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Valiant Comics Responds To Accusations Of Transphobia In Bloodshot #1

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Valiant Comics Responds To Accusations Of Transphobia In Bloodshot #1

Their excuse reads as weak sauce to me... how did it make it past editorial?

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Yeah that can't really be excused. There's no other intention you can mean in 2025.
Bloodshot #1 the Second?
I have an original Bloodshot #1 from the 90s. Obviously they rebooted, but the headline caught my attention and I wanted to make sure.
- Yeah, new #1 out this week.
I read the first text box in that panel of art that the article shows and thought...coulda been worse.
Then I read the second text box and thought, oh. That is so much worse.
- Pretty much my reaction... "Ok, there's some plausible deniability... oh, and there it goes!"
Publishers excuse of "Hey, writer is Argentinian, something was lost in translation..." has now officially aged like milk:
https://comicbookclublive.com/2025/08/16/bloodshot-writer-mauro-mantella-reposted-anti-trans-memes-unearthed-tweets/

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