I didn't really care for this one. It started out well but it just kind of fizzled for me.

Well, this just wasn't for me. I'm honestly baffled at how this book made the 52 cut. I neither needed nor wanted a book entirely about the Red Lanterns, and it's painfully obvious that the entire nature of the Red Lanterns, as previously established, needs to be changed from the ground up in order to make something, anything of the book. The only thing that I could dredge up any interest for were the origins of the existing Red Lanterns. Those were, for the most part, told very, very well, and

It's weird, it feels like nothing happens, no plot, no direction, no threat.I will always look back at this book and just remember Atrocitus thinking, musing, looking on as his Red Lanterns fight... no, scrabble? No, they can't form sentences, they just kinda fight because they have nothing to do. Some great origin stories thrown in there. And as if the writer finally decides to throw in a problem to have a plot, Krona's body disappears near the end.With nothing much for me to say, it would soun...

I'd had Blood and Rage sitting in my house for a while before I finally decided to pick it up.Honestly, I thought it was going to be less than interesting. Who cares about the Red Lanterns, anyway? Not me.Sure, they make good side characters, but they've lost their ability to reason, so it's not like they are going to be having lengthy discussions on the meaning of life.Well.I was wrong. In fact, it turns out that Atrocitus is actually contemplating the meaning of his life...On top of that, ther...

DC somehow made a series about brainless rage-monsters work. Atrocitus goes all Batman and starts avenging helpless people (except he kills his enemies of course) while Bleeze gets her mind back and starts plotting the takeover of the Red Lanterns. There is also a side plot about a new Red Lantern from Earth. I felt it was the weakest of the various plots, yet it's an interesting view into what it's like becoming a Red Lantern.

This was the first comic book I ever read and I came into with open expectations. What this did really well was provide me interesting characters that I care about. As a first chapter in any series does, it provides the exposition for the entire story and it did so effectively. I enjoyed the art, people seem to be hit or miss on this, but I am very much on team hit. It is gory, but not too gory, sexy, but not too sexy. The lines are clean, the shades of red work, and the flow from one panel to t...

Cast upon a blighted planet, Ysmault, the Red Lanterns fight each other in a mindless torpor while their leader, the monstrous Atrocitus, broods over the corpse of a dead Guardian called Krona who killed his family. But one day Krona disappears and out of desperation Atrocitus throws one of his Red Lanterns, Bleez (a vampiric looking babe with skeleton wings and pupil-less eyes) into the Blood Ocean to give her intelligence and aid him in finding Krona. Meanwhile on Earth, bookish and quiet Jack...

I'm a big Green Lantern fan so I was looking forward to this volume, but I came away a bit disappointed. Once again, not a complete story here. I think DC missed really missed out with drawing in new readers because it's not complete. All the first books of the New 52 should have been complete stories. As it is the story so far seems quite drawn out and a tiny bit repetitious. The art is terrific. Benes is getting better. And I enjoy the slightly British twang to Milligan's writing.

Story: Atrocitus is at a midlife Rage crisis. He is one of the strongest lanterns out there thanks to his ring of rage but he feels like he's losing it. I mean he only talks to a dead body of the person who killed his entire family and people to get on track. That's normal, right? So when he finally frees the mind of one of his other red lanterns, let's them think for herself, he begins to worry someone...or everyone is betraying him. On top of that we go around the galaxy to see other people me...

Atrocious, the protagonist of the narrative discusses his battle with yellow lanterns, whose blood and rage fuel him to form his own group (Red Lanterns), made up of those who have lost loved ones to yellow lantern battles. As well as the red lantern (Jack Moore), who reflects on his own sufferings, past and present, a new wind appears in his sails.As a Lantern Corp fan, I appreciated how well the author was able to portray the diversity of his characters' backgrounds and gave them a greater par...

This was... not at all what I was expecting. Red Lanterns are all about rage and violence, so I expected this to be even more over-the-top than Deathstroke was. Instead, it's almost a meditation on what it means to have rage, and what is a justification for anger, and what motivates rage. This is probably one of the most philosophical books I've seen in a mainstream DC publication. Unfortunately, being different doesn't necessarily make it good. I've never been a huge fan of Red Lanterns, and th...

More of a 4.5, really. I don't know that I'll be able to convince anyone how good this book is unless they already get it. Sure, red is my favorite color and I usually love all the trappings of the Red Lanterns. Fire. Blood. Vengeance. These are a few of my favorite things. But beyond that, it's about if you have ever been hurt enough that all you can feel is an all-consuming rage for vengeance, to strike back at the ones who wronged you. That feeling is alive and well in every page of this book...

meh. i'm not sure why this book needs to exist. these characters are unlikable. some nice existentialist problems going on, and the script and art are great, but i can't get attached to characters like those in this book. just like with Deathstroke, there is nothing to draw me in to like the characters. i might give volume 2 a try, to see if things change.

I would think that whoever drew the assignment to write Red Lanterns for DC's New 52 was facing a daunting challenge. The title characters of the story are the embodiment of rage and not very sympathetic characters (to understate the case). Writing any type of story with such unsympathetic protagonists makes it difficult to keep the readers' interest and attention. Peter Milligan pulls it off wonderfully here. I was interested in what would happen next, and how the characters would develop. Sinc...

Fun book, all motivations and characters are fleshed out well and nicely sets up next book.

Every since Geoff Johns creation of the various lantern corps, the entire Green Lantern mythology blew through the roof in future possibilities. Every corps. has there own uniqueness about them and following that any person would love to read about because each corp. personifies each readers personality. If you believe in hope, you're probably drawn to the Blue Lanterns. Maybe you like being a selfish person and can associate with the orange light of avarice. Whatever the case, I think most peop...

This is a great book! It was i think very refreshing to read a comic about a lantern corp other than the Green. This book is a lot of fun and its nice to see what the red Lanterns get up to in there own time. Highly recommend it!

When I first heard about the New 52...my reaction? Why!???When I saw the line up for the New 52 and it included a separate storyline for the Red Lanterns; borne out of their "following" after the successful DC crisis, "Blackest Night", I made the same reaction (along with some head scratching)... Why!??And then when I read the recent Vol 1 compilation that collects the first 7 issues of their New 52 run...I had to stop, nod my head and say...Oh, that's why? :)In short, reading this compilation h...

I didn't get too much enjoyment out of this collection, even though I recognize that it is a well made comic.The reason I didn't enjoy it is because it changes the fundamental principles of the Red Lantern Corps, that is: Rage does not equal Reason. Yet this entire story is about amending rage with reason so that vengeance can be executed FOR other people. Essentially, it turns the Red Lanterns into a type of hero.... and I liked them better as senseless villains that did not need to explain the...

In this trade we follow Atrocious and his Red Lantern Corps. Atrocious was once fueled by RAGE and HATE after his homeworld was destroyed by Krona, a renegade Guardian of the Universe. Now Krona is dead and Atrocitus must seek a new path for him and his uncontrollable Lanterns.Great story, well written and nice to see Atrocitus use his rage for good, somewhat. Not to mention we get an introduction to a new Red Lantern...a human at that! Art is consistently good.Reccommended to those who have a q...