Comments on: Review: Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns

By: baal

baal — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:03:37 +0000

Thank you for reading this so I don’t have to.

By: nu

nu — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:22:56 +0000

Bad news? or hints of new things to come?

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/110804-GothamCancellations.html

By: Ricco

Ricco — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:51:50 +0000

I was more interested in Ash getting closer to the Black Lantern power baterry then what happened with Atrocitus… I mean who the heck built the Black lantern power baterry in the first place?
At least it seems we get some Sinestro, that’s always good.

Too bad I saw the preview that said something like “Summer 2009: Fear and willpower will have to work together to stop the Blackest Night” so I knew Sinestro was going to make it somehow (I don’t see Mongul working with the Guardians anytime soon)

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:51:25 +0000

I’m with Stephen.

This book was kind of a let-down in that it was, essentially, a trailer for upcoming events in Green Lantern, and the vast majority of the book consisted of watching various aliens so pissed that they’re spitting up blood.

I was left with a feeling of “Oh, is that all?” at the end of the book. Sure, it’ll probably go places, but standing alone as it does, it’s basically just bloodpuke, and Dethklok already did a song about that.

By: Stephen Schleicher

Stephen Schleicher — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:04:06 +0000

EJ: Since there is no Mature or T+ rating on the cover, the violence is over the top for an all ages comic. And I and others are upset about this not being a Final Crisis book because DC put Final Crisis on the cover, and jacked the price up by a buck because of that. This book is in no way a $3.99 book – it is somewhat false advertising just to get those who are buying everything Final Crisis to buy this issue. Those two reasons alone are why the book received the rating it did. Put this in a regular green lantern issue, and I probably would have awarded it another star.

By: applejack1310

applejack1310 — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:47:11 +0000

2 1/2 out of 5? Really? That had everything I want to see in a comic. Good talky parts, good fighty-fight scenes, and a cliffhanger ending that makes you scream “NO!” cuz you don’t have the next part yet. That was just solid stuff. 4 1/2, no doubt.

By: EJ

EJ — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:43:47 +0000

You are like the 3′rd or 4′th reviewer that has mentioned how violent and over the top this issue is, and i’ve just got to ask what did you expect from a book titled Rage Of The Red Lanterns that features a bloody Atrocitus on the cover?. People seem to miss the point that this issue and the Red Lanterns are supposed to be over the top, that is what makes them fun and interesting and different. It’s like complaining that The Hulk says “Hulk Smash” while putting the beatdown on someone it misses the entire point of the character. Also I don’t get why anyone would be disapointed by this having nothing to do with Final Crisis, considering how crappy that event has been on the other hand Blackest Night is shaping up to be the saving grace of DC comics like Sinestro Corps War was to it last year.