Red Lanterns #4

I liked issue four of Red Lanterns, but it suffers from what feels like fractured storytelling.  While I'm looking forward to the eventual Civil War, I just wish it wasn't as long of a wait to get there.  Three out of five lanterns. Read Full Review

The art team turns in some solid visuals, and the opening chase scene is fittingly gross, perverse, and bloody. However, the story works against the art because Ed Benes and Diego Bernard are forced to make harsh transitions and convey a lot of information in a cramped space. For a title that started with such strong underpinnings about the philosophical nature of Atrocitus's motives, it is sad to watch it decay into a meandering jumble of short scenes. Read Full Review

It's just unfortunate that these moments are sandwiched by dragging formula and a build up to the first human Red Lantern that might be anti-climatic when it finally happens. Read Full Review

Overall, Red Lanterns #4 was the weakest issue so far. The potential is still there but Milligan is really trudging towards some conclusion. That conclusion is definitely unclear but his characters are entertaining, but a story with no clear plot is lost. Read Full Review

GL Mike

Feb 08, 2018

I don't think this issue is nearly as bad as many are saying. The artwork is very solid. The story is a little fractured since Milligan has a few sub plots and background character stories going on. However, I believe these sub plots are important to character development and future story lines. Overall, a good issue.

Ryan

May 05, 2020

That Ratchet backstory is horrifying in all the right ways, but cmon, who didn't see this Bleez betrayal coming. Milligan writes Atrocitus far less fun than Johns did. Great artwork