‘Fallen Angel’ crosses over with Illyria from ‘Angel’

For the first time, a Joss Whedon character will be appearing in a major adventure outside of the Whedonverse when Peter David and J.K. Woodward relaunch Fallen Angel this summer from IDW Publishing.

When we asked Peter how he got this crossover to happen, he said "It was actually very complicated. I went up to Joss at the San Diego Comic-Con and asked him. He said ‘Yes’. After that, it was just a case of working out the rights with Fox."

The story is set during the fifth season of Angel, right after the episode "Time Bomb" where Illyria loses much of her powers. Devastated over the loss, a member of the Hierarchy appears and offers to make Illyria all that she was again. And all she has to do is go to the city of Bete Noire, the city that runs the world, and kill the Fallen Angel.

Peter mentioned that the series is going to be an excellent point for new readers to try out the series, as he suspects there will be a lot of readers who will be introduced to the world of the Fallen Angel for the first time.

I, of course, am just wondering how many Angel puns are going to work their way in.