The Fellowship was fortunate enough to obtain a copy of BLOODSHOT USA #1 from Valiant Entertainment. Jeff Lemire writes, Doug Braithwaite draws, Brian
Reber colors, and Dave Lanphear letters.
This book jumps straight back into the action, with the
Bloodshots having just escaped from their island hell. Ninjak finds them
floating on a raft, rescues them and proceeds to tell them about how New York
has been infected with some kind of virus. It appears to be airborne, and it
also appears to affect everyone it touches.
If you’ve been following Bloodshot, you have a pretty good
idea who’s behind this. (They tell you pretty much at the beginning of this
issue if you haven’t.) The real question has more to do with controlling the
nanites than with the destruction in New York, though. This story has a lot of
moving parts, and one has to hope Bloodshot can figure it all out pretty
quickly. And the art is up to Valiant’s usual high standards, with some great
close-up work and a few other familiar faces.
Man, poor Ray just can’t get a break these days. Out of the
island prison engineered to kill him over and over, and into the fiery inferno
that is a New York City full of out-of-control nanite zombies. It’s a hell of a
ride, to be sure.
~Mike ( @MikeyGeek )
