When first looking over the 52, this title intrigued me. It was Johns’ work with the Ring corps enticed me to DC again. That said, I didn’t know what to expect. What we get from the team of Milligan, Benes, and Hunter is great, and I hope its going to stay bloody.
To be honest, I don’t know where British writer Peter Milligan is going. First, though, let me praise Benes and Hunter’s (Justice League of America) work. Their art is sharp and splendid, but its really Nathan Eyring’s colors that got me. The coloring makes Red Lanterns a visual delight.
Milligan has a wide background, with such titles as Spiderman, X-Men, Batman, and Tank Girl. He starts with a cat and slaughter while leaving us with a mutinous brood of raging Lanterns. We learn the past and present of Atrocitus. We see his family’s death and the birth of the Red Lanterns; him gloating over the bleeding corpse of the Guardian Krona; and finally we see his self doubts mingle with his bloody quest for vengeance. Where Atrocitus is going, I do not know; however, I suspect the Red Lanterns will soon be visiting John and Raymond in London, where Milligan plants the seeds for rage to grow.
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