 After single-handedly (literally, he held the baby in one hand and a sword in the other) rescuing an infant and destroying the Fell Brethren, Spike joins Angel, Illyria, and a badly wounded Charles Gunn in the alley behind the Hyperion as the series draws to an end, preparing to incur the apocalyptic wrath of the Senior Partners, as a way of going out in a blaze of glory that will probably cost their lives.Spike appears significantly in a number of canonical Expanded Universe literature concurrent with and subsequent to the television series, including both "Buffy" and "Angel" comic books.Many of these novels and comic books concern Spike's backstory in the periods between the events shown in flashbacks in the television series.