Bloodshot #9 Review

Bloodshot seems, at first, like a standard action story setup. Betrayed and lied to, a super operative goes after those who pulled his strings for so long and the such. However, Bloodshot quickly deviates from that path and we suddenly find our title character purposely gimping his own arms in a battle with a super-powered grandma. To put it simply, Bloodshot #9 is pretty weird.

Duane Swierczynski deserves credit for steering this title into unexpected territory. Weird ain't a bad thing. However, it would be nice to see a little more traditional action. If you bought this issue based of its superb cover which features a dual machine gun wielding Bloodshot wasting some dudes, prepare for disappointment. What you get instead is super grandmas, which sounds a lot cooler in theory than it is in execution. Actually, maybe it doesn't sound that cool in theory either.

Manuel Garcia does a fine job with the art in this issue. His action scenes – of which there are simply not enough of – have a nice dynamic energy to them. You can just feel the brutality as legs snap and heads crunch. Where things get loose is in the character work. Other than fat grandma and Bloodshot, a lot of the characters look pretty interchangeable, especially the females. It makes the quieter moments awkward, since there's an emotional punch missing. Hopefully the upcoming Harbinger Wars will return Bloodshot to its former, action-packed glory.

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