Sinestro Corps
| Sinestro Corps | |
|---|---|
 Cover to Green Lantern (vol. 4) #21. Art by Ivan Reis. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | DC Comics |
| First appearance | Green Lantern v4 #10 (May 2006) |
| Created by | Geoff Johns Ethan Van Sciver |
| In-story information | |
| Base(s) | Qward, Anti-Matter Universe |
| Member(s) | Arkillo Amon Sur Anti-Monitor Bedovian Despotellis Hank Henshaw Karu-Sil Lyssa Drak Parallax (Kyle Rayner) Sinestro Superboy-Prime |
The Sinestro Corps is a group of fictional characters, a villainous analogue to the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe led by the supervillain Sinestro.
Fictional history
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. After a long time, the entity became known as the yellow impurity, the cause for the Green Lantern's weakness with the color yellow.[1]
After Sinestro went rogue, he is banished by the Guardians of the Universe to Qward in the anti-matter universe. When he returned, he wielded a power ring which used a yellow power source. After various encounters with Earth's Green Lantern Hal Jordan, he is imprisoned within the Central Power Battery. There he is 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 are able influence the fall of Hal Jordan and instigate the fall of the Green Lantern Corps, leaving one last Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner.[2][3]
Recruitment drive
With the Green Lantern Corps restarted with the return of Hal Jordan,[4] the Sinestro Corps and has been been 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 member of the Sinestro Corps work in sector like the GLC. Qward also has a huge yellow Central Battery on its surface like the one used on Oa.[5]
Arkillo, a large and muscular vicious alien is enslaving all the Qwardian Weaponeers and forcing them to continuously build new yellow rings, programmed to breach the barrier between anti-matter and matter universe to find and recruit new ring-wielders. Arkillo also serves as the Sinestro Corps' drill sergeant, similar to Kilowog's role in the GLC [6]
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; Bedovian, the sniper of the Corps, capable of taking out a target from three sectors away while living off of the fungus growing on his "hermit crab" like shell.[7]
During this time, the Sinestro Corps attempts to recruit Batman, known even to some alien races for his great formidable ability of instilling great 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 and attempting to steal Hal Jordan's ring.
The prophecy
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 the Emerald Twilight saga, and the Manhunter's new grandmaster Hank Henshaw, the Cyborg-Superman. The Manhunters were defeated and Henshaw's head was brought to Oa.[8] The Book of Oa has a forbidden chapter on cosmic Revelations, which included the following prophecy:
"A face of metal and flesh shall speak of the secrets of the 52. Fear will rise. Willpower will gather. And a war of light will unleash the truth behind the power of the ring."
After his interrogation, the Guardians learned that Henshaw is aware of the 52 parallel universes and that if New Earth was destroyed, the new Multiverse would collapse and the Anti-Matter universe would take it's 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.[citation needed]
War with the Green Lantern Corps
The Sinestro Corps starts it war against the Green Lantern Corps when Bedovian attacks Oa. Several Green Lanterns are killed in the attack. During the attack, Superboy-Prime, who proceeds to kill several Green Lanterns, and Hank Henshaw are freed from captivity.
At the same time, Kyle Rayner is transported to Qward by a yellow power ring and witnesses a gathering of the entire Sinestro Corps and is then attacked. Kyle is defeated after Sinestro reveals that Despotellis was responsible for his mother’s death after it invaded her from the inside. He also reveals that Ion is actually a benevolent energy entity similar to Parallax that embodies willpower instead of fear and connects with its host instead of taking it over. Sinestro then removes the Ion entity from Kyle, which allows Parallax to possess him and take him over.
Sinestro and Parallax return to Qward where they kneel before a partially reconstructed Hank Henshaw, Superboy-Prime (now wearing the Sinestro Corps’ uniform and a variant of the power suit he used a year earlier), and a reborn Anti-Monitor.[9]
Prominent members
- Anti-Monitor - The "Guardian of Fear" and founder of the Sinestro Corps.
Heralds of the Anti-Monitor
- Hank Henshaw - The "Cyborg Superman" who destroyed Coast City, instilling fear into Hal Jordan.
- Parallax (Kyle Rayner) - The Green Lantern's "yellow impurity" who was responsible for Hal Jordan's fall from grace. After Sinestro expunged the Ion entity from Kyle Rayner, Parallax possessed his body.
- Superboy-Prime - Deranged Kryptonian from an alternate universe.
Officers
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 - Disgruntled son of deceased Green Lantern Abin Sur.
- 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."[10]
- Bedovian - Cannibal sniper who can kill from three space sectors away.
- Despotellis of Sector 119 - Sentient virus that kills from within.
- Karu-Sil of Sector 2815 - Sociopathic savage raised by animals.
- Lyssa Drak - Keeper of the Book of Parallax.
- Low and Kiriazis - Mentioned by Lyssa Drak, but not yet introduced.[volume & issue needed]
- Sinestro - Leader and namesake of the Sinestro Corps.
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, each one bearing a power ring, so that they are two bodies acting as one.[10]
Weapons
- Main Article: Power ring
Sinestro Corps members use Qwardian yellow power rings. Unlike the Green Lanterns Corps' power rings, the Sinestro Corps' rings are based on fear instead of willpower. Previously, the yellow ring would only recharge after engaging in battle with a Green Lantern. A giant yellow Power Battery based on Qward is used by the Sinestro Corps to charge their rings. The yellow rings have no known weaknesses, unlike Green Lantern's previous vulnerability to yellow.
When recharging their power rings, members of the Sinestro Corps recite the following oath:
- In blackest day, in brightest night,
- Beware your fears made into light
- Let those who try to stop what's right,
- Burn like my power... Sinestro's might!
References
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #3 (2005)
- ^ Green Lantern v3 #50 (1994)
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #4 (2005)
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #6 (2005)
- ^ Rogers, Vaneta (2006-08-08). "CATCHING UP WITH GEOFF JOHNS". Newsarama. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Green Lantern v4 #11
- ^ Wizard Magazine #186 (January 2007), 2007 Preview, Sinestro Corps.
- ^ Green Lantern v4 #4 (2005)
- ^ Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps (2007)
- ^ a b Rogers, Vaneta (2006-04-11). "TAPPING IN TO EVIL: ETHAN VAN SCIVER ON SINESTRO CORPS". Newsarama. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
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