St. Louis is known to many as the Gateway to the West, and for Spike and Dru--on their way back to Sunnydale after a long absence--it's also the perfect place to stop and take a little bloodbath.

In Saint Louis, tourists and natives alike test their luck on the riverboat casinos that dot the strong currents of the Mississippi. But there's one boat in particular--a grand old dame known as The Queen of Hearts--whose patrons might find their luck more than tested. And when Spike and Dru board the Queen in search of more earthly vices than the truly evil one's they're normally accustomed to, our vampire lovers soon discover they're not the only monsters on the river that night.

"I love the Spike and Dru issue," said Buffy's creator, Joss Whedon. "It's a really cool expansion of the universe of the series, and also stands alone as a good comic book."

Fans of television's favorite undead lovers won't want to miss Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Spike and Dru--The Queen of Hearts. Written by fan-favorite Buffy scribe Christopher Golden, and illustrated by young standout Ryan Sook, Spike and Dru--The Queen of Hearts is a full-color, 32-page, heart-stopping adventure. Bite into it October 13.