A lot of people have the wrong idea about comics. They think that they can buy them any time, and in any format they please. While they're technically correct about this, publishers can only fund a series so long if it is profitable. So if you wait until issue six or ten to check it out, and the comic shops aren't ordering many copies because you (and your friends) are taking your own sweet time checking the series out, the publisher may have canceled the series by then. The writers and artists will have moved on, and any ongoing storyline they were building will be abandoned.
When that happens, you may have to wait years for the publisher to pull together another series.
Valiant is launching a new Bloodshot series today. I've seen a preview edition (what they call an Ashcan in comics lingo), and I can tell you it's definitely worth checking out. It's crazy fun, it's action packed, and Bloodshot even sings to you in it. (Really!) So head down to your comic shop, or check out a digital copy. I think you'll agree with me that the series holds a great deal of promise.
This new Bloodshot looks like a fun guy. He seems like someone I'd like to have around. So I'm going to let him tag along with me on a monthly basis. I'll share his adventures, and he'll share mine. Personally, I think we'll have a blast together. You could too.
Dragon Dave
Bloodshot is the Six Million Dollar Man of the Valiant universe. He was created in a laboratory, and his mind programmed with false memories. Intended to be the ultimate soldier, his creators infused his body with Nanites. These microscopic machines can repair any injury, and allow his mind to access anything electronic.
He's a strong willed man, and eventually he rebelled against his masters. Although the military contractor (a corporation with links to many world governments) has gone to great lengths to control him, Bloodshot has broken his programming, and freed himself from their control. Much of his life since then has a journey to discover who he was, and what type of man he will become. While he pursues this personal journey, other corporations and governments attempt to capture and reprogram him for their own purposes. So he's on the run for his life and liberty, much like a certain Doctor of the Marvel Universe who got overly familiar with gamma radiation.
Like that big green character, well, let's just say that you don't want to make Bloodshot angry.
So now Bloodshot does what he wants, when he wants, and how he wants, pursuing goals that seem worthy to him, and aiding those in need.
He's got a new series coming up this month, and a movie coming out early next year. With this surge of popularity, he's appearing everywhere: at conventions, on the internet, and even in the very rocks of the Earth. So keep your eyes open. You never know where he might appear next!
Dragon Dave
