Sinestro Corps

Sinestro Corps is a comic book team that first appeared in Green Lantern #21



The Sinestro Corps is a mirror organization to the Green Lantern Corps. Its members are chosen from those who can instill great fear and are given Qwardian Yellow Power rings.

Oath

Fear vs Rage
Fear vs Rage
Members of the Sinestro Corps must recite this oath when recharging their yellow power rings:

"In blackest day, in brightest night,

Beware your fears made into light
Let those who try to stop what's right,
Burn like his power...
Sinestro's might!
"

The Sinestro Corps Oath reflects their position as the antithesis of the Green Lantern Corps.


Overview

Spreading fear
Spreading fear
The Sinestro Corps wields the power of the yellow light of fear out of the emotional spectrum. Members are chosen throughout the universe for their ability to instill great fear, leading to an army of nightmarish creatures wielding power rings. Serial killers, torturers, mass murderers, criminals. These are the beings who comprise the Sinestro Corps.

Their Central Battery is located on the planet Qward in the Anti-Matter Universe, Sector -1. Enslaved Qwardians are forced to construct their rings and serve the needs of the Corps.

Founded by Sinestro, the Corps seeks to bring order to the universe through fear and oppression.

History

Attack on Earth
Attack on Earth
After his defeat at the hands of Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner, Sinestro retreated to Qward where he began building his own corps based off his yellow power ring and the power of fear, embodied by Parallax. He built this Sinestro Corps in secret, recruiting beings from all the sectors of the universe in the same way the Guardians of the Universe did for the Green Lantern Corps.  Sinestro selected the Talokian Lyssa Drak to be the Sinestro Corps historian and chained her to the Book of Parallax.

For its big debut, the Sinestro Corps forged alliances with the Manhunters, the Anti-Monitor and Superboy-Prime in a major offensive against the Green Lantern Corps and Earth. It was all part of Sinestro's plan to make the Guardians afraid enough to enact new laws, such as authorizing Green Lanterns to use lethal force. The Sinestro Corps engaged in huge attacks against Oa, Mogo and Earth. They killed many Green Lanterns in the process, but in the end, they were driven off and many of them were captured including Sinestro himself.

The Green Lantern Corps hounded them in the aftermath of the Sinestro Corps War. The Sinestro Corps was scattered and being pursued by Green Lanterns. The power rings looking for new candidates were also being chased down and later destroyed on Oa. On top of that, female members of the Corps were being taken by the Star Sapphire Corps and converted. Without leadership, the Corps was disorganized and on the run.

This changed when a ring found and selected Mongul as its new bearer.  He took advantage of Sinestro's absence to position himself as the Corps' new leader, invading the planet of Daxam and calling all members of the Sinestro Corps to meet him there. He declared himsef as the new leader and defeated Arkillo when challenged. Meanwhile, others still loyal to Sinestro freed him from the Red Lantern Corps. The Corps was divided between two leaders. Sinestro intends to rectify this after retrieving the captive female Sinestro soldiers from the Star Sapphires.

Weapons

Each member of the Sinestro Corps is located by a yellow power ring which seeks out individuals who have the ability to instill great fear. The power ring works much like the green Power Ring, but creating yellow constructs rather than Green. These rings can be repowered with a yellow Power Battery, or through the power source located in the heads of the Manhunter Android.

In other Media

The Sinestro Corps are referenced in Mortal Kombat vs DC universe Green Lantern ending.

In Batman the Brave and the Bold, an alternate universe version of Sinestro wears a Sinestro Corps uniform and yellow power ring.

in the upcoming animated movie, Green Lantern First Flight, Sinestro is shown wearing his Sinestro Corps uniform.


Team Name: Sinestro Corps
Publisher: DC Comics
1st Appearance: Green Lantern #21
Appears in: 54 issues
Disbanded in:
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To Hell and Back
Feared
Heart of Darkness
Love Hurts
Fade To Black
 Saint Walker; Mongul For Your Love; Tales of the Indigo Tribe
Rise
Only the Good Die Young
Emerald Eclipse, Part 6

Green Lantern First Flight Green Lantern First Flight
Animated Green Lantern Movie.


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