(June 2020)

Boom! Studios, 2020 Series
 
Price
49.99 USD; 64.99 CAD; 37.99 GBP
Pages
900
On-sale Date
2020-06-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Boom! Studios
Brand
Boom! Studios [Rectangle]
ISBN
1-68415-546-0; 978-1-68415-546-0 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781684155460 54999
Editing
Scott Newman (credited) (designer)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
John Cassaday (credited); Jeffrey Spokes (credited)
Inks
John Cassaday (credited); Jeffrey Spokes (credited)
Colors
?

Indexer Notes

Cover is a collage of detail images from series covers 1A, 4A, 7C, 8C, 11C, 16C, and 29A, in red and black.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Basic credits for the collection. Full breakdown is in the credits pages at the end of the book.

Irredeemable [Chapter 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

Irredeemable / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

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.

Irredeemable [Chapter 2] (Table of Contents: 3)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

The Paradigm is named in this issue. Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 3] (Table of Contents: 4)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 4] (Table of Contents: 5)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 5] (Table of Contents: 6)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title. First page shows Plutonian walking through trophy room.

Irredeemable [Chapter 6] (Table of Contents: 7)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 7] (Table of Contents: 8)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title. First page shows an enraged Plutonian pressing Charybdis into a wall.

Irredeemable [Chapter 8] (Table of Contents: 9)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Part 9] (Table of Contents: 10)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title. Orian is named in #11.

Irredeemable [Part 10] (Table of Contents: 11)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Part 11] (Table of Contents: 12)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

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.

Irredeemable [Part 12] (Table of Contents: 13)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Part 13] (Table of Contents: 14)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title. Gazer and Citadel's gravestones were seen in Irredeemable Special #1; this is their first actual appearance.

Irredeemable [Part 14] (Table of Contents: 15)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 15] (Table of Contents: 16)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Hornet (Table of Contents: 17)

Irredeemable / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

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.

Kaidan (Table of Contents: 18)

Irredeemable / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Waid (credited)
Pencils
Emma Ríos (credited)
Inks
Emma Ríos (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.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from inside front cover.

Max Damage (Table of Contents: 19)

Irredeemable / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story title from inside front cover.

Irredeemable [Chapter 16] (Table of Contents: 20)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 17] (Table of Contents: 21)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 18] (Table of Contents: 22)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 19] (Table of Contents: 23)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 20] (Table of Contents: 24)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

Irredeemable [Chapter 21] (Table of Contents: 25)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

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.

Irredeemable [Chapter 22] (Table of Contents: 26)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

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.

Irredeemable [Chapter 23] (Table of Contents: 27)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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.
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Indexer Notes

Story is untitled beyond series title.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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)
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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Keywords
Genhom; prison planet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 34)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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Redemption Part One (Table of Contents: 35)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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Redemption Part Two (Table of Contents: 36)

Incorruptible / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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]
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Redemption Part Three (Table of Contents: 37)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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Redemption Part Four (Table of Contents: 38)

Incorruptible / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 39)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 40)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 41)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 42)

Irredeemable / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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
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[Afterword] (Table of Contents: 43)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Grant Morrison (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset

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Indexer Notes

Same text as the original, though reformatted with wider spacing, and a title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Specific credits, in order of appearance, with issues grouped if the exact creative team was credited for all the issues in the group.

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. Irredeemable [Chapter 1]
    Irredeemable
  4. 3. Irredeemable [Chapter 2]
    Irredeemable
  5. 4. Irredeemable [Chapter 3]
    Irredeemable
  6. 5. Irredeemable [Chapter 4]
    Irredeemable
  7. 6. Irredeemable [Chapter 5]
    Irredeemable
  8. 7. Irredeemable [Chapter 6]
    Irredeemable
  9. 8. Irredeemable [Chapter 7]
    Irredeemable
  10. 9. Irredeemable [Chapter 8]
    Irredeemable
  11. 10. Irredeemable [Part 9]
    Irredeemable
  12. 11. Irredeemable [Part 10]
    Irredeemable
  13. 12. Irredeemable [Part 11]
    Irredeemable
  14. 13. Irredeemable [Part 12]
    Irredeemable
  15. 14. Irredeemable [Part 13]
    Irredeemable
  16. 15. Irredeemable [Part 14]
    Irredeemable
  17. 16. Irredeemable [Chapter 15]
    Irredeemable
  18. 17. Hornet
    Irredeemable
  19. 18. Kaidan
    Irredeemable
  20. 19. Max Damage
    Irredeemable
  21. 20. Irredeemable [Chapter 16]
    Irredeemable
  22. 21. Irredeemable [Chapter 17]
    Irredeemable
  23. 22. Irredeemable [Chapter 18]
    Irredeemable
  24. 23. Irredeemable [Chapter 19]
    Irredeemable
  25. 24. Irredeemable [Chapter 20]
    Irredeemable
  26. 25. Irredeemable [Chapter 21]
    Irredeemable
  27. 26. Irredeemable [Chapter 22]
    Irredeemable
  28. 27. Irredeemable [Chapter 23]
    Irredeemable
  29. 28. ["Here's what I know about the Plutonian."]
    Irredeemable
  30. 29. ["It's all psionics, you know."]
    Irredeemable
  31. 30. ["And you would be?"]
    Irredeemable
  32. 31. ["And just who the hell are you?"]
    Irredeemable
  33. 32. ["The people are ready for you, sir."]
    Irredeemable
  34. 33. ["Have you lost you minds?"]
    Irredeemable
  35. 34. ["Ten years ago. Right and wrong were simple. So were we."]
    Irredeemable
  36. 35. Redemption Part One
    Irredeemable
  37. 36. Redemption Part Two
    Incorruptible
  38. 37. Redemption Part Three
    Irredeemable
  39. 38. Redemption Part Four
    Incorruptible
  40. 39. ["The first thing I had to do was reinvent science."]
    Irredeemable
  41. 40. ["I can hear them again. The voices."]
    Irredeemable
  42. 41. ["Don't listen. He's tricking you."]
    Irredeemable
  43. 42. ["Like most everyone, you give me too much credit, Tony."]
    Irredeemable
  44. 43. [Afterword]
  45. 44. [no title indexed]
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