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Quote1 Our mistake before was playing God, but not thinking like him. We thought we could engineer the perfect identity for the perfect soldier, and that is not how biology workds. Evolution is cruel and violent. Only the strong can survive. In order to create the perfect mind. We must first conceive one... Quote2
-- Director Cormac

Solicitation[]

New story arc! “A GUY NAMED RAY,” Part 1. Two of the leaders of the Bloodshot team find themselves on thin ice with their bosses at Project Rising Spirit. With little left to lose, they decide to take down PRS—and they have just the perfect weapon to use! Writers Eliot Rahal (QUANTUM AND WOODY!) and Kevin Grevioux (Underworld) continue to declassify Bloodshot’s origin in this action-packed series, featuring the return of Valiant artist Rags Morales (GEOMANCER, Action Comics)!

A Guy Named Ray, Part 1[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Detroit Police Department
  • Olga Strauss
  • X-Tol/Extol (Government contractors)
    • Ray Garrison (Blind IT specialist) (First appearance)
    • Tim (Ray's blind "project manager") (Single appearance)

Villains:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

  • Nanites
    • Memory engrams
      • Officer Michael Dolan (Only appearance; dies) (Hallucination)
      • Major Michael Green (Only appearance; dies) (Hallucination)
      • Jake Huang (Hallucination)
      • Unnamed identity; working with the ATF (Hallucination)
      • Richard Tate (Only appearance; dies) (Hallucination)

Vehicles:


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Pre-Order Edition[]

The Pre-Order Edition of this issue contains the following exclusive material:

  • Bloodshot Rising Spirit #6 Cover Gallery (1 page)
    • Textless Cover A
    • Textless Cover B
    • Textless Pre-Order Edition Cover
    • Textless Cover C
  • Page in Process (2 pages)
    • Script, inks, colors, and lettered final for page 3
  • Bloodshot Rising Spirit #6 Commentary by writer Eliot Rahal (2 pages)
    • over art progress (inks-to-colors) for pages 8 and 20
  • Memory Board - script excerpts and inked art (2 pages)
    • Blind Spot
    • Scrub Hub
    • Alley Gat
    • Aghastronaut
    • Fight Nightmare
    • Assault and Pepper Spray
  • Setting the Scene with assistant editor Drew Baumgartner (1 page)
    • Commentary on page 1

Notes[]

  • Gavin vs. Nigel: Writer Eliot Rahal confused the first names of Director "Nigel" Cormac and Colonel "Gavin" Daube. In previous issues Director Cormac's first name was always Gavin.
  • Amber and Chester's last names are revealed in the extra material of the Pre-Order Edition.
  • The number on Richard Tate's orange prison uniform is "OU812" which is the title of Van Halen's eighth studio album, OU812, that is pronounced "Oh You Ate One Too". The scene is supposed to take place in 1985 or shortly thereafter. The album was released in 1988.

Quotes[]

Quote1 Then let us make history... This memory engram represents a new revolution in human development. Thousands of specially designed neural nanites, all programmed with a different set of unique memories, will compete for dominance against each other. Quote2
-- Director Cormac
Quote1 Our mistake before was playing God, but not thinking like him. We thought we could engineer the perfect identity for the perfect soldier, and that is not how biology works. Evolution is cruel and violent. Only the strong can survive. In order to create the perfect mind. We must first conceive one... Quote2
-- Director Cormac
Quote1 SON OF A BITCH! That narcissistic...sado-masochistic...@#%HOLE! Quote2
-- Olga Strauss

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Cover Art[]

Textless Cover Art[]

Cancelled Cover Art[]

An early draft of Bob Layton's cover art featured a Vin Diesel-inspired look for Bloodshot. This cover was cancelled and replaced with Layton's final Orlando Park Comic Con cover due to licensing issues with Diesel's likeness.

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