Red Lantern Corps
Atrocitus
Founder of the Red Lantern Corps.
Atrocitus founds the Red Lantern Corps around rage at injustice. Rage of the Red Lanterns introduces his threat; the ongoing series examines competing loyalties inside his own army.
Continuity: Main DC comics continuity; this profile follows the cited era rather than asserting a permanent present-day status.
- Affiliation
- Red Lantern Corps
- First appearance
- Green Lantern #25 (2007)
Story history — History and later developments — spoilers
The Manhunters’ massacre of Sector 666 destroys Atrocitus’s family and drives his hatred of the Guardians who created the machines. After imprisonment on Ysmault, he uses blood rituals to establish the red power and gather others shaped by rage. His opposition to the Guardians does not make his methods harmless. Red Lanterns tests both his purpose and his ability to command followers with grievances of their own.
Reference scope: DC’s character profile identifies Green Lantern #25 (2007) as the debut. Its series launch material supports the Red Lanterns premise.
Profile reviewed 2026-11-04.
