Would you believe I had something else scheduled, then had to revise, so we're getting a comic we saw the
next issue for already, but it actually ties into something from this week anyway? From 2013,
Red Lanterns #23, "The Butcher's Bill" Written by Charles Soule, art by Alessandro Vitti and Jim Caliafiore.
Atrocitus is floating naked in space, but had thought he should be dead anyway, since Guy Gardner had taken his ring and stopped his heart. Only his loyal pet Dex-Starr saved him: the cat had tasted fellow Red Rankorr's blood, which gave it the ability to make ring constructs. Atrocitus momentarily considers taking Dex-Starr's ring, but instead opts to find another one and then get to some revenge on Guy. Meanwhile, on scenic Ysmault, Guy is making himself at home, or trying to: they have a spiffy new spaceship, even if the other Reds think they don't need it. Guy either thinks the ship is cool, or he's trying to instill a sense of home in them already. Zilius Zox, the ball-shaped one, still had some affinity for engineering, and was taking to the repairs. He was also real impressed how Guy killed Atrocitus; but Guy wasn't even if he hadn't: using his green ring to contact Hal, he wants out. While Guy hadn't killed Atrocitus, he had killed a pirate as part of his cover, and now didn't think the Reds were a real threat anyway. Hal promises to get him out, but I don't think that was coming...
While he had previously sent out some rings, instead of finding one Atrocitus instead finds the avatar of the red energy, the Butcher, captured on an alien planet. He frees it by taking it into himself, which gives him not only a new red ring, but shoulder pads, and a bull horns and tail! Actually, they look more like goat horns, but okay. I also don't know if
every issue of
Red Lanterns had a good "Rrrraaargghgh!" in there, but it feels like they should've. And Guy's ring goes out in the middle of a plantive message from Hal, that the Blue Lanterns had been destroyed, and something called 'Relic' was taking all the light. That seems like the least of Guy's problems, as Bleez had heard that conversation...
McFarlane announced an
Atrocitus Collect-to-Build figure I think Thursday: buy Kyle Rayner, Deathstorm, and
Blackest Night Superman and Batman, build a crabby Red Lantern! (
Thanks Preternia!) No Dex-Starr, but I have the DCUC one of him. Still, I've bought a couple McFarlane DC figures and not loved them: last one was
Apokolips Lex Luthor with an angry chair. I didn't spring for the
Dark Knight Returns figures with the build-a-horse, largely because I'd seen it didn't scale close enough for proper six-inch figures. Atrocitus would be big, but he would be a big monstery thing anyway, but it'd be about a hundred bucks. Enh...
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I mean, that's not a bad figure actually. Almost better than his DCUC figure, but yeah, that's bound to set you back at least 100$ or more like you said just to get him.
It's kind of interesting how important all those ring corps groups were for that first couple of years after Johns made them but now not so much. I wonder what happened? Did DC just lost interest in them or what?
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