Y: The Last Man (Unmanned)
A mysterious plague has killed every man on earth except Yorick Brown, who was somehow spared (oh…and his male pet monkey, Ampersand). That is the compelling premise of Y. The sole Y-chromosomed human survivor is an amiable, headstrong young man, the son of a U.S. congresswoman and, as it happens, an amateur escape artist. He spends most of the story on the run from a tribe of self-styled Amazons (think Feminazis) bent on eliminating the last vestige of patriarchy. He is also trying, with a bioengineer who may be responsible for the worldwide "gendercide," to figure out why he survived; hoping to reach his girlfriend in Australia; and, of course, contemplating the repopulation of the planet. The pedestrian artwork doesn't do much to liven the story. However…“Y” has fast-paced, Intriguing characters and plotlines as it lays the groundwork for what’s to come.
The Walking Dead (Days Gone By)
An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a matter of months, society has crumbled: There is no government, no grocery stores, no mail delivery, no cable TV. Rick Grimes finds himself one of the few survivors in this terrifying future. A couple months ago he was a small town cop who had never fired a shot and only ever saw one dead body. Separated from his family, he must now sort through all the death and confusion to try and find his wife and son. It has been said…that the Living can never stand up to the Dead: they are too many, and their hungry, avid minds are not freighted with the conscience of the Living. Kirkman and Moore have put that contention into question in their first auspicious volume of the "Walking Dead". Doubtless the Dead will Walk, and the Walking will die…but who will survive, and what will become of them?
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