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mvuijlst's review against another edition
3.0
Marvel en DC hebben hun superhelden, die afhankelijk van het geval magisch zijn of technologisch of mutanten of gebeten door een spin of gebombardeerd geraakt door kosmische stralingen of watdanook.
Bij Valiant is het vaak minder fantasyachtig en meer sciencefictionachtig — in de zin van “het zou eventueeeeeeellll mogelijk kunnen zijn”. Ik geef ruiterlijk toe dat ik nog nooit van Bloodshot had gehoord. Ik had deze drie verzamelaars al een tijd liggen en ik dacht, ik ga dat eens lezen als ik toch op weekend ga.
In het begin van dit verhaal, Setting the World on Fire, is Bloodshot een mens die volgepompt is met nanobots en die minofmeer bestuurd wordt door Slechteriken. En dan besluit één van de slechteriken van gedacht te veranderen. Bloodshot, die bij elke missie een nieuwe valse achtergrond krijgt van een familie en kinderen waarvoor hij het zogezegd allemaal doet, beseft plots dat het allemaal leugens zijn.
Volgt geweld en vechten en wraak. Maar gelijk veel geweld en vechten. De nanobots kunnen zo ongeveer alles repareren dat er met zijn lichaam gedaan wordt, op voorwaarde dat hij genoeg proteïnen binnen kan spelen achteraf (dat wordt niet expliciet getoond, maar het is wel zwaar geïmplicieerd dat hij meestal koeien dooddoet en binnenspeelt).
Hij wil te weten komen wie hij eigenlijk écht is, en er is ook nog een missie om kinderen te redden, en het is allemaal echt wel goed. Tot er in Vol. 3 blijkbaar een crossover met een andere serie in kwam (Harbinger Wars, geen idee wat of hoe) en één personage gewoon euh stopt, gelijk gewoon weggaat met een valies geld. En ik ben helemaal gestopt in Vol. 4, want daar werd gelijk een nioeuw verhaal begonnen dat mij van ver nog van dicht interesseerde, en met veel te veel karakters die mij geen knijt boeiden.
Een interessant karakter, Bloodshot, waar ongetwijfeld veel meer mee te doen is. Misschien lees ik wel eens Jeff Lemire’s versie van Bloodshot.
zare_i's review against another edition
4.0
Second volume starts with the big-bang. Led by former PRS scientist Bloodshot is seeking information on himself - when he is told information is kept in secret PRS desert base Bloodshot moves in and hits it hard.
But what waits for him there is great surprise - he will learn more about himself, sure, but it is not information he expected and he definitely wont like what he finds.
I truly like Bloodshot - he is like Wolverine without memory but so apt at warfare and predicting all the moves enemy can make he always has the initiative (ability to soak up unprecedented levels of damage only helps here :) ). What might be considered as a down side is that unfortunately he cannot trust anybody - it seems everyone is out to use him for their own purposes. Including his own nanites.
Excellent action story and great art. Highly recommended.
Keep in mind that without vol. 1 you will be scratching your head trying to figure out what is going on :) so read this in order.
But what waits for him there is great surprise - he will learn more about himself, sure, but it is not information he expected and he definitely wont like what he finds.
I truly like Bloodshot - he is like Wolverine without memory but so apt at warfare and predicting all the moves enemy can make he always has the initiative (ability to soak up unprecedented levels of damage only helps here :) ). What might be considered as a down side is that unfortunately he cannot trust anybody - it seems everyone is out to use him for their own purposes. Including his own nanites.
Excellent action story and great art. Highly recommended.
Keep in mind that without vol. 1 you will be scratching your head trying to figure out what is going on :) so read this in order.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
5.0
I've been trying to track this book down without paying an exorbanant amount of money for well over a year. I wanted it purely for continuity reasons, and worried that I'd be spending money on a mediocre book. But 1.) I found it at around cover price, and 2.) It's my favorite of the Bloodshot books that I've read so far.
The focus of the book is Bloodshot trying to rescue a bunch of kid psiots (who will later become Generation Zero) who are terrified of him. There is also a subplot with Pulse (once a psiot at the same facility) coming into contact with a guard who ruthlessly tortured her and the other children, and we get to see Kara Murphy be a hero.
If you love Punisher-style stories where the anti-hero is trying to be the good guy but people keep doubting him, and the b-characters have in-depth and interesting storylines, this is a fantastic read.
The focus of the book is Bloodshot trying to rescue a bunch of kid psiots (who will later become Generation Zero) who are terrified of him. There is also a subplot with Pulse (once a psiot at the same facility) coming into contact with a guard who ruthlessly tortured her and the other children, and we get to see Kara Murphy be a hero.
If you love Punisher-style stories where the anti-hero is trying to be the good guy but people keep doubting him, and the b-characters have in-depth and interesting storylines, this is a fantastic read.
kavinay's review against another edition
3.0
Predictable, but not in a bad way. Feels like what you'd get with The Prisoner wrapped up in a Punisher shell.
geese82's review against another edition
3.0
Fantastic volume to set up for the Harbinger Wars, the only thing I didn't like similar to Harbinger vol2 was the inconsistent artwork. I have no problem with how it looks but if you have different artists working in each issue is, for me not really good.
The narrative is really good compared to the other titles in Valiant Entertainment so far, it has that cliched action movie feel into it. I am looking forward in reading the next volume and see where Bloodshot will bring me.
I hope that they stay consistent with the art, I like them all, I just preferred one artist in a single run/story arc.
The narrative is really good compared to the other titles in Valiant Entertainment so far, it has that cliched action movie feel into it. I am looking forward in reading the next volume and see where Bloodshot will bring me.
I hope that they stay consistent with the art, I like them all, I just preferred one artist in a single run/story arc.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
5.0
Alright. I want a Bloodshot movie now, damn it!
Seriously, this comic plays out like an action movie from the 80's that I used to watch as a kid. So much love for this book. It seems to have filled a void that I didn't even know that I had.
This whole arc is one big mission. Break into a building, fuck shit up, get the hell out.
You would think that five issues of this would get redundant and dull.
It doesn't. Not even a little bit. There are some seriously cool scenes in here that made me laugh, cringe, and just plain old drop my jaw in amazement. I mean, when was the last time you saw a dudes arm get a compound fracture and then he uses that bone sticking out of his arm to stab the bad guy in the freaking neck?
That scene alone was worth the price of admission for me!
I love stabby-stabby-death-ouchie-scenes. I'm easy to please that way.
But through all this glorious carnage there is some wonderful plot/back-story/world building type stuff going on as well. Add all of that to the stabby-stabby-death-ouchie-scenes and you got yourself one helluva book.
I am so glad that I decided to give Valiant a try as a publisher. With how much I have been enjoying [b:X-O Manowar, Vol 1: By The Sword|16123326|X-O Manowar, Vol 1 By The Sword|Robert Venditti|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351835155s/16123326.jpg|21945163] and now this book I'm pretty much willing to jump on board and check out their other titles as well.
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