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Fictional superhero from Valiant Comics

Bloodshot is a superhero created in 1992 by Kevin VanHook, Don Perlin, and Bob Layton, appearing in comic books published by the American publisher Valiant Comics. The Bloodshot character has had different origins and incarnations, but he is consistently a character empowered by experimental nanites (microscopic machines) injected into his bloodstream, a procedure that leaves a red circular scar on his chest, hence the name. This gives Bloodshot enhanced physical traits, the ability to repair damage to his body, an internal database of weapons and hand to hand combat training, and a mental connection to computers (technopathy). A side effect of the use of his powers is that his skin becomes chalk white and his eyes become red. Other powers vary with each incarnation. The original Valiant Comics character was a mafia hitman named Angelo Mortalli who is experimented on by Project Rising Spirit. After Acclaim Entertainment bought Valiant Comics, writer Len Kaminski with artist Sal Velluto rebooted the character in 1997, now depicting him as a covert operative named Raymond Garrison who uses the cover identity of Angelo Mortalli while infiltrating the mafia. Garrison dies and is then resurrected and empowered by nanites, though this leaves him with amnesia. After Valiant Entertainment bought the character rights in 2004, Bloodshot was rebooted again in 2012 under the direction of Duane Swierczynski, Arturo Lozzi and Manuel Garcia. This version of the character remains in publication. The current Bloodshot (nicknamed Every Man) is a man who dies in battle and is then resurrected by nanites, making him the latest in a long line of resurrected super soldiers the Project Rising Spirit (PRS) has been creating since World War II. Believing himself to be military officer named Raymond "Ray" Garrison, Bloodshot regularly goes on covert missions and is specially trained to fight people born with superhuman powers (known as "psiots" or "harbingers" in the Valiant Universe). He learns his superiors have regularly manipulated him by altering his memories, some of which are the recovered memories of dead soldiers, including two named Raymond Garrison and Angelo Mortalli. No longer sure if he was ever Ray Garrison and not wishing to be a living weapon, Bloodshot goes rogue, hoping to find his own life outside of PRS and the military.

Bloodshot was created by Kevin VanHook, Don Perlin, and Bob Layton during a wave of popularity for Valiant Comics. The character's name was suggested by artist David Chlystek. The character first appeared in three panels on the last page of Eternal Warrior #4 (November 1992), before making his first full appearance in Rai Zero. (November 1992) a week later. The character got enough fan interest to earn his own series Bloodshot (Volume 1) in 1993, initially written by VanHook with artwork by Don Perlin. The series lasted 52 issues, concluding in 1996 just as Acclaim Entertainment bought Valiant Comics.

In 1997, Acclaim Entertainment rebooted the Valiant Universe. The new series Bloodshot (vol. 2), written by Len Kaminski with art by Sal Velluto, introduced a slightly altered version of the character and lasted 16 issues, ending in 1998. When Acclaim went out of business in 2004, Valiant Comics was rebranded as Valiant Entertainment and bought the rights to Bloodshot.

In 2012, Valiant Entertainment rebooted the Valiant Universe again with a new line of comics. Bloodshot (vol. 3) introduced a new take on the Bloodshot character, written by Duane Swierczynski with art by Arturo Lozzi and Manuel Garcia. The series lasted 27 issues, though it was temporarily rebranded as Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps after Valiant's Harbinger Wars crossover in 2013, then regained its original title after the Armor Hunters crossover in 2014 (which included a miniseries titled Armor Hunters: Bloodshot). In 2015, a new ongoing series titled Bloodshot Reborn began under the direction of Jeff Lemire and Mico Suayan, lasting 18 issues and concluding in 2016, and supplemented with a miniseries titled Bloodshot U. S. A. and the one shot Bloodshot's Day Off. In 2017, the 12 issue series Bloodshot Salvation was done by Lemire and Suayan, along with Lewis LaRosa. From 2018 to 2019, Valiant published a prequel 8 issue series titled Bloodshot Rising Spirit written by Kevin Grevioux, Lonnie Nadler, and Zac Thompson, with art by Ken Lashley. A new series set in the present began afterward, simply titled Bloodshot (vol. 4), written by Tim Seeley and illustrated by Brett Booth.

Starting with the 2012 Valiant Entertainment relaunch, the Project Rising Spirit Program (PRS) is said to have regularly created different super soldiers since the days of World War II. The Bloodshot super soldiers, later collectively known as the "Bloodshot Squad," are distinguished by nicknames: Tank Man (Winston Grover) first served in World War II, described as an "animated Frankenstein"; the science greatly improved for Viet Man (Sergeant Dell Palmer), who served in the Vietnam War and was "fully repairable and adaptable to his environment"; Cold Man was an operative who could adopt a more human appearance and blend in, helping him act as a covert agent during the Cold War. At some point, there was also a dog test subject nicknamed Bloodhound. All of these subjects were near mindless weapons with little restraint against causing civilian casualties. Starting with Quiet Man, who served in the Gulf War, the Bloodshot project uses nanites to transfer memories from dead soldiers, providing the super soldier with emotional restraint as well as motivation factors that can be manipulated to ensure control. One Bloodshot cyborg who has multiple false identities implanted over time eventually becomes insane, forcing the program to destroy him in 2010. The techniques and technology used on him are improved on for the next Bloodshot, who is nicknamed Every Man and serves in many Special Ops missions, including in Syria and Afghanistan. Bloodshot (Volume 3) follows the life of Every Man, who at the start of the series believes he is Raymond "Ray" Garrison, a soldier with a wife and son back home. In 2007, Dr. Emmanuel Kuretich discovers P. R. S. Director Simon Oreck is using Bloodshot super soldiers to capture "psiots" or "harbingers", rare people born with superhuman abilities (particularly children psiots). Alarmed, Kuretich leaves and joins Toyo Harada's Harbinger Foundation, secretly making plans to stop P. R. S. Years later, while on a routine mission in Afghanistan, the modern day Bloodshot soldier is captured by the Harbinger Foundation. Intending to expose Project Rising Sun to the world, Kuretich forcibly extracts mental records of his missions. The process causes Bloodshot to realize he has repeatedly been given false memories of different lives and identities in order to motivate him and control him. He believed he was Ray Garrison but now sees conflicting memories of other families, lives, and names (such as "Angelo Mortalli"). After escaping from Kuretich, Bloodshot learns P. R. S. is willing to destroy him if necessary and evades them too, realizing all his memories may be lies. Bloodshot later finds a P. R. S. facility known as the Nursery, built to house captured psiot children. Freeing the captives, he confronts the Nursery's sadistic jailer Gamma as well as an "outdated" cyborg hit squad called Chainsaw. His actions at the Nursery help lead to the Harbinger Wars crossover. Several free psiots join together to oppose both the Harbinger Foundation and P. R. S., calling themselves the Renegades, including a hacker activist named @x (pronounced "Ax").

When Bloodshot later meets Toyo Harada, his free will is overridden by the "Harada Protocol", a hidden Rising Spirit program compelling him to terminate the man. A vicious battle leaves Harada seriously wounded and Bloodshot with a depleted nanite count. Bloodshot becomes a prisoner of Harada's Harbinger Foundation. Harada subjects him to painful tests, hoping to learn more about his unique technology. Not wishing the Harbinger Foundation to uncover the secrets of their experiments, Project Rising Spirit sends out a superhuman combat team, the Harbinger Active Resistance Division Corps (known more simply as H. A. R. D. Corps). Despite losses, the team retrieves Bloodshot. In exchange for PRS restoring his health and nanites, Bloodshot accepts membership in the H. A. R. D. Corps and joins the team on various global missions, including retrieving a former Project Rising Spirit test subject codenamed Prodigal, and fighting the duo of Archer & Armstrong in the crossover story "Mission Improbable." During this time, Bloodshot (Volume 3) is temporarily retitled Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps. Bloodshot pretends to become a loyal soldier and H. A. R. D Corps member in order to regain his health, as well as access to the Project's resources. As a reward for his cooperation and sign of good faith, Project Rising Spirit gives Bloodshot a file that seems to reveal his true identity is indeed Raymond "Ray" Garrison (though this could be another false life created by PRS). Once Bloodshot is sure he can survive without their aid, he breaks free of PRS and H. A. R. D. Corps, determined to be his own person rather than anyone's weapon. The series resumes the title Bloodshot for its final issues, #24 and 25. Deciding to retire from violence, Bloodshot disappears.

Published in 2015 with creators Jeff Lemire and Mico Suayan, this series ran for 19 regular issues and had an annual issue, as well as the Bloodshot USA 4 issue miniseries and the one shot Bloodshot's Day Off. After having his nanites removed by Kay McHenry (Geomancer), Bloodshot tries to live a normal life as Ray Garrison. But when a number of shootings are carried out by men who look like Bloodshot, he investigates and returns to the life he left behind.

Published in 2017 with creators Jeff Lemire, Mico Suayan and Lewis LaRosa, this series ran for 12 regular issues plus a number of event tie ins. Following directly after Bloodshot Reborn, Bloodshot must now protect his girlfriend Magic and their daughter from Magic's sadistic family.

An 8 issue prequel series launched in 2018 under the writing trio of Kevin Grevioux, Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson, with artist Ken Lashley. The story takes place in 2010, two years before the Every Man Bloodshot learns his memories have been tampered with, leading him to go rogue. The prequel series focuses on a cyborg Bloodshot super soldier who is regularly given new memories and identities, including one named "Angelo Mortalli." The imperfect memory alteration process eventually drives him insane and he turns on his handlers, forcing Project Rising Spirit to destroy him. By studying him, PRS ensures that their next Bloodshot soldier (the one who believes himself to be Raymond Garrison) will not suffer the same side effect of insanity. This cyborg has no official name and is often referred to by fans simply as "Bloodshot Rising Spirit." The cyborg is seen by many as an immediate "prototype" to the modern day Bloodshot.

In 2019, writer Tim Seeley and artist Brett Booth launched a new ongoing Bloodshot series, which ended in March 2021 after 13 issues.

In 2022, writer Deniz Camp and artist Jon Davis Hunt launched a new series, Bloodshot Unleashed. This is the first mature readers title from Valiant Entertainment.

Angelo Mortalli is a living man injected with nanites that control his blood flow, oxygen, and adrenaline levels, and almost immediately rebuild damaged and torn muscle. This gives him augmented reflexes, strength, speed, senses, and advanced healing. The microscopic machines connect his mind to a pre programmed database of martial arts styles, combat skills, and weapons information. When Mortalli has to heal from serious wounds, he needs to consume animal tissue and protein (such as raw meat) to replace the lost mass and flesh. Alternatively, he can hold such replacement tissue and protein against the wound that needs repair and let his body absorb it over time. When in a calm state, Angelo's default appearance is identical to how he appeared before his nanite injection. When he uses his superhuman abilities or when his nanites detect a combat situation, his skin becomes paler until it is chalk white and his eyes turn red. The original series was written by Kevin VanHook and drawn by Don Perlin. The premiere issue featured the first "Chromium" comic book cover. Bloodshot (vol. 3) #1 (July 2012) was awarded "Best Comic" by Diamond Comic Distributors (the American comics industry's leading distributor) and "Best Innovation" for its chromium cover. Bloodshot was named one of the Top Ten Comic Book Series of 2012 by Nerdage.

Bloodshot, a film based on the character starring Vin Diesel, had a theatrical release in the United States on March 13, 2020, by Sony Pictures Releasing. It was intended to be the first installment in a series of films set within a Valiant Comics shared cinematic universe. A version of the Valiant character Ax (who was an enemy of Bloodshot in his original incarnation) appeared in the film, while Project Rising Sun was altered to be a company called Rising Spirit Tech. Directed by David S. F. Wilson (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Jeff Wadlow and Eric Heisserer and a story by Wadlow, the film also stars Eiza González, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, and Guy Pearce.

Bloodshot appears in Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe, portrayed by Jason David Frank.

A Bloodshot video game was in development between 1997 and 1998 at Iguana Entertainment UK for PlayStation and Microsoft Windows, but was cancelled by publisher Acclaim Entertainment due to late development issues. Bloodshot appears as a secret unlockable playable character in the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions of Shadow Man.

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNValiant Masters: Bloodshot Volume 1 – Blood of the MachineBloodshot (vol. 1) #1 8November 2012Bloodshot Classic Omnibus Volume 1Bloodshot (vol. 1) #0 24, Rai #0, Rai Companion #1, Eternal Warrior #5,14 16, Secret Weapons (vol. 1) #3, 9 10,13, H. A. R. D. Corps #5October 2019

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNBloodshot Vol. 1: Setting the World on FireBloodshot (vol. 3) #1 4March 2013Bloodshot Vol. 2: The Rise and the FallBloodshot (vol. 3) #5 9July 2013Bloodshot Vol. 3: Harbinger WarsBloodshot (vol. 3) #10 13October 2013Bloodshot Vol. 4: H. A. R. D. CorpsBloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #14 17, Bloodshot (vol. 3) #0January 2014Bloodshot Vol. 5: Get Some and Other StoriesBloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #18 19, 22 23, Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps: H. A. R. D. Corps #0September 2014Archer & Armstrong Vol. 5: Mission: ImprobableBloodshot and H. A. R. D Corps #20 21 and Archer & Armstrong: Archer #0, Archer & Armstrong #18 19 June 2014Bloodshot Vol. 6: The Glitch and Other TalesBloodshot (vol. 3) #24 25June 2015Bloodshot Deluxe Edition Book 1Bloodshot (vol. 3) #1 13April 2014Bloodshot Deluxe Edition Book 2Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps #14 23, Bloodshot (vol. 3) #0, 24 25, Bloodshot and H. A. R. D. Corps: H. A. R. D. Corps #0, Archer & Armstrong #18 19October 2015

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNBloodshot Reborn Vol. 1: ColoradoBloodshot Reborn #1–5September 2015Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 2: The HuntBloodshot Reborn #6 9February 2016Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 3: The Analog ManBloodshot Reborn #10 13July 2016Bloodshot Reborn Vol. 4: Bloodshot IslandBloodshot Reborn #14 18, Annual #1January 2017Bloodshot U. S. A. Bloodshot U. S. A. #1 4May 2017Bloodshot Reborn Deluxe Edition Book 1Bloodshot Reborn #1–13December 2016Bloodshot Reborn Deluxe Edition Book 2Bloodshot Reborn #0, 14–18, Annual #1, Bloodshot U. S. A. #1 4, Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1, 4001 A. D.: Bloodshot #1, Bloodshot's Day Off #1October 2017Bloodshot Salvation Vol. 1: The Book of RevengeBloodshot Salvation #1 5March 2018Bloodshot Salvation Vol. 2: The Book of the DeadBloodshot Salvation #6 9August 2018Bloodshot Salvation Volume 3: The Book of RevelationsBloodshot Salvation #10 12January 2019Bloodshot Salvation Deluxe EditionBloodshot Salvation #1 12December 2019

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNBloodshot Book 1Bloodshot (vol. 4) #1 3, material from Valiant FCBD Bloodshot 2019 SpecialDecember 2019Bloodshot Book 2Bloodshot (vol. 4) #4 6March 2020Bloodshot Book 3Bloodshot (vol. 4) #0, 7 9January 2021Bloodshot Book 4Bloodshot (vol. 4) #10 12, material from Valiant 2020 Year of the Heroes FCBD SpecialJune 2021Bloodshot by Tim Seeley Deluxe EditionBloodshot (vol. 4) #0 12, material from Valiant FCBD Bloodshot 2019 Special, Valiant 2020 Year of the Heroes FCBD SpecialApril 2022

+TitleMaterial collectedPublished dateISBNArmor Hunters: BloodshotArmor Hunters: Bloodshot #1 3, material from Bloodshot (vol. 3) #0January 2015Divinity III: Heroes of the Glorious StalinverseDivinity III: Komandar Bloodshot #1 and Divinity III: Aric, Son of the Revolution #1, Divinity III: Shadowman and the Battle of New Stalingrad #1, and Divinity III: Escape from Gulag 396 #1June 2017Bloodshot Rising SpiritBloodshot Rising Spirit #1 8March 2021

Bloodshot (vol. 1) #0 was reprinted in 1994 as the first Chinese (Cantonese) Valiant Comics book in Hong Kong. The book was published as part of a collector's box of six Valiant Comics books. A limited number of promotional copies of Bloodshot #1 were distributed at a press conference in Beijing when Valiant Entertainment announced a new partnership with DMG Entertainment on March 9, 2015. The promotional issue was translated and printed in Chinese (Mandarin).