However, reading Season 8 can be tricky. It includes main issues, one-shots, and a key motion comic. Here is the definitive reading order. The main story is told across 40 regular issues (Issues #1–40), published by Dark Horse Comics (and later collected in trade paperbacks and library editions). This is the backbone of the season.

This season is not a spin-off, a "what-if," or a side story. It is . And it’s bigger, wilder, and more global than anything television budgets could allow—featuring giant mechas, dimensional travel, and a thousand slayers.

If you miss the Scooby Gang and want to know what really happened after the Hellmouth collapsed, pick up Issue #1. Just follow the order above, and don’t skip the one-shots.