A bit slower than previous volumes in the series. The volume opens with a couple of nice slice-of-life bits from Spider Jerusalem’s world, then moves into the title storyline, Gouge Away. The first chunk of the story has a bit more violence and a bit less investigation than I like to see, and only gets to the level of glee I associate with the writing on this series when Spider chooses to publish an article that will sacrifice his career in order to reveal the truth. ( )

Jerusalem has become a famous rich bastard type of journalist.

Spider thinks he finally has enough dirt on the President to go public, and he publishes with the help of some allies, and then does a disappearing act so that the President and hoods can't find him to take action, or force him to recant. This will also help with the worries about losing his edge from being a fatcat type.

Let us not forget the bowel disruptor gun, either.

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