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  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781401251512
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $40.00

Y: The Last Man Book One



When a plague instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome, unemployed and unmotivated slacker Yorick Brown discovers that he is the only male left in a world inhabited solely by women.

Y: The Last Man, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan (Lost, Pride of Baghdad, Ex Machina) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.

Collects Y: The Last Man #1-10.

  • Published: 15 September 2014
  • ISBN: 9781401251512
  • Imprint: DC Comics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $40.00

About the author

Brian K. Vaughan

Brian K. Vaughan has previously written episodes of Swamp Thing for DC and The Hood mini-series for Marvel JG Jones has created covers for Just A Pilgrim (available from Titan) and Marvel Boy and Black Widow for Marvel. He is currently working on Wonder Woman: Hiketeia.

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Praise for Y: The Last Man Book One

"Promises to be a compelling series."--Booklist

"Complete and utter gold."--Publishers Weekly

"A seriously funny, nuanced fable...Grade A" --Entertainment Weekly

"Funny and scary ... an utterly believable critique of society. A+"--The Washington Post

"This year's best movie is a comic book."--All Things Considered, National Public Radio