Price history & market evidence
PriceCharting guide history
Dated guide estimates for this edition, separate from completed sales.
1 dated observation—one point does not establish a trend. Last recorded 2026-10-06. Source record #25547
Price observations belong to this edition. Guide estimates, catalog references and completed sales are separate kinds of evidence.
| Grade | Amount | Evidence | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | $16.50 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_4_0_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 6.0 | $28.81 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_6_0_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 8.0 | $28.86 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_8_0_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 9.2 | $36.28 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_2_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 9.4 | $68.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_4_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 9.6 | $220.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_6_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 9.8 | $200.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_9_8_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| RAW | $20.38 | PANEL_PROFITS · ungraded_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 10.0 | $260.00 | PANEL_PROFITS · grade_10_0_valueguide | 1997-09-01 |
| 9.6 | $15.00 | ComicBase · catalog referencecatalog | Date not recorded |
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The table includes 9 guide observations and 1 catalog references. These are reference values, not guaranteed sale proceeds.
Graded population
CGC records 452 graded copies for Transmetropolitan #1 (1997). Population is the number recorded by this grading source, not the total print run or all surviving copies.
The Summer of the Year
Spider Jerusalem is a "gonzo" journalist who has forsaken society, preferring instead to live the life of a paranoid recluse in the mountains. He receives a telephone call from his publisher reminding him that he is still contracted to produce a novel for them and his time is running short. Begrudgingly, Spider returns to the City and visits his old editor Mitchell Royce. He needs his old job back so he can assimilate himself back into the journalistic lifestyle. Spider demands a new apartment, fresh materials and journalism insurance. Royce provides all of these for him and after a shave and haircut, Spider is ready to expose the "truth" of the world once again.
Spider taps into a newsfeed and learns about an alien genome fetishist named Fred Christ), who is leading a secessionist movement of "Transients" in the Angels 8 District of the City. Spider decides that Fred will be the subject of his next column.
Creative credits
Writers: Warren Ellis
Interior art: Darick Robertson
Color: Nathan Eyring
Source records & attribution
Panel Profits keeps each source identity attached to its edition record.
COMICBASE: comicbase:1139801
GCD: 60720
PANEL PROFITS: 25547