But not rage.Īctually, most of the other Corps would have made for better ongoings. That mission is something like “We’ll punish all the guilty people in the universe.” And that somehow is rage… which it really isn’t.

Thus, Atrocitus and his buddies are getting a new mission. And they’ve realized that fairly early on in an issue that wasn’t even about the characters. Sure, the rage-inducing thing might be different – annoying co-workers, lack of money, feeling of being wronged by the government, that annoying neighbour dog and many more – but in the end, it all boils down to “RAAAARRGH!” and maybe some choice expletives.Īnd that’s the book’s main problem. Why is there not much to it? Because rage is one of the most primitive emotions there is. As such, the only thing they’ve done during Blackest Night is scream something along the lines of “RAAARRGH!” That was that. Because rage is the emotion that fuels the Lanterns. It’s about Atrocitus, leader of the Red Lanterns of Rage. One of them is the new Red Lanterns book. Books that you can’t help but wonder why they were greenlit.

OMAC brought us more writing genius by Dan DiDio, much like Hawk and Dove brought us the question why they still let Liefeld draw things. Action Comics finally brought us a Superman who is not Justin Bieber. Deathstroke brought us a badass villain who is not even halfway redeemed by some noble cause. Justice League brought back the sense of adventure, the sense of discovery. With the New Fifty-Two, we’ve gotten a lot of good comics.

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