

Outside of Booth’s panel design, the art on the book is solid with Corona’s inks and Dalhouse’s colors elevating the pages, making the action feel over the top like a classic action film from the late 1980s or early 1990s. This is also helped by Booth’s creative panel design. The panels are filled with a lot of onomatopoetic words that sometimes act as a transition from panel to panel, allowing the action to stay dynamic. And while his words obviously matter, the big star of the book is Sharpe’s lettering. Seeley does a great job of creating a lot of perfect one-liners fitting of the intense action scenes within the book. With a new movie, starring Vin Diesel, coming out soon, it only makes sense for the new series to offer an easy jumping on point for new potential fans. Within the panels and between the action, there is a lot of exposition to explain who Bloodshot is. Because of this, it can feel like the issue lacks a plot but this approach also is an excellent way for news readers to jump on board the series and start following the character. But on his way to rectifying his wrongs, he is bound to hit a few road bumps as the shadowy BLACK BAR has their sights set on him.īloodshot #1 is action-packed nearly from the get-go. But despite still have billions of “NANITES,” advanced nano-robots that give him a rapid healing factor, enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and the ability to temporarily alter his physical appearance, still within his veins, Bloodshot is finally free and able start on his path to redemption that is paved with a lot of bullets and blood. The issue is written by Tim Seeley, with art by Brett Booth, inks by Adelso Corona, colors by Andrew Dalhouse, and letters by Dave Sharpe.īloodshot #1 follows Bloodshot, who was created by a now-defunct military program for covert special ops. Valiant Comics had a large presence at North Carolina Comicon 2019 (NC Comicon) with a dedicated panel, Voices of Valiant, and a booth featuring some of their best books including Bloodshot #1, the all-new ongoing series featuring the famous character.
