To begin, wow, what an entertaining issue! I'll have to look up what episodes of Buffy and Angel Drew Goddard is responsible for, and see if his track record matches up with this amazing bit of Buffyverse goodness. I'm oh so happy to see Buffy and the main Scoobies finally being treated so well and *gasp* watching the over-arching plot and character interactions advance significantly after a somewhat underwhelming introductory arc, a 4 issue subplot (albeit a fantastic one [by Brian K. Vaughn]), and some middling one-shots.
However, it seems that some of the meh-ness of Season 8 thus far can be convincingly explained away by the fact that Joss Whedon had to once again set up the sandbox for writers to play in before anyone could, well, get to the playing. One can't really blame Joss for wanting the series to be accessible for newcomers, should such a thing exist.
About the issue itself, I see no reason to worry about Buffy's getting in touch, if you will, with her fellow slayer Satsu on a very physical level. Apparently the blogosphere is ablaze wondering why this series needs two leading lesbians, or how could Buffy ever do such a thing, or some other such nonsense. So long as the series continues to be written by competent writers, I'm sure the characters will be safe.
Speaking of competent writers, Drew Goddard certainly is one. He delivers not only the laughs, but the action, and the plot development as well! He delivers on the laughs exceptionally well, in fact. The comic's first world traveling adventure looks about ready to kick off as some goth-looking Asian vamps with odd transformative abilities have made off with Buffy's fancy ax befuddling some of the new slayers. The comedic timing, reactions to rude interruptions, action sequences featuring vampires(!), and one great last page are portrayed brilliantly by Georges Jeanty to top off the Highly Recommended issue of what looks to be a very interesting arc.
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