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Summary: No drop-off in quality from the first two volumes
Review: "One Small Step," the third volume of Y: The Last Man loses no momentum from the previous two volumes, "Unmanned" and "Cycles." In fact, I'd say it picks up steam. Now that I've become accustomed to the characters, I care more about them and find their perilous adventures more gripping than ever."One Small Step" contains two stories, the primary one being the title story. Yorick, Agent 355 and Dr. Mann travel through Missouri to Kansas and seek to help two more potential male survivors of the plaque to arrive safely on Earth from orbit. All males of all species on Earth died in the plague, but it didn't extend to those males OFF the planet. The International Space Station houses two male and one female astronaut, all of whom are dangerously close to suffocating in the failing life support of the station. They have to evacuate the station and find out whether they can survive now that several months have gone by since the plague. Thrown into the mix are the Israeli soldiers, led by their stoic Colonel, whose motives have been unclear until this story. Suffice it to say that old scores die hard. Brian Vaughn builds the tension slowly with several events threatening to collide explosively. The violent colonel, an endangered Yorick, and the fate of the astronauts all hangs in the balance. I found myself flying through the climactic pages of this story, eager to find out what was going to happen. You really have to read the first two volumes before you move on to this one. There's too much back story you'll miss. But it's worth the time. This is one of the best comics to come out in the past several years and is not to be missed!
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Summary: No drop-off in quality from the first two volumes
Review: "One Small Step," the third volume of Y: The Last Man loses no momentum from the previous two volumes, "Unmanned" and "Cycles." In fact, I'd say it picks up steam. Now that I've become accustomed to the characters, I care more about them and find their perilous adventures more gripping than ever. "One Small Step" contains two stories, the primary one being the title story. Yorick, Agent 355 and Dr. Mann travel through Missouri to Kansas and seek to help two more potential male survivors of the plaque to arrive safely on Earth from orbit. All males of all species on Earth died in the plague, but it didn't extend to those males OFF the planet. The International Space Station houses two male and one female astronaut, all of whom are dangerously close to suffocating in the failing life support of the station. They have to evacuate the station and find out whether they can survive now that several months have gone by since the plague. Thrown into the mix are the Israeli soldiers, led by their stoic Colonel, whose motives have been unclear until this story. Suffice it to say that old scores die hard. Brian Vaughn builds the tension slowly with several events threatening to collide explosively. The violent colonel, an endangered Yorick, and the fate of the astronauts all hangs in the balance. I found myself flying through the climactic pages of this story, eager to find out what was going to happen. You really have to read the first two volumes before you move on to this one. There's too much back story you'll miss. But it's worth the time. This is one of the best comics to come out in the past several years and is not to be missed!
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Summary: Absolutely stunning!
Review: After reading the first two "Y the Last Man" books I was eagerly awaiting the release of this one. I was not dissapointed! The first 6 chapters of this book wrap up the storyline of the male astronauts introduced at the end of book 2 and the final two chapers provide a hilarious interlude from the main story of the book. Everything overall is great! The art is detailed and clear. The coloring and inking is also excellent. If you have never read a graphic novel before read "Y the Last Man" books 1 and 2 first, then be sure to read this one!
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Summary: Absolutely stunning!
Review: After reading the first two "Y the Last Man" books I was eagerly awaiting the release of this one. I was not dissapointed! The first 6 chapters of this book wrap up the storyline of the male astronauts introduced at the end of book 2 and the final two chapers provide a hilarious interlude from the main story of the book. Everything overall is great! The art is detailed and clear. The coloring and inking is also excellent. If you have never read a graphic novel before read "Y the Last Man" books 1 and 2 first, then be sure to read this one!
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Summary: Sexist
Review: I started reading this series, because the premise interested me. All creatures carrying the Y chromosome (in other words, all males) die in some unexplained event - all except twoo, a slacker named Yorick and his pet monkey. Yorick is trying to get to Australia to find his girlfriend. The new U.S. President has assigned an agent to protect Yorick, since he's the only hope for the survival of the human race. Other people are out to get or kill Yorick. I love female comic book characters, so I thought that I would love a series with a female majority. I dropped the series after a few issues. The original premise is good, but the results aren't. The writer seems to believe that men do everything; with most men gone, the women can't manage on their own. Months after the incident, there is almost no electricity; cars with dead male bodies still block the roads, making travel very difficult; and air travel is pretty much nonexistent. The reality is that women are in most or every professions as men, so the idea that civilization would collapse with all men gone is ludicrous. The writer tries to show that women can be just as bad as men, so he goes the usual route and has the women form weird groups, such as men-hating "Amazons" that believe that all men were meant to die; they cut off their right breasts to become better archers (despite the evidence that there are apparently no men left to fight). This series is completely unrealistic. I wish that a woman had written it instead. Don't waste your money on it.
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Summary: One of the best comic series ever!!
Review: This isn't a review of this book, but rather a review of the whole series up till this point. I started reading this series without knowing much about it. I must say that this is one of the best things I have ever read! The pacing is perfect, every character is interesting and well-written, and there is a ton of jokes that quite often have me laughing out loud. They also make lot's of references to movies and comics like "preacher" and "the outsiders" for god's sakes! The only downside to this series is that I now have to wait for the 4th book. This rates up there with "Preacher" and "Akira". Do yourself a favor and buy all the books immediately!
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