Bloodshot #11: All The Covers & Why You Need Them

Cover A by Adelso Corona

It's easy to peruse the selection of available covers, and determine which one you're most drawn to. But if you love art, sooner or later you want to know a little about the artist who created it. So here's a little about the artists who inspire us with the beautiful covers they create.

Adelso Corona has worked as a inker (or finisher) for all the major comic book publishers. As you can see, he's become quite a good cover artist as well. You can find his earlier interior art in Image series like Brigade and Youngblood. For more recent work, check out DC's New 52 titles like Hawk & Dove, Deathstroke and Grifter, Marvel's Deadpool Corps and Deadpool: Bad Blood, or IDW's Snake Eyes: Deadgame.

Finally, Adelso inked Brett Booth's pencils on earlier issues of this current series of Bloodshot. It's great to see his interpretation of Ray Garrison as a solo artist. I love this "I'm ready for my mission, let's go" look. For me, this perfectly captures Bloodshot.

Cover B by Leo Manco

Leo Manco is known for his dark and gritty style. He's mainly worked for the big two. You may remember his work on titles like Hellblazer for DC, Hellstorm: Prince of Lies for Marvel, and Clive Barker's Hellraiser for Boom!

Additionally, he's worked on titles heavily steeped in warfare, such as War Machine and 2000AD. His mastery in creating image of darkness and warfare merge well for this fascinating Bloodshot cover.  I suppose I could say he's one hell of an artist whose created one hell of a cover. Oh...well. There goes my swear-free blog.

In the 90s, Valiant combined with Dark Horse to create the crossover 2-issue series Predator Vs. Magnus Robot Fighter. For me, Leo Manco's cover evokes the original Predator movie, as well as Magnus' eternal fight with malevolent robots. Hey Valiant, if we can't have Magnus Robot Fighter back, how about a Predator Versus Bloodshot crossover?

It would be awesome!

Pre-Order Cover by Brent Peeples

Brent Peeples has worked for the Marvel and DC on series like Major X, Absolute Carnage, Deathbringer, New Super-Man and Love Is Love: Batman. He's also done great work for Valiant, having crafted covers for several series, including X-O Manowar issues during Robert Venditti and Matt Kindt's runs. 

Along with series colorist Andrew Dalhouse, he created the Bedrock City Exclusive Cover for Bloodshot #1. Now he caps of his time on this series with this beautiful Pre-Order cover for Bloodshot #11.

Two topics co-creator Kevin VanHook wanted to talk about in the 1990s Bloodshot were the Mafia and Nanites. I grew up reading novels about Mack Bolan, a man who waged war against the Mafia in Don Pendelton's The Execution series. Brent's cover readily evokes Angelo Mortalli, the ruthless and ambitious 90s hitman who would become Bloodshot. It also evokes the relentless warrior against corruption that epitomizes Mack Bolan and Ray Garrison, today's Bloodshot. I'll be happy to add his cover to my collection, when Bloodshot #11 arrives in stores this Wednesday, February 24.

Senior Editor Lysa Hawkins has drawn upon the depth of her industry experience to secure these talented artists for Bloodshot #11. Congratulations to Adelso Corona, Leo Manco, and Brent Peeples for crafting three beautiful and inspiring covers. Well done, all.

Dragon Dave