"Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its "Green Lantern" and "Green Lantern Corps" titles. Written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons and drawn by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, and Ethan Van Sciver, the 11-part saga was originally published between June and December 2007. In addition to the main storyline, four supplemental "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shot specials and a "Blue Beetle" tie-in issue were concurrently released. The story centers on the Green Lanterns of Earth—Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner—and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps as they fight an interstellar war against the Sinestro Corps, an army led by the former Green Lantern Sinestro who are armed with yellow power rings and seek a universe ruled through fear.
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By January 2007, Johns, Gibbons and editor Peter Tomasi had planned out most of the storyline. Sterling Gates, whom Johns had met at a convention, was brought in to write a backup story for the Superman-Prime one-shot and co-write "Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files" #1.
Sinestro Corps War | Origins
"Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its "Green Lantern" and "Green Lantern Corps" titles. Written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons and drawn by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, and Ethan Van Sciver, the 11-part saga was originally published between June and December 2007. In addition to the main storyline, four supplemental "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shot specials and a "Blue Beetle" tie-in issue were concurrently released. The story centers on the Green Lanterns of Earth—Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner—and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps as they fight an interstellar war against the Sinestro Corps, an army led by the former Green Lantern Sinestro who are armed with yellow power rings and seek a universe ruled through fear.
Sinestro Corps War | Introduction
This follows DC Comics' recent trend of releasing durable hardcover collections initially, followed later by softcovers.
Sinestro Corps War | Format
Geoff Johns suggested elements of "Sinestro Corps War" will appear in "DC Universe Online", on which he was collaborating with artist Jim Lee, although the comic storyline wasn't incorporated in the game.
Sinestro Corps War | Critical and financial reception
The main story was first collected in two volumes, but was later collected in a single volume. Miscellaneous stories were collected in an additional volume:
Sinestro Corps War | Collected editions
The structure was fluid, at one point becoming a few issues with two bookends to just one gigantic issue. The title was originally just "Sinestro Corps", but during development the creators added the word "War". Eventually the structure finalized into a one-shot special for release in June, after which the story would alternate between "Green Lantern" and "Green Lantern Corps" until November. After the crossover's initial publishing successes, DC added four "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shots to the publishing schedule. Johns and Ethan Van Sciver first announced the crossover during the DC "Big Guns" panel at the 2006 Fan Expo Canada, with Johns calling it "the next level of """.
Sinestro Corps War | Origins
In an interview with Newsarama in 2008, DC Comics executive editor Dan DiDio expressed interest in making an animated adaptation of "Sinestro Corps War" as part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies. During the early development of the cancelled "Green Lantern" sequel in 2012, the main plot was based on the "Sinestro Corps War" storyline.
Sinestro Corps War | In other media
DC's executive editor Dan DiDio has expressed interest in seeing the popular 2007–2008 "Sinestro Corps War" comic storyline adapted.
List of unproduced DC Comics projects | "Sinestro Corps War" animated film
In the aftermath of the war with the New Gods of New Genesis, Sinestro has created Warworld into the new base and headquarters of the Sinestro Corps, after the Green Lantern Corps have vanished into another universe.
Sinestro Corps | The New 52
Comic Book Resources placed "Sinestro Corps War" on its "Best of 2007" list, and named Geoff Johns one of its "Best Writers of 2007". In 2008, Ethan Van Sciver earned an Eisner Award nomination for his art in "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special" #1. DC Comics Executive Editor Dan DiDio praised the storyline as "the best thing that [DC Comics] put out this year. Without a doubt", and called "Sinestro Corps War" the model for crossovers in 2008 and beyond, including "Final Crisis". Didio has also stated that he would like to see a direct-to-video animated "Sinestro Corps War" film similar to "".
Sinestro Corps War | Critical and financial reception
The conclusion of "Sinestro Corps War" sets up the third and final part of the trilogy, "Blackest Night", which was published in 2009.
Sinestro Corps War | Introduction
The Sinestro Corps first appears in "Green Lantern" vol. 4 #10 and was created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver.
Sinestro Corps | Publication history
Thaal Sinestro () is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abusing his power. He is the archenemy of Hal Jordan and founder of the Sinestro Corps.
Sinestro | Introduction
Kyle walks into the painting and ends up in a field walking towards a bright, green star.
Parallax (comics) | Sinestro Corps
"Sinestro Corps War" was based on concepts introduced by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill in the short story "Tygers", published in "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual" #2 (1986). Writers Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons incorporated several ideas from Moore's stories into "Sinestro Corps War", including the prophecy of the Blackest Night, Sodam Yat, Ranx the Sentient City and the Children of the White Lobe. Leezle Pon, a minor character only mentioned once in Moore's "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" story from 25 years ago, also makes an appearance in "Green Lantern" #25. Work began on "Sinestro Corps War" in September 2006.
Sinestro Corps War | Origins
A 1986 Alan Moore "Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" story was the thematic basis of the storyline. Many characters were changed, killed off, or re-introduced as a result of the event. Critical and fan reception to "Sinestro Corps War" was highly positive. Many reviewers ranked it among the top comic books of the year and the storyline's first issue garnered a 2008 Eisner Award nomination for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team. The storyline was also a financial success, and several issues underwent multiple printings. "Sinestro Corps War" is the second part of a trilogy in the Green Lantern storyline, preceded by the 2005 miniseries "".
Sinestro Corps War | Introduction
After helping to free Kyle from Parallax's possession, Parallax is split into four pieces by former Guardians Ganthet and Sayd, and placed into the power batteries of Hal, John, Guy, and Kyle. Guy is infected by the Sinestro Corps' deadly alien virus named Despotellis, but cured by the Green Lantern Corps' own sentient smallpox virus, Leezle Pon.
Guy Gardner (comics) | "Sinestro Corps War"
Hal and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps find themselves at war with Sinestro and his army, the Sinestro Corps during the events of the Sinestro Corps War
Green Lantern (comic book) | Volume 4 (2005–2011)
Sinestro is their primary target.
Red Lantern Corps | Fictional group history
It is also suggested by the Guardians of the Universe that Kyle is no longer destined to be Ion following his being taken over by Parallax.
Kyle Rayner | Sinestro Corps War
During the struggle, Abin Sur destroys his ring and imprisons him. Abin Sur then contacts the Guardians of the Universe to expel Sinestro from the Corps.
Sinestro | Flashpoint
In the "Sinestro Corps War" storyline, Superboy-Prime and Cyborg Superman escape imprisonment when the Sinestro Corps attacks Oa, killing the guards on Prime Duty. Guy, along with fellow Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart, are captured by Parallax during battle and brought to Qward. Guy and Stewart are then held prisoner by Lyssa Drak, who forces them to relive tragedies in their lives. Hal manages to defeat Lyssa and free Guy and John from their nightmare. In the skirmish following their escape, Parallax nearly breaks Gardner's neck. Upon returning to their universe, they defend Earth from the entire Sinestro Corps.
Guy Gardner (comics) | "Sinestro Corps War"
Ganthet and Sayd, two Guardians of the Universe who were exiled during the course of the war, were shown as developing the corps that corresponds to the color blue and the emotion hope, while the Anti-Monitor becomes the power source for an eighth color-based corps, the "Black Lanterns", who represent death and the "absence of human drives and emotions." The issue also laid the foundations for the 2009 event "Blackest Night", something the creators had been working towards since early 2007.
Sinestro Corps War | Story and character changes
The Sinestro Corps, also known as Yellow Lantern Corps, is a group of fictional characters, a villainous analog to the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe, derived from the emotional spectrum. It is led by the supervillain Thaal Sinestro.
Sinestro Corps | Introduction
Geoff Johns announced in October 2007 that the conclusion "Green Lantern" #25 would be delayed two weeks. After the storyline concluded, "Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files and Origins" #1 was released in December. The issue further explored the back story of the opposing groups and listed every member of the Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro Corps. There was much internal discussion at DC about how the storyline would be collected. Eventually DC decided to release two hardcover volumes (a February 2008 release containing the first five parts of the story and a June 2008 release containing the last six issues) and a June 2008 hardcover collecting the tie-in issues and backstories.
Sinestro Corps War | Format
Later, Sinestro alliances with the priests of the Sacrament, who are an enemy of the Green Lantern Corps, who reconsider him to aiding enforcement controls of the Vega system. His Corps has captured Green Lantern Guy Gardner, instead of Hal. Sinestro is furious and demands to know where Hal is, but he learns that Soranik has secured Hal safely. Sinestro then uses the imprisoned people in Warworld's engine to increase the power of fear for his Corps, while he tries to interrogate Guy to where the Green Lantern Corps are. Later, Sinestro feels he is in jeopardy now that the Green Lantern Corps have returned, including the fact that his daughter, Soranik, has rejected his Corps.
Sinestro | DC Rebirth
In addition to the main story, DC released four "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shots in September, October and November 2007. The issues were late additions to the crossover that DC added after the initial successes of "Sinestro Corps War". A hardcover collection of the four issues was released in June 2008. The "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shots focused on:
Sinestro Corps War | Tales of the Sinestro Corps
In "Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime", Risk returns in the battle of Earth's heroes against Superman-Prime in revenge for pulling off his right arm during "Infinite Crisis". However, Prime then tears Risk's left arm off as well.
Risk (comics) | The Sinestro Corps War
Yat continued to wield the power of Ion as a proud servant of the Green Lantern Corps before reigniting Daxam's sun.
Ion (DC Comics) | "Sinestro Corps War"
Hal manages to defeat Lyssa and free John and Guy from their nightmares, while the Lost Lanterns recover Ion. The earth-based Lanterns then return home, only to find that New Earth, as the center of the Multiverse, is the Sinestro Corps' next target. The Sinestro Corps and the Manhunters invade Earth. The Cyborg Superman and Superboy-Prime attack Superman, while Hal confronts Parallax, who has possessed Kyle Rayner, just before the latter is about to kill Hal's family. John orders Guy to retrieve a painting by Kyle Rayner's mother. When Parallax absorbs Hal inside himself, John looks on with sudden shock.
John Stewart (comics) | Sinestro Corps War
Kyle Rayner is captured and transported to Qward, where Sinestro manages to separate Rayner from the symbiote Ion allowing Parallax to possess him. Hal Jordan, John Stewart, and Guy Gardner return to Earth to warn the Justice League of the Anti-Monitor's return. As the Sinestro Corps spreads out to ambush Green Lanterns across the universe, "Green Lantern" vol. 4 #23 sees the Guardians deciding to rewrite their sacred text, the Book of Oa. They add 10 new laws, the first of which authorizes the use of lethal force against the Sinestro Corps. As the Green Lanterns gather on Oa in preparation for a Sinestro Corps assault, the Sinestro Corps teleport themselves and their Central Power Battery instead to a new Warworld, their objective revealed to be Earth.
Sinestro Corps | The Sinestro Corps War
Comics and Conflict: Patriotism and Propaganda from World War II through Operation Iraqi Freedom is a book created by American academic Cord A. Scott and published by the Naval Institute Press in 2014. Scott has stated that the book's basis lay in a 2011 dissertation he wrote for college, as well as his own early interest in comics. He also noted that the book and dissertation was also influenced by a comment made by a comic book store owner after the events of the September 11 attacks, when the owner noted that the character of "Captain America" was "being brought back to fight terrorism."
Comics and Conflict | Introduction
Here he plays a major role in the Society's massacre of the Freedom Fighters, who are investigating the meeting place of other villains, but walk into an ambush. Sinestro begins the fight by blowing a hole through the chest of the second Black Condor, killing him instantly. He then defeats Uncle Sam, leaving him for dead.
Sinestro | Return
As the Green Lanterns gather on Oa in preparation for a Sinestro Corps assault, the Sinestro Corps teleport themselves and their Central Power Battery instead to a new Warworld, their objective revealed to be Earth. Events in "Green Lantern Corps" (vol. 2) #16 show Hal informing the Green Lantern Corps of Sinestro's plans.
Sinestro Corps War | Plot
Rogue Green Lantern Sinestro, working with the Anti-Monitor, created his own version of the Corps. Dubbed the "Sinestro Corps", it recruited beings capable of generating great fear. One of the members recruited into the Sinestro Corps was Amon Sur, the son of former Green Lantern Abin Sur, who held a grudge against Hal Jordan for being chosen to bear his father's ring instead of him. Armed with yellow Power Rings and Lanterns manufactured on Qward, the Sinestro Corps staged an attack on Oa, killing dozens of Green Lantern Corps officers, kidnapping Kyle Rayner, and freeing Superboy-Prime, Parallax, and the Cyborg Superman from the Corps' supervision.
Green Lantern Corps | Sinestro Corps War
Arkillo, a large and muscular vicious alien who fills the same role of Drill Sergeant held by Kilowog in the GLC, is enslaving all the Qwardian Weaponers and forcing them to continuously build new yellow rings, programmed to breach the barrier between the anti-matter and positive-matter universes and find and recruit new ring wielders.
Qward | Sinestro Corps
They then re-unite with their ambushed comrades and together they escape from Qward back to the positive matter universe. Hal, John and Guy return to Earth to warn the Justice League of the Anti-Monitor's return. As the Sinestro Corps spreads out to ambush Green Lanterns across the universe, "Green Lantern" (vol. 4) #23 sees the Guardians decide to rewrite their sacred text, the Book of Oa. They remove a section devoted to a prophecy concerning the "Blackest Night," against the objections of two of their number, Ganthet and Sayd. They then add ten new laws, the first of which authorizes the use of lethal force against the Sinestro Corps, while Ganthet and Sayd are expelled from Oa.
Sinestro Corps War | Plot
Recently, Lyssa Drak has become the embodiment of the book.
Sinestro Corps | Book of Parallax
The Sinestro Corps War begins with an attack on Oa. Sinestro himself returns to Korugar to confront his successor, Soranik Natu. Sinestro defeats her, but makes it appear she has defeated him. This will force her to stay on Korugar to fulfill her responsibilities as "the Savior of Korugar". Sinestro returns to Qward and joins the battle occurring there. He confronts Earth's Green Lanterns, and upon their escape, follows them toward Earth, the Sinestro Corps' real target. The Sinestro Corps begin attacking Earth. Sinestro reveals to Hal, Guy and John that he intends to turn Earth into the new homeworld for the Sinestro Corps and the site of the new Coast City into a mass graveyard, "A mecca of fear".
Sinestro | Sinestro Corps
Following his defeat in "", the events of "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special" #1 see the supervillain Sinestro retreat to the planet Qward in the Antimatter Universe. There he amasses an army, the Sinestro Corps, that he selects based upon their ability to "instill great fear". Each member is armed with a yellow power ring, mirroring the green ones of the Green Lantern Corps. Amongst Sinestro's allies are Parallax and the resurrected Anti-Monitor. The Sinestro Corps then launch an all-out assault against the Green Lantern Corps and the universe itself. During the assault on Oa, the Sinestro Corps manages to inflict heavy casualties and free Superman-Prime and the Cyborg Superman from their imprisonment.
Sinestro Corps War | Plot
"Green Lantern" #23 and "Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax" #1 later went on to second printings as well. "Blue Beetle" #20 saw much higher sales than usual for the title as a result of its tie-in to "Sinestro Corps War", with sales 75% higher than in the previous month. Critical reception to "Sinestro Corps War" was highly positive. IGN.com called the story a "smash hit" and "Newsarama" referred to it as both an "action-packed DC adventure" and "DC's blockbuster event of the year". Comic Book Resources released an editorial in mid-October 2007 entitled "Sinestro Corps War is what World War Hulk SHOULD be", citing the former's ability to keep up and gain momentum throughout despite being both twice as large and far less publicized than the latter.
Sinestro Corps War | Critical and financial reception
The Sinestro Corps are used to capture the people of the universe and imprison them in Warworld's engine to increase the power of fear. When Hal has recovered, he invades Warworld and attacks the Sinestro Corps. They were about to attack, but their leader Sinestro appears and orders his Corps to stop so that he and Hal can go face to face in battle. Before Sinestro attacks him, he discovers too late his powers are decreased due to Soranik rescuing people from being imprisoned and escapes with them. Hal then uses his energies as a living construct to incinerate the Fear Warlord, apparently destroying the Sinestro Corps' leader.
Sinestro Corps | DC Rebirth
The main story consisted of 11 parts running through the "Green Lantern" and "Green Lantern Corps" books. Expanding upon the overall story are four one-shots labeled "Tales of the Sinestro Corps", as well as one tie-in with "Blue Beetle" #20. Part One, the one-shot "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special" #1, was released in June 2007. Parts Two through Ten were released between August and December, alternating between "Green Lantern" #21–25 and "Green Lantern Corps" #14–18, with an epilogue in "Green Lantern" #26. The content of "Green Lantern Corps" #19 was changed to illustrate the battle between Sodam Yat and Superman-Prime in response to the fans' reaction to the story.
Sinestro Corps War | Format
Hal attacks with his full powers causing the Sinestro Corps members to flee as Hal pursuits them. He follows them on the planet, as all the Sinestro Corps are to restrain him. While Hal tried to battle them, the Sinestro Corps gain the full power of fear throughout the universe to defeat him, and were ordered by Sinestro to bring Hal alive. The Sinestro Corps return to the base with granting to Sinestro with the captured Green Lantern, who they thought was Hal, but is actually Guy Gardner instead. Furious, Sinestro demands where Hal is. A Corps member mistook that rebel of being Soranik Natu, who has secured Hal safely.
Sinestro Corps | DC Rebirth
Hal and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps find themselves at war with Sinestro and his army, the Sinestro Corps during the events of the Sinestro Corps War As a Green Lantern native to Earth, Hal is featured in the Final Crisis mini-series by Grant Morrison. In the Agent Orange story arc, Jordan is briefly in command of Agent Orange's power battery after he steals it from Agent Orange in a battle. The orange light of avarice converses with Jordan, his costume changes, and he becomes the new Agent Orange. However, Larfleeze quickly takes his power battery back from Jordan.
Hal Jordan | "Sinestro Corps War" and other Pre-Flashpoint stories
The Sinestro Corps are enemies of the Green Lantern Corps.
List of Doomsday Clock characters | Sinestro Corps
He increases his Parallax powers to one thousand percent when Hal returns and invades Warworld. Sinestro orders his Corps to stop intervening in his personal fight against Hal and confronts his former pupil face to face. During the battle, Sinestro discovers too late that his powers have decreased due to Soranik rescuing the people that were used to power the Fear Engine. Hal then uses his energies as a living construct to incinerate the Fear Warlord and destroys Warworld, apparently sacrificing himself and killing Sinestro in the process.
Sinestro | DC Rebirth
The character was created by John Broome and Gil Kane, and first appeared in "Green Lantern" (vol. 2) #7 (August 1961). In 2009, IGN's ranked Sinestro as the 15th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Sinestro | Publication history
"Sinestro Corps War" introduced the Sinestro Corps in full after allusions to them throughout the post-One Year Later "Green Lantern" title. Sinestro received a major thematic overhaul as a result of his leadership of his eponymous Corps, with parallels drawn with Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany. Green Lantern villains Superboy-Prime (later Superman-Prime), Cyborg Superman, and the Manhunters became members of the Sinestro Corps. The Anti-Monitor also made his first reappearance since his death at the conclusion of "Crisis on Infinite Earths" in 1985 as the "Guardian" of the Sinestro Corps and later the power source of the Black Lanterns. Superboy-Prime was renamed Superman-Prime during the event.
Sinestro Corps War | Story and character changes
A weakened Sinestro is happy that his corps is now what he always wanted the Green Lantern Corps to be. Soon after the Sinestro Corps successfully deals with many threats to the galaxy including the reborn Red Lanterns.
Green Lantern Corps | Lost Army
Following his defeat in "", the events of "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special" #1 Sinestro retreats to the planet Qward in the antimatter universe. There he amasses an army, the Sinestro Corps, that he selects based upon their ability to "inspire great fear". Each member is armed with a yellow power ring, mirroring the green ones of the Green Lantern Corps. Amongst Sinestro's allies are Parallax and the resurrected Anti-Monitor. The Sinestro Corps then launches an all-out assault against the Green Lantern Corps and the universe itself. During the assault on Oa, the Sinestro Corps manages to inflict heavy casualties and free Superman-Prime and the Cyborg Superman from their imprisonment.
Sinestro Corps | The Sinestro Corps War
The second volume of the story's collection revealed that the original plan was for both John Stewart and Guy Gardner to be possessed by Parallax, with artwork of them facing off against Hal Jordan. However, in the midst of the story planning, Johns realized this would make Parallax's possession of Kyle less effective and the segment was dropped and redrawn. "Green Lantern" #25 expanded on the "emotional spectrum" concept and introduced five new color-based corps of similar structure to the Green Lanterns and the Sinestro Corps. These corps each draw from different emotions, corresponding with the seven colors of the rainbow (red for rage, orange for avarice, yellow for fear, green for willpower, blue for hope, indigo for compassion and violet for love).
Sinestro Corps War | Story and character changes
Sinestro appears in his role as a DC Comics villain in a crossover between the two series. As in the DC Comic series, he attempts to destroy the Green Lantern Corps on Oa but is stopped by Dodgers. Sinestro was voiced by John de Lancie.
List of Duck Dodgers characters | Sinestro
War Stories is a comic book series written by Garth Ennis and illustrated by a number of artists.
War Stories (comics) | Introduction
After the Battle of Metropolis, Sinestro retreated to the antimatter universe. He made a pact with the Anti-Monitor and embraced the doctrine of spreading fear. The Green Lantern Corps is once again reformed with the return of Hal Jordan so Sinestro decides to found the Sinestro Corps, offering yellow power rings and a role in the Corps to the most feared and savage warriors of the universe. He is also revealed to have masterminded the death of Kyle Rayner's mother by having the sentient virus Despotellis invade her as part of a plot to break Kyle's will so that he can become Parallax's latest host.
Sinestro | Sinestro Corps
Later, when the Green Lantern Corps are in disagreement and attempt to kill him, the Corps break into the sciencells, but they discover that Sinestro was in captivity by the Guardians, who are trying to remove Sinestro's green ring, but the ring will not be removed. Later, the Green Lantern Corps were in a meeting with the Guardians and told that they should choose between discipline, continuing the fight, and starting a mutiny. The other Green Lantern Corps are in agreement.
Sinestro | War of the Green Lanterns
Witnessing the creation of the new Ion, Superman-Prime attacks him in the skies above New York. The pair is matched in terms of power until the fight moves into a nuclear power plant where Sodam Yat's Daxamite physiology causes him to be severely weakened by the lead present in the reactor. As he tries to escape the power plant, Ion is impaled with a lead rod by Prime. His powers diminished by lead poisoning, Prime beats Yat nearly to death. In "Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Ion", following the events of the war, the Guardians request Kyle Rayner assist Sodam in adjusting to his new role.
Ion (DC Comics) | "Sinestro Corps War"
While speaking about Sodam's history and attitude as a Lantern, it is revealed that Sodam must now permanently wear a power ring (despite his possession of the Ion powers) to prevent the lead in his body from killing him. They are then attacked by Nero, who had been freed during the initial assault on Oa but had not participated in the overall Sinestro Corps story. Kyle fights at less than full power to encourage Sodam to embrace his status as Ion. Sodam eventually defeats Nero with exactly the same strategy that Kyle used when Nero first gained the yellow power ring, before the creation of the Sinestro Corp: seizing control of Nero's own constructs.
Ion (DC Comics) | "Sinestro Corps War"
Johns asked to read Gates' early comics work. Johns was impressed, and after Gates submitted outlines to Johns inspired by the "Sinestro Corps War", Gates was interviewed by editor Eddie Berganza and was hired by DC Comics. Gates told a back-up story about Sinestro Corps member Kryb with artist Jerry Ordway in "Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman Prime". He went on to write a two-part story about Alpha Lantern Boodikka in "Green Lantern Corps" #21-22. He then took over full writing duties of the "Supergirl" title featuring Kara Zor-El, starting with issue #34 of volume 5, in October 2008.
Sterling Gates | Career
Subsequently, in "DC Rebirth", Warworld transports to the ruins of the planet Oa, while Sinestro (with seemingly old age) plans to control the universe. When Sinestro senses the spectrum of green light, he enters the core with Parallax. He possesses the fear entity of Parallax again and returns to his youth. He sends out his enforcers of his Corps to control the new order of the universe with fear. When Sinestro is stunned that his Corps have reports that Hal Jordan has returned and attacks the Corps, his daughter, Soranik Natu rebels against her father, saying that he should take responsibility for his failures and that he will never learn from the Green Lantern Corps.
Sinestro | DC Rebirth
Set towards the end of the Spanish Civil War, four soldiers from different sides and different countries seek shelter in a shell hole during a battle. Unarmed, they each tell their stories for entering the war to pass the time. With art by Carlos Ezquerra.
War Stories (comics) | Condors
However, he was clearly a dictator who drove his wife Arin to suicide and lost his daughter as a result of his actions. Sinestro felt particularly betrayed when his former comrades—including his protege Hal Jordan—stopped him and removed his ring, expelling him from the Corps. Sensing that he and Sinestro have similar backgrounds (as Superman lost his wife and unborn child to crime), Superman allows him to join the Regime, though Hal Jordan is not happy about this when he returns to Earth after being subdued by the Green Lanterns. He is forced to work with Sinestro during the annual, where he and Sinestro face their tense relationship as they look for a device that could destroy a whole planet.
Sinestro | Injustice: Gods Among Us
Combat", for which he illustrated a number of stories in the ongoing features "Blitzkrieg" and "Robert Kanigher's Gallery of War", both written by Robert Kanigher.
Ric Estrada | Comic books
When recharging their power rings, members of the Sinestro Corps recite the following oath:
Sinestro Corps | Oath
Kyle Rayner is captured and transported to Qward, where Sinestro manages to separate Rayner from the symbiote Ion allowing Parallax to possess him. In "Green Lantern" (vol. 4) #21 the heroes Hal Jordan, John Stewart and Guy Gardner attempt to rescue fallen comrade Kyle Rayner, but are themselves entrapped, with Jordan transported to face Sinestro and his allies. A failed bid to rescue Jordan depicted in "Green Lantern" (vol. 4) #22 sees surviving members of the Green Lantern Corps forced underground and split into two groups. While one group attempts to free Jordan only to find themselves ambushed, the other successfully rescues Ion.
Sinestro Corps War | Plot
Arkillo, a large and muscular vicious alien, is enslaving all the Qwardian Weaponers and forcing them to continuously build new yellow rings which are programmed to breach the barrier between the antimatter and matter universes to find and recruit new ring-wielders. Arkillo also serves as the Sinestro Corps' drill sergeant, similar to Kilowog's role in the GLC. Members recruited include Karu-Sil, raised by animals; Despotellis, a sentient virus capable of attacking Lanterns from the inside; and Bedovian, the sniper of the Corps, capable of taking out a target from three sectors away.
Sinestro Corps | Recruitment drive
In the meantime, the return of the Guardians resulted in the Corps being re-established. However, the newly restored Corps would be short-lived, thanks to the inadvertent efforts of the alien warlord Mongul and Hank Henshaw, a cyborg who was at the time impersonating Superman. As part of their ultimately thwarted plot to transform Earth into a new version of Mongul's interstellar fortress Warworld and gain revenge on Superman, Mongul and the Cyborg used several nuclear devices to completely destroy Coast City, California, which was Hal Jordan's home, and everyone living in it. Driven mad with grief by the destruction of his city and the Guardians' apathy towards his plight, Jordan's previously indomitable willpower was shattered.
Sinestro | Parallax
As a result, the new volume of "Green Lantern" continues directly from the events of "War of the Green Lanterns", with Sinestro serving as a Green Lantern and Hal Jordan beginning the series powerless on Earth. The title's first story arc, simply titled "Sinestro", deals with the former renegade's return to the Green Lantern Corps and Hal Jordan's mundane earthbound life. While on patrol, Sinestro visits his home planet of Korugar, and to his horror discovers that the remaining members of the Sinestro Corps have enslaved the planet's populace. In order to assist him in retaking the planet, Sinestro travels to Earth and creates a ring for Hal Jordan, his greatest enemy.
Green Lantern (comic book) | Volume 5 (2011–2016)
In "JLA/Avengers" Sinestro is among the mind-controlled villains who attack the heroes as they assault Krona's stronghold. He is defeated by Photon.
Sinestro | JLA/Avengers
With the Green Lantern Corps restarted with the return of Hal Jordan, Sinestro has decided to found the Sinestro Corps, offering yellow power rings, and a role in the Corps, to the most feared and savage warriors of the universe. The Sinestro Corps is headquartered in the anti-matter universe on Qward, in Sector -1. In an interview with Geoff Johns, writer of the current "Green Lantern" series, it was revealed that the "Sinestro Corps" is a mirror organization to the GLC. Geoff Johns revealed that ""The Sinestro Corps [will have] its own Oa-type planet, its own Guardians, [and] its own oath."" as is now the case with all seven Corps.
Qward | Sinestro Corps
John Stewart witnessed Guy being infected by the Sinestro Corps member who is a living virus, named Despotellis, and asked Soranik Natu to help Guy. Soranik used the Green Lantern Corps smallpox virus named Leezle Pon, who stops Despotellis. John Stewart was later approached by the Guardians to become one of the Alpha Lanterns, a new division of the Corps devoted to the internal affairs of the Corps. Stewart, desiring more information about the secrecy of the forbidden prophecies, declined the offer, to the extreme disappointment of the Guardians.
John Stewart (comics) | Sinestro Corps War
The Parallax entity is a space parasite that is the embodiment of fear that was imprisoned within the Central Power Battery on Oa. As time passed, the entity became known as the yellow impurity, the cause for the power rings' weakness to the color yellow. Thaal Sinestro, at the time the universe's greatest Green Lantern, was sent to Earth by Supernova in a plot to erase Guy Gardner from history. Booster Gold was assigned to prevent this from happening. To do so, he convinced Sinestro to leave Earth, claiming that he was an admirer from the future, and that his yellow Legion of Super-Heroes flight ring was a tribute to Sinestro.
Sinestro Corps | Before the Corps
War is the name of three fictional characters, who are supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Two are discussed here: both members of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse. The first War (real name unknown) and Abraham Kieros. The title was also held by the mutant Gazer and, briefly, by Bruce Banner, the Hulk.
War (Marvel Comics) | Introduction
Events in "Green Lantern Corps" vol. 2 #16 show Hal informing the Green Lantern Corps of Sinestro's plans. "Green Lantern" vol. 4 #24 continues the story, with Green Lanterns and Sinestro Corps members battling across Earth. Hal manages to free Kyle from Parallax before the entity is imprisoned in their power batteries by Ganthet and Sayd. After John and Guy arrive, the former Guardians reveal to them the prophecy of the "Blackest Night", seen in "Green Lantern" vol. 4 #25. It foretells of five more Corps arising, each based on a different color and emotion. After the five corps are established, a "War of Light" will ensue, in which all the corps are destroyed, leading to the "Blackest Night".
Sinestro Corps | The Sinestro Corps War
Atrocitus (Atros) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Atrocitus is an enemy to the Guardians of the Universe and Sinestro, their former Green Lantern. He is the leader of the Red Lantern Corps.
Atrocitus | Introduction
The Qwardians whom the Sinestro Corps killed were revealed to have been reanimated as Black Lanterns and were at war with their murderers and even their still-living members.
Qward | "Blackest Night"
With the enactment of the Corps' new laws and the approval of lethal force, the Green Lantern corps will inspire fear, creating the same effect as the Sinestro Corps: order through fear.
Sinestro | Sinestro Corps
The Corps is a series of war novels written by W.E.B. Griffin about the United States Marine Corps before and during the years of World War II and the Korean War. The story features a tightly-knit cast of characters in various positions within the Marine Corps, Navy, and upper levels of the United States Government.
The Corps Series | Introduction
Sinestro abducts Rayner from Oa through one of his new yellow power rings. At the Sinestro Corps' base on Qward, he reveals to Kyle that he was responsible for his mother's death and infected her with the sentient virus Despotellis to kill her in a plot to break Rayner's will so that he could serve as Parallax's new host. Sinestro also reveals that Ion is actually a benevolent energy entity, similar to Parallax, that thrives on willpower and that Rayner was unknowingly its current host. The Sinestro Corps confront Kyle, who has his powers drained out of him by Sinestro himself, and is immediately taken over by Parallax.
Kyle Rayner | Sinestro Corps War
Brigadier General Virgilio Norberto Cordero Jr. (June 6, 1893- June 9, 1980) was a Puerto Rican soldier who served in the United States Army. Cordero authored two books about his experiences as a prisoner of war, and his participation in the Bataan Death March of World War II.
Virgilio N. Cordero Jr. | Introduction
In the "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special", the Green Lantern Corps are attacked by Bedovian, the sniper of the Sinestro Corps, who is capable of taking out a target from three sectors away, all from the inside of a red Sun-Eater. After Bedovian takes out several Green Lanterns, John Stewart uses his power ring as a scoped sniper rifle to track the nearby sectors. He eventually discovers Bedovian's hiding spot and shoots him. As Green Lantern Corps member were forbidden from killing sentient beings at that time, Bedovian survived the attack, as recently seen in the Blackest Night crossover. John and Guy Gardner are captured by Lyssa Drak and taken back to Qward, where the two Lanterns are held captive.
John Stewart (comics) | Sinestro Corps War
Cord A. Scott is an American academic who studies “war themed comics from World War II to Operation Iraqi Freedom”. Scott has published one book and a number of articles in academic journals that more closely examine the role of comic books in social history.
Cord A. Scott | Introduction
Parallax then clothes itself in a new uniform, which appears as a combination of the Sinestro Corps' uniform, Kyle's original Green Lantern costume, and the armor Hal Jordan wore as Parallax. Parallax's possession also turns the hair on top of Kyle's head gray, just as it turned the hair on Hal Jordan's temples. Parallax returns to Qward with the Sinestro Corps and is inducted into their ranks, becoming one of the Anti-Monitor's heralds. In Kyle's body, Parallax captured Hal Jordan, Guy Gardner, and John Stewart and brought them to Qward. Before bringing them, Parallax made Hal relive the only time he ever experienced fear: when his father died.
Kyle Rayner | Sinestro Corps War
Amon Sur is soon recruited by the Sinestro Corps and was chosen to represent Space Sector 2814. The Sinestro Corps originally tried to recruit Batman for the role, but his strong sense of will and previous contact with a Green Lantern ring allows him to fight its influence. When the Sinestro Corps invades Earth, Amon Sur is at first delighted. However, upon learning and witnessing that the Green Lantern Corps had now been authorized to use lethal force, he becomes fearful and flees. After the war, Amon Sur is found by a contingent of Green Lanterns on the planet Varva, having murdered deceased Lantern Ke'Haan's family.
Amon Sur | Sinestro Corps
¡Hay un traidor en la T.I.A.! (English: "There is a traitor in the T.I.A.!") is a 1983 comic written and drawn by Francisco Ibañez for the "Mortadelo y Filemón" ("Mort & Phil") comic series.
¡Hay un traidor en la T.I.A.! | Introduction
War Heroes is a six-issue limited series from Image Comics, written by Mark Millar, with art by Tony Harris. Millar has said ""War Heroes" is everything I've been leading up to with "Civil War", "Ultimates", "The Authority", "Kick-Ass" and "Wanted"" and "This is what my "Ultimates 3" would have been if Bryan and I had stuck around."
War Heroes (comics) | Introduction
Once an entire armada of Green Lanterns come back seven months later, Guy Gardner tries to make peace before things get out of hand. Shocked when Superman coldly rebuffs him by breaking his arm, John tries to stop the war to the best of his ability, though he is stopped by Sinestro. Having realized the Regime is not as well intentioned as he thought, John is killed by Sinestro to make sure Hal at least remains steadfast, with Guy taking the fall for John's death and being killed in turn by Hal.
John Stewart (comics) | "Injustice: Gods Among Us"
This is a list of "Star Wars" comic book writers. It covers those who have written for series, one-shots, film adaptations, and comics from "Star Wars Tales".
List of Star Wars comic books | Writers
During a Sinestro Corps War one-shot, Superboy-Prime mentioned that his anger over what happened to Sue Dibny as one of his reasons for his actions during "Infinite Crisis", seeing it as further 'proof' of the failures of the new universe.
Sue Dibny | Death
Expanding on the Green Lantern mythology in the second part, "Sinestro Corps War" (2007), Johns, with artist Ethan van Sciver, found wide critical acclaim and commercial success with the series, which promised the introduction of a spectrum of colored "lanterns".
Green Lantern | Later developments
Sinestro and the others are later freed by Kyle Rayner, who 'draws' their escape. Sinestro's ring attempts to return to him, but is overridden by Krona, who wields all seven varieties of power rings. As Hal Jordan battles Krona, Sinestro hears him as he declares his dedication to the cause of the Green Lanterns and is inspired to join his old enemy in battle. As he fights Krona, a green power ring comes to him, making Sinestro a Green Lantern once more. Sinestro is not interested in becoming a Green Lantern, but the Guardians of the Universe convince him to join the Corps.
Sinestro | War of the Green Lanterns
Ramon Villalobos is an American comic book artist.
Ramon Villalobos | Introduction
By this time, after having teamed for early work on Key Publications' "Mister Mystery" in 1951 and Standard Comics' "The Unseen" and "Joe Yank" (the latter credited as "Mikeross"), the two began a long career as one of DC Comics' primary war story artists, alongside the likes of Joe Kubert, Russ Heath, and Jerry Grandenetti, beginning with a story each in "All-American Men of War" #6, "Our Army at War" #14, and "Star Spangled War Stories" #13 (all Sept. 1953). For those titles as well as "G.I. Combat" and "Our Fighting Forces", Andru and Esposito drew hundreds of tales of combat under editor and frequent writer Robert Kanigher.
Ross Andru | DC Comics
The 2002 graphic novel "Bizarro Comics" is an anthology of short comics by artists of the independent scene handling various DC Comics characters in humorous tales set outside of any continuity. All the stories are bookended by "Bizarro Wars", a comic written by Chris Duffy with art by Stephen DeStefano in which Mxyzptlk seeks the aid of Superman to save the fifth dimension from a cosmic conqueror named "A", but ends up with Bizarro (here introduced as a new character that neither Superman nor Mxyzptlk formerly knew of) instead. The other comics in the volume (including one short Bizarro World story written by Bizarro creator Alvin Schwartz) are presented as creations of the deranged mind of Bizarro himself.
Bizarro | Bizarro Comics
Sinestro orders his men to free the Sinestro Corps members imprisoned on Zamaron by the Star Sapphires and meet him on the darkside of Daxam's moon. After Sinestro attends to "family business", they will retake the Sinestro Corps from Mongul. In addition to those members imprisoned on Zamaron, Sinestro Corps members are also being held prisoner on Oa. Their power rings are held in containment along with other rings (abandoned due to casualty in war) that were prevented from finding new bearers. When Red Lantern Vice is freed from confinement in his sciencell, he attacks the Green Lantern jailer. Though the imprisoned members of the Sinestro Corps initially cheer him on, they find that he is just as likely of attacking them in his rage.
Sinestro Corps | Blackest Night
Altogether, "Sinestro Corps War" turned "Green Lantern" into one of DC Comics' most profitable titles. "Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special" #1, first released June 2007, sold out in a single day. DC later reprinted the issue four times, each time with new variant covers by Van Sciver. By August, the issue had sold over 89,000 copies, 36% of which was the result of an unusually high number of reorders. The first four parts of the storyline, "Green Lantern" #21 and 22, and "Green Lantern Corps" #14 and 15, were released in July and August and also sold out. The issues went to a second printing, with "Green Lantern Corps" #14 going to a third printing.
Sinestro Corps War | Critical and financial reception
Subsequently, in "DC Rebirth", Sinestro uses the opportunity to establish the Sinestro Corps as the new force of 'order' in the universe, albeit through imposing fear rather than inspiring faith, with Soranik joining her father out of a lack of perceived options. However, as they establish a presence where Oa was once located, Hal Jordan forges a new ring for himself as the rest of the Corps return to this universe. Sinestro then sends out his enforcers of his Corps to control the new order of the universe with fear. The Sinestro Corps attacks a planet, but soon Hal emerges and returns of being Green Lantern in the fight.
Sinestro Corps | DC Rebirth
The Manhunters have recently resurfaced as part of the Sinestro Corps. Some of them carry miniature yellow Power Batteries inside them which are used by the Sinestro Corps members to charge their yellow power rings while others still carry the green ones for taking powers from the Green Lanterns' rings.
Manhunters (DC Comics) | Sinestro Corps
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Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro order of battle | VI Corps
Following the Sinestro Corps War, the Green Lantern Corps tracked down the abandoned Sinestro rings and prevented them from finding new bearers. Among these is Amon Sur's ring, which attempts to recruit the self-proclaimed "Master of Fear", Jonathan Crane. The surviving members of the Sinestro Corps continue to try to bring fear to the Green Lanterns, in part by murdering the family members of Green Lanterns. Meanwhile, Mongul (who had since obtained a yellow ring in the aftermath of the war) begins his quest to take command of the Sinestro Corps in their namesake's absence. After obtaining an additional five rings by killing corpsmen who refused to follow him, Mongul takes over the planet Daxam and then a large contingent of the Sinestro Corps, after besting Arkillo in one-on-one combat, he becomes the new leader of the Sinestro Corps.
Sinestro Corps | Blackest Night