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Y: The Last Man, Vol. 1: Unmanned by Brian K. Vaughan
4.0

I've heard mixed things about Y: The Last Man. It's certainly an interesting concept. Yorick is the last man on Earth after a horrible plague takes out every living creature with a Y chromosome. Such a thing could easily devolve into something less than savory, but Vaughan manages to keep the story pure while keeping much of the dialogue light, which makes it work most of the time.

The story itself is interesting, and while it, so far, seems to be a little hokey, there is also some intelligent discussion within and I'm hoping it continues to poke and prod at logical explanations instead of magic rings and voodoo talismans. I'm certainly not against magic rings, I'm quite pro-magic ring actually. I just feel like something that deals with genetics and disease should be more believable. So here's hoping. This first volume has captured me, so I'll certainly check out what comes next.