Spike come to terms about his relationship with Buffy, together since Love Dares You, Part One.
Spike mentions Buffy stabbing Angel in "Becoming, Part Two."
Xander plays Pimp Slap IV, first seen in New Rules, Part Three.
It's determined that Anya is real, a question since her first appearance in New Rules, Part One.
Buffy remembers the time the supernatural was a secret to the general public, which happened until Harmonic Divergence.

Two famous real San Francisco locations appeared on this issue: the Women's Building and the Piedmont boutique.
The demon possessing Lana says, "Lana isn't here right now," a reference to The Shining (1980) movie quote, "Danny isn't here."

Triggers was the 145th best selling comic issue in its publishing month, with 14,184 sales in October 2015 at comic specialty stores.^[2]

Xander has in his bedroom a Lara Croft poster and a Baby Groot figurine.
Xander mentions the gang member O. G. Mack.
The incubus calls Buffy and Jean "little pigs" in reference to the fable "The Three Little Pigs."
Anya mentions the TV show Ghost Hunters.