| Issue | #3 |
| Published | June 2009 |
| Cover Price | 3.99 US |
| 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 1:1 ratio with Cover B. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [art only] |
| Characters | Bette Noir |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Pencils | Dan Panosian (signed) |
| Inks | Dan Panosian (signed) |
| Colors | Dan Panosian (signed) |
| Notes | This cover shipped in a 1:1 ratio with Cover A. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [art only] |
| Characters | Qubit |
| 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 second R. It was offered to retailers as a 1-in-10 incentive. 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] |
| Characters | Qubit |
| 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) |
| Notes | This convention exclusive, limited to 500 copies, uses Cassaday's black-&-white art to Cover A. |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [art only] |
| Characters | The Plutonian; The Hornet; Sarah [The Hornet's daughter]; Qubit; Samsara; Kaidan; Gilgamos; Volt; Bette Noir; Scylla; Charybdis; Modeus |
| Pencils | Peter Krause |
| Inks | Peter Krause |
| Colors | Andrew Dalhouse |
| Letters | ? (logo, design); typeset |
| Notes | The inside front cover has head shots of cast from previous issues and recap of story so far, plus logo, credits, and indicia set against negative red-&-black detail of #1's Cover A. |
| Characters | The Plutonian; Bette Noir (costume only); Inferno [Martin Reber] (unseen; first mention; revelation of death); The Paradigm [Scylla; Charybdis; Qubit; Kaidan]; The Fixer [David; full name unknown] (introduction; death); Encanta [real name unknown] (introduction); Billy [unidentified supervillain; full name unknown] (introduction; death); three unidentified supervillains (introduction; death); Modeus robots |
| Synopsis | The Plutonian seedily exerts his power. Scylla and Charybdis arrive at an abandoned prison outside Philadelphia, monitored by Qubit. Underneath the prison, a half-dozen supervillains explore the headquarters of recently deceased superhero Inferno, where they are nonchalantly confronted by... The Plutonian. |
| 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 line: "Like this?" |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 |
| Pencils | Eric Canete; Jason Shawn Alexander |
| Inks | Eric Canete; Jason Shawn Alexander |
| Notes | Dead Run #1 and its 7-page preview in this issue are hyped with art from Covers A and B. |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Script | Andrew Cosby; Michael Alan Nelson |
| Pencils | Francesco Biagini |
| Inks | Francesco Biagini |
| Colors | Matthew Wilson |
| Letters | Marshall Dillon |
| Editing | Matt Gagnon |
| Notes | Seven pages of the story from Dead Run #1 are excerpted. |
| Reprinted | from Dead Run (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 [as preview] |
| Script | Matt Gagnon; ? (Q&A); Tony Parker |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Colors | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Gagnon writes about Dead Run in "Tick... Tick... Tick..." column. Page also includes Boom! masthead, brief Q&A with Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? artist Parker, and small repros of covers to upcoming releases. |
| Pencils | ? (photo) |
| Inks | ? (photo) |
| Colors | ? (photo) |
| Notes | Advanced Research Technologies' JETT is advertised on the last interior page. |
| Pencils | Jason Shawn Alexander |
| Inks | Jason Shawn Alexander |
| Notes | Dead Run is advertised on the inside back cover with art from #1's Cover B. |
| Pencils | Dennis Calero |
| Inks | Dennis Calero |
| Colors | Dennis Calero |
| Notes | The "24-issue maxi-series epic" adaptation of Phillip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is advertised on the back cover with art from #1's Cover A. |