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Issue Details

Issue #8
Published November 2009
Cover Price 3.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Matt Gagnon
Notes Covers A and B shipped in equal quantities, with Cover C a 1-in-10 retailer incentive. Per indicia: Copyright 2009 Boom! Studios. Printed in Canada by World Color Press, Inc., 2009-11-11.

Cover Details - "Cover A"

Characters The Plutonian
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gene Ha (signed)
Inks Gene Ha (signed)
Colors Matthew Wilson
Reprinted in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #2 (December 2009)

Cover Details - "Cover B"

Characters Charybdis; The Plutonian
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dan Panosian (signed)
Inks Dan Panosian (signed)
Colors Dan Panosian (signed)
Reprinted in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #2 (December 2009)

Cover Details - "Cover C"

Characters Volt
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 M.
Reprinted in Irredeemable (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #2 (December 2009)

1 page Irredeemable recap "Previously..."

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.

22 page Irredeemable story "Irredeemable [Chapter 8]"

Characters The Plutonian; The Paradigm [Charybdis; Scylla (cameo; flashback); Gilgamos; Qubit; Bette Noir; Kaidan; Volt; Samsara (flashback)]; Encanta
Synopsis Charybdis unleashes his power against The Plutonian, whose reasons for destroying Sky City are made clearer. Gilgamos demands to know why Encanta is dressed like his wife, Bette Noir, in Plutonian's stronghold. The Paradigm returns to the ruins of Sky City and a shocking scene.
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 of dialogue: "Scylla was helpless without me from the day we were born."

1 page Boom! Studios promo (ad from the publisher) "November 2009 Promo Page"

Script Matt Gagnon; ? (Q&A); Chris Gorak
Pencils various
Inks various
Colors various
Letters typeset
Notes Gagnon discusses the new series Nola in "Tick... Tick... Tick..." column. Page also includes Boom! masthead, brief Q&A with Nola creator Gorak, and small repros of covers to upcoming releases.

1 page Nola promo (ad from the publisher) "Nola Promo"

Characters Nola Thomas
Pencils Erik Jones; Chris Brunner
Inks Erik Jones; Chris Brunner
Colors Erik Jones; Rico Renzi
Notes Nola #1 and its 7-page preview in this issue are hyped with art from Covers A and B.

7 page Nola promo (ad from the publisher) "Nola 7-Page Preview"

Characters Nola Thomas (introduction)
Genre Adventure
Script Chris Gorak (plot); Pierluigi Cothran (finished script)
Pencils Damian Couceiro
Inks Damian Couceiro
Colors Juan Manuel Tumburus
Letters Johnny Lowe
Editing Bryce Carlson
Notes Seven pages of the story from Nola #1 are excerpted.
Reprinted from Nola (Boom! Studios, 2009 series) #1 [as preview]

1 page Nola promo (ad from the publisher) "Nola Promo"

Characters Nola Thomas
Pencils Erik Jones; Chris Brunner (inset)
Inks Erik Jones; Chris Brunner (inset)
Colors Erik Jones; Rico Renzi (inset)
Notes The last interior page again hypes Nola #1 with solicitation copy and art from Covers A and B.

1 page Incorruptible promo (ad from the publisher) "Mark Waid Is Now... Incorruptible"

Characters Max Damage; Jailbait
Pencils John Cassaday (signed)
Inks John Cassaday (signed)
Colors Laura Martin (signed)
Notes The inside back cover promotes Boom! Studios' new series Incorruptible with art from #1's Cover A.

1 page Farscape advertisement "The Wait Is Over... Farscape Finally Returns to DVD Finally Returns to DVD"

Pencils various (photos)
Inks various (photos)
Colors various (photos)
Notes The back cover advertises the single-season and complete-series DVD releases of Farscape from The Jim Henson Company, RHI Entertainment, and A&E Television Networks.