One-time journalist Spider Jerusalem, secluded in his house in the mountains, is called back to his natural, and hated habitat: the City. Filled with noise, filth, energy, and stories, the City throbs and convulses with life. For anyone who can maintain his sanity, it's a writer's paradise. For Spider, it's also the inferno.

"1"--Spine. "Transmetropolitan created by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson." Originally published in single magazine form as Transmetropolitan 1-6.

The summer of the year -- Down the dip -- Up on the roof -- On the stump -- What Spider watches on tv -- God riding shotgun.