PREVIEW: Bloodshot #5

[CBR News]

"The Rise & The Fall" starts here! Valiant is proud to present an advance preview of Bloodshot #5 - the FIRST ISSUE of an all-new arc by writer Duane Swierczynski and artists Manuel Garcia & Arturo Lozzi, and a perfect jumping-on point for the series at the brutal heart of the new Valiant Universe!

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? And just what purpose did he serve for Project Rising Spirit? Now, a rogue PRS scientist has told Bloodshot the location of the answers he needs - and they're buried deep within an off-the-grid, savagely fortified black site that will rain hellfire down upon anyone who dares trespass. And, once he's inside, he may just discover that he's not the only indestructible killing machine PRS ever dreamed into the world...

What is Project Rising Spirit's true function in the Valiant Universe? Who will answer for their crimes? And what darker secrets yet await in the recesses of their classified compound? The answers you've been waiting for will beckon on November 14th in the powder-burned first chapter of "The Rise & The Fall," only in Bloodshot #5!


Full preview here.

[Hawkeyeps]

Sh!t hits fan this Wednesday, can't wait!

[BugsySig]

Really looking forward to this issue...expecting the arc to begin and end with a bang!

I am really digging the way DS is playing with Bloodshots power set...the shape-shifting, the machine control, etc...very cool stuff.

[rasx]

Hoping this arc ends with a fight between Bloodshot and Harada or maybe even Ax.

[hunter_peterson]

Really looking forward to this issue...expecting the arc to begin and end with a bang!

I am really digging the way DS is playing with Bloodshots power set...the shape-shifting, the machine control, etc...very cool stuff.

Yeah, he's got more cybernetic Venom powers here than Wolverine ones, and it works really well. Very cool stuff.

I do kind of dispute this being a new arc, same as with XO's second one being basically the second act of the first arc, but it's cool if they want to market it as a jumping on point to the market. But... this is still the first arc.

EDIT: Just noticed we both ended our thoughts on his powers with "very cool stuff"... it must be true!

[BugsySig]

Yeah, he's got more cybernetic Venom powers here than Wolverine ones, and it works really well. Very cool stuff.

I do kind of dispute this being a new arc, same as with XO's second one being basically the second act of the first arc, but it's cool if they want to market it as a jumping on point to the market. But... this is still the first arc.

EDIT: Just noticed we both ended our thoughts on his powers with "very cool stuff"... it must be true!

I agree on the arc. If there is a difference with XO it is that at least here Bloodshots status has changed from on the run to on the attack. What sucks is it will end up being a 4 issue trade. I would much rather pay more and get an 8 issue trade with a more complete story.