Angel & Spike: Vol. One

 

So this collected issues 9-12 (I think) of the newish Angel and Spike series (why it was called volume one is a mystery). I was a little lost, since the story doesn't seem to follow canon at all. Angel has returned from Hell to find Gunn and Fred with Spike. He does not like that but they ask Angel to please give Spike a chance, as he's trying to make amends. Yeah, Angel, stop being a dick. 

No sign or mention of Cordelia, Lorne, or Wesley, which was a bummer. Meanwhile, Detective Kate Lockley is trying to help a street kid named Dre when he gets bitten by some weird creature who looks like a man but is clearly dead. A woman shows up at the hospital and says she knows someone who can help Dre and gives Kate Angel's business card.

Kate and Angel have never met in this alternate reality, so she's reluctant to call him but she has no one else to turn to. Kate seems to get infected with something and Fred has to sacrifice herself to save everyone and I don't know what the heck all was going on. Angel and Spike never ended up in a car together like the cover shows, which was disappointing. I was hoping for a Vegas road trip.