Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Extinção | 2003 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 2 | Unmanned | 2003 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 3 | Cycles | 2003 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 4 | Y: The Last Man, Vol. 2 Cycles | 2003 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 5 | One Small Step | 2004 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 6 | Y: The Last Man Collection | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 7 | Y: The Last Man, Vol. 4 Safeword | 2003 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 8 | Safeword | 2004 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 9 | Alliance contre nature | 2005 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 10 | Ring of Truth | 2005 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 11 | Chica con chica | 2005 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 12 | Girl on Girl | 2005 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 13 | Le scoop | 2006 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 14 | Paper Dolls | 2006 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 15 | Y: The Last Man, Vol. 8 Kimono Dragons | 2003 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 16 | Kimono Dragons | 2006 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 17 | Motherland | 2007 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 18 | Y the Last Man 5 | 2011 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
| 19 | Whys and Wherefores | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | Buy |
| 20 | Y: Le Dernier Homme, #10: Trajets d’Y | 2008 | Brian K. Vaughan | N/A |
Y: The Last Man is the series that made Brian K. Vaughan’s name. Running from 2002 to 2008 at Vertigo, the series imagines what happens when every male mammal on Earth dies simultaneously, leaving one young man and his monkey as the sole survivors. The 60-issue run follows Yorick Brown’s journey across a world reshaped by the loss of half its human population.
The series was collected in ten volumes and later in oversized Absolute editions. It won three Eisner Awards and was adapted into a short-lived FX on Hulu TV series in 2021. Y: The Last Man is considered one of the best Vertigo series alongside Sandman and Preacher, and it established the template for Vaughan’s career in long-form comics storytelling.