Saga #39 Review

Writer: Brian K Vaughan / Artist: Fiona Staples / Image Comics After the absolute gut punch that was the death of Izabel last issue, it seems that nobody is having a good day in this issue. While there are tons of characters and story lines moving at a good clip throughout this book, now more than ever the age of Hazel is probably upon us. She is still a kid, but the maturation and conditions that she’s been subjected to are beginning to take root in her as we see her pessimistic world view and debunking of the illusions we often tell our kids to seemingly protect them. Hazel knows that protection is a myth and that happily ever after isn’t a destination on any map she can point to. The rest of the crew is feeling the fallout of Izabel’s disappearance as well, as it seems to awaken them from their very domesticated slumber to actually do something (as opposed to the months they’ve been caught on the comic).

The other big story line involves The Will who has officially hit rock bottom. What an invested journey we have traveled with The Will. His character arc has probably been as fleshed out as our main protagonists at this point and it will be interesting to see what kind of resolve he has after his latest set back. He has been on this trail for quite a while, including a glorious line from his agent that both tells how long this story has been going and punctuates my earlier point about Hazel.

As usual, Staples is on point in this issue. I love the natural and wholly diff…