- Script
- Mark Waid ?
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire ? (design); typeset
- Genre
- superhero
The inside front cover presents logo, credits, Plutonian's insignia, recap of story so far, and indicia in a design that first appeared on the inside front cover of Irredeemable Special #1.
- 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.