(W) Warren Ellis (A) Rodney Ramos, Keith Aiken, Jerome K. Moore, Kim DeMulder, Ray Kryssing, Dick Giordano (A/CA) Darick Robertson
Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider Jerusalem attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st-century surroundings. Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients-humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. And don't miss Spider's confrontation with the president of the United States...in a men's room. Plus, when Spider tries to shed light on the atrocities of these institutions, he finds himself fleeing a group of hitmen/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wife's frozen head. Collects TRANSMETROPOLITAN #1-12!