Y: The Last Man (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 2003. It was published on May 21, 2003.
Synopsis for "One Small Step, Chapter One"
Agent 355, Ampersand, Yorick Brown, and Allison Mann continue to California to get to Mann's laboratory and investigate the gendercide, when Natalya Zamyatin lands with a thud on the top of the train car. Agent&bnsp;355 goes to investigate and the two briefly fight before Yorick shows his face to Natalya. She reveals that she is not there for Yorick, but to retrieve the last cosmonaut, Vladimir, who is on the International Space Station. It is going to ground in Kansas and she is en route to retrieve him. In orbit, he and two American astronauts prepare to re-enter.
Alter Tse'Elon continues hunting for Yorick and learns that the woman who sent her is his mother, Jennifer Brown.
Appearing in "One Small Step, Chapter One"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Alter Tse'Elon
- Sadie
Other Characters:
- Bobbi (First appearance)
- Joe
- Vladimir
- Ciba Weber
Locations:
- Earth
- Israel
- Tel Aviv (Mentioned only)
- California
- San Francisco (Mentioned only)
- Missouri
- Marquand
- Washington, D.C.
- Israel
- International Space Station
Vehicles:
- UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter (Cameo)
Notes
- This issue is reprinted in Y: The Last Man: One Small Step, Y: The Last Man: Book Two, Absolute Y: The Last Man Vol. 1, and Y: The Last Man Omnibus.
- Bobbi, who appears briefly in this issue, returns in issue #53, where her name is revealed.
Trivia
- Cultural references include: