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Bloodshot (2012)
Bloodshot, Vol. 2: The Rise and the Fall
Collects Bloodshot (2012- ) #5-9!
Assault on Project Rising Spirit!
Bloodshot is finally free of the memories that have haunted him since his awakening - but now even greater mysteries remain. Who was he before he was transformed into a walking weapon of mass destruction? And does he have a real family out there somewhere? Unfortunately, the only man with the answers is the former mastermind of Project Rising Spirit, the quasi-governmental science division that created him - and he's just struck a devil's bargain with Bloodshot. "Destroy your creators and I'll reveal everything." Well, almost everything...
Collecting BLOODSHOT #5-9 by acclaimed writer Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey) and artists Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Arturo Lozzi (Immortal Weapons), and Matthew Clark (Avenging Spider-Man), Bloodshot's brutal, bullet-riddled tour of duty through the Valiant Universe continues right here in the second shock-inducing volume of the series that Complex calls "hard and heavy with each issue."
Assault on Project Rising Spirit!
Bloodshot is finally free of the memories that have haunted him since his awakening - but now even greater mysteries remain. Who was he before he was transformed into a walking weapon of mass destruction? And does he have a real family out there somewhere? Unfortunately, the only man with the answers is the former mastermind of Project Rising Spirit, the quasi-governmental science division that created him - and he's just struck a devil's bargain with Bloodshot. "Destroy your creators and I'll reveal everything." Well, almost everything...
Collecting BLOODSHOT #5-9 by acclaimed writer Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey) and artists Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Arturo Lozzi (Immortal Weapons), and Matthew Clark (Avenging Spider-Man), Bloodshot's brutal, bullet-riddled tour of duty through the Valiant Universe continues right here in the second shock-inducing volume of the series that Complex calls "hard and heavy with each issue."
123 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 18, 2013
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March 20, 2019
Excellent follow up to volume 1!
More of Bloodshot's past shows up in the form of psiot kids, and he learns the hard way what his handlers tricked him into doing on their behalf. Some of the personnel at the facility they attack also has a personal meaning to Pulse, the psiot who is grudgingly working with Bloodshot & Kate (the nurse that patched him up in the last volume) to bring down some bad guys.
There's a shitton of action and a fuckload of plot. I mean, I really don't know what else you want in a comic, people!
READ IT.
More of Bloodshot's past shows up in the form of psiot kids, and he learns the hard way what his handlers tricked him into doing on their behalf. Some of the personnel at the facility they attack also has a personal meaning to Pulse, the psiot who is grudgingly working with Bloodshot & Kate (the nurse that patched him up in the last volume) to bring down some bad guys.
There's a shitton of action and a fuckload of plot. I mean, I really don't know what else you want in a comic, people!
READ IT.
September 4, 2019
Bloodshot comes up with a plan to infiltrate Project Rising Spirit's base in order to find out who he is. There he uncovers some things about himself he'd probably rather not know. This leads directly into Harbinger Wars.
This is balls to the wall action while still holding to an interesting plot. The book is extremely graphic at times. Swierczynski excels at coming up with inventive kills I've never seen before. I love how this is intertwined with Harbinger. Yet, you don't need to read that comic to enjoy this on its own. (Although that won't be the case for the Harbinger Wars crossover up next.)
This is balls to the wall action while still holding to an interesting plot. The book is extremely graphic at times. Swierczynski excels at coming up with inventive kills I've never seen before. I love how this is intertwined with Harbinger. Yet, you don't need to read that comic to enjoy this on its own. (Although that won't be the case for the Harbinger Wars crossover up next.)
August 16, 2022
Batman, Moon Knight, The Joker, Hulk and Darth Vader sit watching old Arnold Schwarzenegger films and discuss Bloodshot Vol. 2: The Rise and the Fall the 2012 graphic novel by Duane Swierczynski and Matthew Clark.
Batman: This Bloodshot story is really f***** up.
Joker: Right? Hard to believe that the government could do something so low down and underhanded to one of their special operatives.
[all laugh]
Moon Knight: Having a personality disorder is one thing, but when you are barely human and you are programmed to believe you have a family just so that makes you easier to follow orders – yeah, that’s really messed up.
Vader: Bloodshot, as a character and as a title for Valiant, explores the idea of living so close with technology that it impacts who you are, is he a man or a machine, of course he is both, but the synergy of the two competing forces alters him into something else, a hybrid. And dangerous.
Hulk: Right, Bloodshot has nanobots in his blood that allow him to take damage and heal himself but also gives him other powers and this excellent GN gets into that. Yes, he’s a weapon of mass destruction but as he realizes that his supervisors have been lying to him all these years, he also needs to come to grips with what his real motivations are.
Batman: Going to rescue psiot kids that he had earlier abducted for Project Rising Star makes this all the more human. Revenge is a formidable motivator.
Vader: Agreed. Bloodshot may not know exactly who he is, but he knows that there is good in him, even if it has been betrayed by the dark side and sublimated to make him do terrible things.
Moon Knight: All this psychology makes it a better story, but this is at its heart an action comic and Valiant loads this up with plenty of ass-kicking and name taking.
Hulk: Bloodshot is a one man wrecking crew and this is fun to read.
Batman: This Bloodshot story is really f***** up.
Joker: Right? Hard to believe that the government could do something so low down and underhanded to one of their special operatives.
[all laugh]
Moon Knight: Having a personality disorder is one thing, but when you are barely human and you are programmed to believe you have a family just so that makes you easier to follow orders – yeah, that’s really messed up.
Vader: Bloodshot, as a character and as a title for Valiant, explores the idea of living so close with technology that it impacts who you are, is he a man or a machine, of course he is both, but the synergy of the two competing forces alters him into something else, a hybrid. And dangerous.
Hulk: Right, Bloodshot has nanobots in his blood that allow him to take damage and heal himself but also gives him other powers and this excellent GN gets into that. Yes, he’s a weapon of mass destruction but as he realizes that his supervisors have been lying to him all these years, he also needs to come to grips with what his real motivations are.
Batman: Going to rescue psiot kids that he had earlier abducted for Project Rising Star makes this all the more human. Revenge is a formidable motivator.
Vader: Agreed. Bloodshot may not know exactly who he is, but he knows that there is good in him, even if it has been betrayed by the dark side and sublimated to make him do terrible things.
Moon Knight: All this psychology makes it a better story, but this is at its heart an action comic and Valiant loads this up with plenty of ass-kicking and name taking.
Hulk: Bloodshot is a one man wrecking crew and this is fun to read.
May 14, 2015
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 X-O Manowar, Vol 1: By The Sword and now this book I'm pretty much willing to jump on board and check out their other titles as well.
February 22, 2022
This was another fun read!
We pick with Kara and Melissa as they are captured by PRS and taken hostage but it was the plan of Bloodshot to let them be captured so he could rescue them and we have him going to here they are held (using nanites in Kara's blood which he gave her earlier) and well once inside its mayhem on all sides as he takes down all those enemies to rescue his friends but he is confronted by a group of young Psiot children..and we see two instances like what happened five years ago on missions of Bloodshot when he was under PRS control and thus that explains why these children hate him and of the fat white woman named Gamma and well her threat. Will Bloodshot be able to defeat GAMMA and save this children? Plus the fate of Melissa and Kara.
And yep this volume was again epic and it feels like an action movie and its so well done, whenever we are struck with some weird continuity thing we get a flashback thing and that sort of storytelling method is so awesome and we have Bloodshot being so awesome and taking down enemies left and right and I also love the focus on these children and Gamma was a fun villain and the way the fight ends is awesome but its all leading to Harbinger wars in an epic fashion, loved the whole volume and the art gets so much better, action so much raw, stakes so much higher!
We pick with Kara and Melissa as they are captured by PRS and taken hostage but it was the plan of Bloodshot to let them be captured so he could rescue them and we have him going to here they are held (using nanites in Kara's blood which he gave her earlier) and well once inside its mayhem on all sides as he takes down all those enemies to rescue his friends but he is confronted by a group of young Psiot children..and we see two instances like what happened five years ago on missions of Bloodshot when he was under PRS control and thus that explains why these children hate him and of the fat white woman named Gamma and well her threat. Will Bloodshot be able to defeat GAMMA and save this children? Plus the fate of Melissa and Kara.
And yep this volume was again epic and it feels like an action movie and its so well done, whenever we are struck with some weird continuity thing we get a flashback thing and that sort of storytelling method is so awesome and we have Bloodshot being so awesome and taking down enemies left and right and I also love the focus on these children and Gamma was a fun villain and the way the fight ends is awesome but its all leading to Harbinger wars in an epic fashion, loved the whole volume and the art gets so much better, action so much raw, stakes so much higher!
February 10, 2017
The fun continues. The plot is the new allies of Bloodshot who he made in vol. 1 (are just two women, 1 psiot, 1 paramedic) kidnapped by The RSP from their hidding place and they were taken to a RSP secret base which was about to be infiltrated by Bloodshot (their kidnaping was part of Bloodshot's plan)
so Bloodshot infiltrated to the RSP secret base to learn who he is cause it's said to him by one of his other new allies, a former RSP worker scientist that the information about the Bloodshot's real identity was a secret which was kept in that secret RSP base's computers but after Bloodshot fought his way through the secret base to the computer room ( he fought against some RSP project super weird and creepy looking cyborg soldiers in very very brutal and bloody way with the distant help of his two women allies... i could hear The Dark Tranquilty play in my head at those fights, they were all totally METAL !!! lol) only thing he found was kidnapped psiot children and he saved them (fighting against a very strong build old lady called Gamma who took care of the psiot children and fed and got super tough on the fear of other psiots. She was about to finish the Bloodshot in a very brutal way but the psiot children realised that Bloodshot was there to save them and gathered and kicked the butt of the old hag gamma in a very brutal way)
it turned out that the scientist ( i can't remember his weird name lol) who helped Bloodshot was actually working for Toyo Harada (a super strong japanese psiot capitalist business man and yeah, ofcourse he's evil) for more info on Harada, The Harbinger series vol. 1 and 2 must be read and it must be read before Bloodshot vol. 1 and 2 and both Bloodshot and Harbinger connects to the event of Harbinger Wars after vol 2s. so The Bloodshot series is connected to the larger Valiant universe so early on. If you don't like series which make you read other series and tie in to big events and very intense violance, this series is not for you.
I really enjoyed the volume and can't wait for more. :D
so Bloodshot infiltrated to the RSP secret base to learn who he is cause it's said to him by one of his other new allies, a former RSP worker scientist that the information about the Bloodshot's real identity was a secret which was kept in that secret RSP base's computers but after Bloodshot fought his way through the secret base to the computer room ( he fought against some RSP project super weird and creepy looking cyborg soldiers in very very brutal and bloody way with the distant help of his two women allies... i could hear The Dark Tranquilty play in my head at those fights, they were all totally METAL !!! lol) only thing he found was kidnapped psiot children and he saved them (fighting against a very strong build old lady called Gamma who took care of the psiot children and fed and got super tough on the fear of other psiots. She was about to finish the Bloodshot in a very brutal way but the psiot children realised that Bloodshot was there to save them and gathered and kicked the butt of the old hag gamma in a very brutal way)
it turned out that the scientist ( i can't remember his weird name lol) who helped Bloodshot was actually working for Toyo Harada (a super strong japanese psiot capitalist business man and yeah, ofcourse he's evil) for more info on Harada, The Harbinger series vol. 1 and 2 must be read and it must be read before Bloodshot vol. 1 and 2 and both Bloodshot and Harbinger connects to the event of Harbinger Wars after vol 2s. so The Bloodshot series is connected to the larger Valiant universe so early on. If you don't like series which make you read other series and tie in to big events and very intense violance, this series is not for you.
I really enjoyed the volume and can't wait for more. :D
August 14, 2016
Bloodshot, with help from Pulse and Kara, breaks into the Project Rising Spirit headquarters to recover his missing memories, but ends up finding a group of potential Psiots instead.
Knowing that Harbinger Wars is up next, you'd probably be right to think that this is all just prelude to that. But that doesn't stop it from being an excellent story arc in and off itself. The focus is firmly on Bloodshot to start with, with a spotlight issue midway through the arc that gives us some more background on his previous role as a Psiot hunter.
The supporting characters of Pulse and Kara get to really throw down in this volume, and the Kid (the visual embodiment of the nanomachines in Bloodshot's blood) is also coming into its own as a character in its own right, with a sarcastic tone of voice that invokes EDI from Mass Effect at times.
Manuel Garcia pencils the majority of this volume, and his art remains as reliable as ever, with some great fun panels when Bloodshot really lets rip and does something gross. Arturo Lozzi pencils some flashbacks in the first issue, and Matthew Clark does the flashback issue; Valiant seem resigned to the fact that their artists aren't going to be able to draw all their issues, but have a very good plan in place to cover for them, instead of just throwing in fill-in artists all over the place.
This is a good primer for Harbinger Wars, setting everything in motion, but it also works as a great character piece for Bloodshot and his supporting cast.
Also, don't mess with Gamma. She won't appreciate it.
Knowing that Harbinger Wars is up next, you'd probably be right to think that this is all just prelude to that. But that doesn't stop it from being an excellent story arc in and off itself. The focus is firmly on Bloodshot to start with, with a spotlight issue midway through the arc that gives us some more background on his previous role as a Psiot hunter.
The supporting characters of Pulse and Kara get to really throw down in this volume, and the Kid (the visual embodiment of the nanomachines in Bloodshot's blood) is also coming into its own as a character in its own right, with a sarcastic tone of voice that invokes EDI from Mass Effect at times.
Manuel Garcia pencils the majority of this volume, and his art remains as reliable as ever, with some great fun panels when Bloodshot really lets rip and does something gross. Arturo Lozzi pencils some flashbacks in the first issue, and Matthew Clark does the flashback issue; Valiant seem resigned to the fact that their artists aren't going to be able to draw all their issues, but have a very good plan in place to cover for them, instead of just throwing in fill-in artists all over the place.
This is a good primer for Harbinger Wars, setting everything in motion, but it also works as a great character piece for Bloodshot and his supporting cast.
Also, don't mess with Gamma. She won't appreciate it.
March 2, 2019
Following up immediately on the heels of the first volume while expanding the range and depth of the story.
August 20, 2013
What can I say? I love Bloodshot, by far my favorite Valiant comic book character. The best of superheroes and TV shows like Strikeback. Tons of action! Duane really nails the character of Bloodshot. Would love to see a Wolverine vs. Bloodshot story!
June 20, 2018
This built on the first one quite well. I have to say, I’m finding myself pretty sucked into this story and I plan to keep going. This volume had vibes of The Winter Soldier mixed with ‘80s X-Men, and I mean that as a compliment.
March 1, 2017
The story and art are fine. Im just not really connecting with this character. Probably finished with this series.
March 31, 2017
Balls to the walls action.
World: Art is getting better for me. The facial expressions for me are really starting to give the characters depth. The world building is solid and serves the story well. The context and the past for Bloodshot was absolutely needed.
Story: Fast paced ass all hell. The pacing was good and the middle issue was a good repose for readers. The pieces here were great and the outcome good to set up Harbinger Wars. It's organic and makes sense. Good job Valiant.
Characters: Great little snippets of character development for Melissa and Maya and wonderful issue for Bloodshot. The weight of the story was driven by the characters stories and made the story so much more.
Bring on Harbinger War.
Onward to the next book!
World: Art is getting better for me. The facial expressions for me are really starting to give the characters depth. The world building is solid and serves the story well. The context and the past for Bloodshot was absolutely needed.
Story: Fast paced ass all hell. The pacing was good and the middle issue was a good repose for readers. The pieces here were great and the outcome good to set up Harbinger Wars. It's organic and makes sense. Good job Valiant.
Characters: Great little snippets of character development for Melissa and Maya and wonderful issue for Bloodshot. The weight of the story was driven by the characters stories and made the story so much more.
Bring on Harbinger War.
Onward to the next book!
December 27, 2024
Bloodshot volume 2 continues to unfold the layers of Bloodshot and his past. It is satisfying and intriguing to see all these pieces coming together to form a larger story. At the same time the supporting cast is fleshed out more, bringing in new characters and threats. This volume continues the gritty violence of the first, enhanced by the strong artwork. The layout and pacing is top notch. Swierczynski's writing is smart. Decisions like the way Bloodshot's nanobots are portrayed bring a lot to the story, and it is all the more impactful thanks to the lettering. The Valiant universe is good at taking characters who are fairly villainous and turning them on their heads. The ending of this volume sets up a lot of possibilities and I am excited to see where it goes. On a side note, Gamma is a wonderfully terrifying character, but there is some fatphobic content around those parts of the story. It knocks the enjoyment down a bit.
December 25, 2017
An improvement
I did not love the first volume of Swierczynski's run on Bloodshot, and I did not love Bloodshot's 90s run either. This confrontation directly with Project Rising Spirits gets bloodshot into the Harbinger wars. Swierczynski seems more aware of some of the absurdity of the premise and more willing to work with that here as well.
I did not love the first volume of Swierczynski's run on Bloodshot, and I did not love Bloodshot's 90s run either. This confrontation directly with Project Rising Spirits gets bloodshot into the Harbinger wars. Swierczynski seems more aware of some of the absurdity of the premise and more willing to work with that here as well.
December 19, 2017
BCDER: 61
Gamma is an interesting character in some respects, same with The Chainsaw Crew. Bloodshot continues to be a nice action comic. A quick read.
Gamma is an interesting character in some respects, same with The Chainsaw Crew. Bloodshot continues to be a nice action comic. A quick read.
March 14, 2020
Now that the actual plot is underway, this is a big improvement over volume one.
March 25, 2014
The entire book is one single op as Bloodshot and his cohorts infiltrate and do massive damage to the organization that created him. Lots of action, even as the story is moved forward a bit, and some serious action beats - there's one kill that I've never come across before and is so over-the-top it's hard to believe. The only real weakness of the book is that it all ends up being a prelude to a crossover series, so doesn't include much closure. Still, it's worth the ride, and you'll probably want to follow into the crossover once you've read this.
August 12, 2020
Bloodshot infiltrates a base in order to learn his name, and any records on him that might be kept at a super secure and secret military base. That's all he wants, is just his name. And boy, does he have to go through some stuff to get it.
This is pretty much just 5 issues of Bloodshot getting shot, burnt, beat, and every other horrible thing you can do to a person by a team of psychic mercenaries. After taking them down, he then goes for what he came for and realizes something far bigger and worse about his own life and the things they made him do before he was "free".
I think Swierczynski paints a pretty dark picture and maintains a tone that is both horrifying and shocking for most of the time. Yeah this is definitely an action comic, but man, there are some seriously fucked up things in this book that propel Bloodshot forward. It definitely keeps the book interesting, that's for sure.
I would recommend this for people who like a lot of action and violence in their comics coupled with a dark government plot as a backdrop.
This is pretty much just 5 issues of Bloodshot getting shot, burnt, beat, and every other horrible thing you can do to a person by a team of psychic mercenaries. After taking them down, he then goes for what he came for and realizes something far bigger and worse about his own life and the things they made him do before he was "free".
I think Swierczynski paints a pretty dark picture and maintains a tone that is both horrifying and shocking for most of the time. Yeah this is definitely an action comic, but man, there are some seriously fucked up things in this book that propel Bloodshot forward. It definitely keeps the book interesting, that's for sure.
I would recommend this for people who like a lot of action and violence in their comics coupled with a dark government plot as a backdrop.
September 19, 2020
Good but unorganized
This volume was action packed and answered some questions but the way it's put together is a mess. Its not only issues of Bloodshot but also single issues of XO Manowar, Harbinger, and Archer and Armstrong. instead of placing them in the back out of the way they're placed between each issue making the story choppy and unorganized. Of course the art is great, even the one issue where a different artist took over. Overall a cool book.
This volume was action packed and answered some questions but the way it's put together is a mess. Its not only issues of Bloodshot but also single issues of XO Manowar, Harbinger, and Archer and Armstrong. instead of placing them in the back out of the way they're placed between each issue making the story choppy and unorganized. Of course the art is great, even the one issue where a different artist took over. Overall a cool book.
June 28, 2020
Good, but I liked the first volume a little better. This one was very action heavy and there were some exciting dramatic beats, but it didn’t have the type of character interaction I’ve come to expect from Valiant.
Good. But not my fav
Good. But not my fav
December 11, 2017
Décidément je ne m'y attendais pas mais j'aime cette série, elle est bourrée d'action et vraiment sympa si ce n'est un chouille violente.
January 30, 2019
Read and reviewed in full in Bloodshot: Deluxe Edition 1
April 18, 2014
I enjoyed this volume more than the first, considering its tighter story and narrowed focus. The connections between Bloodshot and Harbinger were exciting, getting me good and pumped for Harbinger War. The concepts behind the Bloodshot character are really strong, and they are explored more deeply here than in the first volume. Kara is also primed to be an awesome character, and I'm hoping her spotlight is coming. Some of the dialogue read inappropriately jokey, and I'm still sorting out my feelings on the ultimate antagonist of this volume, but it was an exciting read that set the stage well for an event I'm actually excited over.
April 29, 2017
This was pretty much more of the same as the first volume as Bloodshot goes after Project Rising Sun in an attempt to find out who he really is and more secrets about his past. Along the way he discovers a group of super powered kids that Rising Sun has been keeping prisoner, which I assume are the harbingers. Once again the art is top notch and the story moves along at a nice clip. It's just taking a while to solve the mysteries and I'm impatient, but this is still good stuff.
February 14, 2017
The middle issues I wasn't very sold by, but that last issue was really intense. I am really looking forward to Harbinger Wars now. And I love the character Kara. She needs to be a major character forever. She'll probably die.
March 29, 2015
I'm really impressed with Bloodshot. Way better than most mainstream comics on the market.
December 9, 2015
Focused arc, trying to find an origin story, distracted by plot twists, murder and mayhem. Great artwork. Enjoyed this!
February 16, 2020
It doesn’t matter what you used to do.
January 22, 2024
(Vol. 1-3 gelezen.)
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.
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.
September 1, 2020
Я не дуже вірю тому, що написано в професійних рецензіях коміксів, і тут я маю на увазі не українську сцену, яка наче є, але малочисельна, і всіх рецензентів ти знаєш поіменно. Ось напишуть тобі, що “автор знає, як зацікавити читача”. І? Зацікавити не означає втримати. “З відтінками музики відомого гурту та романів відомого письменника…”. Я так теж можу.
З присмаком розчарування. Другий том “Бладшоту” навіть не вторинний. Це дещо за межами переробки чужих ідей, пандемоніум заїздженності.
Бладшот мститься своїм творцям, дізнається ще більше фактів зі свого буремного минулого, а перебіжчик-зрадник, який допомагає Бладшоту насправді чи то зраджує, чи то підставляє Бладшота, бо працює на “Невідомі сили” (ТМ).
Горить менше, ніж димить. За пристойним малюнком не приховаєш дефіциту образів. Ви познайомитесь з місцевою нянькою-Пеннівайзом, яка так само живиться страхом. Вас точно здивують діти з надприродними здібностями (ТМ), яких тримають у камерах чергового блексайту (місця проведення секретних урядових операцій). Вам неодмінно винесе мозок лялькар та загін його бійців-маріонеток. Врешті решт, Бладшоту ж треба когось лупцювати.
А ще є ШІ, тобто Штучний Інтелект нанітів у вигляді симульованого хлопчика в голові головного героя, який нагадує голограму з першої частини “Оселі Зла”.
З кривавою юшкою! Цього тут вистачає. Був би ще цікавий сюжет...
Перший том був таким собі бойовичком з елементами роад муві. Другий том - це серія бійок, трішки флешбеків (ось, дивіться, Бладшота скидають у бомбі на супротивника; а ось наш антивоєнний маніфест, але не звертайте увагу, він для галочки) та купа діалогів про те, як хтось комусь зараз надає лящів, надавав лящів чи планує в далекому майбутньому надавати футуристичних лящів.
Переклад українською все ще легко читається, але місцями не вистачає ком. Не біда.
З присмаком розчарування. Другий том “Бладшоту” навіть не вторинний. Це дещо за межами переробки чужих ідей, пандемоніум заїздженності.
Бладшот мститься своїм творцям, дізнається ще більше фактів зі свого буремного минулого, а перебіжчик-зрадник, який допомагає Бладшоту насправді чи то зраджує, чи то підставляє Бладшота, бо працює на “Невідомі сили” (ТМ).
Горить менше, ніж димить. За пристойним малюнком не приховаєш дефіциту образів. Ви познайомитесь з місцевою нянькою-Пеннівайзом, яка так само живиться страхом. Вас точно здивують діти з надприродними здібностями (ТМ), яких тримають у камерах чергового блексайту (місця проведення секретних урядових операцій). Вам неодмінно винесе мозок лялькар та загін його бійців-маріонеток. Врешті решт, Бладшоту ж треба когось лупцювати.
А ще є ШІ, тобто Штучний Інтелект нанітів у вигляді симульованого хлопчика в голові головного героя, який нагадує голограму з першої частини “Оселі Зла”.
З кривавою юшкою! Цього тут вистачає. Був би ще цікавий сюжет...
Перший том був таким собі бойовичком з елементами роад муві. Другий том - це серія бійок, трішки флешбеків (ось, дивіться, Бладшота скидають у бомбі на супротивника; а ось наш антивоєнний маніфест, але не звертайте увагу, він для галочки) та купа діалогів про те, як хтось комусь зараз надає лящів, надавав лящів чи планує в далекому майбутньому надавати футуристичних лящів.
Переклад українською все ще легко читається, але місцями не вистачає ком. Не біда.
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