Issue six of Saga is the first before trade and reads as such; it is an epilogue-y sort of issue, one with both an ending and hints of many new beginnings to come. Of course since this is Saga we’re talking about it is anything but a subdued read. Like every issue before it Six introduces so many great new ideas into the Saga universe; from the revealed literality of the term ‘Rocketship Forest’ through telephoning pensioners who speak in tongues to the promise that so many much weirder things are on there way. We know this because the big, wooden ship that the parents find themselves on is apparently one that they will ride for a long while yet and to any number of possible new planets, depending on what kind of mood the self-steering sapling is in (BKV has invented a new TARDIS). I for one am bursting at the seems to see each and every one, but I can wait because issue six of Saga sated me as much as it made me salivate.

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When I reviewed the first issue of this series I spoke primarily of two positive traits of the book that briskly became apparent: the depth and richness of the ridiculous world that Vaughn and Staples had weaved together and the speed at which they were skipping through it. Usually these would be contradictory characteristics but somehow the pair managed to make them perfectly coalesce and this present issue of the comic is clear evidence of that fact. In an attempt to illustrate how well the pair were building this world in Saga I said that the supporting characters already seemed strong enough to support a book of their own, a spin-off series of sorts, specifically The Will and Prince Robot. When I said this I was thinking that these theoretical books would be written well in the future, but in actual fact the first one started this time last month.

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