kavinay's review against another edition
3.0
Predictable, but not in a bad way. Feels like what you'd get with The Prisoner wrapped up in a Punisher shell.
subhamroxx's review against another edition
3.0
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!
geese82's review against another edition
3.0
Fantastic volume to set up for the Harbinger Wars, the only thing I didn't like similar to Harbinger vol2 was the inconsistent artwork. I have no problem with how it looks but if you have different artists working in each issue is, for me not really good.
The narrative is really good compared to the other titles in Valiant Entertainment so far, it has that cliched action movie feel into it. I am looking forward in reading the next volume and see where Bloodshot will bring me.
I hope that they stay consistent with the art, I like them all, I just preferred one artist in a single run/story arc.
The narrative is really good compared to the other titles in Valiant Entertainment so far, it has that cliched action movie feel into it. I am looking forward in reading the next volume and see where Bloodshot will bring me.
I hope that they stay consistent with the art, I like them all, I just preferred one artist in a single run/story arc.
grilledcheesesamurai's review against another edition
5.0
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 [b:X-O Manowar, Vol 1: By The Sword|16123326|X-O Manowar, Vol 1 By The Sword|Robert Venditti|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1351835155s/16123326.jpg|21945163] and now this book I'm pretty much willing to jump on board and check out their other titles as well.
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