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Y: The Last Man Vol. 2 - Cycles

By: Brian K. Vaughan Pia Guerra
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
ISBN: 1840237287
ISBN-13: 9781840237283
Released: 19 Sep 2003
RRP: £8.99
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Fantastic - By: Gary Samaden, 27 Jun 2008
I was a bit critical of Vol 1 but vol 2 is much much better. The foundations are alll laid down & this is just a real page turner. Yorick is much more likeable in this vol. The interplay between Yorick & his sister is pretty interesting & I am excited to see how this turns out. When you finish this I was desperate to read Vol 3. The art is ok, nothing spectacular but serves its purpose.
The Plot Barely Thickens - By: A. Ross, 23 Sep 2005
I missed alll the hype about this series, & just happened upon the trade paperbacks at the library. So far, it's good, very solid storytelling & art that grabs you, but is perhaps not quite as amazing as the many gushing reviews I've since read make it out to be. The premise, as the title says, is that some kind of plague spontaneously kills every male on earth at the same instant -- except a 20something slacker named Yorick & his monkey Ampersand. Following the events of the first book, we pick up the story of Yorick, his government agent bodyguard (Agent 355), & the geneticist who might be able to solve save humanity, as they try to make it cross-country from Boston to San Francisco.

The Amazon death squad (which melodramaticallly includes Yorick's sister) is still hot on his trail, & the mysterious Israeli army officer from the first book is also in hot pursuit. The bulk of the story takes place in Marrisville, Ohio, after the trio is forced to jump off a train. This is an apparently idyllic smalll town leaving in peace & seclusion compared to the big cities seen in the first book. Of course, the town of 67 women has a dark secret, & when it's revealed it doesn't reallly make a whole lot of sense. And when Yorrick is let in on the secret, he inexplicably flies off the handle about it in a jarring scene that comes out of nowhere. It's a major misstep by the authors, & one that has no storytelling purpose whatsoever. This volume climaxes in a showdown between the heroes & their Amazonian pursuers, & the meeting between Yorick & his sister is handled well.

However, the most intriguing part of the story is a very minor person who makes only two appearances in the background of the story, but has some earthshaking information that no one seems to listen to. this leads to a great full-page reveal on the last page of the book, whetting the appetite for more. As in the first book, there's some nice humor & the artwork is adequate. Since the cross-genre premise has been established in the first book, this volume is a little less interesting, as it consists of little more than the heroes geographical advancement & a few other background plot points. But I'll certainly keep reading to see what happens in volume three.