![]() I don’t want to spoil it but splashes of blood have a particularly touching message. There’s also a particularly poignant bit of art later on as we flashback to Bloodshot and his daughter Jessie. There’s a lot to be said of the body language in the art which helps reinforce what we hear in the narration. Little touches of the way Bloodshot moves and gold himself all reflect the way he’s trying to help Verlane above everything. Yet for all the blood and guts in the art there’s also the melancholy, the fact Bloodshot doesn’t blame Verlane at all. He spends significant periods of this issue with a hole in his chest. The art doesn’t shy away from the sheer damage Bloodshot takes. Well shot, exploded, all those things that lead to messy outcomes. Which means that he gets pretty shot up in the process. ![]() It’s why he looks for a non-violent way of subduing him. It’s not his fault that he suffers traumatic flashbacks that lead him to violence and Bloodshot gets that. Verlane is probably the most sympathetic character we’ve met. When reading you are able to follow along with both and get sense of the loss of both. The two storylines were interweaved really well in both the writing but also the art. I really loved how the parallels were drawn between the present with Verlane and the past with his family. So is Bloodshot as we finally flashback to the event that ruined Bloodshot’s home and family. Verlane is a man haunted by flashbacks to his past. There is a lot of trauma explored here both Bloodshot’s but also that of Sergeant Michael Verlane, the soldier Bloodshot is facing. If there is a theme then that theme is pretty dark and PTSD. There are things that could be expanded upon in the future which is also good. ![]() We finally get answers regarding Bloodshot’s family, including an appearance from the dog, yes. It’s a good ending to a first and possibly only arc. If we do I hope we get something more in this vein. Who knows when we will get more of the character. This has been a solid return for Bloodshot. It’s been a short run but also one packed with quality. Here we are with the last issue of Bloodshot.
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