Every man, every boy and every other mammal with a Y chromosome
everywhere on Earth is dead. The gears of society grind to a halt
following the loss of nearly half the planet's population, and a world
of women are left to pick up the pieces and try to keep civilization
from collapsing entirely.
The "gendercide," however, is not absolutely complete. For some unknown
reason, one young man named Yorick Brown and his male monkey, Ampersand,
are spared. Overnight, this anonymous twentysomething becomes the most
important person on the planet--the key, it is hoped, to unlocking the
secret of the mysterious sex-specific plague.
For Yorick himself, the most important person on the planet is 7,000
miles away--and he will stop at nothing to find her. But with an entire
ocean still standing between them, chances for a reunion are fading--and
new threats are closing in from every side.
Writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Pia Guerra's acclaimed Vertigo series
Y: The Last Man brings to vivid life the age-old speculation: What
would really happen to the last man on Earth? Collects Y: The Last Man
#24-36.