All 54 issues of Saga, recapped as Saga #55 arrives

polygon.com:

Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga is finally back on comic shop shelves. The blockbuster space opera rivaled The Walking Dead for sales at publisher Image Comics from 2012 to 2018, and its longevity was nothing to sneeze at.

But in July of 2018, Saga #54 put a cap on nine volumes of the series with something that fans have come to expect whenever they least expect it: The shocking death of a major character. With Saga #55 on shelves, readers can finally pick up on the story of Hazel, the daughter of two star-crossed lovers, and her struggle to survive in a war-torn galaxy.

That is, if they even remember what happened three-and-a-half years ago.

After a lengthy hiatus, even devoted readers might be fuzzy on the details of Vaughn and Staples’ story; with all of Saga’s infamous twists, turns, branches, and surprise deaths, it’s downright reasonable. So if time is of the essence (or you just need a refresher) read on for Polygon’s recap of Saga #1-54.

[Ed. note: This piece contains spoilers for… all of Saga. Like, all of it. Except issue #55.]

Saga begins, famously, with a pregnant woman in labor exclaiming “Am I shitting? It feels like I’m shitting!” She’s Alanna, her partner is Marko, they’re deserting soldiers from either side of an interplanetary forever war between the Wings of planet Landfall, and the Horns of Landfall’s moon, Wreath.

Landfallians are a technologically focused society, and each member has a different set of wings. Wreathians are a magic-based society, and each member has a different set of one or more horns (also, they speak Esperanto). The power of the Landfallians and Wreathians is such that the entire galaxy has been forced to take sides in the war between the Horns and the Wings, or be