Transmetropolitan #41

By 2001, Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson's Transmetropolitan had built a fierce reputation for fearless journalism fiction, and issue #41 keeps that energy crackling. Matt Wagner's stark cover renders Spider Jerusalem — bald head thrown back, his signature two-lensed shades perched atop his skull — against a white background layered with unsettling watermarked phrases like "Death Squad," "Sedition," and "Alien Transgression," suggesting a world closing in from every direction. It's a quietly unnerving image that frames "There Is a Reason" as exactly the kind of story this series does best.