Sinestro Corps
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| Sinestro Corps | |
 Cover to Green Lantern (vol. 4) #21. Art by Ivan Reis. |
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| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern (vol. 4) #10 (May 2006) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Ethan Van Sciver |
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| Base(s) | Qward, Antimatter Universe |
| Member(s) | Arkillo Amon Sur Anti-Monitor Bedovian Bizarro Yellow Lantern Cyborg Superman Despotellis Enkafos Karu-Sil Krybb Lyssa Drak Manhunters Parallax Ranx Sinestro Superman-Prime |
The Sinestro Corps is a group of fictional characters, a villainous analogue to the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe. It is led by the supervillain Sinestro.
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[edit] Fictional history
[edit] Before the Corps
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 Green Lantern's weakness with the color yellow.[1]
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. When asked what Corps he belongs to, Booster ad-libbed "The...Sinestro Corps.".[2]
After Sinestro went rogue, he was banished by the Guardians of the Universe to Qward in the Antimatter universe. When he returned, he wielded a power ring which used yellow energy. After various encounters with Earth's Green Lantern Hal Jordan, he was imprisoned within the Central Power Battery. There he was able to use his ring, which uses fear, as opposed to willpower, as a power source, to awaken Parallax from hibernation. From here, Parallax and Sinestro were able to influence the fall of Hal Jordan and instigate the fall of the Green Lantern Corps, leaving one last Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner.[3][4]
[edit] Recruitment drive
After the Green Lantern Corps was restarted with the return of Hal Jordan,[5] the Sinestro Corps began actively recruiting members, offering yellow power rings and a role in the Corps to those who can "instill great fear". Members of the Corps are immediately taken to Qward to "...be subjected to psychological and physical reconditioning". The members of the Sinestro Corps work in sectors like the GLC. Qward also has a huge yellow Central Battery on its surface like the one used on Oa.[6] Although the Sinestro Corps use fear and oppose the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians, Sinestro has stated their goal is to bring order to the universe, which he claimed the Guardians have failed to do.
Arkillo, a large and muscular vicious alien is enslaving all the Qwardian Weaponeers 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.[7]
Members recruited other than the Corps' namesake and Arkillo, 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.[8]
During this time, the Sinestro Corps attempted to recruit Batman, known even to some alien races for his formidable ability to instill fear in others. However, Batman's willpower combined with his previous brief exposure to a power ring allowed him to reject the yellow ring before it took him to be properly trained and molded into one of Sinestro's soldiers. The yellow ring then sought a replacement and selected Amon Sur, the disgruntled son of Abin Sur, who was on Earth attempting to steal Hal Jordan's ring.[9]
[edit] The prophecy
It was revealed that after untold millennia, the Weaponers of Qward, Ranx the Sentient City, the Children of the White Lobe, and the Empire of Tears will rise united against the Green Lantern Corps.[10] This was largely ignored up until upgraded Manhunters started to appear throughout the universe. Hal Jordan encountered one on Earth and, with Guy Gardner, followed their trail to Sector 3601. Hal and Guy found several Green Lanterns, all of who were assumed to have been killed during the Emerald Twilight saga, and the Manhunters' new grandmaster Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg Superman. The Manhunters were defeated and Henshaw's head was brought to Oa.[11] The Book of Oa has a forbidden chapter on cosmic Revelations, which included the following prophecy:
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After his interrogation, the Guardians learned that Henshaw is aware of the fifty-two parallel universes and that if New Earth was destroyed, the new Multiverse would collapse and the Antimatter universe would take its place. Two of the Guardians, Ganthet and Sayd, warn the other Guardians not to ignore the prophecy because it could destroy the Green Lantern Corps.[12]
[edit] The Sinestro Corps War
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Following his defeat in Green Lantern: Rebirth, the events of Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 see the supervillain Sinestro retreat to the planet Qward in the Antimatter Universe. Here 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 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. Kyle Rayner is captured and transported to Qward, where Sinestro manages to separate Rayner from the symbiote Ion allowing Parallax to possess him.[13] 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 decide 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.[14] Events in Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #16 show Hal informing the Green Lantern Corps of Sinestro's plans.[15]
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.[16] 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”.[17]
The Guardians arrive on Earth and appoint Sodam Yat to be the new Ion. After a lengthy struggle in New York, the Sinestro Corps are defeated by the overwhelming numbers against them. One of the Guardians sacrifices himself to send Superman-Prime to an alternate universe, while Hal and Kyle subdue and arrest Sinestro in Coast City. In the aftermath of the battle, seen in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25, the Guardians decide to bring the second of the new laws into affect. After realizing that the "Blackest Night" prophecy will come to pass, Ganthet and Sayd depart after creating a blue power ring with the intention of creating their own Corps, based on the spreading of Hope to the rest of the universe. The Anti-Monitor, having been blown across the vacuum of space at the battle's climax, finds itself on a dark planet. Here it is transformed by an unknown force into a Black Power Battery.[17]
[edit] Prominent members
[edit] Anti-Monitor and heralds
- Anti-Monitor: Responsible for the events of Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Anti-Monitor is an almost infinitely powerful threat. Returning in the wake of the events of Infinite Crisis and 52, he allies with Sinestro to form the Sinestro Corps.
- Cyborg-Superman (Hank Henshaw): The man-machine hybrid who destroyed Coast City, and eventual Grandmaster of the Manhunters.
- Parallax: The Green Lantern Corps' "yellow impurity" who was responsible for Hal Jordan's fall from grace. Parallax possessed Kyle Rayner after the Ion entity was expunged from him by Sinestro.
- Sinestro: Leader and namesake of the Sinestro Corps.
- Superman-Prime: Deranged Kryptonian from the destroyed Earth Prime.
[edit] Ring bearers
Like the Green Lantern Corps, the Sinestro Corps has 7200 ring bearers, two for each of the 3600 sectors of space.
- Amon Sur of Sector 2814: Son of deceased Green Lantern Abin Sur. The ring had previously tried to recruit Batman as the Corps member for this sector, and following Amon Sur's death, his ring sought out the Scarecrow as its new bearer, but it was destroyed by the Guardians.
- Arkillo of Sector 674: Drill sergeant and carnivore. One of the Sinestro Corps' first recruits. Described by Geoff Johns as the "Kilowog of the Sinestro Corps."[18]
- Bedovian of Sector 3: a nautilus-like cannibalistic sniper who can kill from three space sectors away.[19] He was located and shot by John Stewart.
- Borialosaurus of Sector 3001: The oldest member of the Sinestro Corps and one of the only surviving members of a race of carnivorous sea animals that were hunted down after killing dozens of Guardians of the Universe.[20]
- Braach of Sector 3064: A Selachian who feeds on the endangered space dolphins, attracting the attention of space dolphin lover Lobo.[20]
- Despotellis of Sector 119: Sentient virus that kills from within, responsible for the death of 85% of space sector 119 in addition to Kyle Rayner's mother.[21] Despotellis was defeated by Leezle Pon, a Green Lantern Smallpox Virus. He was last heard of being imprisoned on Oa.
- Duel Eknham of the planet Siamgemi: A siamese-twin like being with two faces and personalities. One side wishes to kill and maim in the most gruesome ways possible, while the other prefers more sophisticated methods of murder. Forced to serve Mongul in Green Lantern Corps#23.
- Enkafos: Coordinates the Sinestro Corps attack on Mogo and was ultimately killed by Sodam Yat. Ethan Van Sciver described Enkarfos as an analogue to the Green Lantern Corps' Salaak.[22]
- Feena Sik of Sector 2897: An artist whose creations come to life and slaughter any living thing.[20]
- Gleen of Sector 312: Gleen is one of the Krolotean gremlins responsible for the transformations of Hector Hammond, Black Hand, and the Shark, and has tampered with the evolutionary patterns of over a thousand species. Amongst his species, Gleen is considered the cruelest and most twisted.[20]
- Haasp the Hunter of Sector 3492: A hunter of rare and exotic animals throughout the universe, Haasp is brother to Green Lantern Harvid, and has dubbed him his next big hunt.[20]
- Karu-Sil of Sector 2815: Savage raised by animals.
- Kiriazis of Sector 1771: A Sinestro Corps member who "blinds and tortures, splintering the Ring's beams with her prisms." She was later said to be able to use her spider-like pysiology to metabolize the ring's energy and produce spider web out of it.
- Kretch of Sector 3545: A demonic being from the planet Soh who destroys planets in a blaze of hellfire.[20]
- Krybb of Sector 3599: A hag who kills Green Lanterns who are parents and stores their children in a cage growing out of her back.
- Fatality of Sector 1313: Longtime enemy of the Green Lantern Corps.
- Lyssa Drak: Keeper of the Book of Parallax.
- Low of Sector 3308: A Sinestro Corps member who "consumes his enemies' bones while they still breathe." Low is considered to be the most dangerous parasite in the universe. He can suck the blood of his enemies in a matter of seconds, he then lays his eggs inside their shell.[20]
- Mongul of Debstam IV, Sector 2811: Son of a long time foe of Superman. After the end of the war, he finds a downed Sinestro Corps member and breaks his neck, taking his ring for himself.[23]
- Murr the Melting Man of Sector 3490: Formerely scientist Ausiin Snow, a horrible accident transformed him into a mindless thing that melts anything it touches, similar to Preston Payne. When he is around other members of the Corps, they are sure to keep their force fields up.[20]
- Peacemaker of Sector 2 (the home sector of the Reach): Selected from Earth to join the Sinestro Corps, the alien Reach place a beetle scarab in his spine to make him a joint agent with the intention of assassinating Jaime Reyes, the Blue Beetle.[24]
- Ranx the Sentient City: A sentient city that is prophesied to kill Mogo.[10]
- Romat-Ru of Sector 2813: Romat-Ru is a Xudarian, and is considered one of the vilest creatures in the galaxy. Arrested on a minor charge, when police investigated his home they found the remains of over a thousand children.[20]
- Scivor of Sector 3106: Scivor has posed as one of the Torture Gods of Aplic-Toh, and has influenced thousands to kill in his name across his sector.[20]
- Seer Ruggle of Sector 2700: Seer is the Bomb Mistress of Rorc, and is responsible for the construction of six blink bombs throughout the universe, one of which she gave to the Children of the White Lobe to destroy Mogo.[20]
- Sirket of Sector 1110: An insect that lives in the space between dimensions.[20]
- Slushh of Sector 3376: Slushh is a polymorphic acidic globular being who spent millions of years trapped by the warlords of Prisun at the bottom of a red oil sea. On the outside, he is a viscous shell, but his insides are composed of a corrosive fluid that liquefies flesh instantly.[20]
- Smithwick of Sector 1418: Smithwick comes from the same planet as Salakk. A believer in anarchy and chaos, he has vowed to kill Salakk for believing in reason and order.[20]
- Stanch of Sector 3560: On the planet Guush, the once benevolent Stanch was the only one of his species to survive its polluted atmosphere, but his survival is due to his mutation into a carnivorous, winged creature.[20]
- Starro: an alien parasite that creates copies of itself which take possession of sentient organisms and take control of their minds.
- Tekik of Sector 3281: A sentient robot which has created a "fear program".[20]
- Yellow Lantern of Sector 1284 (an anagram of Sector 2814): A citizen of Bizarro World who is selected as a member of the Sinestro Corps. He ignores the ring's commands until the ring overrides his free will and takes him to the battle field.[25] Made a cameo in Green Lantern #25.
- Several characters have been shown in preview art and mentioned by creators Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver, but have yet to appear. Ethan van Sciver has also stated that there will be a 'Frankenstein'-inspired member who is two aliens cut in half and sewn together, (with each one bearing a power ring, so that they are two bodies acting as one), and "Strange Little Robots".[18] The "'Frankenstein'-inspired member" made a small appearance in the Sinestro Corps Special, appearing behind Sinestro.[26]
[edit] Oath
When recharging their power rings, members of the Sinestro Corps recite the following oath:
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- "My power" becomes "his power" when recited by other members of the Corps.
[edit] Weapons and Equipment
Members of the Sinestro Corps use yellow power rings built on Qward. Unlike a Green Lantern's power ring, yellow power rings are fueled by fear instead of willpower. The yellow rings are charged by Manhunter androids that have yellow power batteries built into themselves, which in turn are connected to a large yellow Power Battery based on Qward. The rings have no known weaknesses, unlike a Green Lantern power ring's previous vulnerability to yellow. Also, the yellow rings are not restricted from killing sentient beings as the Green Lantern's power rings were. However, due to the Guardians' authorizaton for the use of lethal force, the yellow rings are no longer unique in this way.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #3 (2005)
- ^ Booster Gold #2 (2007)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 3) #50 (1994)
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #4 (2005)
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #6 (2005)
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (2006-08-08). CATCHING UP WITH GEOFF JOHNS. Newsarama. Retrieved on 2007-03-20.
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #11
- ^ Wizard Magazine #184 (February 2007), 2007 Preview, Sinestro Corps.
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #17
- ^ a b Tales of the Green Lanterns Corps Annual #2 (1986)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #14 (2005)
- ^ Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (2007)
- ^ Geoff Johns (w), Ethan Van Sciver (a), Moose Baumann (col), Rob Leigh (let). "Sinestro Corps, Prologue: The Second Rebirth". Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (Aug 2007), DC Comics.
- ^ Geoff Johns (w), Ivan Reis (p), Oclair Albert (i), Moose Baumann (col). "Broken Laws". Green Lantern (vol. 4) #23, DC Comics.
- ^ Dave Gibbons (w), Patrick Gleason (p), Prentiss Rollins (i), Guy Major (col). "The Battle of Ranx". Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #16, DC Comics.
- ^ Geoff Johns (w), Ivan Reis (p), Oclair Albert & Julio Ferreira (i). "Home Invasion". Green Lantern (vol. 4) #24 (Dec 2007), DC Comics.
- ^ a b Geoff Johns (w), Ivan Reis & Ethan Van Sciver (p), Oclair Albert, Julio Feirreira, & Ivan Reis (i), Moose Baumann & Rod Reis (col). "The Sinestro Corps War part 11". Green Lantern (vol. 4) #25, DC Comics.
- ^ a b Rogers, Vaneta (2006-04-11). TAPPING IN TO EVIL: ETHAN VAN SCIVER ON SINESTRO CORPS. Newsarama. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ "Green Lantern" (vol. 4) #20 (2007)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps: Secret Files and Origins one-shot (2007)
- ^ Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps one-shot
- ^ Newsarama Tapping in to Evil: Ethan Van Sciver on Sinestro Corps
- ^ Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #20
- ^ Blue Beetle #20
- ^ Action Comics #857
- ^ Images from the Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1
[edit] References
- Sinestro Corps at the Comic Book DB
[edit] External links
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