![]() It gave the series weight and set the character apart from the pack. ![]() Past series have delved into Bloodshot’s hallucinations of memory implants ghost images of family that never existed, who play out the moral implications of Bloodshot’s actions. The hook for Bloodshot has been his abuse at the hands of the government/military that have left him a psychotic mess. This could have just as easily been an issue of Punisher or Wolverine. Instead of just going ahead and saying the word “fuck”, the publisher instead went soft with “frickin’” and “effing”…mind you that on the same page Booth has drawn a solider getting his face shot, with the bullet’s trajectory going straight through the man’s cheek! They can show people getting blown away with gunfire, dying in explosions, Bloodshot himself a charbroiled bag of muscles and gore, but for God’s sake don’t drop the F bomb…readers can’t handle it!Īll kidding aside, the choice to focus so heavily on the military action and showcasing Bloodshot’s extensive power set, while effective in introducing the tone and pacing of the series, doesn’t make the reader give a damn about Bloodshot or distinguish the character from dozens of other tough guys that line the comic racks. While there is action and gore aplenty in this issue, for some odd reason Valiant tones down the language… which seems very out of place. This first issue is far more interested in showing you how Bloodshot’s powers work in the middle of a war zone than providing any information to new readers about the background or motivation of Valiant’s militaristic Frankenstein. The story is lite on details and heavy on action. In preparation for the film’s premiere Valiant is relaunching the character with a brand new ongoing series. The Sony film, starring Vin Diesel, is set to hit theaters in February of next year. Valiant is gearing up for the Bloodshot movie. Will this one-man army be able to end the fighting-or just leave more destruction in his wake? What happens to the world when he starts picking his own battles? Bloodshot is a nanite-fueled super-soldier forever at war.
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