Y The Last Man, Vol. 5

Ring of Truth

Pages: 192
Published: 2005
Language: English

Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, finally reaches San Francisco, only to face new dangers. His sister, Hero, finds him seemingly succumbing to the male-killing plague after a crucial item is lost to mysterious agents. As Yorick's survival hangs in the balance, the focus shifts to a powerful amulet that a ruthless leader is determined to acquire from Agent 355. The stakes are higher than ever in this volume.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Mysterious Adventurous

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Brian K. Vaughan

American comic book writer and television producer, born in Cleveland, Ohio. Best known for creating the comics series Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, Saga and Paper Girls. He began his career as a New York University film student through Marvel's "Stan-hattan Project" workshop, and later worked as a writer and producer on the TV series Lost (seasons 3-5) and as showrunner of Under the Dome. His work has won multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards and two Hugo Awards.