Saga, for all its foreign elements"horns, wings, robots"grounds itself firmly in an emotional reality. The issue's opener, while still rife with hallucinogenic pyrotechnics, still manages a compelling portrait of Marko and Alana. Staples moves beyond the tropes of a typical sex scene and into an arena where two gorgeous people cast in chiaroscuro light are engaged in sweat-free sex. We get the rawness of Staples' portraiture through Alana's insistance that Marko "spank that fat ass." Reliably, Staples and Vaughn bring us back into reality, granting the reader a rare acuity through which they can view their own life through the prism of blissful escape. Read Full Review

As we inevitably build towards a massive conclusion in this arc Saga #27 was a great place to pause and do some character building. The way Vaughn writes the issue is incredibly well done; showing his real knack for deeper ideological writing, which goes beyond what each character says in the speech bubbles. Staples art is great as always, and pulls everything together in a beautiful manner. After the resolution of this issue it will be very exciting to see how the rest of the arc comes together. Saga #27 was an excellent addition to the series, being incredibly insightful and climatic on it's own, while still building towards exciting events in the future. Read Full Review

Saga #27 is a character-focused issue, and while it does a lot to help define the series lead, it does even more to entertain and delight with the supporting cast. Read Full Review

Newcomers beware, this would be a terrible issue to hop on, For the faithful who have been reading since the beginning, this is a fantastic issue that peers deeply into one of Saga's two lead characters. Read Full Review

I'm already anticipating the next issue. I'm going to read it the day of its release, panel-by-panel. Read Full Review

Marko has been close to breaking for some time now, and in issue #27 the floodgates open. Vaughn and Staples do an excellent job detailing this break, offering insights both powerful and informative. With some great character work and a few entertaining interactions between Ghus and Prince Robot, Saga's latest has something for everyone. Read Full Review

Its interesting that Vaughan and Staples chose this moment to slow down the narrative and focus on a portion of Markos backstory, since they have three different story groups at the moment, all on a collision course. The change of pace is a nice departure. Its also some unpredictable moments that were presented from Markos past. It does connect in a believable way to Markos recent avoidance to violence. His awareness of this past incident also seems to free him of that aversion. Look out Dengo, Marko is coming for you! Read Full Review

With Marko on a renewed path to try and save his family, "Saga" #27 has the story continuing to charge forward with energy and interest. Where do we go from here? Knowing Vaughan and Staples, your guess is as good as any. What we do know is shown to us once more, though; this is a creative team that works fantastically together. In other hands, this could have been a series of tired clichs, but Vaughan and Staples make it work and look effortless in the process. Read Full Review

A full-length issue of an overdose trip just so Marko could understand what was already obvious. And I honestly even fine with that...

Quite a trippy issue, literally/

Great art as always and a nice (and trippy) backstory of Marko. Not the best issue of SAGA but still very solid.

A trippy detour into Marko's backstory. These detours can be a little frustrating but, in the grand scheme of things, they enrich the overall story.

This reads way too much like Y:The Last Man substituting aliens for humans.