"Oz reappears towards the end of the series' canonical comic book continuation, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight. The character was also shown briefly in Buffy's dream sequence during "The Long Way Home" arc in a collage of friends and family. "Retreat" is a five-issue story be written by Jane Espenson featuring Oz in a principal role.^[7] In Part One, Buffy and the army of Slayers are under intense fire from the public (in response to Harmony Kendall's vampire rights spokesmanship) and from the villain Twilight, able to track them down due to their use of magic. To evade Twilight, Buffy has Willow cast one last spell to take the submarine full of Slayers, witches and their Watchers to the Tibetan mountains so Oz may show them how to suppress their magical natures and lie low. As the submarine appears in the mountains Oz simply shrugs, displaying little surprise in his typical manner. Later he reveals to the Scoobies that he has a Tibetan (lycanthrope) partner named Bayarmaa and a son named Kelden now, and has learned to deal with his werewolf problem through Eastern medicine and philosophy. He agrees to help Buffy and her Slayers but also realizes the considerable danger she has brought to his home and family."

EX-FUCKING-CUSE ME JOSS WHEDON. REALLY.