Editing Dawn Summers (section)

===Literature===
[[File:Longwaycover07.jpg|thumb|upright|In the comic book ''Buffy Season Eight'', Dawn goes through a series of bizarre physical changes.]]
In the [[canon (fiction)|canonical]] [[comic book]] continuation to the television series ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight]]'' (2007&ndash;2011), it is revealed that Buffy and Dawn's relationship has been strained and conflicted since the events of "Chosen." Dawn is revealed to have been cursed, apparently as a result of sleeping with a "thricewise demon" named Kenny while a college student, and is a [[Giant (mythology)|giant]]. Throughout her affliction she spends a lot of time with Xander, to whom she reveals she was cursed as a result of cheating on Kenny with his roommate. While her personal issues are made to take a backseat with Buffy, in battles, her gigantism shows some utility; she is able to assist fighting [[Amy Madison|Amy]] in "[[The Long Way Home (Buffy comic)|The Long Way Home]]", and rampages through [[Tokyo]] to distract their enemies in "[[Wolves at the Gate]]". In "[[Time of Your Life (Buffy comic)|Time of Your Life, Part One]]" she shrinks to normal size again, but then turns into a [[centaur]]. Xander surmises she will likely experience a third such transformation before she can return to normal. In "[[Predators and Prey|Living Doll]]", the twenty-fifth issue of the series, Dawn undergoes a transformation into a living doll and is kidnapped by a disturbed dollmaker for her 'protection'. After her sister, Andrew and Willow track down Kenny, he later appears to undo the curse, and the two have a heart-to-heart, where Dawn apologises for her infidelity and explains she had been unprepared for the seriousness of her feelings for Kenny. She subsequently spends some time bonding with Buffy. Dawn and Xander's growing friendship leads to them kissing, where they are discovered by Buffy, in "[[Retreat (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Retreat]]". In the series' [[Last Gleaming|final arc]], Buffy brings about the end of magic, following which Xander and Dawn decide to settle down in [[San Francisco]]. They allow Buffy to live with them until she finds her own place.

''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Nine|Season Nine]]'' (2012&ndash;13) begins with Dawn and Xander living an ordinary domestic life, with much less contact with Buffy than before since she has moved out. They intend to capitalize on a world without magic and embark upon a life of normalcy. Their relationship is seen to be going through some difficulties, such as when Xander forgets Dawn's birthday. Buffy also reflects that Dawn is not on her mind much of late. In "Welcome to the Team," Dawn becomes sick with what appears to be a very serious flu. Buffy also forgets about one of Dawn's allergies. In the concurrent second issue of spin-off series ''Willow: Wonderland'', Willow sees a worrying omen about Dawn while in an alternate dimension. Later in the ''Buffy'' arc, Dawn begins to die and the gang recognise it is due to magic leaving her body. Buffy contacts Faith for help, but (as seen in ''Angel & Faith'') neither she nor Angel can remember Dawn. Spike, however, heads straight from Faith's apartment in London to be by Dawn's side, and Willow returns to California with her powers restored and attempts to prolong Dawn's life. In final arc "The Core", Buffy, Willow and Xander head to the Deeper Well in England in hopes of finding enough magic to restore Dawn. Fearing for his memories, Spike tries to record himself talking about Dawn but the tapes all become static, indicating that everything Dawn affected is also fading. Dawn continues to rapidly fade until she disappears altogether. After the gang restart magic, they return to San Francisco where Willow is able to bring back Dawn using Buffy's blood in conjunction with the spell which created her. Willow expresses that something feels different as she brings Dawn back, and Xander is suspicious of Dawn's knowledge of very recent events. Buffy tries to tell Xander that he is being paranoid.

In ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten|Season Ten]]'' (2014-2016), Xander continues to be suspicious of Dawn, and insecure concerning their relationship. Buffy compares their behavior to that of her parents prior to their divorce. It is revealed that when Dawn was brought back she was reset emotionally. While she still remembers her relationship with Xander she does not feel love for him anymore and recently re-experienced her grief for her mother's death, among other traumas.