num_pages: 320
description: In a future where consumerism superficiality and corruption reign supreme outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem has decided to stop sitting by idly and watching the world crumble around him. Back in the saddle no one in The City is safe.After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife with degradation and indecency cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job that he hates and a city that he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word  Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st century surroundings.Combining black humor life-threatening situations and moral ambiguity Warren Ellis' legendary series is the first look into the mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. This new trade paperback recut seriesfeatures behind-the-scenes material variant covers and scripts from the graphic novel series run. Collects issues #1-12.
language: English
title: Transmetropolitan Book One
publisher: Vertigo