Issue Description

The newly famous Spider deals with a disquieting turn in his personal life as the election heats up to a fever pitch. The result: Spider prepares for a last-ditch campaign of sabotage.

Part 5 of Year of the Bastard

Spider and Yelena wake up in bed together. Both are initially horrified and Yelena tries to convince Spider that nothing happened. Spider and Yelena attend the convention, where the Smiler is chosen as the next presidential candidate. Spider is initially elated, then horrified to discover that he has pictures proving he and Yelena had sex the previous night. Later, the Smiler appoints his running mate. When he chooses someone Spider has never heard of, Spider suspects the worst and decides he will do whatever it takes to destroy the Smiler's campaign.

Transmetropolitan (1997)

Publisher

Vertigo

Volume Description

Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis' and Darick Robertson's grand pastiche, follows Spider Jerusalem, neo-gonzo journalist extraordinaire, through the backyards and the rooftops of the future. Ellis's wit is bang on the job, surely at its prime, in all its spitfire, vulgar glory. And the nosedive the series takes somewhere in the middle comes with scary accuracy, becoming a soap box commentary on our generation. Touching everything from anthropomorphism to religion to politics with a cheery sense of dread and disgust in its 60 issue run, and featuring one of the scariest governments post-1984, this is one of Vertigo's imprint-defining titles.

Collected EditionsBack on the Street (#1-6)Absolute Transmetropolitan Volume 1 (#1-18)Lust for Life (#7-12)Year of the Bastard (#13-18)The New Scum (#19-24)Absolute Transmetropolitan Volume 2 (#19-36)Lonely City (#25-30)Gouge Away (#31-36)Spider's Thrash (#37-42)Dirge (#43-48)The Cure (#49-54)One More Time (#55-60)

Specials

Filth of the CityI Hate It HereTales of Human Waste: Collects the two specials.

Bonus Material

Around the World: Although inspired by Transmetropolitan, this is not a necessary to enjoying the series and rather something for fans that doubles as a support for people in the comic industry comic creators that are in need of it.

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