Y: The Last Man
#10 - Whys and Wherefores
[First Printing]
([August] 2008)
DC,
2003 Series
- Volume
- 10
- Price
- 14.99 USD; 16.99 CAD
- Pages
- 172
- On-sale Date
- 2008-06-18
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Suggested for Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
Vertigo
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-1813-3
- Barcode
- 9781401218133 51499
- Editing
- Scott Nybakken (collected edition)
Issue Notes
Fourth printing available November 13, 2013 (per comiclist.com).
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
Whys and Wherefores
Y: The Last Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown
- Reprints
-
from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #60 (March 2008) [partial cover] -
in Y: Le Dernier Homme (Panini France, 2006 series) #10 - Trajets d'Y (avril 2010)
-
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[Cover - Y: The Last Man #55]
Y: The Last Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #55 (May 2007) [minus cover text]
-
Whys and Wherefores, Part 1
Y: The Last Man / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Pia Guerra
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Zylonol Studio
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand; Vladimir Lenin (corpse); Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville (dream); Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon; Eliana
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #55 (May 2007)
-
[Cover - Y: The Last Man #56]
Y: The Last Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Hero Brown; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #56 (July 2007) [minus cover text]
-
Whys and Wherefores, Part 2
Y: The Last Man / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Pia Guerra
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Zylonol Studio
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville; Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon; Eliana (death)
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #56 (July 2007)
-
[Cover - Y: The Last Man #57]
Y: The Last Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ampersand; Beth Deville
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #57 (September 2007) [minus cover text]
-
Whys and Wherefores, Part 3
Y: The Last Man / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Pia Guerra
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Zylonol Studio
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Agent 355; Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Beth Deville
- Synopsis
- Yorick finally has his long awaited reunion with Beth Deville.
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #57 (September 2007)
-
[Cover - Y: The Last Man #58]
Y: The Last Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Agent 355
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #58 (November 2007) [minus cover text]
-
Whys and Wherefores, Part 4
Y: The Last Man / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Pia Guerra
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Zylonol Studio
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Agent 355 (death); Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville; Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon
- Synopsis
- Yorick realizes that Agent 355 is the one he loves, but Alter makes sure that this love story won't have a happy ending.
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #58 (November 2007)
-
[Cover - Y: The Last Man #59]
Y: The Last Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Ampersand
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #59 (January 2008) [minus cover text]
-
Whys and Wherefores, Part 5
Y: The Last Man / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Pia Guerra
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Zylonol Studio
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Agent 355 (corpse); Ampersand; Hero Brown; Beth II; Beth, Jr.; Natalya Zamyatin; Dr. Ciba Weber; Vladimir Weber; Beth Deville; Lt. General Alter Tse'Elon (real name revealed to be Yedida)
- Synopsis
- Yorick makes Alter pay for killing Agent 355.
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #59 (January 2008)
-
[Cover - Y: The Last Man #60]
Y: The Last Man / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Massimo Carnevale (signed) (painting)
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #60 (March 2008) [minus cover text]
-
Alas
Y: The Last Man / comic story / 48 pages
- Script
- Brian K. Vaughan
- Pencils
- Pia Guerra
- Inks
- José Marzán Jr.
- Colors
- Zylonol Studio
- Letters
- Clem Robins
- Editing
- Will Dennis (original); Casey Seijas (original assistant)
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Yorick Brown; Dr. Allison Mann [Ayuko Matsumori] (flashback); Agent 355 (flashback); Yorick Brown the Seventeenth (clone); Catherine; Ampersand (death); Hero Brown; President Beth, Jr.; Rose Copen; Dr. Allison Mann (clones); Beth Deville
- Synopsis
- A look at Yorick's world sixty years in the future.
- Reprints
- from Y: The Last Man (DC, 2002 series) #60 (March 2008)
-
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Whys and Wherefores
Y: The Last Man -
1.
Table of Contents
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2.
[Cover - Y: The Last Man #55]
Y: The Last Man -
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Whys and Wherefores, Part 1
Y: The Last Man -
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[Cover - Y: The Last Man #56]
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Whys and Wherefores, Part 2
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[Cover - Y: The Last Man #57]
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Whys and Wherefores, Part 3
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[Cover - Y: The Last Man #58]
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Whys and Wherefores, Part 4
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[Cover - Y: The Last Man #59]
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Whys and Wherefores, Part 5
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[Cover - Y: The Last Man #60]
Y: The Last Man -
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Alas
Y: The Last Man -
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[Backcover]
Y: The Last Man
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