Y: The Last Man
Premiering in September 2002 , author Brian K. Vaughn and artist Pia Guerra give fans a harrowing narrative of a universe that has only just scantily outlast theeradication of all men on the planet . Devastating the earth ’s economy and substructure , the woman of the domain are coerce to ring together to hold smart set together , all the while wondering how and why this pest come to pass .
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But as luck would have it , one human male , Yorick Brown , and his pet Capuchin rapscallion , Ampersand , have inexplicably survived , and have set out across the now apocalyptic kingdom while avoiding the villainous forces who would see them dead . Along their travels , they meet many people with various notion on the state of the world , includinga few characterswho consider they get it on how the plague start in the first place .
One of the more popular theories considered describes the release of a chemical broker aimed at the nation of China . Given as a reason by the series antagonist , Alter Tse’elon , the chemical substance was sound out to be acquire to prevent Chinese womanhood from conceive male children , thus crippling their economy . or else , the chemical terminate up pop all males and is right away study to be the “ real ” reason behind the plague by both character and fans likewise .
Next up is a theory give by the only other male subsister inY : The Last Man , Dr. Matsumori , a cloning expert who believe that once Mother Nature realize that male person were now disused due to the succeeder of workable cloning , nature itself commence to cull anything with a Y chromosome . essentially acting like natural selection at its crest , this understanding is a canny , if a too easy explanation for the infestation , only trumped by yet another theory that shell out in the supernatural . tell to Yorick by Agent 355 , his personal bodyguard and eventual love interest , “ three - fifty ” tells a story of how the pestilence began the second she remove the sacred Amulet of Helene from the land of Jordan . Revealed that anyone who deal the amulet would usher in a terrible tragedy of the like the world has n’t seen in ages , it ’s clear why Agent 355 was slightly concerned about the timing and prophetic consequence of a potential curse - turned pest , even if this logical thinking is a act too far out for most .
So , being leave a handful of reasons that either make no sense at all or are oddly specific in their ramblings , Yorick — and fan — are yield more than enough to think about when it comes to the straight origin of pestilence . Y : The Last Man ’s terrifying world is one full of questions and danger , but for the remaining population of Earth — Yorick andAmpersandespecially — the solution behind it all is still just out of reach .
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