| Issue | #4 |
| Published | July 2009 |
| Cover Price | 3.99 US |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Matt Gagnon |
| Notes | Per indicia: Copyright [2009] Boom! Studios. Printed in Canada. |
| Characters | The Plutonian; Gilgamos |
| 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 | Kaidan |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| 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 | Gilgamos |
| Genre | Science Fiction |
| Pencils | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Inks | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Colors | Jeffrey Spokes |
| Notes | Spokes' variant covers to #1-12 will spell out "Irredeemable". This cover features the first E. 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 | Gilgamos |
| 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". |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 (July 2009) [art only] |
| Characters | The Plutonian; Gilgamos |
| 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 | ? (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; The Paradigm [Qubit; Gilgamos; Bette Noir; Scylla (apparent death); Charybdis]; Modeus robots |
| Synopsis | Qubit's first meeting with The Plutonian is recalled. After members of the United Nations attempt to curry favor with the newly rogue superman, he heads to Singapore and forces Qubit to make a devastating choice. The purpose of Qubit's Modeus robots is revealed. |
| 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: "Tony and I first met 5.7 years ago." |
| Reprinted | in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 |
| Pencils | Declan Shalvey; Jeffrey Spokes |
| Inks | Declan Shalvey; Jeffrey Spokes |
| Colors | ?; Jeffrey Spokes |
| Notes | Poe #1 and its 8-page preview in this issue are hyped with art from Covers A and B. |
| Reprinted | from Poe (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 [Covers A & B, reduced] |
| Genre | Period; Horror |
| Script | J. Barton Mitchell |
| Pencils | Dean Kotz |
| Inks | Dean Kotz |
| Colors | ? [as Digikore Studios] |
| Letters | Marshall Dillon |
| Editing | Matt Gagnon |
| Notes | Eeight pages of the story from Poe #1 are excerpted. |
| Reprinted | from Poe (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 [as preview] |
| Script | Matt Gagnon; ? (Q&A); Dean Kotz |
| Pencils | various |
| Inks | various |
| Colors | various |
| Letters | typeset |
| Notes | Gagnon writes about Boom!'s international talent pool in "Tick... Tick... Tick..." column. Page also includes Boom! masthead, brief Q&A with Poe artist Kotz, and small repros of covers to upcoming releases. |
| Notes | Advanced Research Technologies' JETT is advertised on the inside back cover. |
| Pencils | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Inks | John Cassaday (signed) |
| Notes | Swordsmith Assassin is advertised on the back cover with art from #1's Cover A. |