Y: The Last Man
Volume 1: Without Men
Vertigo Book nr. 32
Editor: Magic Press
publication date: June 2003
cover price: € 10,00
Cover: J.G. Jones
contains the following stories:
Y: The Last Man nr. 1
Original editor: DC Comics
Vertigo Production
publication date: January 2002
pencil: Pia Guerra
story: Brian K. Vaughan
inks: Jose Marzan jr
colors: Pam Rambo
In 2002 a virus is released on Earth, killing all males.
The only survivor is the young escapist Yorick Brown and his monkey, which he has taken as a research project.
His mother is a Democratic congresswoman in Washington, while his sister Hero drives ambulances.
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Y: The Last Man nr. 2
Original editor: DC Comics
Vertigo Production
publication date: February 2002
pencil: Pia Guerra
story: Brian K. Vaughan
inks: Jose Marzan jr
colors: Pam Rambo
Yorick reaches Washington, hiding behind a gas mask.
His mother is happy to see him again, but quickly understands the dangerous implications of his survival.
Agent 355 of the Culper Ring, a secret service serving the President of the United States, reaches the Minister of Agriculture in Virginia, Margaret Valentine, who has now become the new President.
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Y: The Last Man nr. 3
Original editor: DC Comics
Vertigo Production
publication date: March 2002
pencil: Pia Guerra
story: Brian K. Vaughan
inks: Jose Marzan jr
colors: Pam Rambo
The White House is attacked by the wives of Republican senators, who demand their husbands' seats.
The clash is interrupted by Agent 355, who has brought the new President.
Agent 355 is assigned to protect Yorick and together they must reach a geneticist expert in cloning, Dr. Mann.
Someone alerts the Israeli secret services to Yorick's existence, who decide to capture him.
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Y: The Last Man nr. 4
Original editor: DC Comics
Vertigo Production
publication date: April 2002
pencil: Pia Guerra
story: Brian K. Vaughan
inks: Jose Marzan jr
colors: Pam Rambo
Yorick clashes with a group of Amazons, a new cult that fights for the purity of the female gender.
Agent 355 saves him, but now the cult begins to hunt him.
Victoria, the leader of the Amazons, is accompanied by a new follower, Yorick Hero's sister.
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Y: The Last Man nr. 5
Original editor: DC Comics
Vertigo Production
publication date: April 2002
pencil: Pia Guerra
story: Brian K. Vaughan
inks: Jose Marzan jr
colors: Pam Rambo
Yorick and agent 355 reach Dr. Mann, who agrees to help them.
Hero kills a girl to prove her loyalty to the Amazons.
Alter, head of the Mossad, destroys Dr. Mann's laboratory, to thwart their plans to recover the males.
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In the first volume of the series, an original and shocking future is proposed, thanks to which the series has found some success.
A TV series was also recently made.
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