Red Lantern Corps
| Red Lantern Corps | |
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| Group publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern vol. 4 #25 (December 2007) |
| Created by |
Geoff Johns (writer) Ethan Van Sciver (artist) |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Ysmault |
| Roster | |
| See: (see below) | |
| Red Lanterns | |
| Series publication information | |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | November 2011 – May 2015 |
| Number of issues | 41 (#1-40 plus issue numbered #0), a Red Lanterns: Futures End one-shot, and 1 annual (as of May 2015 cover date) |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Peter Milligan (#1-20, 0) Charles Soule (#21-37) Landry Walker (#38-40) |
| Artist(s) |
Jorje Jimenez (#8) Tomas Giorello (#9) Miguel Sepulveda (#10-18) Will Conrad (#19-20) Alessandro Vitti (#21- ) |
| Penciller(s) |
Ed Benes and Deigo Bernardo (#1-7) Andres Guinaldo (#8) Ardian Syaf (#0) |
| Inker(s) |
Rob Hunter (#1-7) Mark Irwin (artist) (#8) Vicente Cifuentes (#0) |
| Creator(s) |
Geoff Johns (writer) Ethan Van Sciver (artist) |
| Collected editions | |
| Volume 1: Blood and Rage | |
| Volume 2: The Death of the Red Lanterns | |
| Volume 3: The Second Prophecy | |
The Red Lantern Corps is a fictional organization, functioning as anti-heroes throughout much of the DC Universe, appearing in comics published by DC Comics. Their power is derived from the emotional spectrum.
They debuted in Green Lantern vol. 4 #25 (December 2007) and were created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver. Some of their characteristics were inspired by 28 Days Later, which is one of Van Sciver's favorite films.
The Red Lantern Corps are first mentioned during the "Sinestro Corps War" storyline. Foreshadowing another major crossover event in the DC Universe, former-Guardian Ganthet reveals the Blackest Night prophecy to Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, John Stewart, and Kyle Rayner. The prophecy describes a War of Light among seven Corps powered by the lights of the emotional spectrum. Part of the prophecy reads: "A force of hate will rise as the Red Lantern is anointed in blood, the bearer's rage unfiltered and unchecked."
According to DC continuity, before recruiting sentient beings to the Green Lantern Corps, the Guardians formed a robotic army called the Manhunters to maintain order across the universe. After eons of service, the renegade Guardian Krona altered their central programming, leading them to believe that the only way of maintaining order was to completely rid the universe of all known life. Sector 666 falls victim to this new philosophy when the Manhunters slaughter all but five of its inhabitants. The five survivors become known as the Five Inversions: a terrorist cell bent on the destruction of the Guardians of the Universe. They are incarcerated on the planet Ysmault, where one member, Atrocitus, is so consumed by his rage that it results in the formation of the first red power battery. Atrocitus had previously escaped at times, only to be defeated and returned. On one such occasion he fatally attacks Green Lantern Abin Sur; but Atrocitus is returned to confinement by (then Green Lantern) Sinestro. Atrocitus uses his power battery to bludgeon Qull and the other Inversions to death; however, he expresses more interest in exacting revenge on Sinestro.
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