This issue was first solicited with a different cover, of Nightwing kissing Starfire. Original solicitation copy: "In the stand-alone story 'Date Night', four Titans face the fact that love is a battlefield. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure is making his way to Titans Tower. Who is this ominous stranger and how does he or she know the Titans? On sale August 13." New solicitation copy: "When Raven's half-brothers return to claim her and unite Trigon's bloodline, Raven must choose which ties are stronger: the family she was born to, or the new family she has made. On sale September 24."
Inside front cover. Ad for the AST Dew Tour featuring a cyclist upside-down in midair, sponsored by Mountain Dew, Panasonic, Right Guard, Wendy's, Toyota, PlayStation, Ball Park, Mongoose, Nike, Verizon Wireless, and DC.
Pg. 7. Ad for the videogame TNA Impact! from Midway Studios, also promoting TNA [Total Nonstop Action] Wrestling on the television channel Spike.
Pg. 11. Ad for the Fox television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, featuring Summer Glau as Cameron.
Pg. 13. Ad for the Fox television series Fringe, featuring Anna Torv in close-up, floating, as Agt. Olivia Dunham.
Pg. 17. Ad for the website Above the Influence, from The Office of National Drug-Control Policy / Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
Top half of Pgs. 20-21. House ad for New Krypton storyline. Artwork is triptych of covers to Superman (DC, 2006 series) #681, Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #871, and Supergirl (DC, 2006 series) #35.
Bottom half of Pgs. 20-21. Ad for the DVD collection of Dragon Ball Z Season Six and the double-feature DVD of Tree of Might and Lord Slug from Toei Animation and Funimation Productions.
Pg. 25. Ad for the U.S. Navy featuring robot mine locator; issue also has reply-card insert.
Pg. 27. Ad for the Baltimore Comic-Con on April 27 & 28, 2008. Artwork is homage to the cover of Superman (DC, 1939 series) #1 and may be from Superman: For Tomorrow.
Pg. 30. House ad for Final Crisis (DC, 2008 series) and related titles, with July 2008 checklist. Recolored artwork from Final Crisis: Revelations (DC, 2008 series) #1, which had three credited inkers.
Pg. 32. Headline depicts action figure of Batman in lab coat with manuscripts for Batman: Cacophony (DC, 2009 series).
Inside back cover. Ad from America's Milk Processors featuring the band All-American Rejects.
Back cover. Ad for the DVD release of Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season from Warner Bros. Entertainment, featuring Tom Welling as Bizarro Clark Kent, also promoting the new season of Smallville on the CW network.