- Letters
- typeset
Basic credits for the collection. Full breakdown is in the credits pages at the end of the book.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sarah!
- Genre
- superhero
- 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.
- Reprints
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.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My name is Kaidan, as was my mother's, and her mother's before her.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian [Dan Hartigan]; The Paradigm [Kaidan; Qubit]; Alana Patel (introduction); Alana Patel's four co-workers [all unnamed] (flashback; introduction; revelation of deaths); Dargeaux (flashback; cameo; introduction); Modeus (flashback; cameo; introduction); Modeus robots (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Kaidan reflects on her abilities and an early meeting with The Plutonian as she arrives in Sky City to meet his former girlfriend, Alana Patel. Patel's memories focus on the one adversary who scared The Plutonian, Modeus, and Plutonian's double life as Dan Hartigan, an identity he apparently discarded after revealing it to Patel the last time she saw him.
- Reprints
The Paradigm is named in this issue. Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like this?
- Genre
- superhero
- 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.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tony and I first met 5.7 years ago.
- Genre
- superhero
- 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.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Paradigm [Volt; Bette Noir; Gilgamos; Kaidan; Charybdis; Qubit]; Modeus robots
- Synopsis
- The Plutonian addresses everyone on Earth using a device in his trophy room "seized from Modeus". Volt recalls his invitation to join The Paradigm and how, more recently, he lost his left arm. Charybdis makes a revelation about his powers, an accusation about Bette Noir, and an observation about Qubit's Modeus robots in the wake of their surprising find.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. First page shows Plutonian walking through trophy room.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Report of the Social Worker (as required by county code) ...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; Danny Anderson; The Paradigm [Gilgamos; Bette Noir; Kaidan; Volt; Charybdis; Qubit; Scylla (flashback only); The Hornet (flashback only)]; Modeus robots
- Synopsis
- The Plutonian is alerted to the location of Qubit's hideaway, so The Paradigm quickly travels to the one place they know he won't be: his own newly discovered citadel. What they see there may shed disturbing new light on a terrible plague.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Paradigm [Charybdis; Scylla (cameo; flashback); Gilgamos; Qubit; Bette Noir; Kaidan; Volt]; Encanta; Dr. Seabrook [full name unknown] (introduction; flashback)
- Synopsis
- While battling Charybdis, The Plutonian reveals the pressures he felt as the world's greatest superhero and his culpability in the release of a deadly ultrasonic virus. The rest of The Paradigm discover a memorial to the children killed by that virus at Plutonian's sanctuary, where they are attacked by Encanta.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. First page shows an enraged Plutonian pressing Charybdis into a wall.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scylla was helpless without me from the day we were born.
- Genre
- superhero
- 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.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mysterious Twins Cap Prison Riot
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Paradigm [The Plutonian (flashback); Scylla (cameo; flashback); Charybdis (flashback); Qubit; Bette Noir; Kaidan; The Hornet (cameo; flashback); Metalman (introduction; cameo; flashback); Volt; Gilgamos]; the President of the United States [name unrevealed] (flashback); Alana Patel (flashback); Encanta; Orian (introduction; see Notes); Modeus; Samsara (body only); The Survivor [Charybdis] (adoption of identity)
- Synopsis
- The Plutonian holds a press conference on the White House lawn to introduce the costumed crimefighters and their union as The Paradigm. Four years later, Charybdis moves to eliminate Encanta, but Qubit intercedes and brings her to a safe house where he compels her to reveal her last interaction with Modeus. The US military brass institutes Project Ultimatum, summoning an as-yet-unnamed creature as a fail-safe against Earth's rogue superhumans. Charybdis informs a small news crew that he will now be known as The Survivor and that The Paradigm will take The Plutonian down.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Orian is named in #11.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-4, 9-12, 20-22); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 4-8, 13-19)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-4, 9-12, 20-22); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 4-8, 13-19)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know why you insisted on coming back.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Paradigm [Gilgamos; Bette Noir; The Survivor [Charybdis]; Kaidan]; Orian; Modeus; Samsara (body only)
- Synopsis
- Gilgamos confronts Bette Noir over her past relationship with The Plutonian, but their talk is interrupted by the alien hunter Orian. Tony recounts for Samsara a tragic incident from his childhood that explains his hatred of guns.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-12); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 13-22)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-12); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 13-22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orian (see Notes); The Paradigm [Bette Noir; Gilgamos; Kaidan; Volt; The Survivor [Charybdis]; Qubit]; The Plutonian; Modeus; Samsara (body only); Anita Daniel (introduction); Loren Daniel (introduction); Joey Daniel (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Bette Noir tells Orian of her affair with The Plutonian and how they were able to be intimate despite his powers. Modeus, in the guise of Samsara, is taken by "Tony" to visit the Daniels, Tony's first foster family. The Paradigm tracks Orian to a military base.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. First line of dialogue: "This is gonna be good." // Orian first appeared in #9 but was not named until this issue.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-11); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 12-22)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-11); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 12-22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wow. This is really not going to go well for you.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Paradigm [The Survivor [Charybdis]; Volt; Bette Noir; Gilgamos; Kaidan; Qubit]; Orian; The Plutonian; Modeus; Samsara (body only); Anita Daniel (death); Loren Daniel (death); Joey Daniel
- Synopsis
- The Plutonian vents at his former foster siblings as the remaining members of The Paradigm fight Orian and the US military.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- "Paradigm in Custody" [headline from Northwest Daily Journal]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Bette Noir; Bette Noir's father [name unrevealed]; The Paradigm [Volt (flashback); Qubit (flashback); Gilgamos (flashback); Kaidan (flashback); Gazer (flashback; introduction); Citadel (flashback; introduction, death); Scylla (flashback); Charybdis (flashback) [also as Survivor (photo only)]; Artillery (flashback; introduction); unknown binary humanoid (cameo); Modeus robot (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Bette Noir tells her father of The Paradigm's encounter with The Plutonian on the day he laid waste to Sky City — and of her guilt over not using a relic from their affair to potentially stop his ensuing rampage.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Gazer and Citadel's gravestones were seen in Irredeemable Special #1; this is their first actual appearance.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jackie'll get the money!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orian; The Paradigm [The Survivor [Charybdis]; Qubit; Volt; Kaidan; Gilgamos; Bette Noir]; Alexander the Great (flashback); Samsara (body only); Modeus; The Plutonian (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Gilgamos escapes military custody as he recalls a similar imprisonment centuries ago. Half of The Paradigm then joins forces with Orian to confront The Plutonian, which Qubit warns will not end well.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Told you he was mad.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Paradigm [The Survivor [Charybdis]; Bette Noir; Gilgamos; Kaidan; Volt (death); Qubit]; Samsara (body only); Modeus; Orian (death)
- Synopsis
- The Paradigm and Orian battle The Plutonian, with Bette Noir's special bullet in play. Volt is let to his death by the Modeus-possessed Samsara.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Paul Azaceta (credited)
- Inks
- Paul Azaceta (credited)
- Colors
- Matthew Wilson (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Hornet [Jim; full name unknown (see Notes)]; Samsara (gravestone only); Gazer (gravestone only); Metalman (gravestone only; see Notes); Citadel (gravestone only; see Notes); The Hornet's wife [Donna; full name unknown]; Kaidan (cameo); Qubit (cameo); Bette Noir (cameo); Scylla (cameo); Charybdis (cameo); The Hornet's infant son [name unknown] (cameo); The Hornet's daughter [Sarah; full name unknown] (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Five years ago: While The Hornet suits up for his debut as the world's first superhero, his wife turns on the television to discover "reports of a flying man ... stopping tsunamis, averting rail disasters, and more" — The Plutonian.
Four years ago: After the pair rescues a kidnapped boy, The Hornet reluctantly accepts Plutonian's hand in camaraderie.
Four weeks ago: The Hornet, pursued by The Plutonian, launches Vesper One.
- Reprints
Story title from inside front cover. // Events of "four years ago" immediately precede and overlap with the opening of Irredeemable #1. // The Hornet's first name is revealed in this story, while his wife and daughter were named in Irredeemable #1; his family name is unknown. Gazer and Citadel are first seen in person, via flashback, in Irredeemable #13.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Emma RÃos (credited)
- Inks
- Emma RÃos (credited)
- Colors
- Alfred Rockefeller
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Keiko [full name unknown; Kaidan] (origin of powers); Hikki [full name unknown] (introduction); Kumi [full name unknown] (introduction); Sukuri [full name unknown; Keiko's mother] (introduction); the Bake-Neko (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Five years ago: A young woman undergoes the ceremony that will imbue her with the powers of Kaidan.
- Reprints
Story title from inside front cover.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Chaykin (credited)
- Inks
- Howard Chaykin (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage; Madame Mercy (introduction); Threeway (introduction; cameo); Safeword (introduction; cameo); Loleetah (introduction; cameo); Kortex (introduction); Jailbait (origin as sidekick)
- Synopsis
- One year ago: When Max Damage tracks down his partner in crime to Madame Mercy's Super-Brothel, he winds up bringing home Jailbait.
- Reprints
Story title from inside front cover.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My name is Keiko. My codename is Kaidan.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Paradigm [Kaidan; Qubit; The Survivor [Charybdis]; Gilgamos; Bette Noir]; Gen. Ehrlich; The Plutonian; Samsara (body only); Modeus; Volt (spirit); The Hornet (spirit); Gazer (spirit); Metalman (spirit); Citadel (spirit)
- Synopsis
- Qubit asks Kaidan to tell him stories of their lost comrades. Gilgamesh hits the road. Survivor confronts the US's acting commander-in-chief.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Plutonian -- Tony -- came through here not long after he went berserk.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Paradigm [Qubit; The Survivor [Charybdis]; Kaidan]; Volt (image); Metalman (image); Scylla (cameo); unknown binary humanoid (cameo); Modeus robot; The Plutonian; Samsara (body only); Modeus
- Synopsis
- Qubit tries to help the people of Talwart, Iowa, but Charybdis interferes. Kaidan realizes why she can't summon the spirit of Scylla. Plutonian reveals to the would-be Samsara that he knows why Modeus constantly bedeviled him — and where Modeus is now.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It used to bug the hell out of my brother and me.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Paradigm [The Survivor [Charybdis]; Kaidan; Qubit; Scylla (silent cameo, flashback); Metalman (flashback); Citadel (silent cameo, flashback); The Hornet (flashback); Volt (flashback); Gilgamos (flashback); Gazer (flashback)]; The Plutonian; Samsara (body only); Modeus; leader of the Vespa [name unrevealed]; other members of the Vespa
- Synopsis
- The Plutonian confronts Modeus. Via a recording, the now-dead Hornet recounts how he convinced the alien Vespa to leave Earth and why it matters if Plutonian has gone bad.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ? How--?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; members of the Vespa; The Paradigm [Kaidan; Qubit; The Survivor [Charybdis]]; Scylla (silent cameo); Modeus; Samsara (body only); Modeus robot; unknown binary humanoid; Volt (spirit); Metalman (spirit); Citadel (spirit); The Hornet (spirit); unidentified costumed superhumans (spirits)
- Synopsis
- The Vespa battle The Plutonian, with The Paradigm — including Kaidan's conjured spirits of superhumans killed by the former hero — joining the fray.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't worry. You're safe.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; members of the Vespa; The Paradigm [Qubit; Kaidan; The Survivor [Charybdis]]; Gilgamos (silent cameo); Max Damage (silent cameo); Jailbait (silent cameo); Scylla (silent cameo; apparent revival); Modeus robot
- Synopsis
- Survivor addresses the world on behalf of The Paradigm, as The Plutonian literally dreams of a better world while in the custody of the Vespa.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-7, 18-20); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 8-17, 21, 22)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-7, 18-20); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 8-17, 21, 22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited) (pages 1-7, 18-20); Nolan Woodard (credited) (pages 8-17, 21, 22)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Remember: Always look both ways.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; members of the Vespa; The Paradigm [The Survivor [Charybdis]; Qubit]; Dekay (silent cameo; image only; introduction); Agent Grave (silent cameo; image only; introduction); Shank (silent cameo; image only; introduction) [see Notes]; Samsara (vision)
- Synopsis
- The Plutonian is put to work by the Vespa mining terromite, but his self-inflicted fantasy world begins to break down. Survivor argues with Qubit after appearing at an anti-Plutonian rally in Montreal.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Dekay, Agent Grave, and Shank are seen on monitor screens; they make their first real appearances in the next issue, where Shank's name is given.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-5, 15-20); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 6-14, 21, 22)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-5, 15-20); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 6-14, 21, 22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Please God No [each in its own balloon]
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; members of the Vespa; Samsara (vision); Modeus 2.0; Encanta; The Paradigm [Scylla; Qubit; Kaidan]; Dekay (first physical appearance); Yarko the Great [Agent Grave] (first physical appearance); Shank (first physical appearance); The Auroran (vision; introduction)
- Synopsis
- The Vespa deposit a confined Plutonian inside a sun. Meanwhile, in his dream life, he unleashes his powers until they're exhausted and is rescued by a masked "savior" calling himself The Auroran. Elsewhere, Modeus plots to locate his former foil. Meanwhile elsewhere, Qubit and Kaidan recruit questionably reformed supervillains.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. Dekay, Agent Grave, and Shank were introduced on monitor screens in the previous issue; they make their first physical appearances, and Shank's name is given, in this story. The Auroran makes his first physical appearance in the next issue.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-5, 10-13, 19-22); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 6-9, 14-18)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-5, 10-13, 19-22); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 6-9, 14-18)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Odd. Why would the museum be empty at mid-day...?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Fixer (vision); The Auroran (first physical appearance); Thermo (introduction); unnamed flame-powered supervillain (introduction); The Paradigm [Kaidan; Survivor [Charybdis]; Qubit; Scylla (silent cameo)]; Burrows (introduction); Apostate (introduction); Alana Patel (vision); Modeus
- Synopsis
- At a critical point in his fantasy, The Plutonian wakes to find himself imprisoned with various aliens in an asylum called Genhom at the heart of a sun — and face to face with The Auroran. Qubit uses the telepathic Burrows, who's scanning surrendered supervillains for The Paradigm, to spy inside Survivor's mind.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (1-5, 12-19); Diego Barreto (credited) (6-11, 20-22)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (1-5, 12-19); Diego Barreto (credited) (6-11, 20-22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's what I know about the Plutonian.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian (origin); Auroran; Modeus; Qubit; the Vespa; Mordanse (introduction)
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (1-8, 20-22); Diego Barreto (credited) (9-19)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (1-8, 20-22); Diego Barreto (credited) (9-19)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's all psionics, you know.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian; Modeus; Qubit; Auroran; Burrows; Thermo; Mordanse
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (1-4, 10-14); Diego Barreto (credited) (4-9, 15-22)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (1-4, 10-14); Diego Barreto (credited) (4-9, 15-22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And you would be?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian; Auroran; Mordanse; Xotan (introduction); Kaidan (also in flashback); Cary (flashback); Scylla (also in flashback); Kurne (introduction); Cutter (introduction); Qubit; Modeus
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Genhom; prison planet
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-12); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 13-22)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited) (pages 1-12); Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 13-22)
- Colors
- Zac Atkinson (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And just who the hell are you?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian; Auroran (dies); Qubit; Modeus; Cutter; Mallus; Kurne; Mordanse
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Inks
- Peter Krause (credited)
- Colors
- Zac Atkinson (credited); Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The people are ready for you, sir.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian; Survivor; Burrows (dies); Thermo; Agent Grave; Dekay; Mordanse; Kurne
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Eduardo Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Zac Atkinson (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you lost you minds?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Survivor; Plutonian; Mordanse; Kurne; Cutter; Bette Noir; Kaidan; Scylla; Gil
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited); Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited); Damian Couceiro (credited)
- Colors
- Zac Atkinson (credited); Archie Van Buren (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ten years ago. Right and wrong were simple. So were we.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Elliott (also in flashback); Scylla [Sy] (flashback); Survivor [Cary] (also in flashback); Bette Noir; Plutonian; Mordanse; Kurne; Cutter
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I met him once, years ago. The Plutonian.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian (origin); President Walter R. Ehrlich; The Eleos
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Twenty-two years ago.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Max Damage [Evan] (origin); Katy; Dan Hartigan [Plutonian]
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It would appear that our child is evolving.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian (also in origin flashback); The Eleos; Bill Hartigan (dies in flashback); Irene (dies in flashback); Alana Patel (flashbacks); Max Damage (also in flashbacks); Qubit
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Inks
- Marcio Takara (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It doesn't matter how carefully we plan.
- Characters
- Max Damage [Evan] (origin); Plutonian; Modeus; Nurse One; Touch; Charlie; Alana Patel; Katy
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-9); Damian Couceiro (credited) (pages 10-22)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (pages 1-9); Damian Couceiro (pages 10-22)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The first thing I had to do was reinvent science.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Qubit; Mallus (flashback, dies); Plutonian; Max Damage; Scylla; Kaidan; Gil; Cutter (flashback); Modeus; Bette Noir
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can hear them again. The voices.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kurne; Bette Noir; Plutonian; Modeus; Gil; Scylla; Kaidan; Qubit
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't listen. He's tricking you.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kaidan; Gilgamos; Sy; Kurne; Plutonian; Bette Noir; Modeus; Qubit
- Reprints
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited)
- Colors
- Nolan Woodard (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like most everyone, you give me too much credit, Tony.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Plutonian; Qubit; Gil; Kaidan; Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster
- Reprints
- Script
- Grant Morrison (credited, signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
Same text as the original, though reformatted with wider spacing, and a title page.
- Letters
- typeset
Specific credits, in order of appearance, with issues grouped if the exact creative team was credited for all the issues in the group.