Wow, what a bargain. Nineteen pages of story.
I think Benes is suited for dumb science fiction. I mean, Red Lanterns is pretty dumb. Milligan introduces about fifteen proper nouns this issue and none of them are consequential. Worse, he doesn’t even expect the reader to remember them. He’s completely non-committal with the whole thing, which begs the question… why bother?
The flashback (I think it’s a flashback) in the issue has nothing to do with the incredibly soft cliffhanger, so what’s the point other than to fill pages?
Oh, wait, the point is to fill pages.
I suppose on a technical level, besides the endless proper nouns, the writing isn’t bad. His first person narration of the lead Red Lantern is decent enough. But Milligan clearly doesn’t have a plot.
It’s also unclear to me why the Spectre isn’t a Red Lantern, if they’re the Lanterns of vengeance.
CREDITS
Pure Rage; writer, Peter Milligan; penciller, Ed Benes; inker, Rob Hunter; colorist, Nathan Eyring; letterer, Carlos M. Mangual; editors, Darren Shan and Brian Cunningham; publisher, DC Comics.
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