After looking at hundreds of comic book covers, it becomes quickly apparent that not every cover is 100% original. Whether done intentionally or even underhandedly, there’s something about uncovering these “swipes” that adds a new element of fun to reading and collecting comics.

Bloodshot was one of Valiant’s all new creations that starred in his own rather successful ongoing series. ValiantFans.com estimates that this issue had a print run of 850,000! So, it stands to reason that Parody Press would jump on board with a spoof that very same year. Consider, if Parody sold just 5% of the 850K, they’d sell over 40,000 comics! Not a bad venture….

Bloodshot #1 February 1993 Barry Windsor-Smith

Bloodyhot #1 1993 Tatsuya Ishida

On Ebay: Bloodshot
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