Publishers / Acclaim / Valiant / Bloodshot (1993) / #21
21November 1994
$2.25; 3.20 CAD

Bloodshot #21

Acclaim / Valiant · November 1994 · on sale August 2, 1994

First appearance (promotional): Maxim St. JamesFirst appearance (promotional): ShadowmanFirst appearance (cover): Ax
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Identification plate

Series
Bloodshot (Acclaim / Valiant, 1993 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
November 1994
Key date
November 1994
On-sale date
August 2, 1994
Indicia publisher
Valiant
Price
$2.25; 3.20 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Maxim St. James - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Shadowman - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (cover) of Ax - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0In Mortal Combat Against His Greatest Enemy -- Ax!cover1pencils: Mike Vosburg; inks: Paul Hewitt; colors: Carol VanHookAx First, Bloodshot
2The More Things Change...comic story21script: Kevin VanHook; pencils: Mike Vosburg; inks: Mike DeCarlo; colors: Carol VanHook; letters: Rob JohnsonArtie (Ax's friend, flashback); Ax; Benito Carboni; Bloodshot [Angelo Mortalli; Michael Lazarus]; Detective Tom Morgan; Juan Javier Caldone (unidentified); Kim (deli owner); Lady Diana (unidentified); Laws (unidentified); Marty Dietz; Mary; Mike (Ax's grandfather, flashback); Oyama (unidentified); T
5-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Paul Smith; inks: Paul Smith; colors: Mark CsaszarMagnus
6Warrior-King of the Lost Land!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetAric Dacia, X-O Manowar
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetMagnus, Chris Torkelson
8Torn Between Two Motherspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: George Saravia; inks: Gonzalo Mayo; colors: Eric HopeRai [Sho Sugino]
9Victorian Voodoo with a Touch of Da Vincipromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetShadowman First, Maxim St. James First
10Dr. Silk has the Bomb-- Ninjak is Ground Zero!!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetNinjak
11-in-house column1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset
12The Tome is Right for a New Kind of Heropromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
13-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetJack Boniface, Shadowman

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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Series context

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Sources

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