Late Wednesday afternoon, CBR News received the following cover art for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8" #33 revealing that the previously blurred out face of the series main villain Twilight is actually that of President Barack Obama.

No explanation or official word from Dark Horse accompanied the cover art, but CBR will contact series editor Scott Allie for a follow up tomorrow morning.

This Is A Developing Story. Check back with CBR later more information. The original story follows below.

Mon, December 2nd, 2009 at 10:28AM (PST)

With Dark Horse's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8" nearing its fortieth and final issue, it's time for the Big Bad to reveal himself. Throughout the comic series, a direct continuation of the "Buffy" television show, a mystery villain named Twilight has worked in the shadows, orchestrating complex and nefarious schemes to topple Buffy and her organization of Slayers. In the Jane Espenson-penned arc that wrapped with issue #30, now on sale, Buffy, Dawn, Xander, Willow, and their paramilitary team of Slayers and Wiccans retreated to the mountains of Tibet, where they reunited with Oz and hatched a plan to go under the radar by shedding their powers.

This gambit proved to be for naught, however, as Twilight's forces found them anyway, putting Team Slayer at a significant disadvantage. Redirecting their discarded Slayer and Wiccan energies to summon the help of some old gods, Buffy's crew thought they might even the odds, but instead their actions seem to have forced both sides into retreat.

"Buffy" creator Joss Whedon returns to write issue #31, on sale in January, before "Identity Crisis" and "Book of Lies" author Brad Meltzer takes over for the four-issue "Twilight" arc with #32. CBR News has learned that during the course of Meltzer's run on the title, Twilight's identity will be revealed, in issue #33, to be exact.