| Issue | #1 |
| Published | April 2009 |
| Cover Price | 3.99 USD |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Matt Gagnon |
| Notes | Per indicia: Copyright [2009] Boom! Studios. Printed in Canada. |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Inks | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Colors | Laura Martin (signed) |
| Notes | A variant edition using this cover's art also exists, as indexed below. This cover shipped in a 4:1 ratio with Cover B. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [as cover and in cover gallery]; in Incorruptible Free Comic Book Day Edition / Irredeemable Free Comic Book Day Edition (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #[nn] (Mary 2009) |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Barry Kitson |
| Inks | Barry Kitson |
| Colors | Andrew Dalhouse |
| Notes | The 2nd printing of this issue and a retailer variant featured this cover's art, as indexed below. One copy of this cover shipped for every three copies of Cover A. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [art only] |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Inks | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Colors | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Notes | Spokes' variant covers to #1-12 will spell out "Irredeemable". This cover features the I. It was first offered to retailers as a 1-in-50 incentive signed by Mark Waid; unsigned copies were offered as a 1-in-20 incentive for the second printing of the issue. A "negative" variant using this cover's art also exists, as indexed below. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [art only] |
| Script | Chip Mosher (see Notes) |
| Colors | Dafna Pleban |
| Letters | Dafna Pleban |
| Notes | This cover reads "Mark Waid Is Evil" in large type; it is shown and named in the first Irredeemable collection, where Pleban is credited with the design. Mosher is credited with coining the slogan in various articles and interviews online. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Inks | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Colors | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Notes | This variant, exclusive to retailer A Comic Shop and limited to 500 copies, uses Spokes' art to Cover C in "negative". |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Inks | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Colors | ? (see Notes) |
| Notes | This variant, exclusive to retailer Earth 2, was limited to 500 copies. It uses Cassaday's black-&-white art to Cover A with text elements, including Earth 2 logo, in red. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Barry Kitson |
| Inks | Barry Kitson |
| Colors | ? (see Notes) |
| Notes | This variant, exclusive to retailer Atomic Comics, was limited to 1,000 copies. It uses Kitson's art to Cover B with solid red coloring and text elements, including Atomic Comics logo, in white and orange. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) |
| Characters | The Plutonian |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Barry Kitson |
| Inks | Barry Kitson |
| Notes | For the 2nd printing of this issue Kitson's black-&-white art to Cover B was used, with some typography still in color. Unsigned copies of the 1st printing of Cover C were offered as a 1-in-20 retailer incentive for ordering this 2nd printing. |
| Letters | ? (logo, design); typeset |
| Notes | The inside front cover has logo, credits, and indicia set against negative red-&-black detail of John Cassaday's art to Cover A. |
| Characters | The Plutonian (introduction); The Hornet [Jim; full name unknown (see Notes)] (introduction; death); The Hornet's wife [Donna; full name unknown] (introduction; death); The Hornet's infant son [name unknown] (introduction; death); The Hornet's daughter [Sarah; full name unknown] (introduction; death) (see Notes); The Paradigm [Qubit (introduction); Scylla (introduction); Charybdis (introduction); Volt (introduction); Gilgamos (introduction); Bette Noir (introduction); Kaidan (introduction)] (introduction of group; see Notes); Samsara (introduction; apparent death); unidentified superheroes and supervillains (introduction of all; cameos; flashback) |
| Synopsis | A masked man called The Hornet is vaporized along with his wife and children by The Plutonian. One week later the happy meeting of "Tony" and Samsara, who would become crimefighting partners, is recalled when the members of The Paradigm desperately try to glean information that would let them stop their former teammate's rampage. As the heroes resolve to split up and track down leads on Plutonian's private life, he arrives, strangely satisfied when they escape. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Script | Mark Waid |
| Pencils | Peter Krause |
| Inks | Peter Krause |
| Colors | Andrew Dalhouse |
| Letters | Ed Dukeshire |
| Notes | Story is untitled beyond series title. First page has close-ups of Plutonian's glowing yellow eyes. // The Paradigm is named in #2. Sarah's death is confirmed in #3. The Hornet's first name is given in Irredeemable Special #1. // First trade-paperback collection credits Paul Azaceta with character design of The Plutonian. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009); in Incorruptible Free Comic Book Day Edition / Irredeemable Free Comic Book Day Edition (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #[nn] (Mary 2009) |
| Script | Grant Morrison |
| Letters | ? (design); typeset |
| Notes | Text is set against negative red-&-black detail of Barry Kitson's art to Cover B. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) |
| Characters | Catherine Allingham (introduction); Ray Durrell (introduction); James Doyle (introduction) |
| Genre | Detective; Occult |
| Script | Mark Waid |
| Pencils | Minck Oosterveer |
| Inks | Minck Oosterveer |
| Colors | Fellipe Martins |
| Letters | Marshall Dillon |
| Editing | Matt Gagnon |
| Notes | The first five pages of the story from The Unknown #1 are excerpted. |
| Reprinted | from Unknown, The (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 [as preview] |
| Script | Mark Waid; ? (Q&A); Darin Moiselle; Josh Lobis |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Colors | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Waid writes about Irredeemable in "Tick... Tick... Tick..." column. Page also includes Boom! masthead, brief Q&A with Caped writers Moiselle & Lobis, and small repros of covers to upcoming releases. |
| Notes | Tor Books and Dabel Brothers Publishing's adaptations of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time novels are advertised on the last interior page. |
| Pencils | Paul Pope; Erik Jones |
| Inks | Paul Pope; Erik Jones |
| Colors | Cris Peter; Erik Jones |
| Notes | The inside back cover hypes The Unknown #1 with solicitation copy and cover art. |
| Notes | Microsoft Game Studios' videogame Halo Wars for XBox is advertised on the back cover. |