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Issue Details

Issue #[nn]
Published [June] 2008
Cover Price 14.99 USD; 16.99 CAD
Pages 172
Editing Scott Nybakken (collected edition)

Cover Details - "Whys and Wherefores"

Characters Yorick Brown
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #60 (March 2008) [partial cover]

3 page Y: The Last Man credits "Table of Contents"

Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters typeset

1 page Y: The Last Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Y: The Last Man #55"

Characters Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #55 (May 2007) [minus cover text]

22 page Y: The Last Man story "Whys and Wherefores, Part 1"

Characters Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand; Vladimir Lenin (corpse); Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville (dream); Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon; Eliana
Synopsis "Boarding the Trans-Siberian railroad for France, Agent 355 escorts Yorick Brown on the last leg of his quest to find his one true love." [per solicitation]
Genre Science Fiction
Script Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters Clem Robins
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #55 (May 2007)

1 page Y: The Last Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Y: The Last Man #56"

Characters Hero Brown; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #56 (July 2007) [minus cover text]

22 page Y: The Last Man story "Whys and Wherefores, Part 2"

Characters Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville; Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon; Eliana (death)
Synopsis "As the last man and Agent 355 race toward Paris, the group of women protecting the daughter Yorick never even knew he sired continues to flee the Israeli soldiers led by Alter. Will anyone survive the inevitable collision of these three groups?" [per solicitation]
Genre Science Fiction
Script Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters Clem Robins
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #56 (July 2007)

1 page Y: The Last Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Y: The Last Man #57"

Characters Ampersand; Beth Deville
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #57 (September 2007) [minus cover text]

22 page Y: The Last Man story "Whys and Wherefores, Part 3"

Characters Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Beth Deville
Synopsis Yorick finally has his long awaited reunion with Beth Deville.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters Clem Robins
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #57 (September 2007)

1 page Y: The Last Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Y: The Last Man #58"

Characters Agent 355
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #58 (November 2007) [minus cover text]

22 page Y: The Last Man story "Whys and Wherefores, Part 4"

Characters Yorick Brown; Agent 355 (death); Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville; Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon
Synopsis Yorick realizes that Agent 355 is the one he loves, but Alter makes sure that this love story won't have a happy ending.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters Clem Robins
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #58 (November 2007)

1 page Y: The Last Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Y: The Last Man #59"

Characters Ampersand
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #59 (January 2008) [minus cover text]

22 page Y: The Last Man story "Whys and Wherefores, Part 5"

Characters Yorick Brown; Agent 355 (corpse); Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville; Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon (real name revealed to be Yedida)
Synopsis Yorick makes Alter pay for killing Agent 355.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters Clem Robins
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #59 (January 2008)

1 page Y: The Last Man cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover - Y: The Last Man #60"

Characters Yorick Brown
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting; signed)
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #60 (March 2008) [minus cover text]

48 page Y: The Last Man story "Alas"

Characters Yorick Brown; Dr. Allison Mann [Ayuko Matsumori] (flashback); Agent 355 (flashback); Yorick Brown the Seventeenth (clone); Catherine; Ampersand (death); Hero Brown; President Beth, Jr.; Rose Copen; Dr. Allison Mann (clones); Beth Deville
Synopsis A look at Yorick's world sixty years in the future.
Genre Science Fiction
Script Brian K. Vaughan
Pencils Pia Guerra
Inks Jose Marzan, Jr.
Colors Zylonol
Letters Clem Robins
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #60 (March 2008)

1 page Y: The Last Man (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix* "Backcover"

Characters Agent 355; Yorick Brown; Ampersand; Beth Deville
Genre Science Fiction
Pencils Massimo Carnevale (painting)
Inks Massimo Carnevale (painting)
Colors Massimo Carnevale (painting)
Letters typeset
Editing Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
Reprinted from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #58 (November 2007) [partial cover]; from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #55 (May 2007) [partial cover]; from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #57 (September 2007) [partial cover]