Bloodshot Vol 4 1

Now free of his former masters, Bloodshot pursues his own directives, aiming to rectify the perceived wrongs he did while under the control of PRS...

Solicitation[]

Bloodshot is a nanite-fueled supersoldier forever at war. What happens to the world when he starts picking his own battles?

Will this one-man army be able to end the fighting—or just leave more destruction in his wake?

Bloodshot's missions have made waves, as now the shadowy BLACK BAR has their sights set on him—but what do they have planned for this unkillable hero?

Bloodshot[]

The story takes place after the events of Bloodshot Salvation and Harbinger Wars 2.

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Bloodshot / Ray Garrison
- Angelo Mortalli / The White Ghost (Mentioned as aliases on index page)

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

Black Bar (Flashback and main story) (First appearance)
- General Grayle (First appearance)
- Eidolon (First appearance)
"Wage Warriors" (Single appearance)
- Captain Algers
- Rojas
- Several unnamed members
  - McElroy (according to Pre-Order Edition)

Other Characters:

Arabic woman and child
CivAid
International Science Council (Mentioned only)
Politicians (Flashback only)
- Madame President
- Prime Minister (of the fifth largest economy on Earth; that's the UK; likely he's meant to be Boris Johnson)
Project Rising Spirit (Mentioned only)
Psiots (Mentioned only)
United Nations
- Security Council (Mentioned only)
United States Government
- Appropriations Committee (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Asia
- Yemen
  - Hodeidah
Europe
- France (Flashback only)
  - Biarritz
    - G7 Summit

Items:

IVIS (that tank's "Intervehicular Enhancement System")
Nanites
- Bloodshot Virus (On a TV or computer screen)
- Synthetic personalities and memories (On a TV or computer screen)
  - Bloodsquirt (as one of those memories..."to motivate him") (On a TV or computer screen)

Vehicles:

Humvee
Military helicopter
Suicide truck
Tank

Credits[]

Writers: Tim Seeley
Pencilers: Brett Booth
Inkers: Adelso Corona
Colorists: Andrew Dalhouse
Letterers: Dave Sharpe
Recap Design: Travis Escarfullery
Cover Artists:
- Regular: Declan Shalvey (A / Gold), Dave Johnson (B), Hannah Templer (C), Jonboy Meyers (D), Blank Cover, Tim Sale & Brennan Wagner (Pre-Order)
- Incentive: Jonboy Meyers & Travis Escarfullery (1:250)
- Exclusives: Jim Calafiore (Baltimore), Brent Peeples & Andrew Dalhouse (Bedrock), Billy Tucci & WesFlo (Borderlands), Joshua Murphy (Brute), Johnny Desjardins (Bulletproof), Lucio Parrillo (Comics Elite/NYCC), Ryan Kincaid (Comics Elite/NYCC), Felipe Massafera (Comics to Astonish), Mike Choi (Frankie's), Jeff Dekal (Groundbreaking), Jimbo Salgado & Gabe Eltaeb (Harrisburg), Tim Seeley (Kowabunga), Daniel Warren Johnson (LACC/Metahumans), Francesco Mattina (Midtown/NYCC), David Baron (OASAS), Chadwick Haverland (OASAS), Jae Lee & June Chung (OASAS/LACC), Jae Lee (OASAS/NYCC), Adelso Corona & Andrew Dalhouse (Planet Awesome/NYCC), BossLogic (Planet Awesome/NYCC), Sajad Shah & Ulises Arreola (Planet Awesome/NYCC), Stuart Sayger (Prideland), Barry Kitson (Shazam), SainaSix (Space Cadets)
Editors: Lysa Hawkins, Drew Baumgartner (assistant editor)
Senior Editorial Director: Robert Meyers

Synopsis[]

This article does not have a synopsis recorded yet.

Pre-Order Edition[]

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

Bloodshot #1 Cover Gallery (1 page)
- Textless Cover A
- Textless Cover B
- Textless Cover C
- Textless Pre-Order Edition Cover
Page in Process (2 pages)
- Script, pencils, inks, and lettered final for page 6
Blood Shots - script excerpts and inked art (2 pages)
- Merc Jerks
- Food Truck
- Hit and Run
- Warm Ember-ace
- Identity Theft
- Tank You
Behind the Scenes with writer Tim Seeley (2 pages)
- Praising Brett Booth's "action storytelling" and explaining Bloodshot's "new" sense of humor (over pages 5 & 9).
Carbon Fiber Variant designed by Travis Escarfullery (1 page)

Notes[]

To date, this is the Valiant issue with the highest number of retailer exclusive variant covers (with over 30), superseding X-O Manowar (Volume 4) #1.
Adelso Corona's exclusive cover variant for Planet Awesome is a homage to Todd McFarlane's cover for Spawn #8 that has the same cover date as the original Bloodshot #1 – February, 1993.
The first quote (see top of page) is taken from the classified folder and recap page, respectively. The folder is dated to "23. AUG 19". In the real world, the 45th G7 summit just took place from 24–26 August 2019 in the same location in France.
One illustration on page #19 is a homage to the Barry Windsor-Smith's cover of Bloodshot (Volume #1) #1.
The character Eidolon is first seen on the "Comics to Astonish Store Exclusive Cover" by Felipe Massafera.^[1]

Quotes[]

A redaction? I'm the bloody leader of the fifth largest economy on Earth. What right has anyone got to keep me in the--dark.

-- Prime Minister of the UK

That's "okay, sir."

-- Bloodshot

Now, nearly unlimited power is in the hands of a being who feels betrayed and used. A being who knows all there is to know about the cruelty bred from fear. To put it more simply...God no longer trusts man.

-- General Grayle