Book Two of the hardcover collection of Y The Last Man covers issues 11 through 23 of the Vertigo series about the last man on Earth.    Yorrick, Agent 355, and Dr. Mann continue their issue-filled journey to San Francisco.  They deal with the potential arrival of two surviving astronauts who were on the International Space Station when all the men died, a plot to kidnap Yorrick by Israeli forces, and an Arizona militia.

While I’m sure I’ve read these stories before, I don’t have much of a recollection of them at this point, so the whole thing seems new to me.  Pia Guerra gets a little break in this volume and is replaced by Goran Parlov for three issues and Paul Chadwick for two.  Thankfully, Parlov’s style meshes rather well with Guerra’s.  Unfortunately, the same can not be said for Chadwick.  The one saving grace for his two issues were that they were a side story that didn’t really have much to do with the overall tale.

There are three more volumes to go, and I want to both read them right away to find out how the tale ends and to save and savor them, knowing that the end is near.  That, I guess, is the ultimate compliment that you can give to creators.