Sinestro Corps War is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps titles. The 11-part saga was originally published between June and December 2007. The story centers on the Green Lanterns of Earth as they fight an interstellar war against the Sinestro Corps, an army led by the former Green Lantern Sinestro. Many characters were changed, killed off, or re-introduced as a result of the event.
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Sinestro Corps War is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps titles. The 11-part saga was originally published between June and December 2007. The story centers on the Green Lanterns of Earth as they fight an interstellar war against the Sinestro Corps, an army led by the former Green Lantern Sinestro. Many characters were changed, killed off, or re-introduced as a result of the event. It is the second part of a trilogy, preceded by the 2005 miniseries Green Lantern: Rebirth. The conclusion of the storyline sets up the third and final part of the trilogy, Blackest Night, which was published in 2009. 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 PencillerInker or PencilerInker Team. The storyline was also a financial success, and several issues underwent multiple printings. It has been described as the “most successful comic book event in the history of the comic book industry” in terms of sales and readers’ reaction to it. The event has also been called the “greatest comic book story of all time” and “the most successful crossover event in comic book history” It was the inspiration for the film The Dark Knight Rises, starring Heath Ledger and Tom Hiddleston.
It was also the basis for a 1986 Alan Moore story, “Tales of the Green lantern Corps” The story was inspired by a 1986 Moore novel, “Green Lantern: The First Lantern” (Green Lantern Corps: The Last Lantern, #1-4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #2, #3, #4, and #5 are all written by Geoff Johns and drawn by Ivan Reis and Dave Gibbons. The main storyline was written by Johns and Gibbons and was drawn by Reis, Patrick Gleason, and Ethan Van Sciver. It follows the adventures of Hal Jordan, Kyle Rayner, John Stewart and Guy Gardner as they battle Sinestro and his army of Yellow Lanterns in the Antimatter Universe. Sinestro’s army is armed with yellow power rings and seek a universe ruled through fear. They are led by Sinestro, who selects members based on their ability to ‘instill great fear’ Each member is armed by 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 Lanterns and the universe itself.
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