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Appendix A: Unnamed Drugs
Appendix B: Transmetropolitan
Appendix C: Jimmy Olsen
Appendix D: American Flagg


Alter Gum
  • Gum that causes temporay multiple personality disorder
  • I Hate It Here (Tales of Human Waste, chp 2)
 

Amico Guido Vino

  • Wine.
  • Spider drinks the 1979 vintage.
  • Bottle on table on Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chp 1)
 
Anti-Cancer Prescription
  • aka Anti-Cancer Trait
  • Transmetropolitan #4, 17 (Lust for Life, chp1; Year of the Bastard, chp 5)
 
Ape Breath Freon Wiskey
  • Bottle on cover of Transmetropolitan #46 (Dirge, chp 4)
 
Ayatollah Cola
  • slogan: "It's a Revolution"
  • cover to Transmetropolitan #3 (Back on the Street, cover gallery)
 
Baby Beer
  • Billboard seen in Transmetropolitan #28 (Lonely City, chp 3)
 
Bite Me Beer
  • slogan: "Take a Bite"
  • cover to Transmetropolitan #3 (Back on the Steet, cover gallery)
 
Bones Cancer Stick Cigarettes
  • smoked by Royce
  • Transmetropolitan #18 (Year of the Bastard, chp 6)
 
Booze Hound
  • bottle label: Drink Up
  • bottle label: 180 Proof Liquor
  • bottle label: I Hardly Know Her
  • Bottle on cover of Tansmetropolitan #48 (Dirge, chp 6)
 
Bronx 25
  • IV Drug sold in bar where Magical Truthsaying Bastard Spider hangs out.
  • Transmetropolitan #31 (Gouge Away, chp 1)
 
Caccavo Guaranteed Quality Tequila
  • Label: "Made from premium petroleum distillates, pure thalidomide and other fine quality ingredients!"
  • Contains a roach
  • Brought by Royce to the election party in Trasnmetropolitan #24 (The New Scum, chp 6)
 
Carcinoma Angels
  • Cigarette brand preferred by Spider Jerusalem
  • Tansmetropolitan #4 (Back on the Steet, chp1)
 
Chiang
  • Discarded bottle on street
  • Transmetropolitan #42 (Spider's Thrash, chp 6)
 

Chilean Baby Extract

  • Taken by the President
  • Transmetropolitan #21 (The New Scum, chp 3)
 
Ciro
  • Canned beverage
  • Empty can on tabletop in Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chp 1) and in the Collen Doran page in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
Dead Celebrities
  • Chopped up and snorted for "rich depositis of old drugs and crystallized adrenaline"
  • Transmetropolitan story in Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2 (Year of the Bastard, extra)
 
Death Stix
  • Cigarettes on cover of Transmetropolitan #47 (Dirge, chp 5)
 
Disconekt
  • TV announcer: "Disconket drug. Good for you. Real world bad, make sick. Rivers of puke, drug good."
  • Transmetropolitan #38 (Spider's Thrash, chp 2)
 
Duff Beer
  • Beer on tap in the bar Dice in Transmetropolitan #52 (The Cure, chp 4)
  • I assume it's an allusion to the Simpsons.
 
Ebola Cola
  • Slogan #1: "The Hemorrhage that Refreshes"
  • Slogan #2: "You Drink It, It Eats You"
  • multiple issues of Transmetropolitan
 
Ellis Brand Whiskey
  • Transmetropolitan #19 (The New Scum, chp 1)
 
Ellis Hard Whisky
  • 1190 proof
  • Enjoyed by Spider (and the cat) several times in Transmetropolitan #15 (Year of the Bastard, chp 3)
 
Ellis Rock Hard Smoking Gun Whisky
  • Empty bottle on table seen on the cover of Transmetropolitan #59 (One More Time, cover gallery)
  • bottle label: 200 proof. Ellis Rock Hard Whisky is genetically enhanced with time disruptors that will make you like ugly people and have sex. Governmant Warning: We are watching you.
  • bottle label: Hard Core. Good Shit. It WillKick Your Ass.
 
Ellis Scotch
  • Transmetropolitan #5 (Lust for Life #2)
 
Ewok Beer
  • Sold in the bar Punch Drunk in Transmetropolitan #33 (Gouge Away, chp 3)
 
Eye Ball
  • draught served at one of the bars Spider Jerusalem frequents
  • I Hate it Here (Tales of Human Waste, chp 2)
 
Fazz XL5
  • Capsule
  • Visible on tabletop in Transmetropolitan #15 (Year of the Bastard, chp 3)
 
40 Dawg
  • Alcoholic beverage.
  • Enjoyed in a 40 ounce by one of the election-eve partyers in Transmetropolitan #24 (The New Scum, chp 6)
 
Fountain Head
  • bottled held by "Spider Juicerram" in the pornographic "I Hump it Here"
  • Transmetropolitan #31 (Gouge Away, chp 1)
 
Freak Green
  • Addictive drug that turns skin green
  • Mother: "Well, obviously children are very ill-prepared for accelerated modern competitive society. That's why we had Julian addicted to Freak Green. He has to fight the puppy for his morning fix. He has a wonderfully strong grip."
  • Transmetropolitan #38 (Spider's Thrash, chp 2)
 
Herbal Crack
  • Shop sign in Transmetropolitan #42 (Spider's Thrash, chp 6)
  • (Though given the location of the shop, this could be more an anatomical "crack" than a medicinal one)
 
Hiroshima Strength Pain Killers
  • Taken by Spider in Transmetropolitan #42 (Spider's Thrash, chp 6).
 
Hitler's Urine, circa 1940
  • Used by Robert McX's assistant in Transmetropolitan #39 (Spider's Thrash, chp 3)
  • "It's like...amphetamines, congress with ten-dimensional time gods, wanting to take a dump in my girlfrined's cleavage and needing to see Czechoslovakia, all at once"
 
Information Pollen
  • a.k.a. Infopollen
  • Outlawed due to the fact that it can cause Alxheimer's-liek effects in the old and psychosis in the young
  • Spider is dusted with the pollen while visiting the Farsight Community (the "future-tech" reservation ) in Transmetropolitan #9 (Lust for Life, chp 6)
 
Intelligence Enhancers
  • Ordered by Spider in Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street, chp 1)
 
J. McCrea's Armpit Ale
  • Empty bottle on floor in Spider's apartment
  • Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
JB Clar- and Son Whiskey
  • On Spider's table in Harpoon's Restaurant
  • Transmetropolitan #27 (Lonely City, chp 2)
 
JB Scotch Whiskey
  • By couch in Transmetropolitan #27 (Lonely City, chp 2)
 
Jimmy Juice
  • Empty can on floor in Spider's apartment
  • Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
Jumpstart
  • Stimulant.
  • Addictive.May cause constipation.
  • Mentioned throughout Transmetropolitan
 
Kapow
  • Liquor sold in the bar Fubar in Transmetropolitan #35 (Gouge Away, chp 5)
 
Kline Wine
  • Empty bottle on the cover of Transmetroplitan #1 (Back to the Street cover gallery)
 
Libido Supressant
  • Spider orders a case after multiple spurned proposals in Transmetropolitan #9 (Lust for Life, chp 3)
 
Lil' Puff
  • Cigarette
  • Slogan: "The Smoke Kids Love"
  • Seen on a billboard
 
Liquid Holy Thoughts
  • One of the attendees at the religion convention (Transmetropolitan #6; Lust for Life, chp 3) is wearing an apparatus that supplies the fluid directly to his brain.
 
Lo Cola
  • Canned beverage
  • Cully Hammer's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
Lovebug
  • Aphrodisiac?
  • Enjoyed by one of the hoi polloi in Transmetropolitan #22 (The New Scum, chp 4)
 
Mechanics
  • An addicitve drug composed of chemical code and machine code
  • Slowly turns its users into machines, piece by piece
  • Transmetropolitan #261 (Lonely City, chp 2)
 
Moore Beer
  • Neon sign in the windowof Bastard's Bar
  • Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street, chp 1)
 
My Lil' Junkie
  • Easy to use home freebasing kit.
  • Mentioned and seen in various issues (including at least one news report) of Transmetropolitan. Spider keeps his on the table.
 
No-Baby Pills
  • Contraceptive
  • Can be made at home with the right equioment
  • Mentioned during Spider's day in front of the television in Transmetropolitan #4 (Lust for Life, chapter 2)
 
Old Rot Gut
  • Draught served at one of the bars Spider Jerusalem frequents
  • I Hate It Here (Tales of Human Waste, chp 3)
 
Peter David's Body Beet
  • Empty can on floor in Spider's apartment
  • Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
Piss
  • Canned beverage.
  • Empty can is thrown at troops during the riot in Transmetropolitan #58 (One More Time, chp 4)
 
Please
  • Canned beverage
  • Slogan: "Say Please"
  • Seen on ads in Tranmetropolitan #6 (Lust for Life, chp 3) and #16 (Year of the Bastard, chp 4)
 
Queen Ant Extract
  • Stimulant
  • Downed by Spider in Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chp1)
 
Regenerative Tape
  • Royce mentions it to Yelena when discussing Spider's past in Transmetropolitan #16 (Year of the Bastard, chp 4)
 
Rod's Brew
  • Sold in the bar Punch Drunk in Transmetropolitan #33 (Gouge Away, chp 3)
 
Rot Bot
  • Alcoholic beverage.
  • Drunk by one of the bums in Transmetropolitan #22 (The New Scum, chp 4)
 
RPG Drugs
  • Drugs that enmesh the user in a fantasy world
  • I Hate It Here (Tales of Human Waster, chp 2.)
 
Saint Peter Beer
  • Slogan: With Salt Peter
  • Drank by one the attendees at the religion convention in Transmetropolitan #6 (Lust for Life, chp 6), the same attendee who had a hole drilled in his skull for "Liquid Holy Thoughts"
 
Screw Cola
  • Slogan: Wanna Screw?
  • Billboard in Transmetropolitan #38 (Spider's Thrash, chp 2)
 

Scrotal Rot Whiskey

  • Drunk by Magical Truthsaying Bastard Spider
  • Transmetropolitan #31 (Gouge Away, chp 1)
 
Scuttab
  • Empty box on the table on Transmetopolitan #16 (Year of the Bastard, chp 4)
 
Shamus
  • Liquor sold in the bar Punch Drunk in Transmetropolitan #33 (Gouge Away, chp 3)
 

Sin Gin

  • Several brands available including "Darrow's" and "Dan"
  • Spider has a bottle of Dan Sin Gin on his table in Transmetropolitan #13 (Year of the Bastard, chp 1), his ex-wife preferred Darrow's (Transmetropolitan #13; Lust for Life, chp 12).
 
Six
  • cigarettes smoked by Matt, the teenage prostitute in Transmetropolitan #40 (Spider's Thrash, chp 4)
 
Small Vodka
  • Liquor sold in the bar Fubar in Transmetropolitan #35 (Gouge Away, chp 5)
 
Space
  • A "social drug" that slows down the perception of time
  • Spider: "A drug that traps you in an airport waiting lounge of the mind and doesn't let you go for approximately two hundred years while someone plays an antique electronic keyboard in your ear."
  • I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste) and Transmetropolitan #52 (The Cure, chp 4)
 
Space Dust
  • An amped up version of Space that is smoked.
  • Cheap version are cut with Jumpstart
  • Transmetropolitan #52 (The Cure, chp 4)
 
Spu Brew
  • Cans worn around the waist by "Pharoah" Jersualem in Filth of the City (collected in Tales of Human Waste).
 
Stalin Vodka
  • Used to club a reporter in Transmetropolitan #15 (Year of the Bastard, chp 3)
 
Tainted Booze
  • Thrown by the crowd at "The Beast" in Filth of the City (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
Tar Baby
  • Elena's cigarettes of choice in Transmetropolitan #43 (Dirge, chp 1)
 
Toxic Booze
  • Spilled bottle on floor in Spder's apartment
  • Jimmy Palmiotti's page in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)
 
Turbo Lax
  • Laxative tablet
  • Ad on a billboard in Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street, chp 1)
 
U Box
  • Beer on tap in the bar Fubar in Transmetropolitan #35 (Gouge Away, chp 5)
 
Unnatural Dead Boyz
  • Cigarettes
  • On the cover of Transmetropolitan #1 (Back on the Street cover gallery)
 
Vrrp Cola
  • Bottle on cover of Transmetropolitan #47 (Dirge, chp 5)
 
Warren's Wallaby Juice
  • Empty can on floor in Spider's apartment
  • Amanda Conner's pages in I Hate it Here (collected in Tales of Human Waste)


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Appendix A: Unnamed Drugs
Appendix B: Transmetropolitan
Appendix C: Jimmy Olsen
Appendix D: American Flagg

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