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Transmetropolitan Vol. 7: Spiders Thrash (New Edition) (edition 2010)

by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson (Illustrator)

Series: Transmetropolitan (TPB 7: Issues #37-42)

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"The truth hurts. That's old news to outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, but what's changed is how high the stakes have become. Long a thorn in the side of the powerful and hypocritical, Jerusalem has made an enemy of the new President of the United states-- a man who happens to be crazier than a rabid rattlesnake, and twice as mean. Now, driven underground with his loyal (and filthy) assistants, deprived of all his comforts and hunted like a rabbit at the dog track, Jerusalem prepares for his greatest coup yet-- provided, of course, that he can survive past this afternoon" -- p. [4] of cover.… (more)
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Title:Transmetropolitan Vol. 7: Spiders Thrash (New Edition)
Authors:Warren Ellis
Other authors:Darick Robertson (Illustrator)
Info:Vertigo (2010), Edition: New, Paperback, 144 pages
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Transmetropolitan Vol. 07: Spider's Thrash by Warren Ellis

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I know Ellis is blacklisted now for his own crimes, but there's no escaping the man always had something to say.

I was reading these volumes for quite a while, then just couldn't find a few of the latter ones. I've completed the collection now, so I'm working my way through Spider Jerusalem's later adventures. And, as my first foray back into this world, this volume kind of slapped me around.

There were far less shenanigans in this one, and far more serious thought thrown down. We're introduced to the dirty underside of both Spider's world and, in reflection, our own. And it's ugly.

Darick Robertson's art is simply perfect, yet again.

The funny thing is, in the intervening years between the first six volumes and this one, I've come to be good friends with a real-life Spider Jerusalem. It just makes me appreciate these pages even more. ( )
  TobinElliott | Jun 3, 2023 |
The volume was excellent, but it was "Business" and "There is a Reason" that stole the show. Those stories broke my heart and opened my eyes to the problems in society. ( )
  bdgamer | Sep 10, 2021 |
Five stars for the story about the children alone.

Seriously, I'm going to be thinking about that one for some time. The things we are most reluctant to discuss and acknowledge are often the very things we need to discuss and acknowledge. ( )
  Lepophagus | Jun 14, 2018 |
The social justice aspects of this volume make it somewhat different from any that has come before - this is not to say that the previous volumes haven't done similar things, haven't shown Spider's kind heart, but this was different no matter how you dice it. There was anger here, an anger that comes from frustration - and it's not just Spider's, but (I think) Ellis' too. We know the showdown with the President is coming, but hopefully there remain moments like this, where Spider does good for society in more subtle ways as well.

Review forthcoming at RB: http://wp.me/pGVzJ-Mt ( )
  drewsof | Sep 10, 2013 |
New to me from here on out. Still cuddly. ( )
  morbusiff | May 9, 2013 |
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"The truth hurts. That's old news to outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem, but what's changed is how high the stakes have become. Long a thorn in the side of the powerful and hypocritical, Jerusalem has made an enemy of the new President of the United states-- a man who happens to be crazier than a rabid rattlesnake, and twice as mean. Now, driven underground with his loyal (and filthy) assistants, deprived of all his comforts and hunted like a rabbit at the dog track, Jerusalem prepares for his greatest coup yet-- provided, of course, that he can survive past this afternoon" -- p. [4] of cover.

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After losing his job, bank account and home, Spider Jerusalem has gone underground, the better to implement his plan. Collects TRANSMETROPOLITAN #37-42.
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