Lying Cat is a lion-sized, blue, hairless cat who can talk - but only to snarl “LYING” at anyone who speaks a falsehood in her presence. He has a buzzcut and a cool cape, and works with a registered sidekick, Lying Cat. The Will, a Freelancer, or registered bounty hunter, works for the Horns. He just found out his wife is pregnant, but he can’t go home until Alana and Marko are dead. He’s got terrible untreated PTSD and his head is a blank TV that flashes telling images in moments of shock. Prince Robot IV, of the Robot Kingdom (a client state of Landfall), works for the Wings. And so, a small cast of characters are already arrayed against them.

Both of their former armies consider the family an abomination and a PR nightmare. 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 trodden under in the conflict.Īlana has wings, Marko has horns, and their new baby daughter and our narrator, Hazel, has been born with both. Wreathians are a magic-based society, and each member has a different set of one or more horns (also, they speak Esperanto).

Landfallians are a technologically focused society, and each member has a different set of wings. 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. So if time is of the essence (or you just need a refresher) read on for Polygon’s recap of Saga #1-54.

That is, if they even remember what happened three-and-a-half years ago.Īfter 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. 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. 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.īut 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. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga is finally back on comic shop shelves.

Saga compendium 2