The Last American is a four-issue comic book mini-series published by Marvel's Epic imprint in 1990.

Twenty years after a global nuclear conflict, one man, Ulysses S. Pilgrim, is released from suspended animation to see what remains.

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.

[1] Grant has said that this was done because it could not have been done any other way: "Together with Chopper in "Oz", it brought the crisis in John's and my partnership to a crescendo".

[2] He also concluded: "The only time we ever did alternate episodes was on Last American, when our partnership was teetering on its last legs anyway.