Set Description:
BLOODSHOT (2012)
Your name is Angelo Mortalli. Your brother is trapped behind enemy lines and on the verge of — no. That’s not right. Your name is Raymond Garrison. You’ve retired from the dangers of the field, but a desperate plea from your oldest friend plunges you into a vicious firefight that — no. That’s not right, either. You are Bloodshot. You are the shade of gray that freedom requires. The perfect confluence of military necessity and cutting-edge technology. A walking WikiLeaks. A reservoir of dirty secrets that could set the world on fire. And you’ve just been captured.
-Valiant Entertainment, 2012
In May 2012, Valiant Entertainment began publishing new monthly comic books based on the Valiant Comics universe of characters. The first four monthly books were X-O Manowar, Bloodshot, Archer & Armstrong, and Harbinger. That re-launch was called The Summer Of Valiant. In July of that year, the relaunch of Bloodshot kicked off with writer Duane Swierczynski and artist Manuel Garcia at the helm. Manuel performed the art on the first nine books in this run, except book eight.
Duane is a highly regarded and well published crime fiction\murder mystery including Revolver, Severance Package, and Expiration Date (Winner of the 2011 Anthony award for Best paperback Original). The theme of the first nine books reflect similarities of many crime fiction and murder mystery books by tackling ideas of permanent amnesia, piecing puzzle pieces together as the story goes, with twisting plotlines. Duane ensures that throughout the entire story, plausibility is kept, drawing the reader in further and deeper into the story. Book ten kicked off the Harbinger Wars arc, which was a cross-over of Harbinger and Bloodshot and its own mini-series. Duane Swierczynski teamed up with Joshua Dysart, who was writing Harbinger at the time, and created the first cross over event for the young VEI. Duane continued to write the Bloodshot series, Joshua the Harbinger series, and together they collaborated on the Harbinger Wars series.
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Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps: H.A.R.D. Corps 0 LaRosa Variant Cover |
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Bloodshot and H.A.R.D. Corps: H.A.R.D. Corps 0 Modern |
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CGC |
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1287296004
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Cristos Gage and Joshua Dysart
Page Art: Valentine De Landro, Joseph Cooper, ChrisCross, Ian Hannin
Cover Art: Lewis Larosa
Release Date: 26 February, 2014
1 of 5 copies in the CGC Census (all 9.8)
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Bloodshot 0 Pullbox Edition |
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Bloodshot 0 Modern |
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CGC |
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2056196013
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Matt Kindt
Page Art: ChrisCross
Cover Art: Matt Kindt (Pullbox Edition)
Release Date: 21 August, 2013
COLLECTORS NOTES: The editors for this specific book were Warren Simons, who was a regular with Valiant during that time, and Jody LeHeup who went on to write some of his own fantastic comics.
Matt Kindt story & Cover Chris Cross Art
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Bloodshot 1 |
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Bloodshot 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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2025666001
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi
Release Date: 11 July, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
COLLECTORS NOTES: This image of Bloodshot bleeding the American Flag, is considered one of the most iconic images for Bloodshot by Valiant fans.
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Bloodshot 1 Aja Variant Cover |
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Bloodshot 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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0199217002
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: David Aja (1:20 variant)
Release Date: 11 July, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
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Bloodshot 1 Chinese Edition |
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Bloodshot 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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1573214001
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi
Release Date: March, 2015
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
COLLECTORS NOTES: One of the rarest and hardest Valiant books to hunt down. Never really put into circulation, These books were only given out at an event in China in March, 2015. Very few of these books made it back to the United States, and as soon as news hit the fans regarding these books, collectors went nuts!
There is an unknown number of these books spread out through collectors and fans, but guesses can be made. in the CGC Census, there are 22 total books represented. 16 9.8's, five 9.6's, and one 9.0. Collectors have speculated the total amount of books to be around 50.
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Bloodshot 1 Gold Edition |
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Bloodshot 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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1447987001
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi (Gold variant)
Release Date: 11 July, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
COLLECTORS NOTES: Considered one of the harder Valiant Gold comic books to find, This Bloodshot Gold is even harder to find in 9.8 condition. This comic is already 8 years old (as of this writing), and coupled with a nearly complete black spine, any wearing points or color breaks are exponentially magnified. Per Dinesh Shamdasani, every gold book put out from 2012 - 2018 had the same print run and the same distribution, mostly at Comic Cons and always giveaways.
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Bloodshot 1 Ribic Variant Cover |
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Bloodshot 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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0199217001
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Esad Ribic (1:50 variant)
Release Date: 11 July, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
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Bloodshot 1 Variant Edition |
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Bloodshot 1 Universal |
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CGC |
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0196699013
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Mico Suayan (pullbox variant)
Release Date: 11 July, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
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Bloodshot 1 Second Printing |
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Bloodshot 1 Modern |
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CGC |
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0205387027
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi (Second Print)
Release Date: 11 July, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Bloodshot, Nanites (depicted as gold)
COLLECTORS NOTES: In a move that would only show itself in the earliest of VEI days, Valiant chose to utilize a different images on the cover to highlight their second printing of the Bloodshot #1 book. They did chose to utilize the same artist, Arturo Lozzi. This image replaces the iconic Bloodshot #1 issue, and while still easy to find, is less popular than the first.
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Bloodshot 2 Variant Edition |
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Bloodshot 2 Modern |
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CGC |
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2025666003
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Andy Brase (1:20 Variant)
Release Date: 15 August, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Pulse (image only, not by name)
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Bloodshot 2 Second Printing |
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Bloodshot 2 Modern |
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CGC |
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0242004010
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi
Release Date: 15 August, 2012
FIRST APPEARANCE: Pulse (image only)
COLLECTORS NOTES: Unlike the #1 book, this second print book is a simple black and white version of the regular #2 completed by Arturo Lozzi.
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Bloodshot 3 |
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Bloodshot 3 Modern |
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CGC |
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0199654008
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artist: Manuel Garcia & Arturo Lozzi
Inker: Matt Ryan
Colorist: Ian Hannin
Letterer: Rob Steen
Cover Art: Esad Ribic
Release Date: 5 September, 2012
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Bloodshot 3 Variant Edition |
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Bloodshot 3 Modern |
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CGC |
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0200429016
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Page Art: Manuel Garcia (art), Arturo Lozzi & Stefano Gaudiano (ink), Ian Hannin (colors)
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi (1:25 Variant)
Release Date: 5 September, 2012
COLLECTORS NOTES: This Arturo Lozzi image is quite possibly my favorite Bloodshot cover. While not the first appearance of the Nanites (depicted as gold book #1, pg 8), nor the first naming of “The Goldies” (book #2 pg 8), it is the fist image that really ties these ideas all together. In this image, Bloodshot has a bullet wound on his wrist, and golden stream of blood (nanites) flows down his hand. It leads the imagination to see the healing of the wound, done by the "Goldies" (nanites). Collectors have often cherished this book, and have leaned on its appearance for continuity.
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Bloodshot 4 |
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Bloodshot 4 Modern |
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CGC |
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0201474012
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artist: Manuel Garcia, Arturo Lozzi
Inker: Matt Ryan
Colorist: Ian Hannin, Moose Baumann
Cover Art: David Aja (Design Varaint)
Release Date: 10 October, 2012
COLLECTORS NOTES: Design Variants were important to the Valiant Universe, especially in the very beginning of their runs. They provided an outline for new fans on who and what they looked like, and why they looked that way. In this instance, we know that Bloodshot carries a Katana,a Glock .45 and that his skin pigmentation\eye color is due to the nanites. Most importantly, it explains his ever bleeding circle on his chest and how it cracks and bleeds, but never fully heals. Again, fans and collectors refer to these types of books for continuity.
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Bloodshot 4 Variant Edition |
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Bloodshot 4 Modern |
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CGC |
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2025666004
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Owner Comments
GENERAL:
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Artist: Manuel Garcia, Arturo Lozzi
Inker: Matt Ryan
Colorist: Ian Hannin, Moose Baumann
Cover Art: Arturo Lozzi (pullbox varaint)
Release Date: 10 October, 2012
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