A comiXologist Recommends:
Jonah Chuang recommends Saga #25

Saga continues down its dark path. Hazel’s been kidnapped by that disgruntled TV head while Alana and her mother in law are trapped helplessly in their crippled ship. Meanwhile, Gwen, the Brand, Sophie, and their devastatingly clever animal companions fight to save the Will on an alien world filled with crazy aliens. Then all the way off to the side of the universe (and on the cover), Marko, Prince Robot IV, Yuma, and Ghus (that adorable Seal guy that walks that giant walrus around?) scream disparaging remarks at each other while simultaneously reminding each other that they need each other.

This issue is a solid reminder of why Saga is so great. Aside from being just a good, well-constructed story, it’s also a title that’s defiant and takes risks, making comics fresh again for veteran readers. While it’s sometimes reminiscent of the adventures that the misfits from Star Wars go through, it’s not as clean and wholesome. It’s very much as if Star Wars grew up and realized that everyone’s been copying it for the last thirty years and the audience is bored of it. (Weirdly, that seems to be what’s happening with the actual Star Wars, too.) As I mentioned earlier, this issue sees the Freelancer gang go to an alien planet and deal with crazy aliens, but instead of fighting rancors, space slugs, sand people to rescue each other, the Saga gang is attacking giant komodo dragons to harvest some semen for the Will’s antidote.

Issue #25 also makes some pretty big statements about war, youth, and society’s attitudes about veterans that make the world of Saga hit a bit closer to home. If that’s not impressive or intriguing to you, just know that in this issue, the fun anthropomorphic animals move a little bit further into the foreground, too.

[READ SAGA #25 ON COMIXOLOGY]

Jonah Chuang is a Production Coordinator Assistant at comiXology. He stays up late at night wondering how many midichlorians are knocking around inside him.