Story: Jeff Lemire takes a familiar sounding assassins arc and immediately fills it with intrigue and surprise no spoilers here but, there is a very nice surprise in Bloodshot U.S.A #1.
Art: Doug Braithwaite's panels are drawn and arranged in a manner that gives them extra-dimensional pop, of course they are not 3D, but his use of angles and space, give the panels height and weight, which is very difficult in 2D. The characters show emotion and those details in his panels and splash pages, help advance the story without words.
Color: Brian Reber uses a cohesive palette that showcases his sense of ambiences, and texture. Bloodshot U.S.A #1 is colored in a slightly muted real