Transmetropolitan #4

Spider Jerusalem stands with his back to us, tinted glasses catching the light, messenger bag slung over his shoulder, as he faces a bathroom-tiled wall plastered with a grinning politician's poster screaming "TRUST ME" — a juxtaposition that says everything about Warren Ellis's sharp satirical worldview. Darick Robertson and Kim DeMulder bring the City's cynical pulse to the interiors, while this cover by Frank Quitely perfectly frames the tension at the heart of "On The Stump." Published in December 1997 under DC's Helix imprint, this fourth issue of Transmetropolitan is a sharp, funny, and unsettling piece of work that rewards anyone willing to dive into its thoroughly corrupted future.