The Red Lantern
Summary
Warning : contains looter forAlan Scott : The Green Lantern#5 !
DC ’s newest team ofRed Lanternsupervillains has arrive to fightGreen Lantern , and they have the staring 1950 ’s gimmick . Alan Scott : The Green Lanternhas chronicle his struggle against the Red Lantern , a Russian military personnel wield the Crimson Flame . He has shew more than a match for Green Lantern , and in issue five , a Modern team of Crimson Flame - power villains arrive , and their retro gimmick now sets them aside .
Alan Scott : The Green Lantern#5 is written by Tim Sheridan and drawn by Cian Tormey . Green Lantern and the Red Lantern are hire in all - out war , with neither one gaining the upper hand . Finally , the two stop fighting and seek to make some effort at talking the problem out . Then , Red Lantern ’s band stops work , much to his dismay . before long after , they are confronted by a team of Soviet soldier , all power by the Crimson Flame .
Calling themselves “ the Crimson Host , ” they have come to free the Red Lantern , and start by destroying his Power Battery .
DC’s New Red Lantern Has Made Alan Scott’s Mythos Richer
And Now There is a Whole Team of Them
The mystery of the unexampled Red Lantern has been central toAlan Scott : The Green Lantern . He lead off as a Soviet spy , and a lover of Alan Scott , before being corrupted . The Red Lantern draws his power from the Crimson Flame , a fragment of the Starheart that also powers Alan Scott . While carry a surface law of similarity to the Red Light of Rage that fuel the Red Lantern Corps , the Crimson Flame still exact a toll on its innkeeper . The Crimson Flame is all that is keeping the Red Lantern alive , but now he has to partake in it .
Alan Scott : The Green Lanternhas also research the culture and society of the 1940s/1950s , particularly the plight of LGBTQIA+ mortal as well as the ramping up of the Cold War . A “ Red Scare ” happen during this epoch , in which many innocent people were accused of have communistic sympathies . The Crimson Host , introduced in this yield , are the fears of 1950s America given frame : a team of super - powered soviet who are not afraid to use deadly force out , even against one of their own . The Crimson innkeeper seems to lack the Red Lantern ’s humanity and empathy .
These rageful Red Lanterns are all about brute strength and vomiting up blood to combat their enemies , so what do they even call for a power annulus for ?
The Crimson Host May Be DC’s Most Powerful Team
But Can They Even Survive the Ravages of the Crimson Flame?
And inAlan Scott : The Green Lantern#5 , this cruelty is on full and shocking video display . The Crimson Host , sent to take over for the Red Lantern , begins by taking away his powers as well as his Lantern . Whether they understand it is sustaining him or not is unknown , but it is still a careful and calculating act plan to take theRedLanternout of commission . They adjudicate to do the same withGreen Lantern , but are abortive and now face the Justice Society , who may be hefty enough to overcome the Crimson Host .
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Alan Scott : The Green Lantern#5 ( 2024 )
