- The Last American
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title = The Last American
imagesize = 200
caption = "The Last American" issue 3 cover by Mike McMahon1991
schedule = Monthly
format = Mini-series
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ostApoc = y
publisher =Epic Comics
date = December 1990 - March 1991
issues = 4
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writers =John Wagner
Alan Grant
artists = Mike McMahon
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creators =John Wagner
Alan Grant
Mike McMahon
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subcat = Epic Comics
sort = Last American, The"The Last American" is a four-issue comic book mini-series released by Marvel's Epic
imprint in 1990. It was written byJohn Wagner and Alan Grant with art by Mike McMahon.Publication history
Wagner wrote the first two parts and Grant the last two. [ [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2005/grant/grant6.shtml 2000 AD Review - Alan Grant Interview part 6 ] ] Grant has said that this was done because it couldn't have been done any other way, "Together with Chopper in "Oz", it brought the crisis in John's and my partnership to a crescendo." [ [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2005/grant/grant8.shtml 2000 AD Review - Alan Grant Interview part 8 ] ] Concluding "The only time we ever did alternate episodes was on Last American, when our partnership was teetering on its last legs anyway. If we hadn't done it that way, it still wouldn't have been published today, we argued so much about it." [ [http://www.2000adreview.co.uk/features/interviews/2005/grant/grant3.shtml 2000 AD Review - Alan Grant Interview part 3 ] ]
Plot
Twenty years after a global nuclear conflict, one man is released from suspended animation to see what remains. It is unclear why nuclear war occurred or who started it but the devastation is immense. The protagonist is joined by three robot companions who accompany him on his journey to discover if he is, in fact, The Last American alive.
Collected edition
The series was also re-released by Com.x trade paperback.
Awards
*1991: Nominated for the "Best Finite Series"
Eisner Award Notes
References
*gcdb series|id=4031|title="The Last American"
*comicbookdb|type=title|id=2721|title="The Last American"External links
* [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/109067502111449.htm Review of "The Last American"] ,
Comics Bulletin
* [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/97606122937652.htm Another review] ,Comics Bulletin
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