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Saga (Single Issues)
Saga #21
Not every robot is lucky enough to be born a royal.
32 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 23, 2014
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Brian K. Vaughan
1,064 books14.2k followersBrian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.
BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.
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November 23, 2025
(A-) 83% | Very Good
Notes: Review pending re-read. Collective review for issues #19-24 can be found here: Saga, Volume Four
Notes: Review pending re-read. Collective review for issues #19-24 can be found here: Saga, Volume Four
October 10, 2016
Shit FUCK!!!
They are growing apart .. real fast !!
How on hell , why do every story end like this ..
After Marriage and kids, everything is nothing but routine!!
i HAVE NO hope that their love will last, cheating or not, they will end..
I would've loved this series more if they had died loving eachother not like this.
Shit shit shit .. These things make me loose interest in so many good books. but i can't help it.
Btw Man The EVIL Robot prince is back :/ .
So, we'll get the action back, hopefully. :D i am a sucker for action movies and blood :'D
Btw that freaking Psycho is going to the planet where Marko's family is living :/ wow
Shit won't loose them, i hope some problems will get this couple close like in old days :(
I also don't like Alaana's work and how she is taking drugs with no one knowing. she is changed.
They are growing apart .. real fast !!
How on hell , why do every story end like this ..
After Marriage and kids, everything is nothing but routine!!
i HAVE NO hope that their love will last, cheating or not, they will end..
I would've loved this series more if they had died loving eachother not like this.
Shit shit shit .. These things make me loose interest in so many good books. but i can't help it.
Btw Man The EVIL Robot prince is back :/ .
So, we'll get the action back, hopefully. :D i am a sucker for action movies and blood :'D
Btw that freaking Psycho is going to the planet where Marko's family is living :/ wow
Shit won't loose them, i hope some problems will get this couple close like in old days :(
I also don't like Alaana's work and how she is taking drugs with no one knowing. she is changed.
September 6, 2014
Reading this arc is like watching a fucking train wreck (excuse the language, this is completely messing up with my feelings)
AND HOW AWESOME WAS THE JANINATOR™?! I'm quite happy with that character so far.
And now I go wait again.
July 27, 2017
HIGHLIGHT OF THIS ISSUE: Marco and Alan sexytime.
March 6, 2016
Saga you are getting better and better...
January 27, 2019
1. This series literally has the best covers.
2. It's like fantasy/superhero/love story/sci-fi/drama/comedy. All genres in one.
3. The art is captivating and tells a story.
4. The little side frames of Hazel's narrations is pretty great.
5. I feel like people will soon have Alana's haircut. And grow horns like Marko.
6. Basically all of the first and last pages of these are genius.
7. So Alana doesn't like the "bad cereal" but drugs are okay?
8. I hate that stupid dance teacher. Marko only having relations with Alana because he's thinking of the dance teacher makes me so sick.
9. The Prince killed the Mama Sun. YES.
10. The scene of the kidnapper robot with a head and spine in his hand. Omg.
11. The cottage by the sea. I want to live there.
2. It's like fantasy/superhero/love story/sci-fi/drama/comedy. All genres in one.
3. The art is captivating and tells a story.
4. The little side frames of Hazel's narrations is pretty great.
5. I feel like people will soon have Alana's haircut. And grow horns like Marko.
6. Basically all of the first and last pages of these are genius.
7. So Alana doesn't like the "bad cereal" but drugs are okay?
8. I hate that stupid dance teacher. Marko only having relations with Alana because he's thinking of the dance teacher makes me so sick.
9. The Prince killed the Mama Sun. YES.
10. The scene of the kidnapper robot with a head and spine in his hand. Omg.
11. The cottage by the sea. I want to live there.
February 27, 2015
4 Stars
My love for this series is without question even though the last several issues have been quite slow. In this one, the 21st chapter we lose some connections to our heroes and there is not much narration from Hazel. What this chapter does excel at his violence...and killing. I wish I could post two of Fiona Staples amazing kill cells that look so damn cool.
Saga rocks.
My love for this series is without question even though the last several issues have been quite slow. In this one, the 21st chapter we lose some connections to our heroes and there is not much narration from Hazel. What this chapter does excel at his violence...and killing. I wish I could post two of Fiona Staples amazing kill cells that look so damn cool.
Saga rocks.
July 23, 2014
Ugh! The story gets better with every issue! I'm normally patient and glad to wait for the next one, but I'd prefer if they all came out now.
December 28, 2022
I think its getting a little bit stretched out now
March 2, 2017
What in the world is happening!
December 2, 2021
Staples’ splash pages are an absolute fulcrum of this entire series: at turns developing characters with a particularly dramatic action, arresting the reader to alter the pace and flow of reading, advancing the story with a shot of visual information, and often delivering some gag.
The splash page of Prince Robot IV taking out Mama Sun does all that and more. One incredible detail that I missed the first time around is how Mama Sun’s lizard-like assistant loses his tail in a kind of fright-induced flight response at seeing his boss get blasted. Details like that make many read throughs of this book rewarding beyond revisiting the compelling story and characters.
The splash page of Prince Robot IV taking out Mama Sun does all that and more. One incredible detail that I missed the first time around is how Mama Sun’s lizard-like assistant loses his tail in a kind of fright-induced flight response at seeing his boss get blasted. Details like that make many read throughs of this book rewarding beyond revisiting the compelling story and characters.
May 14, 2015
This is like watching a train wreck in slow motion :(
April 14, 2016
Oh Alana... What are you doing??
August 4, 2017
I need to pause.
I probably didn't do myself any favours, reading the first 21 single issues of this series in a single day. I was happy with how things were going, all things considered. And then Ginny. And then drugs. I am so mad at both Alana and Marko right now, too mad to continue to 22 immediately. (I'm probably too invested in this series. But then again I like it a whole lot.) I've been furious at fictional characters (not the writer, mind you) before. I always continue reading as soon as that feeling dissipates because I know eventually there'll be some sort of stability. My anger, however, didn't go away. It's 5 days after as I'm typing this and I'm still pretty mad, exacerbated by my knowing precisely the reason why.
I don't like characters, fictional or otherwise, that go beyond their hard won happily ever afters and went so far out of their way to undo that. They both know precisely what they had to survive to get to a job, the stability to afford their child dance lessons (annoying teachers aside), for Hazel to have Friendo. Thing is, they stopped fighting for their relationship at the exact same time. It would be good to have both of them do the fighting against everything else, but at least one can carry it for a time. Those fucking idiots. (Pun so very much intended.)
Seeing as this comic series so very swiftly became one of my favourites, I'll go back to it. I've deliberately spoiled myself on the next few issues so I know the gist of what happens after this but I won't read immediately. I need some time to get over Alana and Marko's utter stupidity.
I probably didn't do myself any favours, reading the first 21 single issues of this series in a single day. I was happy with how things were going, all things considered. And then Ginny. And then drugs. I am so mad at both Alana and Marko right now, too mad to continue to 22 immediately. (I'm probably too invested in this series. But then again I like it a whole lot.) I've been furious at fictional characters (not the writer, mind you) before. I always continue reading as soon as that feeling dissipates because I know eventually there'll be some sort of stability. My anger, however, didn't go away. It's 5 days after as I'm typing this and I'm still pretty mad, exacerbated by my knowing precisely the reason why.
I don't like characters, fictional or otherwise, that go beyond their hard won happily ever afters and went so far out of their way to undo that. They both know precisely what they had to survive to get to a job, the stability to afford their child dance lessons (annoying teachers aside), for Hazel to have Friendo. Thing is, they stopped fighting for their relationship at the exact same time. It would be good to have both of them do the fighting against everything else, but at least one can carry it for a time. Those fucking idiots. (Pun so very much intended.)
Seeing as this comic series so very swiftly became one of my favourites, I'll go back to it. I've deliberately spoiled myself on the next few issues so I know the gist of what happens after this but I won't read immediately. I need some time to get over Alana and Marko's utter stupidity.
January 7, 2019
It's extremely difficult to rate the individual chapters, therefore the following is a review of the fourth volume. In other words, chapters nineteen through twenty-four.
Saga volume four gives us chapters nineteen to twenty-four, and it’s pulled the solid four-star rating from me that I knew the series was capable of. In fact, volume four has pushed me into the realm of back-to-back reading. The moment I finished volume four, volume five appeared in my hand.
I’m at the stage where I’m hooked, addicted, and in desperate need of more.
By this point in Saga, I’m in love with all the strange and wonderful things being offered. I’m lost to the universe we’ve been introduced to, I’m desperate for more of the wonderful storylines developing, and I’m overly invested in the characters.
Despite how strange this one is – and I know it will not be for everyone due to this – it’s a story that leaves you desperate for more. Once you start, you cannot stop.
Without a doubt, this is an addiction I’m happy to have.
Saga volume four gives us chapters nineteen to twenty-four, and it’s pulled the solid four-star rating from me that I knew the series was capable of. In fact, volume four has pushed me into the realm of back-to-back reading. The moment I finished volume four, volume five appeared in my hand.
I’m at the stage where I’m hooked, addicted, and in desperate need of more.
By this point in Saga, I’m in love with all the strange and wonderful things being offered. I’m lost to the universe we’ve been introduced to, I’m desperate for more of the wonderful storylines developing, and I’m overly invested in the characters.
Despite how strange this one is – and I know it will not be for everyone due to this – it’s a story that leaves you desperate for more. Once you start, you cannot stop.
Without a doubt, this is an addiction I’m happy to have.
October 3, 2025
The cliffhangers continue, and people have started to drift apart with the flow of life. What the hell is happening? I have feels but let's go and keep on reading.
I have always loved comics, and I can and I have. I love comics to bits; may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more. You should also read what you love, and I hope you will always love it. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics, Mangas, Mahwas, and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.
I have always loved comics, and I can and I have. I love comics to bits; may the comics never leave my side. I loved reading this and love reading more. You should also read what you love, and I hope you will always love it. Even though I grew up reading local Indian comics like Raj Comics, Diamond Comics, or even Manoj Comics, now's the time to catch up on international and classic comics, Mangas, Mahwas, and Graphic novels. I am on my quest to read as many comics as I just want to Keep on Reading.
July 3, 2022
Absolutamente fantástico este volumen 4, que mezcla varias storylines más y empieza a generar un megafollón que solo podemos intuir. Por un lado la serie baja de vueltas, la familia de Marko y Alana necesita ocultarse y ella consigue trabajo en una especie de telenovela grabada en vivo. Por otro lado, aparecen más contratistas chungos, personajes de todo pelaje (literalmente) y avanzamos, mientras el matrimonio de los protas tiene altos, bajos y profundos, hacia más encontronazos futuros entre varios de los protagonistas, que están convergiendo. Adictivo, fantásticamente dibujado.
October 20, 2025
Saga #21 – Chapter Twenty-One
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Fiona Staples
Publisher: Image Comics
Release Date: June 2014
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)
Summary:
Hazel’s narration reveals life inside the refugee camp, while Alana struggles with addiction and regret. Meanwhile, Marko’s attempt at a normal existence collides with his unresolved grief.
Review:
Bleak but beautifully told. Vaughan handles themes of survival, trauma, and coping with rare sensitivity. The pacing is slower, but every panel deepens the sadness and humanity of the series.
Writer: Brian K. Vaughan
Artist: Fiona Staples
Publisher: Image Comics
Release Date: June 2014
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)
Summary:
Hazel’s narration reveals life inside the refugee camp, while Alana struggles with addiction and regret. Meanwhile, Marko’s attempt at a normal existence collides with his unresolved grief.
Review:
Bleak but beautifully told. Vaughan handles themes of survival, trauma, and coping with rare sensitivity. The pacing is slower, but every panel deepens the sadness and humanity of the series.
November 4, 2017
& this kids, is why we don't do drugs! Also that chick tryna sleep with our narrators dad, she's gotta go. What a little tramp.
I also can't believe that the one chick got killed.
I also can't believe that the one chick got killed.
April 12, 2023
Prince Robot IV is now fixed and Mama Sun is an idiot for informing that Prince Robot IV's wife wife died then his kid is taken away by the assassin. Oh, I can feel Marko and Alana is falling apart somehow ._. but this series is my fave so I have to keep reading it.
January 1, 2018
I'm not a fan of the race if people with a TV for a head...
February 12, 2018
I've been away from this series fro a couple months now. Great to be back in this universe once again
April 22, 2018
La página 17 es la mejor de todas, adoro Alana&Marko
August 10, 2018
Holy hell!
September 27, 2018
Finally! She deserved that!
July 13, 2019
Great. I don’t know what else to say about this essential comic. // Genial. Ya no sé qué decir de este esencial cómic.
August 31, 2020
Sorpresivamente le estoy agarrando mucho cariño a Príncipe robot IV. Marco me está empezando a caer mal.
November 11, 2020
I'm loving this robot storyline omg
June 30, 2022
a tv head carrying a gun in one hand and a head attached to the spine in another while carrying a baby is pure op
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