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In Space No One Can H ear You Slay!

andrew chambliss georges jeanty ALSO INSIDE dexter READ CAITLÍN R. KIERNAN’S vines “ALABASTER” PART 2! executive producer

FCBD12 BUFFY-GUILD.indd 1 2/2/12 9:42 AM Based on the television series created by joss whedon

Script Pencils Inks Colors andrew georges dexter michelle chambliss jeanty vines madsen Letters richard starkings and Comicraft’s jimmy betancourt

Cover GeorGes Jeanty and Michelle Madsen

Buffy has never needed a vacation from Slaying so badly as she does now. Luckily, longtime pal, Spike, has the perfect solution—one where she can get some respite from all things that go bump in the night . . .

Designer Justin Couch Editors and Sierra Hahn Assistant Editor Freddye Lins Publisher Mike Richardson

Special thanks to Debbie Olshan at Twentieth Century Fox and Daniel Kaminsky.

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Based on the web series created by Felicia Day

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Story by Felicia Day Art by Jonathan Case Letters by Nate Piekos of Blambot®

Cover by Adam Rex

Designer David Nestelle Assistant Editor Brendan Wright Editor Scott Allie Collection Assistant Editor Freddye Lins Collection Editor Sierra Hahn Publisher Mike Richardson

Felicia thanks: The cast and crew of The Guild; the donors for season 1 of The Guild; Microsoft and Sprint for continuing to sponsor us; Kim Evey; Joss Whedon; Pat Duncan; George Ruiz; and, most importantly, my parents.  Facebook.com/DarkHorseComics Twitter.com/DarkHorseComics Advertising Sales: (503) 652-8815 x370 • Comic Shop Locator Service: (888) 266-4226 • Talk about this issue NOW at: Boards.DarkHorse.com • WatchTheGuild.com THE GUILD: BEACH’D, May 2012. Published by Dark Horse Comics, Inc., 10956 SE Main Street, Milwaukie, Oregon 97222. The Guild™ © 2012 The Guild. All rights reserved. Dark Horse Comics® and the Dark Horse logo are trademarks of Dark Horse Comics, Inc., registered in various categories and countries. All rights reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the express written permission of Dark Horse Comics, Inc. Names, characters, places, and incidents featured in this publication either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events, institutions, or locales, without satiric intent, is coincidental. Printed by Cadmus Communications, Easton, PA, U.S.A. FCBD12 BUFFY-GUILD.indd 28 2/2/12 9:43 AM FCBD12 BUFFY-GUILD.indd 27 2/2/12 9:43 AM FCBD12 BUFFY-GUILD.indd 26 2/2/12 9:43 AM FCBD12 BUFFY-GUILD.indd 25 2/2/12 9:43 AM FCBD12 BUFFY-GUILD.indd 24 2/2/12 9:43 AM