Saga #55 Review: Image's Best Comic Returns Stronger than Ever
Warning! Spoilers for Saga #55 by Image Comics
After a wait that felt like a lifetime, Saga is back and immediately shows why it's considered the generation's best comic. The Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples sci-fi, fantasy blend returns in epic fashion, seamlessly continuing the story of Alana and Hazel's adventures in a story that's heartfelt, violent, and sex-filled as readers have come to expect. However, the new chapter of Saga builds towards something new while readers return to the incredible world.
Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples is a collaborative, sci-fi and fantasy epic, following Hazel and Marko as they try to keep their newborn daughter Hazel safe during an increasingly dangerous intergalactic war. As fugitives on the run in a forbidden romance, Marko and Alana are constantly forced into situations where they have to simultaneously hide and reinvent themselves, knowing no planet is ever safe. As the family is on the run, a group of mercenaries, including The Will and Lying Cat, are hot on their trail — leading to a series of unexpected team-ups, encounters, and discoveries by Alana, Marko, and Hazel. Staples and Vaughan created a story with incredible world-building, unique and memorable characters, and a story always has readers guessing what's coming next.
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Saga #55 picks up three years after the shocking finale of the first half of the planned series. Hazel and Alana are still adjusting to life without Marko, as the now 10-year-old troublemaker experiences the violence of living on a planet plagued with invaders of war. Meanwhile, Alana has teamed up with a lovable new character named Bombazine, as the pair have a
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