Bloodshot #50

Reaching its landmark 50th issue in 1996, Valiant's Bloodshot arrives with a cover by Sean Chen and Steve Montano that immediately signals trouble — Bloodshot, his pale skin and red-circle chest mark unmistakable, clutches an unconscious figure while scrambling through churning water, loomed over by a massive, tentacled alien creature with glowing red eyes. The sense of desperate urgency is palpable, perfectly teeing up "Death Trap Part 1" from the creative team of writer Mark Moretti and artist Sean Chen. If this is how the next chapter of Bloodshot's saga begins, the pressure is only going to build from here.