Y: The Last Man: Unmanned

DC Compact Comics

by Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra (Illustrator), José Marzán Jr. (Illustrator)

The story of the last man on Earth and his quest to find love, hope, and answers in a world turned upside down.

In a single moment, the world’s men are wiped out by a mysterious plague, leaving only women behind—except for one. Yorick Brown, an unassuming escape artist, and his pet monkey Ampersand become the focus of humanity’s hopes and fears as they embark on a perilous journey to uncover why they’ve survived.

Yorick’s quest to find his girlfriend and discover the truth of the plague leads him into a radically transformed world full of political intrigue, desperate alliances, and terrifying dangers. Can Yorick navigate this new society while holding on to his humanity, or will the weight of being the last man standing crush him?

This volume collects Y: The Last Man #1-10.

Genres: Comics

248 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2025

About the author

Brian K. Vaughan is the writer and co-creator of comic-book series including SAGA, PAPER GIRLS, Y THE LAST MAN, RUNAWAYS, and most recently, BARRIER, a digital comic with artist Marcos Martin about immigration, available from their pay-what-you-want site www.PanelSyndicate.com

BKV's work has been recognized at the Eisner, Harvey, Hugo, Shuster, Eagle, and British Fantasy Awards. He sometimes writes for film and television in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family and their dogs Hamburger and Milkshake.

Reviews

[Nicholas Dehler · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt like this premise could go either way but honestly I quite enjoyed it, it is an interesting concept and well paced to make it easy to cruise through. Later on in the book it has a walking dead kind of feel that I loved. Yorick has to wise up though he keeps making these brain dead decisions that piss me off🤦🏻‍♂️ quite an engaging story though and I like the art style of the pages (but not of the covers lol), I would definitely read more

[Ola Hansson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gripping story that flows smoothly, but is partly ruined by the artist who seems to have no feelings for faces whatsoever. Everyone looks the same, and it is impossible to know what characters are supposed to be black or asian. You rarely see this in European comics but often in American and Japanese. Very boring and very confusing.

Also, the pop cultural references were a bit too much, and made me think of Sawyer from Lost.

[Sotiris Kosmas · Rating 4 out of 5]

At last a comic with a feminist perspective that surprised me with how educational it was without being overly preachy.

[meagan · Rating 1 out of 5]

um so i wanted to enjoy this but it was quite literally littered with racism, sexism and one of the main characters is an israeli soldier so yeah not fun

[Neil Parker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't read many graphic novels. This one was a gift from a good friend, and I quite enjoyed it.

[nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

need to read the next parts of this