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...
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:
- Georgie and his gang
- Project Rising Spirit
- Director Nigel Cormac
- Amber
- Chester Roth
- Lieutenant-Colonel Gavin Daube
- Doctor Murphy (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Bert (Deceased) (Probably confused with Burt; see Bloodshot Rising Spirit #4)
- Bo Jackson (Mentioned only)
- Deion Sanders (Mentioned only)
- Gardonni (former Heavyweight Champion) (Hallucination)
- Michael Jordan (Mentioned only)
- NASA (Hallucination)
- Roger (Hallucination)
- Officer Dolan's wife and daughter (Hallucination)
- United States Government
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Locations:
- Earth
- Asia
- United Arab Emirates
- Dubai (Mentioned only)
- United Arab Emirates
- Atlantic Ocean
- Europe
- Ireland (Mentioned only)
- North America
- Mexico (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- California
- Michigan
- Texas
- Juan's Diner
- Asia
- Earth's Orbit
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)
- Memory engrams
Vehicles:
Credits[]
- Writers: Eliot Rahal (story & script), Kevin Grevioux (story)
- Pencilers: Rags Morales, John K. Snyder III
- Inkers: Rags Morales, John K. Snyder III
- Colorists: Andrew Dalhouse
- Letterers: Simon Bowland
- Cover Artists: Felipe Massafera (A), Mark Texeira & Diego Rodriguez (B), Dean Haspiel (C), Ken Lashley & Ulises Arreola (Pre-Order), Bob Layton & Paul Mounts (OPCC)
- Editors: Drew Baumgartner (assistant), Karl Bollers (senior)
- Senior Editorial Editor: Robert Meyers
Synopsis[]
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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[]
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...
SON OF A BITCH! That narcissistic...sado-masochistic...@#%HOLE!
- -- Olga Strauss
Gallery[]
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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