Five titles from Vertigo’s acclaimed TRANSMETROPOLITAN series will be reconfigured starting in March, 2009, with a new edition of volume one in the series, BACK ON THE STREET.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1: BACK ON THE STREET NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #1-6 of the original series, which were previously available in volumes 1 and 2 of the collected editions. It will be advance-solicited in the December Previews to arrive in stores in March.

Following that, the TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 2: LUST FOR LIFE NEW EDITION TP now will include issue #7-12 of the original series; this title previously collected issues #4-12. It is scheduled to arrive in stores in May.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 3: YEAR OF THE BASTARD NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #13-18 of the series; this title previously collected these issues as well as a story from VERTIGO WINTER’S EDGE #2. It is scheduled to arrive in stores in August.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 4: THE NEW SCUM NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #19-24 of the series, as well as the story from VERTIGO WINTER’S EDGE #3 and the addition of the story from VERTIGO WINTER’S EDGE #2. In-store date for VOL. 4 will be announced later.

The TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 10: ONE MORE TIME NEW EDITION TP now will include issues #55-60 of the series, as well as the Specials TRANSMETROPOLITAN: I HATE IT HERE and TRANSMETROPOLITAN: FILTH OF THE CITY. The specials were previously available in TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 0: TALES OF HUMAN WASTE; This volume will no longer be available once current stock is gone. In-store date for VOL. 10 will be announced later.

These volumes are being reconfigured due to retailer requests for a more consistent page count in the series’ early volumes.

Please note that this supercedes the previous announcement regarding this series. Volumes 5-9 will remain in print in their current configuration.

Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 0: Tales of Human Waste	Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 7: Spider's Thrash	Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 3: Year of the Bastard
Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 5: Lonely City	Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 6: Gouge Away	Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 2: Lust for Life
Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 10: One More Time	Transmetropolitan TPB Vol. 4: The New Scum