Women Wednesday: Goodnight Michelle Trachtenberg

Sad news for Michelle Trachtenberg, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer,' and 'Harriet the Spy' star, dies at 39. She will always be known as Buffy's younger sister, Dawn Summers, to me.

Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers

Goodnight Luke Perry

Sad news for Luke Perry died today at age 52. He is best know for his tv roles on the original Beverly Hills 90210, Jeremiah and, most recently, Riverdale. I watched only a few episodes of 90210 but my sister was a big fan of that show. She cried when she heard the news. I watched and enjoyed him on Jeremiah and Riverdale. He also starred in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie.

Elvira with Luke Perry

TFAW Grab Bag #37: Buffy The Vampire Slayer #17 and #20

Today's grab bag from TFAW will also serve as this week's Women Wednesday. Jeff Matsuda did the cover artwork for Dark Horse's Buffy The Vampire Slayer #17 Valentine's Day Edition (Purple Foil Logo Variant Cover) with a cover date of January 2000. Like the Angel #3 Valentines Day Edition (Purple Foil Logo Variant Cover) that I showed here, there is nothing romantic happening within this issue. Buffy does fight a vampire lookalike. I received six copies of this issue.

I do like the photographic cover to Dark Horse's Buffy The Vampire Slayer #20 (April 2000) mostly because of Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz. This issue finds the pair sharing their psychic link while on the brink of death from some demon that steal souls. I received four copies of this issue.

The only issue of this series that I had before receiving the grab bag comics was the photo cover of #37 (June 2003). However, I do have all four issues of the Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Haunted mini-series. To be honest, my favorite characters from the tv series are Willow and Tara. That is why I have the Willow and Tara one-shot and the Willow and Tara: Wilderness two parter.

TFAW Grab Bag #36: Buffy/Angel #1/2

TFAW sent the comic cover version of Dark Horse's Buffy The Vampire Slayer/Angel #1/2 that was a freebie that came with an issue of Wizard in 2000. The limited edition versopm has a photo cover. While I like the self-contained story, I really did not need six copies.

Thrift Store Finds: Action Figures Galore

I went to the local thrift stores yesterday afternoon and found some action figures. I instantly grabbed a bag of four figures that was marked $1.75. I only recognized the 1985 Rambo and Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer season one series but could not place the female figure or the guy with the machete. Turns out she was Anna Paquin as Rogue from The X-Men movie and he is Kraven with bullwhip swinging action (he only came with the machete).

I then found a Super Kick Spider-Man minus the Subway Sandman and Classic Venom action figures from the Spider-Man 3 series at another thrift store for fifty cents each.