Spike brags about sex? I recall him complaining about no sex because he was a ghost; and there's the scene with Angel which is about where he stands with Buffy and not about getting laid. What am I missing here?

And to repeat, I'm not forgiving if the reason for these problems is because IDW wants to pander to a bunch of boys. Or to put it another way, if they want to sell out, then who cares what's "canon" -- which is something that only matters because the original work was better than that.