Bloodshot Salvation

Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes steer Valiant's nanite-enhanced soldier through a harrowing stretch in Bloodshot Salvation (2017–2018), a 24-issue series that pushes him into an unexpectedly personal war. With visceral art from Mico Suayan, Lewis LaRosa, and Kenneth Rocafort, the story explores what happens when a living weapon tries to build a family and a future, only to find his past and his programming pulling him back into violence. It's a key chapter that deepens the character's humanity, showing that even a man rebuilt by technology can't escape the cost of his own history.