Bloodshot Salvation 9

The origin of Bloodhound! In the wire-strewn trenches of World War I, witness the true story of a good boy gone bad, as Eisner and Harvey Award nominee Ray Fawkes (Batman: Eternal) joins New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer) and astonishing artist Renato Guedes (X-O MANOWAR) for a special one-shot tale chronicling the never-before-revealed history of Project Rising Spirit?s first prototype in nanite enhancement: the indestructible canine weapons unit codenamed Bloodhound! Before he found his place at Ray Garrison?s side, Bloodshot?s loyal companion learned the depths of mankind?s inhumanity toward brother and beast alike on the battlefields of France. Now, as the Kaiser?s war machine approaches, find out firsthand how a beloved comrade with four legs and a soul full of fury inspired a legacy that still stands after nearly a century!

Bloodshot, a.k.a. Ray Garrison, wants to lead a normal life with his love, Magic, and their daughter, Jessie, but there?s no storybook ending for the unstoppable hero. New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer, Descender) and extraordinary artists Lewis LaRosa (SAVAGE), Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN), Renato Guedes (PSI-LORDS), and Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR) come together for a deluxe edition hardcover of the series. Collecting the complete BLOODSHOT SALVATION series #1-12 along with more than 20 pages of rarely seen art and extras!

Contains materials originally published in single magazine form as Bloodshot Salvation #1-5.

Can Bloodshot rewrite ?THE BOOK OF THE DEAD? to save his daughter from the darkness? In the realm of the dead, three travelers now seek salvation. Bloodshot ? a man remade as a weapon. Bloodhound ? an innocent creature imbued with formidable power. And Baby Jessie ? Bloodshot?s infant daughter, newly transformed in his own terrible image. Together, these three have all been damned by fate ? an injustice they now seek to undo by striking a demonic pact to save Jessie?s life. But in the underworld known as the Deadside, there are few fair deals and even fewer promises fulfilled? With his weapons laid down, can Bloodshot tip the scales of life and death to save the one precious light his existence has ever offered? Master storyteller Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer) presents a haunting and powerful turning point in the life of Valiant?s machine-made soldier for the final chapter of the ?THE BOOK OF THE DEAD? ? featuring fully painted artwork by Renato Guedes (X-O MANOWAR)!

Into the Deadside! Years ago, Project Rising Spirit?s cutting-edge nanite technology transformed Ray Garrison into the walking weapon codenamed Bloodshot. Now, those very same microscopic machines have infected his infant daughter?s physiology and threaten to destroy her from the inside out. As the life of an innocent hangs in the balance, Bloodshot will be forced to make an unimaginable decision: to watch the child he?loves?die, or to confront death itself?and negotiate a deal for her safety. Now, with only Bloodhound and the enigmatic hero known as Shadowman to guide him, Bloodshot is about to undertake an unreal journey into the demon-haunted dimension known as the Deadside to save a life?or sacrifice his own? Eisner Award-nominated writer Jeff Lemire (The?Terrifics, Black Hammer) and explosive artist Renato Guedes (Wolverine) take Bloodshot on a heart-stopping journey to Deadside?s darkest depths to confront death itself in the series named one of the year's best by Entertainment Weekly! Collecting?BLOODSHOT SALVATION #6?9.

Time to kill! To save his daughter's life, Bloodshot brokered an unthinkable bargain...and has been thrown forward two thousand years in the future to 4002 A.D.! But preserving life requires a sacrifice...and now, he's on the hunt to take out the one man standing between him and the safe return of his family! Too bad the only thing standing in his way is...Bloodshot? When the 41st century's Bloodshot finds out Ray Garrison has come to town, all hell is bound to break loose! Eisner Award winner Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer) and master storyteller Doug Braithwaite (X-O MANOWAR) are about to pull the pin on the next explosive chapter of """"THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS"""" with a centuries-spanning gunfight for the ages!

Salvation through sacrifice! Today: Ray Garrison and his true love, Magic, thought they had left their days of tumult and violence behind them as they raise their newborn daughter, Jessie, in the quiet isolation of the countryside? Until Magic?s father ? the depraved cultist simply named ?Daddy? ? seeks to bring his wayward progeny back into his flock by any means necessary. Now, torn between the family that loves him and the rage within, the walking weapon of war once called Bloodshot is about to give in to revenge? Meanwhile: In the near future, can Magic and the now-adolescent Jessie outmaneuver the nanite-infused killer called Rampage long enough to answer the question that has haunted them for years? Whatever happened to the man they both loved? Whatever happened to Bloodshot? New York Times best-selling writer Jeff Lemire (Black Hammer, Descender) and extraordinary artists Lewis LaRosa (BLOODSHOT REBORN) and Mico Suayan (BLOODSHOT REBORN) soldier forward for a heart-wrenching, revenge-fueled firefight!