Y: The Last Man, Volume 5: Ring of Truth

by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra

Overview

WINNER OF THREE EISNER AWARDS

Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, finally makes it to San Francisco where his unbalanced sister, Hero, finds him seemingly succumbing to the male-killing plague after losing his still-unused engagement ring to the burqa-clad agents of the Setauket Ring. But is the ring really the key to his survival? And what does it have to do with the mysterious Amulet of Helene, which the Setauket leader is determined to take from Agent 355 by any means necessary. Collects issues #24-31 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, ASTONISHING X-MEN, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401236168
Publisher:	DC Comics
Publication date:	06/12/2012
Series:	Y: The Last Man Series , #5
Sold by:	DC Comics
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	86 MB
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About the Author

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN is the Eisner and Harvey Award-winning co-creator of many critically acclaimed comic books, including Y: THE LAST MAN, EX MACHINA, Runaways and PRIDE OF BAGHDAD. A professional comics writer since his days as an undergraduate film student at New York University, Brian has written every major DC and Marvel character from Batman to X-Men. He's also written several screenplays, stage plays and short stories, but mostly, he likes to work on the funnybooks. He also served as writer and story editor on the hit TV series Lost.

Editorial Reviews

An adolescent male daydream becomes a nightmare in this convoluted SF thriller. Having somehow survived a plague that instantly killed all the other men on Earth, Yorick Brown finds himself the object of universal desire. Unfortunately, some of the women frantically chasing him are members of a lesbian Amazon cult that wants revenge for centuries of masculine oppression. Others are more interested in exploiting Yorick's unique immunity than in having sex with him. In this collection of eight issues of the monthly comic, Yorick bounces from one group to another as he also tries to discover why he was spared and whether there is any way to make the world safe for other men. Meanwhile, women debate whether the world is really a better place without men-although the story so far shows that women are fully capable of taking over male roles in violence, conceit and general obtuseness. Guerra and Marzan's sedate art makes the extreme situations look convincing, and Vaughn's script keeps the interplay of different factions moving briskly even if readers can't be sure what each represents. Despite its outlandish premise, this works much better than it has any right to. (July) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

The best graphic novel I’ve ever read.”
— STEPHEN KING

“Funny and scary…an utterly believable critique of society.”
— Washington Post
 
“Y [has] sex, violence, action, comedy, and sadness, but it also stands as a careful, thoughtful examination of feminism, sexism, loyalty, maturity, and love…This is some smart, tasty fiction.”
— Wired.com
 
“Up there with Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN and Alan Moore’s issues of SWAMP THING…the series is a comic-book masterpiece.”
— Los Angeles Times
 
“One of the most important and enjoyable comics in recent history.”
— The Portland Mercury

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