Y: The Last Man

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Y: The Last Man is a comic book series written by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Pia Guerra. The series is planned for 30 monthly issues, and began in September 2002.

The story starts with a mysterious event that killed all mammals with a Y chromosome within a very short space of time — virtually simultaneously. The only known male survivors are Yorick Brown and his Capuchin monkey, Ampersand.

Significant characters:

  • Yorick Brown (the eponymous last man), plus Ampersand his (also male) monkey
  • Agent 355
  • Dr. Allison Mann
  • Jennifer Brown, a politician and Yorick's mother
  • Hero Brown, a paramedic and Yorick's sister
  • rose Copen - spy & demolitions expert; Allison Mann's lover

Further reading