Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider Jerusalem attacks the injustices of his surreal 21st-century surroundings. Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients�humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. And don�t miss Spider�s confrontation with the president of the United States...in a men�s room. Plus, when Spider tries to shed light on the atrocities of these institutions, he finds himself fleeing a group of hit men/kidnappers in possession of his ex-wife�s frozen head. Collects TRANSMETROPOLITAN #1-12!