Own It, Part Three

Own It, Part Three: Taking Ownership is the twenty-eighth issue of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten comic book series. Written by Christos Gage and illustrated by Rebekah Isaacs, it was originally published on June 22, 2016, by Dark Horse Comics.

Synopsis[]

Xander and Dawn take on an incredible journey of dimension hopping, trying their best to return home. Meanwhile, things are bad between Buffy and all the Scoobies... Think the world can learn to look out for itself?^[1]

Summary[]

Continuity[]

• Spike references his past relationships with Drusilla ("Fool for Love") and Harmony ("The Harsh Light of Day" to "Crush").
• Buffy compares her relationship troubles with Spike to that she had with Riley, explored in "Into the Woods."
• Clive was last seen in Love Dares You, Part Two.
• At the Dimension of Darkest Fear, Dawn and Xander are haunted by the following visions:
  • an Order of Dagon monk tells Dawn she isn't real, a fear she manifested in "Blood Ties";
  • Joyce blames her death to Dawn, as Buffy first suspected in "No Place Like Home";
  • Anthony Harris tells Xander he's becoming like him, as he feared in "Hell's Bells";
  • and Anya tells Xander to abandon Dawn as he had with Anya, as mentioned in New Rules, Part One.
• Vicki was last seen in In Pieces on the Ground, Part One.
• Dawn and Xander are finally reunited with the gang in this issue after their separation in In Pieces on the Ground, Part Five.

Appearances[]

Individuals[]

• Brian (Only mentioned)
• Clive
• D'Hoffryn (Only mentioned)
• Drusilla (Only mentioned)
• Riley Finn (Only mentioned)
• Rupert Giles
• Alexander Harris
• Anthony Harris (Only in visions)
• Anya Jenkins (Only in visions)
• Jonathan (Only mentioned)
• Harmony Kendall (Only mentioned)
• Pusleak
• Rancidus
• Willow Rosenberg
• Spike
• Lake Stevens
• Buffy Summers
• Dawn Summers
• Joyce Summers (Only in visions)
• Venobia
• Vicki
• Andrew Wells
• Unidentified monk of Dagon I (Only in visions)
• Venobia's slave

Organization and titles[]

• Key
• Scooby Gang
• Slayer
• United States Armed Forces
• Witch
• Xander and Spike's cats

Species[]

• Demon
  • Anharran demon
  • Carnivorous otter (Only mentioned)
  • Lower being
  • Ravenous demon
  • Sebassis' species
  • Vengeance demon (Only mentioned)
• Fae (Only mentioned)
• Human
• New vampire
• Vampire

Locations[]

• Bodaceia
• Cyberhive
• Dimension of Darkest Fear
• Dimension of Giant Shrimp
• Earth
  • Mykonos, Greece (Only mentioned)
  • Oakland
  • San Francisco
    • Club Coagulate
    • Tenderloin apartment building
      • Buffy, Willow, and Dawn's apartment
      • Xander and Spike's apartment
• Forest of Doom
• Outer Madness
  • River of Vomit (Only mentioned)
• Slaughterworld
• Stairwell
• Triptopia

Objects[]

• Amulet of Revelation
• Energy disruptor
• mʔ
• Vampyr

Behind the scenes[]

Production[]

• Buffy's line, "So are you in? Or are you out?" mirrors a Kathryn Merteuil quote in the movie Cruel Intentions, a character also played by Sarah Michelle Gellar.
• Dawn and Xander's pose in Slaughterworld mimics the 1979 cover of The Savage Sword of Conan #47.
• The Club Coagulate has a neon sign written, "Burdwizer — Duke of all beer," in parody of Budweizer and its slogan, "The king of beers."

Collections[]

• Own It
• Season Ten Library Edition, Volume 3

Pop culture references[]

• Dawn mentions the artist M. C. Escher.
• Dawn exclaims: "Holy Escher, Batman," referencing Robin's catchphrase from the Batman TV series.
• Andrew mentions the actor Nicolas Cage in the movie Leaving Las Vegas (1995).
• Buffy mentions Andrew's posts on the social media Facebook.

Gallery[]

Covers[]

Main cover

Variant cover

Cover artwork[]

Steve Morris

Rebekah Isaacs

Preview[]

References[]