Saga #64
Wheels are in motion in multiple directions in Saga #64, by writer Brian K. Vaughan, artist Fiona Staples, and letterer Fonografiks. This story thickens the plot well, adding in some plot points that could be red herrings, but either way, they could shape into something great.
Agent Gale questions members of the band about Alana, but they send him after Upland in a lighthouse. Meanwhile, Hazel and Squire talk about the killing of the Lying Cat and get to the supply of Wormfood when they’re stopped by a police officer. He’s not there to arrest them, instead telling them about how Vitch lied to him about Wormfood and made him do terrible jobs for her. Petrichor goes home to get a weapon and is interrupted by her mother, who asks her why she’s getting the weapon. She tells her mother it’s for revenge, and the two hug, her mother accepting her daughter. The police officer was there to stop them and tells them that he’ll tell Vitch that they were arrested, letting them go. However, Squire is having none of that. Alana goes to the ship looking for a job and is refused, but lucks out when the ship’s captain gets rid of the old security chief. She offers her services, and he accepts, but the family only has thirty minutes before they leave.
This issue does an excellent job of building plots that may be true and may be false. The first is the one with the police officer. Is he really a police officer, or is he the person who has the Wormfood? It could go either way, but it’s interesting the way the siblings react. Alana is ready to believe his story, but a newly bloodthirsty Squire, who confessed that killing felt natural, wants his father back more. It’s an intriguing little quandary, and because this is Saga, it could go either way.
The next is the one on the ship. The security officer is kicked off for canoodling with the captain’s daughter. The captain says this is a family ship, but the way he responds to Alana about her bringing her family aboard is suspect. Again, Vaughan has expertly built up reader anticipation with this little exchange. It’s reasons like this that this book is so good.
Staples’s art looks better than it has in ages for some reason. It doesn’t feel like she’s doing anything different, but the art looks better. There’s really not much else to say about it other than that.
Saga #64 builds up the plot more. It’s a pretty good story, with several plots that could go either way.
