The Sinestro Corps , occasionally known as the Yellow Lantern Corps , is a supervillainous group and analog to the Green Lantern Corps in the DC Universe . They are led by Sinestro , and derive power from the emotional electromagnetic spectrum of fear.
86-551: The Sinestro Corps first appeared in Green Lantern vol. 4 #10 and was created by Geoff Johns and Ethan Van Sciver . The Parallax entity is a space parasite that is the embodiment of fear that was imprisoned within the Central Power Battery on Oa . This caused green power rings to be weak to the color yellow, and Parallax subsequently became known as the "yellow impurity" over time. Thaal Sinestro, at
172-701: A Green Lantern, and a third member in the Justice League. A new character, Kyle Rayner , was created to become the feature while Hal Jordan first became the villain Parallax , then died and came back as the Spectre . In the wake of The New Frontier , writer Geoff Johns returned Hal Jordan as Green Lantern in Green Lantern: Rebirth (2004–05). Johns began to lay the groundwork for " Blackest Night " (released July 13, 2010) ), viewing it as
258-509: A device he placed on Doomsday. He travels to Apokolips , where he possesses an Apokoliptian trooper. Henshaw and Doomsday take over most of Apokolips before Darkseid imprisons the former. Darkseid later frees Henshaw, who joins an intergalactic council seeking to bring Superman to trial for the crimes of his ancestors. When the council learns of Henshaw's role in the destruction of Coast City, they sentence him to death. As an electronic consciousness, Henshaw cannot be killed by normal means and
344-755: 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". The Guardians arrive on Earth and appoint Sodam Yat to be the new Ion. After a lengthy struggle in New York City , 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
430-515: A green light. In issue #9 of the original Alan Scott Green Lantern comic book, scriptwriter Alfred Bester , best known as a major science fiction novelist of the 1950s (and one who had included rhymed couplets in his work) introduced the Green Lantern Oaths: In brightest day, in darkest night No evil shall escape my sight! Let those who worship evil's might Beware my power ― Green Lantern's light! This oath
516-546: 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. The Sinestro Corps attacks a planet, but soon Hal Jordan arrives with his restored Green Lantern powers and drives the Sinestro Corp back. Hal causes
602-518: A lawman, Green Arrow as a liberal iconoclast . Additionally during this run, the groundbreaking " Snowbirds Don't Fly " story was published (issues #85–86) in which Green Arrow's teen sidekick Speedy (the later grown-up hero Red Arrow ) developed a heroin addiction that he was forcibly made to quit. The stories were critically acclaimed, with publications such as The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and Newsweek citing it as an example of how comic books were "growing up". However,
688-536: A living construct to incinerate the Fear Warlord, apparently destroying Sinestro and Ranx for good. Like the Green Lantern Corps , the Sinestro Corps has 7200 ring bearers, two for each of the 3600 sectors of space. When recharging their power rings, members of the Sinestro Corps recite the following oath: : In blackest day, in brightest night, As the embodiment of fear which is connected to
774-415: A magic lantern which spoke to him and said it would bring power. From this, he crafted a magic ring that gave him a wide variety of powers. The limitations of the ring were that it had to be "charged" every 24 hours by touching it to the lantern for a time and that it could not directly affect objects made of wood. Alan Scott fought mostly ordinary human villains, but he did have a few paranormal ones such as
860-512: A new DC Comics cinematic franchise with a sequel and an untitled Flash film, but due to the film's failure, nothing moved forward. John Stewart was scheduled to appear in Zack Snyder 's director cut of Justice League , portrayed by Wayne T. Carr, but the scene was reworked with Martian Manhunter , portrayed by Harry Lennix , at the request of Warner Bros. In the live-action television series Stargirl , Alan Scott 's power battery
946-555: A new body. In Reign of Doomsday , Doomsday assimilates Henshaw's technology before being transported to another dimension. In The New 52 continuity reboot, Hank Henshaw is a human doctor working for the Advanced Prosthetic Research Centre and a colleague of Caitlin Fairchild. His role as Cyborg Superman is taken by Zor-El , a cyborg Kryptonian and servant of Brainiac . Following
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#17327797782481032-424: A new member was added. Members of the Sinestro Corps use yellow power rings built on Qward. Though functionally similar to a Green Lantern's power ring, yellow power rings are fueled by fear instead of willpower. Members are selected for their skill at intimidation and terror. The ring amplifies the aggressive tendencies of the wearer. The yellow rings are charged by yellow power batteries, which are in turn linked to
1118-747: A rebel to be Soranik Natu , who has secured Hal safely, though he was killed by Sinestro (this whole sentence makes no sense and I don't have the knowledged to correct it accurately). The Sinestro Corps then begin capturing people and imprisoning them in Warworld's engine to increase the power of fear. When Hal has recovered he invades Warworld and attacks the Sinestro Corps. As they were about to attack 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 escaping with them. Hal then uses his energies as
1204-754: A replacement and selected Amon Sur , the disgruntled son of Abin Sur , who was on Earth attempting to steal Hal Jordan's ring. 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 . This was largely ignored up until upgraded Manhunters started to appear throughout
1290-702: A storyline in which an assistant of Kyle Rayner's emerged as a gay character in Green Lantern (vol. 3) #137 (June 2001). In Green Lantern (vol. 3) #154 (November 2001) the story entitled "Hate Crime" gained media recognition when his friend Terry Berg was brutally beaten in a homophobic attack. Winick was interviewed on Phil Donahue's show on MSNBC for that storyline on August 15, 2002 and received two GLAAD Media Awards for his Green Lantern work. In May 2011, Green Lantern placed 7th on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes of All Time. DC Comics has been involved in two disputes concerning Green Lantern trade marks before
1376-546: A yellow Central Power Battery based on Korugar. Aside from the recharging limitations common among the various Corps, their only known weakness is that their power can be drained by a Blue Lantern's power ring. The Sinestro Corps appear in the Justice League Action episode "The Ringer", consisting of Sinestro and Despotellis. The Sinestro Corps appear in Smallville Season 11 . This version of
1462-522: Is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , and normally goes by the name Cyborg Superman . Created by writer-artist Dan Jurgens , the character originally appeared primarily as an enemy of Superman , however in recent years he has also been an enemy of the Green Lantern Corps . At times, he is also referred to as The Cyborg (not to be confused with Victor Stone a.k.a. Cyborg ) In 2011, IGN ranked him #33 of
1548-531: Is abducted by Atrocitus' forces and brought to the Red Lantern base planet: Ysmault. Planning to use Sinestro's blood for their own means, Sinestro's faction of the Sinestro Corps eventually arrive and liberate him from the Red Lanterns. After their escape, Sinestro and his faction of the Sinestro Corps return to Qward, revealing that there is a backup Central Power Battery. Sinestro orders his men to free
1634-581: 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. Kyle Rayner
1720-611: 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,
1806-560: 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
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#17327797782481892-477: 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. During the jail break, Scar frees the yellow power rings and they find their bearers in the sciencells. Upon being reunited with her ring, Lyssa Drak claims to once again be able to feel
1978-629: Is interrupted by a Black Lantern attack, which he only survives through the arrival of Hal Jordan and Indigo-1, leader of the Indigo Tribe . Indigo-1 brings Sinestro to Korugar, so that he may finally confront Mongul. After a fierce battle, Sinestro activates the override systems in Mongul's rings, using them to imprison him inside the Sinestro Corps Central Power Battery, thus overthrowing Mongul, taking control of
2064-406: Is once again chosen as a Green Lantern. Returning to Korugar after the Guardians decide to leave him with the ring, Sinestro learns that his Corps have reverted to their brutal methods, terrorising and slaughtering the people of Korugar rather than ruling it, Sinestro creating a new Green Lantern ring for Hal Jordan albeit one that he can shut off at will so that Jordan can help him retake control of
2150-584: Is shown in a flashback to when the Injustice Society attacked the Justice Society of America 's headquarters. JSA member Pat Dugan hid his power battery in his basement. In the second season , Alan Scott's daughter Jennie-Lynn Scott finds Alan's power battery and activates it. She absorbs the battery's energy and breaks it. She then leaves Blue Valley to find her missing brother Todd Rice . A live-action Green Lantern television series
2236-527: Is transported beyond the event horizon of a black hole . Henshaw encounters Hal Jordan / Parallax at the Source Wall . Parallax uses his powers to generate representations of the victims of Coast City, which tear the Cyborg's body apart. Jordan then disperses Henshaw's consciousness, and the Cyborg is seemingly destroyed once again. Superman later encounters Henshaw on New Genesis , where he has used
2322-591: The DC Rebirth relaunch, Henshaw's role as Cyborg Superman is restored. Hank Henshaw is a "technomorph". Unlike a simple technopath which can physically manipulate technology with their mind, Henshaw can extend his consciousness into any machine. Through his technomorphic abilities, Henshaw also gained Kryptonian powers similar to Superman, while editing out weaknesses, such as his vulnerability to kryptonite . He could even commandeer complex alien technology, including power rings, controlling and assimilating
2408-400: The Justice Society of America . After World War II the popularity of superheroes in general declined. The Green Lantern comic book was cancelled with issue #38 (May–June 1949), and All Star Comics #57 (1951) was the character's last Golden Age appearance. When superheroes came back in fashion in later decades, the character Alan Scott was revived, but he was forever marginalized by
2494-438: The "Chaos" arc, Lex Luthor employs a security force empowered by yellow power rings until they are defeated and depowered by Booster Gold and Skeets. Green Lantern Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics . They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, and
2580-676: The "Top 100 Comic Book Villains". Hank Henshaw first appeared in The Adventures of Superman #466 (May 1990), and was created by Dan Jurgens . He first appears as Cyborg Superman in the Reign of the Supermen storyline. Hank and the other three members of the Excalibur crew, including his wife Terri, are exposed to radiation from a solar flare during a LexCorp experiment. Hank and Terri survive, but suffer adverse effects from
2666-479: The 1961 Alley Award for Best Adventure Hero/Heroine with Own Book and the Academy of Comic Book Arts Shazam Award for Best Continuing Feature in 1970, for Best Individual Story ("No Evil Shall Escape My Sight", Green Lantern (vol. 2) #76 by Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams ), and in 1971 for Best Individual Story ("Snowbirds Don't Fly", Green Lantern (vol. 2) #85 by O'Neil and Adams). Writer O'Neil received
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2752-613: The Anti-Monitor. However, he is recovered by the Manhunters. In Brightest Day crossover, Henshaw allies with the Alpha Lanterns. He forces Ganthet to work on reversing the augments that turned the Green Lanterns into Alpha Lanterns, hoping that he can use the resulting information to restore his original body. Henshaw is killed by Boodikka , but his consciousness survives inside Doomsday and eventually forms
2838-555: 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. Following his defeat in Green Lantern: Rebirth , 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
2924-558: The Book and keeping it safe. A power ring is needed to translate the Book's text into words familiar to the ring wielder. Before a candidate of the corps enters a fear lodge, their power rings are drained by the Book of Parallax. The Book was eventually destroyed during the rampage of the First Lantern, but its text continued on as the "Lore of Parallax", inscribed directly into Lyssa Drak's skin and mind, and developing further every time
3010-399: 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. Events in Green Lantern Corps vol. 2 #16 show Hal informing
3096-515: The Book of Parallax. Now armed with their rings the Sinestro Corps join in the battle with the Green Lanterns and Vice. The faction of the Sinestro Corps led by Sinestro are planning an invasion of Zamaron, homeworld of the Star Sapphires, in order to retake the female Corps members being held prisoner there. After being repelled from Daxam, Mongul's faction (which he has renamed as "The Mongul Corps") invades Korugar. Sinestro's rescue attempt
3182-535: The Corps members on Korugar, although those more distant from the battery will still have access to their own power supplies. Later all Lanterns' rings registered that the Sinestro Corps have disbanded with 98% of all known Corpsmen dead or incarcerated, requiring Arkillo, who was cut off from the other Corps in the Orrery with the New Guardians during this attack, to use a new, independent power battery forged by
3268-608: The DCU's Jordan and Stewart. Some political pundits and academic political scientists use the phrase "Green Lanternism" (or "political Green Lanternism") to refer to the common tendency to demand perfection or omnipotence from political leaders, and to blame actually unsolvable or inevitable problems on political leaders' alleged weakness or malice, as if political office-holders' powers and abilities, like Green Lantern's powers and abilities, were limited only by their personal strength of will. Hank Henshaw Henry " Hank " Henshaw
3354-531: The Eradicator, allowing Mongul to destroy the city. Henshaw also murders a family of vacationers trying to escape the devastated area. He then convinces the White House and the public that the Eradicator was responsible. After tricking and defeating Superboy, Henshaw prepares to launch a nuclear warhead to convert Metropolis into a second Engine City. Superboy escapes and warns Steel, Supergirl , and
3440-473: 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
3526-470: The Mongul Corps, and renaming it "The Sinestro Corps" after himself. When he departs with Hal Jordan's group of light-wielders, he commands his Corps to gather at Korugar and protect it while he is away. In the aftermath of Blackest Night , the Sinestro Corps and Green Lantern Corps maintain a fragile truce where neither will attack each other. However, while helping Hal Jordan and the ring-wielders of
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3612-465: The O'Neil/Adams run was not a commercial success, and the series was cancelled after only 14 issues, though an additional unpublished three installments were finally published as back-ups in The Flash #217–219. The title saw a number of revivals and cancellations. It changed to Green Lantern Corps at one point as the popularity rose and waned. During a time there were two regular titles, each with
3698-595: The Shazam Award for Best Writer (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for his work on Green Lantern , Batman , Superman and other titles, while artist Adams received the Shazam for Best Artist (Dramatic Division) in 1970 for his work on Green Lantern and Batman . Inker Dick Giordano received the Shazam Award for Best Inker (Dramatic Division) for his work on Green Lantern and other titles. In Judd Winick 's first regular writing assignment on Green Lantern, he wrote
3784-407: 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
3870-555: 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
3956-581: The Sinestro Corps members to flee and pursues them. He follows them to the planet, where all the Sinestro Corps are ambush and restrain him. In order to defeat Hal Jordan the Sinestro Corps used the full power of fear throughout the universe, and were ordered by Sinestro to bring Hal to him alive. The Sinestro Corps return to the Sinestro with the captured Green Lantern, who they thought was Hal, but it's actually Guy Gardner instead. Furious, Sinestro demands to know where Hal is. A Corps member named Strafe mistook
4042-408: The Sinestro Corps work in sectors, like the Green Lantern Corps. Qward also has a huge yellow Central Battery on its surface like the one used on Oa. Although the Sinestro Corps uses fear, and opposes the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians, Sinestro has stated their goal is to bring order to the universe, which he claims the Guardians have failed to do. Arkillo , a large and muscular vicious alien,
4128-409: The Sinestro Corps, who now want him dead in the belief that his killer will become the new Sinestro Corps leader. After turning various Korugarian prisoners into a temporary Green Lantern Corps using short-lived duplicates of Sinestro's ring, Sinestro and Hal are able to hold off the Sinestro Corps long enough to drain the power away from the Central Power Battery of the Sinestro Corps, de-powering all of
4214-566: The Source Wall's power to create a small world from his memories. After being defeated, Henshaw escapes, constructs a new body, and becomes an art teacher. He eventually returns to villainy and allies with Toyman , creating a machine that splits Superman into Superman Blue and Superman Red . Henshaw later attempts to take over Kandor , but fails when he is defeated by Superman and sent to the Phantom Zone . He later returns and becomes
4300-630: The Statue of Liberty. By the end, Henshaw has Superman in a choke hold, thinking that the victory is near. He is later seen briefly in Tales of the Sinestro Corps Presents: Superman-Prime , having presumably been beaten back by the combined strength of Superman, Supergirl , and Power Girl . Hank Henshaw's body is destroyed when the Green Lantern Corps detonate New Warworld and Sinestro Corps power battery to destroy
4386-473: The United States Patent and Trade Mark Office, the first in 2012 and the second in 2016. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants them a variety of abilities. The ring is powered by willpower. The full extent of the ring's abilities has never been rigorously defined in the stories, but two consistent traits are that it grants the power of flight and that all of its effects are accompanied by
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#17327797782484472-549: The Weaponer from the fear of the Korugarians. It has since been revealed that the Guardians were responsible for Sinestro acquiring a Green Lantern ring in an attempt to undermine the Sinestro Corps as part of their future plans to destroy all seven Corps. During the conclusion of the "Wrath of the First Lantern" storyline, Sinestro becomes once again a member of the Sinestro Corps and after bonding with Parallax, he reactivates
4558-416: The aftermath of the battle, seen in Green Lantern vol. 4 #25, the Guardians decide to bring the second of the new laws into effect. 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
4644-893: The aid of his magic ring . For the Silver Age of Comic Books , John Broome and Gil Kane reinvented the character as Hal Jordan in 1959 and introduced the Green Lantern Corps , shifting the nature of the character from fantasy to science fiction. During the Bronze Age of Comic Books , Dennis O'Neil and Neal Adams introduced John Stewart , a new member of the Corps who was one of DC's first black superheroes. Other notable Green Lanterns include Guy Gardner , Kyle Rayner , Simon Baz , Jessica Cruz and Jo Mullein . The Green Lanterns are among DC Comics' longest lasting sets of characters. They have been adapted to television, video games, and motion pictures. Martin Nodell (initially using
4730-419: The attack and he successfully tampers with the mechanics of the satellite core. As the satellite is thrown out of orbit, Superman appears and engages Henshaw in battle. Their fight continues on Earth, while Sinestro transports his crew and his ship from the anti-matter universe. At first Superman seems to have the upper hand; however after two punches, Henshaw strikes with great power and rage, punching him through
4816-508: The company's earliest efforts to provide more than fantasy, worked with the writer-artist team of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams to spark new interest in the comic book series and address a perceived need for social relevance. They added the character Green Arrow (with the cover, but not the official name, retitled Green Lantern Co-Starring Green Arrow ) and had the pair travel through America encountering "real world" issues, to which they reacted in different ways — Green Lantern as fundamentally
4902-547: The curse of the ring, Sinestro incinerates him. 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. Subsequently, in DC Rebirth , Sinestro uses the opportunity to establish the Sinestro Corps as the new force of 'order' in the universe, imposing fear rather than inspiring faith, with Soranik joining her father out of
4988-575: The electromagnetic spectrum of emotional willpower. The characters are typically depicted as members of the Green Lantern Corps , an intergalactic law enforcement agency. The first Green Lantern character, Alan Scott , was created in 1940 by Martin Nodell with scripting or co-scripting of the first stories by Bill Finger during the Golden Age of Comic Books and usually fought common criminals in Capitol City (and later, Gotham City ) with
5074-480: The fall of Hal Jordan and instigate the fall of the Green Lantern Corps, leaving one last Green Lantern: Kyle Rayner . After the Green Lantern Corps was restarted with the return of Hal Jordan , 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
5160-473: The following: 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 main fifty-two parallel universes focused on in the New 52 era and that if New Earth was destroyed, the new Multiverse would collapse and
5246-459: The group was created by Parallax and is served by the Manhunters as heralds. In the "Lantern" arc, Parallax possesses John Stewart and sends yellow power rings to Earth, where they choose Arkham Asylum inmates, such as Man-Bat , Firefly , Bane , Mr. Freeze , and Poison Ivy , before they are all defeated by Superman and the Green Lantern Corps and depowered by Dr. Emil Hamilton . In
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#17327797782485332-528: The immortal Vandal Savage and the zombie Solomon Grundy . Most stories took place in New York. Green Lantern rings are made from magic. As a popular character in the 1940s, the Green Lantern featured both in anthology books such as All-American Comics and Comic Cavalcade , as well as his own book, Green Lantern . He also appeared in All Star Comics as a member of the superhero team known as
5418-499: The inside; and Bedovian, the sniper of the Corps, capable of taking out a target from three sectors away. 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
5504-549: The leader of the Manhunters before being destroyed and reduced to a disembodied head when the Manhunters' home world of Biot explodes. Henshaw is later rescued by the Sinestro Corps, reconstitutes his body, and joins their ranks. During this time, he revisits his past and desecrates his wife's corpse. Meanwhile, the Manhunters begin an assault on the JLA satellite. Hawkgirl , Black Lightning , and Red Arrow retaliate; however, all three are neutralized when Henshaw assists in
5590-438: The mouth of Parallax, and lived to tell the tale. This book apparently holds in its pages all the history of the greatest Sinestro Corpsmen histories. For unknown reasons the book was chained to Lyssa Drak with yellow energy from Sinestro himself. This was possibly for the need to have a historian for his Corps and a way for Sinestro to revisit his Corps' success. Lyssa Drak is quite loyal to Sinestro and highly devoted to updating
5676-555: The new Hal Jordan character who had been created to supplant him (see below). Initially, he made guest appearances in other superheroes' books, but eventually got regular roles in books featuring the Justice Society. He never got another solo series, although he did star in individual stories and in the single-issue 2002 comic book Brightest Day, Blackest Night. Between 1995 and 2003, DC Comics changed Alan Scott's superhero codename to "Sentinel" in order to distinguish him from
5762-542: The newer and more popular science fictional Green Lanterns. In 2011, the Alan Scott character was revamped. His costume was redesigned to be all green and the source of his powers was changed to that of the mystical power of nature (referred to in the stories as "the Green"). In 1959, Julius Schwartz reinvented the Green Lantern character as a science fiction hero named Hal Jordan . Hal Jordan's powers were more or less
5848-479: The other five corps investigate the abduction of the emotional entities, Sinestro is separated from his ring and imprisoned in the Book of the Black, along with the other five members of the group, with Hal only just managing to escape with their rings. When Sinestro and the others escape, renegade Guardian Krona takes command of their rings, prompting Sinestro to attack Krona on his own, with the unexpected result that he
5934-498: The pen-name Mart Dellon) created the first Green Lantern in collaboration with Bill Finger . He first appeared in the Golden Age of Comic Books in All-American Comics #16 (July 1940), published by All-American Publications , one of three companies that would eventually merge to form DC Comics . This Green Lantern's real name was Alan Scott , a railroad engineer who, after a railway crash, came into possession of
6020-468: 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. In "Rage of the Red Lanterns" #1, a group of rogue Sinestro Corps members still loyal to Sinestro release him from Green Lantern custody as he is being transferred for execution. Their rescue attempt is temporarily spoiled by an attack from Atrocitus and his newly formed Red Lantern Corps . Sinestro
6106-530: The radiation: Hank's body begins to decompose and Terri begins phasing into another dimension before being rescued. After Henshaw's physical body is destroyed, he transfers his consciousness into the LexCorp mainframe. He appears to Terri, but she is driven insane and commits suicide. Using NASA communications equipment, Henshaw possesses the ship that carried Superman from Krypton as an infant and uses it to explore space. Henshaw believes that Superman caused
6192-429: The resurrected Superman of Henshaw's plans. The four confront Mongul and Henshaw while Superboy stops the missile from hitting Metropolis. Henshaw attempts to kill Superman with kryptonite , but the Eradicator sacrifices himself to save Superman, altering the kryptonite and causing it to restore his powers. Superman kills Henshaw, who claims that he will eventually return. Henshaw returns by transferring his mind into
6278-464: The same as Alan Scott's, but otherwise this character was completely different from the Green Lantern character of the 1940s. He had a new name, a redesigned costume, and a rewritten origin story. Hal Jordan received his ring from a dying alien and was commissioned as an officer of the Green Lantern Corps , an interstellar law enforcement agency overseen by the Guardians of the Universe . Hal Jordan
6364-618: The ship accident after throwing the Eradicator into the Sun and plots revenge on him. After Doomsday kills Superman, Henshaw poses as him to destroy his reputation and claims to be him resurrected as a cyborg. He rescues Bill Clinton from an assassination attempt, after which he endorses him as the "true" Superman. During this time, rival cults worshiping Henshaw and the Eradicator are established. When Mongul 's spaceship appears over Coast City , Henshaw attacks and severely injures
6450-404: The third part of the trilogy started by Rebirth . 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". The series and its creators have received several awards over the years, including
6536-501: The time are attacked by Power Ring , Batman puts the Sinestro Corps ring on in an attempt to counterattack him. However, the ring's power is heavily depleted and Power Ring manages to get it off Batman's finger before ultimately being attacked by Sinestro himself, who was summoned to the planet by Batman's use of the ring. In a brief ensuing battle, Sinestro severs Power Ring's arm from his body, causing his ring to deem him unworthy and leave. As Power Ring thanks Sinestro for freeing him from
6622-571: 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", leading Sinestro to twirl his mustache in thought while mumbling, "Of course...Of course." After Sinestro went rogue, he
6708-582: 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 whom 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. The Book of Oa has a forbidden chapter on cosmic prophecies, which includes
6794-505: The vacuum of space at the battle's climax, finds itself on a dark planet. There it is transformed by an unknown force into a Black Power Battery . 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
6880-540: The yellow light of the Emotional Spectrum, Parallax is revealed to be the emotional entity for the Sinestro Corps. Born when one of the earliest life forms first felt terror, it is insect-like in appearance. Parallax was the first of the seven entities to be captured by a still unknown person and currently is held captive in Ryut. The Sinestro Corps insignia is based on drawings created by life forms who looked into
6966-473: The yellow rings and releases all the Sinestro Corps members who were incarcerated on Oa. During the events of Forever Evil after the Crime Syndicate had taken control of much of Earth, Batman revealed that he harbored a Sinestro Corps ring since the organization's attack on Earth as one of his weapons to deploy against the Justice League should they ever go rogue. When Batman and his allies at
7052-590: Was announced that the series had instead been extensively redeveloped into a solo project centered around John Stewart. In December 2022, sources claimed the series was scrapped, but James Gunn say the series is still in production. The series' title was revealed to be Lanterns in January 2023. The version with Berlanti was confirmed to have been cancelled, with this new series focusing on Stewart and Hal Jordan as part of DC Studios ' new DC Universe . In October 2024, Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre were cast as
7138-484: Was announced to be in development at HBO Max set to feature the Alan Scott , Guy Gardner , Jessica Cruz , and Simon Baz versions of Green Lantern along with an original character Bree Jarta with Finn Wittrock and Jeremy Irvine portraying Gardner and Scott respectively. The series will be set in multiple time periods focusing on a separate story for each of the Green Lanterns for that time. In October 2022, it
7224-473: 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 there, Parallax and Sinestro were able to influence
7310-461: Was introduced in Showcase #22 (September–October 1959). Gil Kane and Sid Greene were the art team most notable on the title in its early years, along with writer John Broome . His initial physical appearance, according to Kane, was patterned after his one-time neighbor, actor Paul Newman . With issue #76 (April 1970), the series made a radical stylistic departure. Editor Schwartz, in one of
7396-525: Was revived for the Hal Jordan version of the character. Alan Moore and Geoff Johns introduced variants. Oftentimes "darkest night" is changed to "blackest night", which inspired the name of the crossover event Blackest Night . In reference to the oath, the sequel to Blackest Night was called Brightest Day . Hal Jordan made his live-action debut in the 2011 film of the same name , portrayed by Ryan Reynolds . The film originally intended on launching
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