Reading Order
Red Lanterns
Rage gets its own book — and Guy Gardner gets a red ring.
2011 – 2015
Collected in Red Lanterns: Blood and Rage and subsequent volumes.
The story
For the first time, the Red Lantern Corps headlined their own ongoing series. Peter Milligan opened with Atrocitus at his most terrifying — a prophet of rage building an army from the universe's most wronged souls, including the fierce Bleez, whose hatred of her tormentors made her his deadliest lieutenant.
Then Charles Soule took over and did the unthinkable: he gave a red ring to Guy Gardner. The most volatile Green Lantern became the Red Lanterns' leader, and Soule turned the book into a study of whether rage can be aimed — whether the Corps' fury could serve justice instead of just vengeance.
Essential for understanding the Red Lanterns as more than monsters — and for Guy Gardner's wildest character arc.
Key characters
Red Lanterns (2011) #1 — main cover. Ed Benes (cover pencils); Rob Hunter (cover inks); Rod Reis (cover colors). Artwork source & details.
Artwork credits (4 images)
Credits refer to the illustrations shown here. Open a record for sources, adaptations and unresolved details. Some artwork and source pages contain story spoilers.
- Red Lanterns — Red Lanterns (2011) #1 — main cover. Ed Benes (cover pencils); Rob Hunter (cover inks); Rod Reis (cover colors).
- Atrocitus — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Guy Gardner — Artist credit unconfirmed.
- Bleez — Lady Bleez (Earth-27 fan project), Phil Cho commission (2018). Phil Cho (illustration).