TRANSMETROPOLITAN begins here, collecting the acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Warren Ellis and artist Darick Robertson! After years of self-imposed exile from a civilization rife withdegradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd-centurysurroundings. In this first volume, Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients — humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. But Spider's interview with the Transients' leader gets him a scoophe didn't bargain for. And don't miss Spider's first confrontation with the President of the United States . . . in a men's room.

In the far-flung thrilling future of the 41st Century, and on the other side of the galaxy, a swashbuckling space archaeologist, Vigil Virgo, is on the cusp of learning a universe-shattering secret in this four-color fantasy! But she’ll have to dive into the abyss, where no human was ever meant to go, to do it. The question is what happens when she emerges from the other side.

Don't miss this collection of science fiction short stories from some of Vertigo's all-time greats, as well as the hot new talents of tomorrow! From the far reaches of space to the not so distant future, this anthology is loaded with unsettling short stories that will hijack your imagination and take you to strange, mysterious places. Collects Strange Adventures #1 and Mystery in Space #1.

In this stylized book of mystery and science fiction, a drug-dealing car thief must discover the secret behind his visions in order to save the world. Twenty years after the devastating Cataclysm, society has been separated into sectors in which the rich are able to enjoy machine-generated weather and sunlight while the poor are forced to live an eternally dank and dark existence. Banished to the dismal Sector 5, the angst-ridden Beezer discovers that the corrupt city police are hunting him because of his experiential visions of a pre-apocalyptic world. Now Earth's reluctant savior must learn his true origin and the meaning of his visions before he is captured and killed. This trade reprints critically acclaimed writer Ed Brubaker's DEADENDERS issues 1-16 as well as Vertigo Winter's Edge #3!0

After 13 years of space travel, now far past the orbit of Pluto, the crew of the spaceship Explorer has been mysteriously cut off from communication with Earth. In light of Earth's sudden silence, something about Explorer's mission-to find and colonize an Earth-like planet-doesn't ring true anymore. The crew grows restless, and amid the turmoil, one of the meta-humans on board discovers a secret,...

In a world of rigidly enforced aesthetic fascism, two outcasts-a psychologically tormented man and his limbless mate-plan an ambitious jailbreak from their state-run institution home. Thus begins their journey across a Fellini-esque landscape of abandoned power plants, marauding gangs, bizarre inhabitants, and ghostly apparitions as the lovers search for The Tabernacle, a legendary sanctuary where misfits like themselves are said to live in freedom and fulfillment.

When two teenage girls discover that reality's not quite what they've been programmed to believe, a suburban town gets totaled. Gratuitous icons, mass-media manipulation and psycho-pop science coagulate in this 2-issue tour-de-force that exposes the copious junk in modern culture.

Leaving the Earth is a dangerous business, and probably always will be. But in the long run, the greater danger is not leaving - something that legendary comics writer Warren Ellis makes vacuum-clear in this pair of suspense-filled space adventures, collected here for the first time in a single volume. In OCEAN, the acclaimed art team of Chris Sprouse and Karl Story joins Ellis for a journey to the research station Cold Harbor orbiting the Jovian moon Europa, where the discovery of ancient artifacts beneath the frozen crust sets off a power struggle that threatens to expand into a full-scale holocaust for all of humanity. In ORBITER, Ellis and renowned artist Colleen Doran investigate the mystery of the space shuttle Venture, whose disappearance in orbit effectively ended the United Statesquote manned space program. When Venture reappears ten years later with new instrumentation, new engines, and an outer covering of something very much like human skin, a team of specialists must discover where she and her one surviving crew member have been - and how sand from Mars got in her landing gear. Complete with Ellis's trademark blend of canny characterization and sterling storytelling, OCEAN/ORBITER: THE DELUXE EDITION also features an afterword from the author and a special section of preliminary art and character designs from Sprouse, Doran, and cover artist Michael Golden.