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===Expanded universe===
{{Main|List of Angel comics}}
Outside of the TV series, ''Angel'' has been officially expanded and elaborated on by authors and artists in the so-called "[[Buffyverse]] [[Expanded Universe]]". The creators of these works may or may not keep to established continuity. Similarly, writers for the TV series were under no obligation to use information which had been established by the [[Expanded Universe]] and sometimes contradicted such continuity.

Many of these works are set at particular times within the Buffyverse. For example, Joss Whedon has written an ''Angel'' mini-series of comics, ''[[Long Night's Journey (Angel comic)|Long Night's Journey]]'', which was specifically set in early ''Angel'' Season Two. [[Angel comics|''Angel'' comics]] were originally published by [[Dark Horse Comics]], which published them from 2000 until 2002. [[IDW Publishing]] obtained rights to publish ''Angel'' comics in 2005 and has been releasing them since. Spinning off from the ''Angel'' comics comes an entire series of ''Spike'' comics, using the ''Angel'' logo's typeface in its depiction of the name "Spike", among these are the comics ''[[Spike vs. Dracula]]'', ''[[Spike: Asylum]]'' and ''[[Spike: Shadow Puppets]]''. As of November 2007 to February 2009, the story of the series was continued canonically in lieu of a Season Six in a 17-issue maxi-series titled ''[[Angel: After the Fall]]'', written by [[Brian Lynch (writer)|Brian Lynch]] and plotted by both Lynch and Joss Whedon.<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=110401 IDWEEK: Brian Lynch talks Spike and Angel] Newsarama {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428030336/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=110401 |date=April 28, 2007 }}.</ref><ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=110457 IDWEEK: Joss Whedon talks Angel, After The Fall] Newsarama {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429040155/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=110457 |date=April 29, 2007 }}</ref> This spun off into numerous ''Angel'' titles set after the television series, of which all are now considered canon, until 2011 when ''Angel'' rights revert to Dark Horse Comics who began to publish ''Angel'' comics under the banner of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine#Angel .26 Faith|Angel & Faith]]''.

Following their success with a series of [[List of Buffy novels|''Buffy'' novels]], [[Pocket Books]] purchased the license to produce novels for ''Angel''. Twenty-four [[Angel novels|''Angel'' novels]] were published. [[Jeff Mariotte]] became the most successful ''Angel'' novelist, publishing eleven ''Angel'' novels. They also published seven [[Buffy/Angel novels|''Buffy''/''Angel'' crossover books]] that featured settings and characters from both series.