It has been awhile since I did a review on the Lantern Corps, so I decided to focus today’s review on issue #13 of the Red Lanterns. Besides being a great title from DC, this issue of Red Lanterns is important to the Rise of the Third Army storyline. For those of you under a rock, the Third Army is the new vision of the Guardians. The Guardians are no longer satisfied with the Lantern Corps and they want to raise a Third Army. Let me tell you, from reading the other titles, this Third Army is bad ass and will be hard to defeat. But I do not want to go into too much detail, instead let me draw the focus back to the Red Lanterns #13.
Issue #13 starts of on the planet Arhtky of Sector 2967. There we find sisters who have been captured a raider known simply as Cord. His men raided and killed everyone in the village except the two sisters. This story is told from the point-of-view of the younger sister, Taya. This allows us to feel what Taya feels, and she feels nothing but RAGE. She wants to see these men pay fro what they have done to her village and her family.
Taya’s rage is so great, that on the planet Ysmault, the Red Lanterns sense this rage and are drawn in her direction. They leave their home to find the source of this rage. Meanwhile, Taya has a plan, she dances for them and as they pass out she makes her escape to a nearby village. Cord and his men eventually find her, and make those who helped Taya pay. In the process Taya is attacked by Cord, but then Cord is attacked by Atrocitus and the rest of the Red Lanterns.
While the Red Lanterns are in battle, they are ambushed by the Third Army. They have never encountered these beings before. They are shocked that their powers seem useless against their attackers. However, Atrocitus is a great warrior and he has figured out a way to kill these beings. Since they can die, he has no fear to take them on.
What will happen next? You will have to get the next issue to see. I also recommend that you get the other lantern titles to keep up with the Third Army storyline. The writing and artwork is amazing! This issue deserves a rating of 15 out of 10. If you haven’t read the Red Lanterns titles before, you should definitely get this issue and see what you are missing.
Writer: Peter Milligan Artist: Miguel Sepulveda
Publisher: DC Comics
