| 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. |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| 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." |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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] |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |