10 Biggest Changes In Boom! Studios’ Buffy Reboot

Then:

TV Buffy is (until season five) an only child, living with her single mother Joyce. Her father, Hank Summers, was an absentee dad, who regularly let his daughter down. Other than brief lust under the influence of magic, Joyce had two romantic relationships in Sunnydale, Ted (who was revealed as a robot) and Brian, the man she dated before her death.

Now:

Though Buffy briefly discusses spending summer with her dad in LA, there are already allusions to Giles being her true father figure, or “librarian dad”. Giles comments: “Fortunately, unlike Buffy’s father, I will always be there for her, and I will be there to catch her if she falls”.

Joyce has a boyfriend of one year, Eric. As of Buffy #2, he has been living with the Summers for a month. Eric is a doctor. After noticing her attempt to hide her battle wounds, Eric confides in Buffy she can come to him with her “fighting” injuries.

Joyce works at the museum. She has curated an Egyptian exhibition, which just so happens to feature the Dagger of Sekhmet - the item needed to open the Hellmouth…