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SAGA #4

Welcome to SEXTILLION, a distant planet where even your darkest fantasies become reality.

See why everyone’s talking about this hit new ongoing adventure from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and FIONA STAPLES!

Story by Brian K. Vaughan
Art by Fiona Staples
Cover by Fiona Staples

Price: $2.99
iFanboy Community Pick of the Week Percentage: 80.5%

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  1. Avatar photo USPUNX says:
    June 18, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    I know everyone was gaga over this book before it even came out, but it wasn’t until last issue that I felt really hooked by this series. Now I can’t wait to read it!

  2. Avatar photo KenOchalek says:
    June 18, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Again with the covers! Stop it, Staples!

    And I love that the solicit gives NOTHING away.

  3. Avatar photo Firemass13 says:
    June 18, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    I am absolutely loving me some Saga. This may be one of the few times I buy a trade after already owning the comics…it is THAT good.

  4. Avatar photo Firemass13 says:
    June 18, 2012 at 2:41 pm

    Kind of off topic here, but does anyone know if Mind The Gap came out last week? CBR and Previews had the 13th listed as the release date, but it wasn’t on iFanboy and didn’t get it at my LCS…? That’s another Image title I’m digging…

    • Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick">Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
      June 18, 2012 at 2:43 pm

      It was pushed back to the 27th due to a printing error.

    • Avatar photo Firemass13 says:
      June 18, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      Thanks, Connor. You rock.

    • Avatar photo TheRealVenom says:
      June 18, 2012 at 6:09 pm

      Thats funny because I got it and my LCS had about 10 copies.
      What was the printing error? I wonder if mine has it and if it would be more rare.

    • Avatar photo Conor Kilpatrick">Conor Kilpatrick (@cskilpatrick) says:
      June 18, 2012 at 6:13 pm

      Retailers all got it but weren’t supposed to shelve it.

    • Avatar photo Agent Graves says:
      June 18, 2012 at 6:16 pm

      I think p19 was a black page, maybe with just text or something? It’s been recalled. I’ve seen some going on ebay for a little bit more expensive, like maybe double the regular price but nothing to get excited about. It might go up in price when the proper issue comes out or some time further down the line, I dunno. A copy of Phonogram that was recalled due to a printing error went for $75.

    • Avatar photo BigDougJ (@) says:
      June 19, 2012 at 12:25 am

      I got a copy. Definite printing error, but it wasn`t unreadable. Good issue. I will leave it at that so I don`t ruin it for you guys.

    • Avatar photo jerriblankstare (@dbergene) says:
      June 19, 2012 at 12:32 am

      Well that solves it! Some friends were telling me how good it was and I was thinking they were insane, when in fact they just got the misprints.

    • Avatar photo TheRealVenom says:
      June 19, 2012 at 1:09 am

      Crazy, i just looked over my issue and don’t see any misprints or errors anywhere.
      @bigdougJ can you point me to exactly what i should be looking for?

    • Avatar photo BigDougJ (@) says:
      June 19, 2012 at 9:55 am

      @TheRealVenom- I’m at work so i can’t tell you what pages they are, but there are two pages where the panels are quite dark….not the pitch black panel, as that was part of the story I think. I’m certain it’s not a mood thing, so I figure that was the problem…

  5. Avatar photo skydog says:
    June 18, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    This guy on the cover looks like he’s either getting blunted or he’s playing the recorder/flute that starts the Engineer’s space ship a la Prometheus.

  6. Avatar photo Abjekt says:
    June 18, 2012 at 3:21 pm

    Cannot. Freaking. Wait.

  7. Avatar photo Zhurrie says:
    June 18, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    I’ll say it again, if this were the only comic I were pulling I’d be completely content. Seriously this is just like an old favorite pair of jeans. LOVE IT!

  8. Avatar photo MattDoobie says:
    June 18, 2012 at 3:49 pm

    Saga is magic.

  9. Avatar photo Elwapo187 says:
    June 18, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    Add me to the magic that is Saga. It was been killing it since issue one with story and art.

  10. Avatar photo wangman31888 says:
    June 18, 2012 at 4:12 pm

    I want to go to Sextillion

  11. Avatar photo Zhurrie says:
    June 18, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    The more I re-read the initial copies (which I bought an extra reading copy of each to get thrashed) the more I realize this better run on for like 300 issues because there are so many questions raised and the more you dig the more you realize just how much has been introduced quietly in just 3 issues! The rest is so good you forget about huge turtles, talking seahorses, the different planets/worlds shown, and on and on. Re-reading these is a sheer joy and I pick up on cool little details and hints I missed the first time through. I’m not sure if there has ever been a monthly comic I have re-read as many times as I have Saga so far, seriously ever for me, I have to be on the 12-15th run through on these.

  12. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    June 18, 2012 at 9:07 pm

    Love this title. Love that cover. Love Lying Cat.

    Can’t wait.

  13. Avatar photo BigDougJ (@) says:
    June 19, 2012 at 12:25 am

    This book is why I read comics.

  14. Avatar photo TurdSandwich says:
    June 19, 2012 at 2:56 am

    I’ve never been one to cosplay, but I think The Will just might get me to change my mind, I’m also follically challenged–alright bald–so that could explain my partiality.

    I have to agree with everyone though, this book is just amazing. Vaughn and Staples are creating such a cool world with limitless possibilities.

  15. Avatar photo TheSquirrel says:
    June 19, 2012 at 10:15 am

    I love the lying cat. Random pointless post, but the Lying Cat is a super cool idea.

  16. Avatar photo Flash923 says:
    June 19, 2012 at 10:39 am

    Read the preview over at CBR and I must say this is one really strange ass issue, although I am slightly aroused by the woman with legs and a large head no body. I kinda of get the idea behind these sexy ladies however; I would probably pass on them. The preview has got me waiting for Wednesday with new excitement!!?? Just really not sure if I have some serious mental issues and need some help, those ladies kinda of got me curious on how they are able to have relations; or anything close to it for that matter?? Such a completely different comic book compared to what is out there right now, very strange indeed!

    K

    • Avatar photo jasonhart says:
      June 19, 2012 at 4:28 pm

      I haven’t checked out the preview, but yeah, I was wondering that in the last issue or two. It was pretty apparent that The Will & The Stalk were “together” at one point, right? Found myself wondering how that went down. Like, where in that arachnid mess did he stick it? It’s all hairy spider-body down there, and… ehck! I just creeped myself out. (@skydog – He had to be blunted, right?)

  17. Avatar photo rottenjorge says:
    June 20, 2012 at 10:57 am

    39 vs 26 % lets go saga

  18. Avatar photo ragcage says:
    June 20, 2012 at 12:38 pm

    I’ve only read 2 comics so far, and i gave Wonder Woman a 5, but this was so much better, i would’ve liked to give it a 6, but sadly, that’s impossible.

  19. Avatar photo Zeppo says:
    June 20, 2012 at 12:46 pm

    I like Marco and Alana but if the 2nd arc shifted focus to The Will for a few issues, I would be too upset. Hell, I’ll say it, how about a pin off? He’s got a Han Solo quality I could enjoy for a mini

  20. Avatar photo sitara119 says:
    June 20, 2012 at 1:24 pm

    SAGA!!!!

  21. Avatar photo adrianrigter says:
    June 20, 2012 at 5:18 pm

    The Will = best character of the year:)

  22. Avatar photo Mono0521 says:
    June 20, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    Great issue. This comic just keeps getting better and better. I want a Lying Cat.

  23. Avatar photo Turd Ferguson says:
    June 20, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    SPOILER ALERT!!!!

    Sapphic Strap-on Angels !!!

  24. Avatar photo TurdSandwich says:
    June 20, 2012 at 9:35 pm

    This was another awesome chapter in a wonderful book so far, but was anybody else totally annoyed with Alana. She was whining at Marko the whole time, just because he had ONE girlfriend before her. He had just woken up from almost dying, and all she could do was bitch at him. I was really hoping Marko would to tell her to STFU. Of course he didn’t, maybe that’s why he has a hot wife, and I’m single.

    On the other hand, I loved the parts with The Will, what a badass. Sextillion certainly lived up to it’s moniker. Bravo to Staples, when the “Slave” was revealed my heart just sank, without so much as a word from her character, those eyes did all the work. Man, I wish issue five was out tomorrow.

    • Avatar photo Suicidalkangarooz says:
      June 20, 2012 at 9:52 pm

      It was much more than a girlfriend, plus the fact that he mentioned her as he was dying and not Alana would lead her to think that she is much more important than just some past girlfriend. I thought her reaction made sense.

    • Avatar photo BigDougJ (@) says:
      June 21, 2012 at 12:13 am

      @TurdSandwich- I am with you 100%. It was one of those moments where unfortunately art imitates life. Broke my heart. Good news is, The WIll did the right thing!

    • Avatar photo jasonhart says:
      June 21, 2012 at 9:14 am

      Wow, I thought Marco got off kinda easy/quickly. Then again, Alana was happy to see him still alive. My wife probably would have stabbed me again. Not left me, mind you. Not killed me. But definitely stabbed me.

    • Avatar photo sitara119 says:
      June 21, 2012 at 1:05 pm

      @jasonhart
      i think he got off easy, too. i can totally see my wife stabbing me over saying some stupid shit like that. she wouldn’t give a fuck what state of mind i’m in. luckily for me, she’s a doctor and would know where to stab me without killing me. but still, getting stabbed is a motherfucker.

  25. Avatar photo Jr. Wormwood says:
    June 20, 2012 at 9:47 pm

    I gave it a four. Don’t think this is gonna make my pick of the week. It was good, but if I put aside that this is Saga, it wasn’t anything through-the-roof spectacular. *shrug*

  26. Avatar photo JokersNuts says:
    June 20, 2012 at 9:52 pm

    This is turning out to be awesome, might be better than Y.

  27. Avatar photo TheRealVenom says:
    June 20, 2012 at 10:57 pm

    the art floors me every issue. I think i’m swooning for Fiona Staples. We should totally get married. just sayin 😛

  28. Avatar photo wallythegreenmonster says:
    June 20, 2012 at 11:45 pm

    this was an incredibly strange but fun issue. saw some things i can never un-see, and might haunt me. Great series so far. really excited that i have no idea where this is going or what to expect next.

    another really fun part of this series so far, as strange as it might sound, is the crazy little letters section in the back. Still kicking myself for forgetting to participate in the survey, but reading through BKV’s commentary on it was really fun! i dunno…extra bonus kinda stuff.

  29. FrancisMH says:
    June 21, 2012 at 1:33 am

    I’m not a big indie comic reader but decided to take a chance on this after seeing it as POTW for so many weeks. Needless to say, I’m glad.

    Beautiful, clear and emotive art. Witty and realistic dialogue. Relatable characters. Even the To Be Continued column was thoroughly entertaining this week. Really cool of Vaughan to read every one of those letters. I think I’d like to be friends with him.

  30. Avatar photo sitara119 says:
    June 21, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    love that cover. i really like that Image put the bar code on the back. makes for a much more beautiful cover. do they do that with all their books?
    sextillion didn’t disappoint. nor did the Will when the slave was revealed from behind door #1.
    i really enjoy and can relate to the nuances of the family dynamic. like the cloth diapers. we did that and it’s not that bad at all. that along with natural home births, anti-circumcision banter and tv head porn really bring this one home for me.
    i really wanted to give my POTW to star wars: ghost prison, but this is clearly, if only slightly superior. i’m in for the long haul.

  31. Avatar photo MattDoobie says:
    June 21, 2012 at 5:28 pm

    This is my first Vaughn book and since it came out it’s been my favorite book. Today I bought the first TP for The Runaways, soon I’ll give Y the Last Man a try. Anything else from him could be considered a must read?

  32. Avatar photo WheelHands says:
    June 21, 2012 at 6:36 pm

    Great issue. Not much left to say. I’m honestly sad about having to wait a month for each new one. Which is awesome.

    Also, if any of you are skipping the letters column, go back and read them. It’s hilarious. Creators need to do this more.

  33. Avatar photo Lebahn says:
    June 22, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    I was actually turned on and disgusted and intrigued all at the same time by this issue. This disturbs me.

  34. Avatar photo RORSHACH1004 says:
    June 22, 2012 at 5:01 pm

    How do you edit reviews. Mine has spoilers and I need to change it. Good book, but average this month.

  35. Avatar photo GaviinNansoong says:
    June 23, 2012 at 9:18 am

    This is one of the best things coming out right now, glad to be in on the ground floor, hope this team just keeps on with this quality.

  36. Avatar photo jasonhart says:
    June 25, 2012 at 9:45 am

    I hope this series is illustrated by Staples all the way through. I’d much rather they take breaks on occasion than use fill-in artists, if ever necessary. I can’t imagine this book with any other visual style. (Does anyone remember – did Pia Guerra do the whole series of Y, or were there fill-in artists? I can’t remember any.)

  37. Avatar photo consafo80 (@consafo80) says:
    July 1, 2012 at 9:28 am

    One of the best books going. Personally it’s my 2nd favourite narrowly missing out to Animal Man

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