Daring New Adventures of Supergirl Vol. 2

   

Review:

Early-80s Supergirl goes through some changes in this volume: new hair, new outfit, new boyfriend? Even a new title and logo for the monthly magazine. Alas in the end none of the changes could save the series, which came to an end with issue #23.

This collection is several pages longer than volume 1, as the backup stories in the original issues ended, so Supergirl got all 24 pages each  month. And it made a difference in the story-telling. Paul Kupperberg's narration became noticeably less wordy. We still get loads of insight into Supergirl's mind via endless thought balloons. But the incessant narrative text boxes that so cluttered volume 1 are fewer and more judiciously applied here in volume 2.

Supergirl's outfit changes as well, from flowing blouse and hot-pants to cheerleader skirt and long-sleeved leotard, eventually adding a headband in an apparent nod to Kryptonian fashion. The outfit change becomes a visual plot point in one of the chapters, when Supergirl and her secret identity Linda Danvers become separated somehow. 

The parade of villains in these tales vary in familiarity, power, and silliness. Familiar foes like The Parasite and Matrix Prime. Powerful foes like Blackstarr, with subplots of Holocaust camps in World War II lending some depth to the multi-part story. And silly foes like Ambush Bug and a nameless Future-Man, whose powers are as formidable as his origin and outfit are laughable.

This collection is a delightful glimpse into an earlier era's portrayal of Supergirl, amidst movements for women's empowerment and equality. The stories are fine, with the villainous confrontations lasting one or two issues, and longer story arcs threading through them with melodrama in her non-heroic life. I score it 3.5 capes.

Description:

From the legendary creative team of writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Carmine Infantino, whether you’re into her TV exploits or an old-school super-fan, DARING NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL VOL. 2 is a can’t-miss collection.

There’s more to college student Linda Danvers than meets the eye. Rocketed from the planet Krypton and crash-landing on Earth years after her legendary cousin, Superman, Linda is secretly Kara Zor-El—soaring the skies and battling evil as the unstoppable Supergirl!

In this action-packed collection of the classic stories that helped inspire the hit TV show, Supergirl continues her quest to carve out a heroic legacy all her own…and live life in the big city on her own terms. Along the way, she’ll battle the insidious Blackstar, match wits with the bizarre Ambush Bug and confront the Man of Steel’s own enemies, Parasite and the Kryptonite Man!

Collects: The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #13 and Supergirl #14-23
Authors: Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Carmine Infantino
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: July 19 2016
Parental Rating: PG
ISBN-10: 1401271154
ISBN-13: 978-1401271152
Language: English
Pages: 272 pages

Y: The Last Man Volume 6: Girl On Girl

   

Review:

High drama on the high seas.

In this sixth volume collecting issues 32 to 36 of Brian K. Vaughan's breath-taking series Y: The Last Man, Yorick, Dr. Mann and Agent 355 have set out to cross the vast Pacific Ocean, in a desperate effort to retrieve the stolen pet monkey Ampersand, who may hold the secret to curing the gendercide plague.

But this is not a relaxed pleasure cruise aboard the custom yacht The Whale. There are secrets in the hold, beyond just Yorick the stowaway. Pirates and traitors and illicit drug shipments and a submarine of the Australian Navy all mix into an explosive climax, both emotionally and literally.

Vaughan weaves another page-turner of a tale, filled with allusions and layers of nuance in the overlapping relationships. It is gripping, and every page ratchets up the tension.

Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan support the narrative brilliantly with their art. There is less need for nuance in rendering the individuals, especially among the mostly nameless sailing crew, as their physical traits vary starkly from one to another. Yet the subtle changes in eyebrow angle and facial dynamics continue to shine through with our main characters. Yorick's emotions continue to be pretty straight-forward, but the growing complexities in 355 and Dr. Mann are well handled.

Shout-out as well to the work of Massimo Carnevale, whose original covers continue to astound. Brilliant works of art and one-image distillations of a key theme of the issue.

And then there is the final chapter of the collection, #36. Beth's story, both her current state in the Australian outback and flashbacks of her evolving relationship with Yorick. This is the suma cum laude of the collection, powerfully told, beautifully rendered, strongly paced. It is moving, frustrating, informative, compelling story-telling, worth the price of the collection for this tale alone.

Again, very high scores for this collection, 4.5 capes out of 5.

Read all 10 reviews of Y: The Last Man here: Volume 1 Unmanned; Volume 2 Cycles; Volume 3 One Small Step; Volume 4 Safeword; Volume 5 Ring of Truth; Volume 6 Girl on Girl; Volume 7 Paper Dolls; Volume 8 Kimono Dragons; Volume 9 Motherland; Volume 10 Whys and Wherefores.

Description:

Accompanied by his mischievous monkey and the mysterious Agent 355, Yorick embarks on a transcontinental journey to find his girlfriend and discover why he is the last man on Earth. This volume finds Yorick, Agent 355 and Dr. Mann traveling across the Pacific to Japan in pursuit of Yorick's stolen monkey Ampersand, whose innards may hold the key to mankind's future. Collects issues #32-36 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, ASTONISHING X-MEN, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.

Collects: Y: The Last Man issues #32-36
Authors: Brian K. Vaughan
Artists: Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan
Published By: Vertigo
Published When: November 23, 2005
Parental Rating: Mature
ISBN-13: 978-1401205010
Language: English

Batwoman: A Review

   

Review:

In honor of the Pride celebrations happening this month, and culminating this week, let's look at Batwoman, one of DC Comic's most prominent gay heroes. I've chosen this collection that gathers the 2009 reboot of the character from Detective Comics.

The marketing text describes this book as "visually stunning" and it is all that and more. Jaw-dropping, eye-popping works of comics art on every page. J. H. Williams III has discovered the freedom of breaking out of the boxes of traditional framing, and he offers a master-class tour de force in visual story-telling.

The flow of the images from panel to panel across pages leads and drives the story forward. The jagged edges of the Bat logo appear as frequently in layout construction as the prototypical rectangle. Dark and moody, with excellent use of the pop of red in Batwoman's hair, everything about the art of this book is amazing!

The story is pretty damn fine, too. Greg Rucka weaves past and present together beautifully. This is a stellar introduction to Kate Kane and the forces that shaped her into the hero she has become. With her mix of military training, technology, flexibility and hand to hand combat skills, she is a worthy bearer of the Bat logo, and Rucka skillfully unfolds the elements that shaped her, from shocking childhood trauma through rejection by the military for her homosexulality, to recommitment to a higher good and  justice.

Two minor flaws mar this excellent collection. The first is the excessive use of BOLD text in the dialog lettering. It lends emphasis, lets the reader hear the cadence of the speaker. But in places there is simply too much bolding, and rather than enhance readability, it occasionally gets in the way.

The second is the inclusion of the Cutter storyline. It is gripping, tense, and beautifully drawn and colored. The alternation between cool blue tones and warm red ones to switch between the Batman and Batwoman sections is brilliant and works very well. But the story on the whole adds nothing to establishing  the mythology of Batwoman, which the Alice and Origins stories do so well. And in some ways it even undercuts it as she makes numerous mistakes and seems more easily distracted and defeated than in the previous stories.

Still, this is a fantastic collection of ground-breaking stories and appropriately top-shelf art. Definitely worth 4.5 capes

Description:

Best-selling writer Greg Rucka (WONDER WOMAN) and acclaimed artist J.H. Williams III (SANDMAN: OVERTURE) reveal the shocking origin that set the foundation for one of the DC Universe’s most prominent lesbian characters in BATWOMAN BY GREG RUCKA AND J.H. WILLIAMS III.

Determined to continue serving others after her military career was cut short by bigotry, Kate Kane has taken up the identity of Batwoman, leading a one-woman war on Gotham City’s evil underbelly.

And at the heart of her investigation is the Religion of Crime, a criminal cult led by a madwoman known only as Alice. Speaking in riddles and storybook rhymes, the Lewis Carroll-inspired Alice aims to transform Gotham into her own twisted wonderland.

But is everything Alice says truly mad? Underneath her deranged theatrics, she may hold the key to understanding Batwoman’s past…

BATWOMAN BY GREG RUCKA AND J.H. WILLIAMS III is the visually stunning landmark series collected here in its entirety. Originally presented in DETECTIVE COMICS #854-863, this volume also includes the never-before-collected storyline “Cutter” with guest artist Jock (THE LOSERS).

Collects: DETECTIVE COMICS #854-863
Authors: Greg Rucka
Artists: J.H. Williams III
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: June 20 2017
Parental Rating: Teen
ISBN-10: 1401274137
ISBN-13: 978-1401274139
Language: English
Pages: 256 pages

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

   

Review:

Ah, California! As we reach the mid-point of the sci-fi classic comics series Y: The Last Man, our three heroes - Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth; Dr. Allison Mann a brilliant scientist working to isolate how he survived; and Agent 355 of the secretive Culper Ring - and pet monkey Ampersand, have finally reached their objective of the west coast of America.

The chapters in this collection include three separate stories. In the first, Yorick visits a Roman Catholic church and meets another Beth. Not his almost-fiancée Beth, she's still living in Australia, or so he believes. This Beth is a former student of theology and ex-airline steward, who has taken up residence in an abandoned church. As she tells her story of surviving the plague, we are immersed into her pain and her scars, physical, emotional and spiritual. This is a particularly touching story arc, as Yorick and Beth seek to give one another solace and support, through human touch and connection.

The second story is a single-chapter focus on Hero and her origin story, so to speak. It is well-told and expertly paced. Her relationships with her brother, mother and father; her past romances; her attraction to the Amazons and struggles with recovery from their brain-washing influence. It is touching, at times moving, beautifully drawn. A gem of a single-issue tale showing Brian K. Vaughan still at the top of his narrative game.

In the final four chapters of the collection, with our heroes now stationary in San Francisco, all their enemies converge on them. Hero tracks them down. The ominous, burka-clad Setauket Ring - a breakaway faction of 355's Culper Ring - confronts them. And a new foe, a mysterious ninja warrior, gets added to the mix.

Not every swing of the bat is a home run; not every music single tops the charts. Likewise, not every plot development and chapter is a success. And this San Francisco tale is the first real miss in this excellent series.

By now we have some well-established characters, and several moments of these chapters clunk compared to what we know of them now. The ninja Toyota is too awesome and lethal, the Setauket Ring not nearly lethal enough. And the whole "magical ring" brou-ha-ha is a disappointment, with all of our heroes succumbing too quickly to magical wishful thinking. And the end result of stealing Ampersand, who may be the key to solving the whole plague, forces our heroes back on their never-ending journey, lest they become too stagnant in SF-based research.

Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan continue their run of solid art work, with clever angles and tensely dramatic fight sequences. Their characters are beautifully consistent, intense, playful, such a range of expressions. And their vividly rendered settings draw us in.

For two awesome and one meh tale, I'll score this collection 3.5 capes.

Read all 10 reviews of Y: The Last Man here: Volume 1 Unmanned; Volume 2 Cycles; Volume 3 One Small Step; Volume 4 Safeword; Volume 5 Ring of Truth; Volume 6 Girl on Girl; Volume 7 Paper Dolls; Volume 8 Kimono Dragons; Volume 9 Motherland; Volume 10 Whys and Wherefores.

Description:

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.

Collects: Y: The Last Man issues #24-31
Authors: Brian K. Vaughan
Artists: Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan
Published By: Vertigo 
Published When: Aug. 1 2005
Parental Rating: Mature
ISBN-10: 1401204872
ISBN-13: 978-1401204877
Language: English
Pages: 192 pages

Review: Y The Last Man volume 4: Safeword

   

Review:

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Y: The Last Man's debut, I'm reviewing the original 10 TPB collections. Find the other reviews here: Unmanned, Cycles, One Small Step, Safeword, Ring of Truth, Girl on Girl, Paper Dolls, Kimono Dragons, Motherland, Whys and Wherefores.

Volume 4 in the amazing Y: The Last Man TPB series is packed with all the elements that make the entire run so awesome and memorable. 

Our characters continue to develop, both as individuals and in their relationships with one another. We learn more about Yorick and his experiences, both from youth and childhood, and from the earliest hours of the plague. And these revelations bring him to a crucial turning point in the series.

Dr. Mann shows a certain death wish of her own, and reveals some of the deep secrets that are motivating her in this quest to find her backup lab and seek a cure. And the Culper Ring expands a little, with 355 introducing another agent and revealing the tiniest cracks in her severe exterior.

Brian K. Vaughan's storytelling remains top-notch. This collection of 6 issues includes two story arcs, and Vaughan unpacks each of them beautifully.

In the first, Yorick is left in the care of Agent 711, in a cabin in the Colorado hills. Using unorthodox means, 711 puts Yorick through some intense and unanticipated trials. Can she really be trusted? Or is she willing to kill the last man on Earth if she does not like his answers?

It is a sexually-charged story with bondage and threatened torture, laced with intense discussions of mature themes. Pia Guerra handles the artistic challenges very well, with a handful of titillating teases mixed in with a hazy blend of memory, perception and reality. Through parts of the first volumes of this series I have occasionally found the art overly simplistic and uninspired, but not here. Framing, pacing, hide-and-reveal teases are all spot-on perfect for this story.

Guerra's skills and approach carry over into the second story arc in this collection. Yorick, Mann and 355 have made it to Arizona, but find their way blocked by the Sons of Arizona, or at least their surviving wives and daughters. This armed militia group, while small in numbers, is having an outsized effect in throttling cross-continental trade as the nation seeks to reestablish an equilibrium post-plague.

Dr. Mann makes some foolish decisions and gets herself and 355 captured by the militia. Guerra's handling of the entire story and attention to more realistic detail, is exemplified in the bruising and other effects of the beatings suffered by 355 and Dr Mann. Where superhero comics might show a tattered uniform and some scratches, here we are treated to page after page of black eyes swollen almost shut, and other lumps and abrasions.

It's a story of contrasts, and Vaughan again shows mastery of pacing in building to the climax. The cold violence of the militia, in contrast to the kindness and hospitality of PJ. The brutally lethal and efficient killing 355 can mete out, juxtaposed with her apology to one militia-woman before blowing her brains out. The goofiness of Yorick contrasted with the harsh climate and many grim deaths in this arc.

And, significantly, the contrast of the renewed dedication, on the one hand, to truth and openness between our three central characters, and on the other hand the first step down the new path starts with a lie, as Yorick hides what really happened to PJ.

This is another excellent volume in one of the very best comic series you'll ever find. Worthy of 4.5 capes out of 5.

Read all 10 reviews of Y: The Last Man here: Volume 1 Unmanned; Volume 2 Cycles; Volume 3 One Small Step; Volume 4 Safeword; Volume 5 Ring of Truth; Volume 6 Girl on Girl; Volume 7 Paper Dolls; Volume 8 Kimono Dragons; Volume 9 Motherland; Volume 10 Whys and Wherefores.

Description:

After a devastating plague, Yorick Brown is the last man left alive in a world of women. On the run from Amazon extremists who would be happy to see him dead, his friends leave him in the care of Agent 711. But 711 is not the tragic woman she seems to be and Yorick is propelled into a drug-fueled nightmare of blood and sadism. Collects issues #18-23 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.

Collects: Y: The Last Man issues #18-23
Authors: Brian K. Vaughan
Artists: Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan
Published By: Vertigo
Published When: Dec 1 2004
Parental Rating: Mature
ISBN-10: 1401202322
ISBN-13: 978-1401202323
Language: English
Pages: 144 pages

Review: Daring New Adventures of Supergirl volume 1

   

Review:

Early-80s fashion and story-telling in an early 21st-century collection - a clash of sensibilities with hints of nostalgia.

This collection of the first 12 issues of the 1982 Supergirl series was released in the midst of the excitement around the 2015 Supergirl live-action TV series. While the collection is solid on its own, I'm not certain its 35-year-old comic stories would have appealed to the modern, new TV fans.

The art jumps out more than the stories they illustrate. The are penciled by the legendary Carmine Infantino, who made his name as the artist of The Flash of the Silver Age of comics. It was the 1956 debut of the Barry Allen Flash that kicked off a revival of super heroes, with Infantino doing the drawing. He would return to The Flash for the final issues of Barry Allen, in the early 1980s.

Since this collection is from the same late-career Infantino era, it is no surprise that the familiar Infantino style is present on every page. The facial features, the long flowing lines and details of the period clothing, and especially the slender fingers are all vintage Infantino. Supergirl in her flowing-sleeved blouse with hot-pants and boots looks every bit the early-80s celeb.

In contrast to the art, the stories are middling. While this 1982 series was a bold revival and return to a solo story for Supergirl, the decision to add a backup feature to each issue effectively cuts each story down to only 16 pages. But while that could feel too short and over too quickly, instead author Paul Kupperberg throws so much prose and exposition at us that the opposite happens. We weary of the constant dialog and the endless large word balloons crowding out Infantino's images.

That said, Kupperberg does take Supergirl in interesting and exciting new directions. She is all grown up now, no longer the teenaged kid tagalong of her more famous cousin. She moves away to Chicago, meets new friends, starts to flirt and date, enrolls in university. All are important rites of passage and Kupperberg gives them lots of space in the plot arcs.

The villains she must confront are uninspiring - Psi, Decay, The Gang, The Council all start out appearing more formidable than they really are. The Doom Patrol and Reactron lead into a stronger multi-issue story arc, as Kupperberg, who is very familiar with the larger Superman world, seems to warm up to the task. The attack by six doll-sized Supergirl clones slips back into the absurd however, and the collection ends on a weaker note.

Overall this is a beautiful collection of 1980s stories, the villains are a mixed bag and the stories have loads of promise with the newly independent life of Supergirl and her alter ego Linda Danvers. It just takes so much reading to get through due to excessive exposition and narration.

I give it 3 capes out of 5.

Description:

She was only 15 when she first came to Earth, fleeing the destruction of her world’s last refuge. Following in the footsteps of her legendary cousin, the Kryptonian teenager named Kara Zor-El joined Superman’s never-ending battle for truth and justice as his partner in crime-fighting—Supergirl!

But the Girl of Steel isn’t a kid anymore. With high school behind her, this hero is ready to fly on her own!

Disguised as the brilliant brown-haired college student Linda Danvers, Supergirl sets out from the safety of Metropolis to see her adopted country for herself. From the streets of Chicago to the hills of San Francisco, she encounters loyal new friends and powerful new foes, astounding new discoveries and terrifying new dangers. Can she stand on her own outside of Superman’s shadow? Looks like this is a job for…Supergirl!

The original icon of girl power hits new heights in THE DARING NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL, collecting issues #1-12 of the classic series by writer Paul Kupperberg and legendary artist Carmine Infantino. Whether you’re a longtime fan or a newcomer to Kara’s world, you’ll believe a girl can fly!

Collects: The Daring New Adventures of Supergirl #1-12
Authors: Paul Kupperberg
Artists: Carmine Infantino
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: July 19 2016
Parental Rating: PG
ISBN-10: 1401263461
ISBN-13: 978-1401263461
Language: English
Pages: 226 pages

Review: DC Universe Online Legends Vol. 2

   

Review:

What if Superman, whose powers have only grown more godlike over time in the evolution of the DC Universe, what if he turned on his friends, or sought power for his own purposes, including vengeance?

It's a theme that appears not infrequently in DC comics. It is the motivating factor of the whole Injustice series of comics, TPBs and games. And in parts of the Superman / Batman series.

In this collection, Superman's powers get hijacked by Brainiac, and he loses control of them. He turns on his friends and loved ones, even Lois Lane.

Lex Luthor, always a genius thorn in his side, has teamed up with Brainiac, but with every intention of double-crossing him when the moment is right. Will his love for Lois Lane, which animates much of his hatred for Superman, lead him astray in his plans and blow the whole thing up?

When Superman fights his fellow Justice Leaguers, under the influence of Brainiac's technology, we see him and Wonder Woman (another hero whose powers have grown greatly over her history) go toe-to-toe for several spectacular panels.

Adding to the drama are the number of Daily Planet employees who have returned from their time as Brainiac's hostages with surprising new powers, some of whom form the new Luther's Legion - part heroics, part public-relations.

The art is solid, if occasionally quite graphic and violent. It shifts stylistically, as the art team changes with each issue.

As does the author, which has a bigger impact on the coherence of the narrative. In the wrong hands, characters fall flat, especially the second-tier Justice League heroes. Firestorm, for example, does little more than ask the questions that lead others to give expository speeches to explain the tangle of plot points.

It is an intense series, with a fast-paced story and dramatic, powerful images. But the discontinuity in authors and artists works against it, leaving us with a  3-cape collection.

Description:

This volume of DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS continues the combined forces of classic DC heroes and villains, as they must form an uneasy alliance to combat the threat of Brainiac! As the battle rages on, tension rises not only between Lex Luthor and the DC heroes, but also between members of the Justice League themselves! Written by DC Comics legend Marv Wolfman and GREEN LANTERN CORPS scribe Tony Bedard!

Collects: DC Universe Online Legends #8-15
Authors: Tony Bedard, Marv Wolfman
Artists: Ed Benes, Mike S. Miller, Sergio Sandoval
Published By: DC Comics
Published When: Sept. 22 2020
Parental Rating: Teen

Review: Y: The Last Man Vol. 3: One Small Step

Review:

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Y: The Last Man's debut, I'm reviewing the original 10 TPB collections. Find the other reviews here: Unmanned, Cycles, One Small Step, Safeword, Ring of Truth, Girl on Girl, Paper Dolls, Kimono Dragons, Motherland, Whys and Wherefores.

The third major story arc in the ground-breaking series Y: The Last Man, compiled here in volume 3, brings more explosive revelations, dramatic conflicts, wry humor, and more evolutions in the relationships of the core characters.

After their confrontation with the Amazons in rural Ohio in volume 2, Yorick, Agent 355, Dr Allison Mann and Ampersand the monkey make their way by train to Kansas. This time, though, they are joined by Natalya. A nail-biting rooftop battle on a moving train between Natalya and 355 eventually leads to them making common cause, and the Kansas detour.

What is worth delaying their cross-country trip to Dr Mann's west-coast lab in their quest for an antidote to the plague? The promise of tripling the number of men on earth! Kansas is the chosen re-entry site for a capsule of three astronauts returning to earth after nearly a year of watching in horror from orbit as the plague wiped out all males on the planet.

But as Alter Tse'elon of the Israeli military and her squad close in, 355 needs to make a dangerous gambit and a shocking confession.

This is superb story-telling. Brian K. Vaughan does a brilliant job with plot pacing, drawing out this space-drama over seven issues, making this one of the thickest volumes of the series. He takes his readers on a roller-coaster ride of building tension, shocking twists, multiple climaxes, all interspersed with quieter moments of reflection and bonding.

Pia Guerra and Jose Marzan's art rises to the challenge of Vaughan's narrative. They know when to zoom in for a tight close-up and when to pull back for a wider shot of the larger picture. They provide enough subtle clues that it is no problem distinguishing, for example, the similar characters of the Israeli soldiers.

They save their greatest work, though, for the covers - stunning silent statements of the crux of the tensions in this gripping story arc. I truly could not put it down, mowing through it in one white-knuckled reading.

This story scores 4.5 capes out of 5.

Read all 10 reviews of Y: The Last Man here: Volume 1 Unmanned; Volume 2 Cycles; Volume 3 One Small Step; Volume 4 Safeword; Volume 5 Ring of Truth; Volume 6 Girl on Girl; Volume 7 Paper Dolls; Volume 8 Kimono Dragons; Volume 9 Motherland; Volume 10 Whys and Wherefores.

Description:

The adventures of Yorick Brown continue in Y: THE LAST MAN: ONE SMALL STEP, collecting issues #11-17 of the critically acclaimed series. A Russian Soyuz capsule is coming down from the International Space Station carrying three passengers: one woman and two men. Could this be the end of Yorick's tenure as last living male?

Collects: Y: The Last Man #11-17
Authors: Brian K. Vaughan
Artists: Pia Guerra, Jose Marzan
Published By: Vertigo 
Published When: April 1 2004
Parental Rating: Mature
ISBN-13: 9781401202019
Language: English
Pages: 168 pages