| A Note from the Editor | p. 9 |
| Introduction: Why Cast a Spotlight on Joss Whedon? | p. 11 |
| Buffy The Vampire Slayer | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Buffy the Vampire Slayer | p. 25 |
| "Raise Your Hand If You're Invulnerable!": An Interview with Harry Groener | p. 29 |
| "Note to Self, Religion Freaky": When Buffy Met Biblical Studies | p. 37 |
| You're Strong. I'm Stronger: Vampires, Masculinity & Language in Buffy | p. 49 |
| Failure of the Everyman: The Lost Character That Was Xander Harris | p. 56 |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the Fantasy Canon | p. 60 |
| Pedagogy of the Possessed: Teaching and Learning in Buffy | p. 69 |
| The Big Bad Universe: Good and Evil According to Joss Whedon | p. 75 |
| Women Who Hate Women: Female Competition in Buffy the Vampire Slayer | p. 83 |
| Coming Out of the Broom Closet: Willow's Sexuality and Empowerment in 'Buffy | p. 94 |
| The Darkness of "Passion": Visuals and Voiceovers, Sound and Shadow | p. 102 |
| Returning to the Basement: Excavating the Unconscious in Buffy's "Restless" | p. 112 |
| "I'd Very Still": Anthropology of a Lapsed Fan | p. 126 |
| Interview with Jane Espenson | p. 134 |
| How Buffy Changed Television | p. 140 |
| TV's Grim Reaper: Why Joss Whedon Continually Kills the Characters We Love | p. 153 |
| Angel | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Angel | p. 161 |
| Lindsey and Angel: Reflecting Masculinity | p. 168 |
| "The Shell I'm In": Illyria and Monstrous Embodiment | p. 181 |
| The Three Faces of Anne: Identity Formation in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel | p. 191 |
| "Touch Me and Die, Vermin!": The Psychoanalysis of Illyria | p. 199 |
| Interview with Alexis Denisof | p. 205 |
| "The Strength and Conviction to Lose So Relentlessly": Heroism in Angel | p. 213 |
| Firefly and Serenity | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Firefly | p. 223 |
| Still Flying: An Interview with Tim Minera | p. 225 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Serenity | p. 239 |
| A Postcolonial Provocation: Serenity | p. 243 |
| The Death of Utopia: Firefly and the Return to Human Realism in TV Sci-Fi | p. 253 |
| Can't Stop the Serenity: Joss Whedon's Shows and Fan Activism | p. 258 |
| The Ethics of Malcolm Reynolds | p. 261 |
| Heroic Humanism and Humanistic Heroism in Joss Whedon's Shows | p. 264 |
| The Power of Fandom in the Whedonverse | p. 270 |
| Zombies, Reavers, Butchers, and Actuals in Joss Whedon's Work | p. 285 |
| Nathan Fillion Misbehaves All Across the Whedonverse | p. 298 |
| Comics | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Fray | p. 307 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Astonishing X-Men | p. 310 |
| Tom Brokaw's Coat: Joss Whedon, Astonishing X-Men and the Accessibility of History | p. 313 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Runaways | p. 320 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Angel: After the Fall | p. 324 |
| IDW Retrospect: A Look Back At IDW's Angel with Brain Lynch and Scott Tipton | p. 329 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Sugarshock! | p. 334 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight | p. 337 |
| Giant Dawn and Mutant Superheroes: Joss Whedon in Comics | p. 341 |
| Joss Whedon 101: Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope | p. 352 |
| Chronological Bibliography of Print Comics Written by Joss Whedon | p. 359 |
| Much with the Moral Ambiguity: An Examination of the Fallen Heroes and Redeemed Villains in Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight and Angel: After the Fall | p. 361 |
| Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog | p. 371 |
| The Night Billy Buddy Died: Dr. Horrible's Tragicomic Inversion of Spider-Man | p. 375 |
| "What a Crazy Random Happenstance": Destiny and Free Will in Dr. Horrible | p. 380 |
| Dollhouse | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Dollhouse | p. 389 |
| Identity and Memory in Dollhouse | p. 393 |
| The Dystopian Future in Joss Whedon's Work | p. 398 |
| Buffy and Dollhouse: Visions of Female Empowerment and Disempowerment | p. 401 |
| Dollhouse, Fox Television, and Cultural Fragmentation | p. 407 |
| Fantasy Is Their Business, But It Is Not Their Purpose": The Metaphor of Dollhouse | p. 411 |
| Films | |
| Joss Whedon 101: Buffy The Vampire Slayer (The Movie) | p. 429 |
| Alien Resurrection, the Script That Shaped Joss Whedon's Career | p. 431 |
| Joss Whedon 101: The Cabin in the Woods | p. 440 |
| Joss Whedon 101: The Avengers | p. 443 |
| Six Reasons Why Joss Whedon Is the Perfect Director for The Avengers | p. 447 |
| Appendices | |
| Mapping the Whedonverses: Whedon Studies 1999 and Beyond | p. 457 |
| Buffy the Vampire Stayer Episode List | p. 465 |
| Angel Episode List | p. 470 |
| Firefly Episode List | p. 473 |
| Dollhouse Episode List | p. 474 |
| Author Biographies | p. 477 |
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