Comics! Saga #5

Saga #5

Written by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Fiona Staples

The Solicitation
The smash hit ongoing series from Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples continues, as Prince Robot IV's hunt for Hazel and her parents takes a deadly turn.

Preview

Why I Bought It
BKV. Staples. Need more?

What I Liked
There is plenty to like here. From the first page you get a full shot of Prince Robot as he sits on the toilet in a bathroom that looks like it was in Full Metal Jacket.

Marko going ballistic on the soldiers is just awesome, as well as Alana's way to bring him down from the blind fury. You can definitely tell that there is still some soldier training in Marko that may come in handy later, or may put them in a lot of hot water.

The fight scene was a very up close fight, it didn't give much perspective to the outside setting. I liked that everything was red, it added a nice touch to show the fight from Marko's point of view.

The Will even gets a few moments were he is put into a crappy position. Unlucky for him, his possible ticket to help a slave girl out has some problems happening to her as well at the end of the issue.

What I Didn't Like
I wanted to see more from the fight scene. I can understand why it was done up close, but the fight mirrored a lot of superhero fights where you can't tell how it could logically play itself out. Sometimes in superhero stories you get the characters basically fighting in a Matrix style of world. I would like to see a future issue of Saga where that isn't the case, because I believe that Staples could pull off a really nice fight scene.

Saga has the feel that if a good character death were needed in the story, then it would happen. Unfortunately I just felt like the one death in this comic felt too soon for a character that had more potential. It will be interesting to see how things develop from here, and if the character is even dead at all. With all the strange creatures in Saga, i would imagine the inner biology for everyone would be just as diverse.

Panel to Remember
The transition from the cover to the first page is just a nice one two hit that makes me laugh. Here is Prince Robot looking all studious on the cover, and then he is taking a deuce on the first page. Nice contrast.

Quotable
"The Lord of Shit Vacations." - The Will in response to the slave girl asking him who he is.

Grades
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 9/10
Buy Next Issue: This train will keep on rolling until the words "Final Issue" appear in the book.