Introduction Transmetropolitan is about Spider Jerusalem, a crazy, chain-smoking, drug-taking, in-your-face guerilla journalist who should be an inspiration to you all. At the time Transmetropolitan was launched, in mid-1997, it was one of a small number of ongoing series published by DC Comics under its Helix imprint, which published science fiction comic books. Most of them sold rather poorly, but Transmetropolitan unexpectedly sold well and quickly garnered critical attention. A trade paperback of the first three sold-out issues was quickly published. At the time, writer Warren Ellis was barely known. During Transmetropolitan's first year, the entire Helix line, which also included various limited series, was cancelled. As leader of the pack, Transmet (as it is affectionately known) alone would survive -- moved to DC Comics' successful Vertigo imprint. The series would continue for four more years, with Warren Ellis announcing that it would be drawing to a close with issue #60. While Warren Ellis was writing it, he suddenly became a hot writer with the success, in 1999, of both The Authority and Planetary. This success never really rubbed off on Transmetropolitan, though Spider Jerusalem was seen as emblematic of Ellis and the title as Ellis's staple, especially after he left The Authority and Planetary's schedule became erratic. The real success of Transmetropolitan, like so many of Vertigo's books, was in its trade paperback program. Collections of Transmet sold fairly well, though the title itself did not and the collections lagged significantly behind the issues they collected. Transmetropolitan came to a close after sixty issues and two specials, almost all of the work illustrated by Darick Robertson, whose style seemed to become sloppier as the series progressed, inked mostly by Rodney Ramos. The legacy of Transmet continues in its collections and in the occasional specials that Ellis has talked about writing at some future point.

IMAGE	TITLE	DESCRIPTION	STATUS
Transmetropolitan #1-60, Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City, Transmetropolitan: I Hate it Here: Warren Ellis script
Transmetropolitan #1-3, 22-24: Geof Darrow cover
Transmetropolitan #1-30, 32-60: Darick Robertson pencils
	Transmetropolitan #1	"the summer of the year"; Jerome K. Moore inks; cover-dated September 1997	1
	Transmetropolitan #2	"down the dip"; Keith Aiken inks	1
	Transmetropolitan #3	"up on the roof"; Keith Aiken, Ray Kryssing, and Dick Giordano inks	1
Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan: Back on the Street	collects Transmetropolitan #1-3; published in February 1998 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	0
Transmetropolitan #4-6: Frank Quitely cover
Transmetropolitan #4-30, 32-60: Rodney Ramos inks
	Transmetropolitan #4		0
	Transmetropolitan #5	"What Spider Watches on TV"	1
	Transmetropolitan #6	"God Riding Shotgun"	1
Transmetropolitan #7-12, 19-21, 34-36, 58-60; Transmetropolitan: I Hate it Here; Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City: Darick Robertson cover
	Transmetropolitan #7	"Boyfriend is a Virus"	1
	Transmetropolitan #8	"another cold morning"; brilliant script	1
	Transmetropolitan #9	"Wild in the Country"; Channon Yarrow announces she's leaving	1
Transmetropolitan #10-12: "Freeze Me with Your Kiss" storyline
	Transmetropolitan #10	Channon Yarrow actually leaves	1
	Transmetropolitan #11		1
	Transmetropolitan #12	cover-dated August 1998	1
Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan: Lust for Life	collects Transmetropolitan #4-12 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	0
the Transmetropolitan short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge 2 (cover-dated December 1998 and taking place in December) occurs here (because it features neither the assistant lost during "Freeze Me with Your Kiss" nor the one acquired during "Year of the Bastard")
Transmetropolitan #13-18: "Year of the Bastard" storyline
Transmetropolitan #13-15: Jae Lee cover
	Transmetropolitan #13	cover-dated September 1998	1
	Transmetropolitan #14	Spider aquires assistant Yelena Rossini	1
	Transmetropolitan #15		1
Transmetropolitan #16-18: Dave Gibbons cover
	Transmetropolitan #16	published on 14 October 1998	1
	Transmetropolitan #17	last issue with the "Subway" letter column	1
	Transmetropolitan #18	Channon Yarrow returns as bodyguard; cover-dated February 1999	1
Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan: Year of the Bastard	collects Transmetropolitan #13-18 as well as the Transmetropolitan short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge 2; the short story should have been placed first, before the actual "Year of the Bastard" storyline, or included at the end of the previous volume [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
Transmetropolitan #19-24: "The New Scum" storyline
	Transmetropolitan #19	cover-dated March 1999	1
The original cover to Transmetropolitan #19, a parody of Charlie's Angels. Fearing a lawsuit (which it almost certainly would have won), DC required a new cover.
	Transmetropolitan #20		1
	Transmetropolitan #21		1
	Transmetropolitan #22		1
	Transmetropolitan #23	includes a preview of 100 Bullets	1
	Transmetropolitan #24	cover-dated August 1999	1
the (rather poor) Transmetropolitan short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge III (published late in 1999) occurs here (and features both Yelena Rossini and Channon Yarrow, unlike the previous short story)
Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan: The New Scum	collects Transmetropolitan #19-24 as well as the Transmetropolitan short story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge III [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	1
Transmetropolitan #25-27: Jim Lee cover
	Transmetropolitan #25	"Here to Go"; cover-dated September 1999	1
	Transmetropolitan #26	"21 Days in the City"	1
	Transmetropolitan #27	"Monstering!"	1
Transmetropolitan #28-30: "Lonely City" storyline; Tony Harris cover pencils
	Transmetropolitan #28	Ray Snyder cover inks	1
	Transmetropolitan #29	Jim Royal cover inks	1
	Transmetropolitan #30	Drew Geraci cover inks	1
Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan: Lonely City	collects Transmetropolitan #25-30; Patrick Stewart introduction [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	0
Transmetropolitan #31-33: Jaime Hernandez cover
	Transmetropolitan #31	"Nobody Loves Me"; Kieron Dwyer, Lea Hernandez, Bryan Hitch, Frank Quitely, and Edwardo Risso illustrate Spider illustrate television sequences, while Darick Robertson and Rodney Ramos provide the "real world" art	1
	Transmetropolitan #32	"The Walk"	1
	Transmetropolitan #33	"Dancing in the Here and Now"	1
	Transmetropolitan: I Hate it Here	a (rather poor) collection of Spider's columns, illustrated by John Cassaday, James Romberger, Gary Erskine, Phil Jimenez, Lea Hernandez, Dave Johnson, J. H. Williams & Mick Gray, John Higgins, Marcelo Frusin, D'Israeli, Cliff Wu Chiang, Rodney Ramos, Frank Teran, Amanda Conner, Cully Hamner, Tonny Harris & Jim Royal, Eduardo Risso, Glenn Fabry, Steve Dillion, Bryan Talbot, Dave Taylor, Tim Bradstreet, Daniel Zezelj, David Mack, Paul Gulacy, Igor Kordey, Brian Wood, Colleen Doran, Javier Pulido, Jamie Tolagson, Jimmy Palmiotti, and John McCrea; published in early April of 2000, between Transmetropolitian #33 and #34, in lieu of an issue for the month	B
Transmetropolitan #34-36: "Gouge Away" storyline
	Transmetropolitan #34		1
	Transmetropolitan #35		1
	Transmetropolitan #36	cover-dated September 2000	1
Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan: Gouge Away	collects Transmetropolitan #31-36 [REVIEW AND PURCHASE THIS BOOK]	0
Larger Version Available The original cover to Transmetropolitan: Gouge Away, changed in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks upon the U.S.
Transmetropolitan #37-39: Tim Bradstreet cover; "Back to Basics" storyline
	Transmetropolitan #37	cover-dated October 2000; published on Wednesday, 9 August 2000	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan #38	published on Wednesday, 13 September 2000	1
	Transmetropolitan #39	published on Wednesday, 11 October 2000	1
Transmetropolitan #40-43: Matt Wagner cover
	Transmetropolitan #40	"Business"; published on Wednesday, 8 November 2000	1
	Transmetropolitan #41	"there is a reason"; published on Wednesday, 13 December 2000	1
	Transmetropolitan #42	"Spider's Thrash"; published on Wednesday, 10 January 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan: Spider's Thrash	collects Transmetropolitan #37-42	0
Transmetropolitan #43-45: John Cassaday cover; "Dirge" storyline
	Transmetropolitan #43	published on Wednesday, 14 February 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan #44	published on Wednesday, 14 March 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan #45	published on Wednesday, 11 April 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City	more of Spider's columns in illustrated text format, a sequel to Transmetropolitan: I Hate it Here, with art by Matt Howarth, Michael Avon Oeming, Jacen Burrows, Phil Winslade, Steve Lieber, Jill Thompson, Brian Michael Bendis, Carla Speed McNeil, Eric Shanower, J. Scott Campbell & Richard Friend, Rod Ramos, Bill Sienkiewicz, Alex Maleev, Klaus Janson, Guy Davis, Brandon Graham, Darick Robertson, Chris Weston, Cameron Stewart, Steve Pugh, Mark Buckingham, Paul Pope, Judd Winick, Kevin Maguire, Chris Sprouse & Prentis Rollins, David Lloyd, Liam Sharpe, Michael William Kaluta, Justiniano, Yanick Paquette & Prentis Rollins, and Garry Leach; cover-dated July 2001; published on Wednesday, 16 May 2001, between #45 and #46, in lieu of an issue for that month	B
	Transmetropolitan: Tales of Human Waste	collects Transmetropolitan: I Hate it Here and Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City; cover-dated October 2004	0
The cover to Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City, stripped of its titles and insignia
Transmetropolitan #46-48: J. G. Jones cover
	Transmetropolitan #46	Spider discovers that there's a 98% chance that his brain will go to mush in a year or so; published on Wednesday, 13 June 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan #47	Spider announces his agenda to the Smiler; published on Wednesday, 11 July 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan #48	as Spider deals with his vegetable sentence, the Smiler has his family killed; published on Wednesday, 8 August 2001; cover-dated October 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan: Dirge	collects Transmetropolitan #43-48	0
Transmetropolitan #49-51: Moebius cover
	Transmetropolitan #49	published on Wednesday, 12 September 2001 (the day after 4 hijacked planes were slammed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon); cover-dated November 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan #50	published on Wednesday, 10 October 2001	1
	Transmetropolitan #51	"Two-Fisted Editor"; focuses on Mitchell Royce, who gives Spider Jerusalem most of the evidence the President had deleted; published on Wednesday, 14 November 2001	1
Larger Version Available Larger Version Available Larger Version Available The covers to Transmetropolitan #49-51, by Moebius, in order and stripped of their titles and insignia
Transmetropolitan #52-54: Glenn Fabry cover; "The Cure" storyline
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan #52	published on Wednesday, 9 January 2002	1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan #53		1
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan #54	published on Wednesday, 13 March 2002	1
	Transmetropolitan: The Cure	collects Transmetropolitan #49-54	0
Transmetropolitan #55-57: Gene Ha cover; "Headlong" storyline
	Transmetropolitan #55	published on Wednesday, 10 April 2002	1
	Transmetropolitan #56	the first issue to feature the new Vertigo design; published on Wednesday, 8 May 2002	1
	Transmetropolitan #57	ends with classic Ellis dialogue ("I'd like it if you could arrest me now. Because it will ensure that in a week's time you will be in a most unpleasant prison with the mutant erection of a career dog rapist deep in your colon."); published on Wednesday, 12 June 2002	1
	Transmetropolitan #58	everything about the Smiler begins to come out; published on Wednesday, 17 July 2002	1
	Transmetropolitan #59		0
without titles or indicia Larger Version Available	Transmetropolitan #60	final issue; "One More Time"; begins significantly after #59; has Yelena acting as Spider's successor while he takes it easy back in the woods; cover-dated November 2002 [READ MATT MARTIN'S REVIEW]	1
	Transmetropolitan: One More Time	collects Transmetropolitan #55-60	0

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