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crossover event published by

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in its ''

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'' and ''

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'' titles. Written by

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and

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and drawn by

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, Patrick Gleason, and

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, the 11-part saga was originally published between June and December

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. In addition to the main storyline, four supplemental "Tales of the Sinestro Corps" one-shot specials and a ''

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'' tie-in issue were concurrently released. The story centers on the Green Lanterns of Earth—

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, John Stewart and

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—and the rest of the Green Lantern Corps as they fight an interstellar war against the

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, an army led by the former Green Lantern

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who are armed with yellow power rings and seek a universe ruled through fear. A 1986

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"Tales of the Green Lantern Corps" story was the thematic basis of the storyline. Many characters were changed, killed off, or re-introduced as a result of the event. Critical and fan reception to "Sinestro Corps War" was highly positive. Many reviewers ranked it among the top comic books of the year and the storyline's first issue garnered a 2008

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nomination for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team. The storyline was also a financial success, and several issues underwent multiple printings. "Sinestro Corps War" is the second part of a trilogy in the Green Lantern storyline, preceded by the 2005 miniseries '' Green Lantern: Rebirth''. The conclusion of "Sinestro Corps War" sets up the third and final part of the trilogy, ''

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'', which was published in 2009.

Plot

Following his defeat in '' Green Lantern: Rebirth'', the events of ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1 see the supervillain

retreat to the planet

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in the Antimatter Universe. There he amasses an army, the Sinestro Corps, that he selects based on their ability to "instill great fear". Each member is armed with a yellow power ring, mirroring the green ones of the

. Amongst Sinestro's allies are

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and the resurrected

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. The

then launched 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

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from their imprisonment.

is captured and transported to Qward, where Sinestro manages to separate Rayner from the symbiote

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allowing Parallax to possess him. In ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #21 the heroes

, John Stewart and

attempt to rescue fallen comrade Kyle Rayner, but are themselves entrapped, with Jordan transported to face Sinestro and his allies. A failed bid to rescue Jordan depicted in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #22 sees surviving members of the Green Lantern Corps forced underground and split into two groups. While one group attempts to free Jordan only to find themselves ambushed, the other successfully rescues Ion. They then re-unite with their ambushed comrades and together they escape from Qward back to the positive matter universe. Hal, John, and Guy return to Earth to warn the

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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 remove a section devoted to a prophecy concerning the "Blackest Night", against the objections of two of their number,

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and

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. They then add ten new laws, the first of which authorizes the use of lethal force against the Sinestro Corps, while Ganthet and Sayd are expelled from Oa. 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 the Green Lantern Corps of Sinestro's plans.

(w), Patrick Gleason (p), Prentiss Rollins (i), Guy Major (col). "The Battle of Ranx". ''Green Lantern Corps'' (vol. 2) #16,

. ''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.

(w),

(p), Oclair Albert & Julio Ferreira (i). "Home Invasion". ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #24 (Dec 2007),

. 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 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".

(w),

(p), Oclair Albert, Julio Feirreira, &

(i), Moose Baumann & Rod Reis (col). ''The Sinestro Corps War'' part 11. ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #25,

. The Guardians arrive on Earth and appoint Sodam Yat to be the new Ion. After a lengthy struggle in

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, 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 and another,

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, suffers a major wound at the hands of the Anti-Monitor, while Hal and Kyle subdue and arrest Sinestro in Coast City. It is learned 440 Green Lanterns perished during the course of the war. As seen in ''Green Lantern'' (vol. 4) #25, the Guardians decide to establish the second of the new laws into effect allowing the Green Lantern Corp to overpower the Sinestro Corp. 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

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to the rest of the universe. The Anti-Monitor's remains, having been blown across the vacuum of space at the battle's climax, lands on a dark planet where it is transformed by an unknown force into a black power battery.

Origins

"Sinestro Corps War" was based on concepts introduced by

and Kevin O'Neill in the short story "Tygers", published in ''Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual'' #2 (1986). Writers

and

incorporated several ideas from Moore's stories into "Sinestro Corps War", including the prophecy of the Blackest Night, Sodam Yat, Ranx the Sentient City and the Children of the White Lobe. Leezle Pon, a minor character only mentioned once in Moore's "Mogo Doesn't Socialize" story from 25 years ago, also makes an appearance in ''Green Lantern'' #25. Work began on "Sinestro Corps War" in September 2006. The structure was fluid, at one point becoming a few issues with two bookends to just one gigantic issue. The title was originally just "Sinestro Corps", but during development the creators added the word "War". Eventually the structure finalized into a one-shot special for release in June, after which the story would alternate between ''Green Lantern'' and ''Green Lantern Corps'' until November. After the crossover's initial publishing successes, DC added four ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps'' one-shots to the publishing schedule. Johns and Ethan Van Sciver first announced the crossover during the DC "Big Guns" panel at the 2006

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''". By January 2007, Johns, Gibbons and editor Peter Tomasi had planned out most of the storyline. Sterling Gates, whom Johns had met at a convention, was brought in to write a backup story for the Superman-Prime one-shot and co-write ''Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files'' #1. The creators called "Sinestro Corps War" "

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with the entire universe". In a September 2007 interview, Johns compared "Sinestro Corps War" to the

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trilogy, with '' Green Lantern: Rebirth'' as '' A New Hope'' and "Sinestro Corps War" as ''

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''. References to other science fiction stories were made by artist Ivan Reis, who inserted characters such as E.T., ALF and a

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into large two-page illustrations. The writers also included the sound "EPA" in ''Green Lantern'' #25 as a direct reference to a scene in ''

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'' where

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says it is the sound

made when

threw him in a vat of acid.

Format

The main story consisted of 11 parts running through the ''Green Lantern'' and ''Green Lantern Corps'' books. Expanding upon the overall story are four one-shots labeled ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps'', as well as one tie-in with ''

'' #20. Part One, the one-shot ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1, was released in June 2007. Parts Two through Ten were released between August and December, alternating between ''Green Lantern'' #21–25 and ''Green Lantern Corps'' #14–18, with an epilogue in ''Green Lantern'' #26. The content of ''Green Lantern Corps'' #19 was changed to illustrate the battle between Sodam Yat and Superman-Prime in response to the fans' reaction to the story. The conclusion of ''Green Lantern'' #25 was delayed by two weeks. After the storyline concluded, ''Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps

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'' #1 was released in December. The issue further explored the back story of the opposing groups and listed every member of the Green Lantern Corps and Sinestro Corps. There was much internal discussion at DC about how the storyline would be collected. Eventually DC decided to release two hardcover volumes (a February 2008 release containing the first five parts of the story and a June 2008 release containing the last six issues) and a June 2008 hardcover collecting the tie-in issues and backstories. This follows DC Comics' recent trend of releasing durable hardcover collections initially, followed later by softcovers.

Tales of the Sinestro Corps

In addition to the main story, DC released four ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps'' one-shots in September, October and November 2007. The issues were late additions to the crossover that DC added after the initial successes of "Sinestro Corps War". A hardcover collection of the four issues was released in June 2008. The ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps'' one-shots focused on: *

, written by

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and illustrated by

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and Marlo Alquiza. *

, written by

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and illustrated by Patrick Blaine and Jay Leisten. * Superman-Prime (previously solicited as about the

), written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by

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. The issue also featured the backup story "Fear is a Baby's Cry" written by Sterling Gates and illustrated by

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. *

, written by Ron Marz and illustrated by Michael Lacomb.

Story and character changes

"Sinestro Corps War" introduced the

in full after allusions to them throughout the post-

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''Green Lantern'' title.

received a major thematic overhaul as a result of his leadership of his eponymous Corps, with parallels drawn with

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and

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. Green Lantern villains Superboy-Prime (later Superman-Prime), Cyborg Superman, and the Manhunters became members of the Sinestro Corps. The Anti-Monitor also made his first reappearance since his death at the conclusion of ''

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'' in 1985 as the "Guardian" of the Sinestro Corps and later the power source of the Black Lanterns. Superboy-Prime was renamed Superman-Prime during the event. Ostensibly to illustrate his coming of age in the story, Geoff Johns cited the ongoing legal dispute over the Superboy name as another reason for the character's new name. Some changes were also made to the heroes during the course of the storyline. The role of

passed from

to Sodam Yat, making Yat the "strongest Green Lantern in the universe" as a result according to Johns. The Book of Oa was rewritten by the Guardians to institute 10 new laws for the Green Lantern Corps, the first of which authorized lethal force against the Sinestro Corps. The rebirth of Coast City, the process of which had been seen throughout Geoff Johns' run on ''Green Lantern'', as "the City Without Fear" was used to symbolically represent Hal Jordan's journey towards acceptance after his resurrection. The second volume of the story's collection revealed that the original plan was for both John Stewart and Guy Gardner to be possessed by Parallax, with artwork of them facing off against Hal Jordan. However, in the midst of the story planning, Johns realized this would make Parallax's possession of Kyle less effective and the segment was dropped and redrawn. ''Green Lantern'' #25 expanded on the "emotional spectrum" concept and introduced five new color-based corps of similar structure to the Green Lanterns and the Sinestro Corps. These corps each draw from different emotions, corresponding with the seven colors of the

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(red for rage, orange for avarice, yellow for fear, green for willpower, blue for hope, indigo for compassion and violet for love).

and Sayd, two

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who were exiled during the course of the war, were shown as developing the corps that corresponds to the color blue and the emotion hope, while the Anti-Monitor becomes the power source for an eighth color-based corps, the "Black Lanterns", who represent death and the "absence of human drives and emotions". The issue also laid the foundations for the 2009 event ''

'', something the creators had been working towards since early 2007.

Critical and financial reception

Altogether, "Sinestro Corps War" turned ''Green Lantern'' into one of DC Comics' most profitable titles. ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1, first released in June 2007, sold out in a single day. DC later reprinted the issue four times, each time with new variant covers by Van Sciver. By August, the issue had sold over 89,000 copies, 36% of which was the result of an unusually high number of reorders. The first four parts of the storyline, ''Green Lantern'' #21 and 22, and ''Green Lantern Corps'' #14 and 15, were released in July and August and also sold out. The issues went to a second printing, with ''Green Lantern Corps'' #14 going to a third printing. ''Green Lantern'' #23 and ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax'' #1 later went on to second printings as well. ''Blue Beetle'' #20 saw much higher sales than usual for the title as a result of its tie-in to "Sinestro Corps War", with sales 75% higher than in the previous month. Critical reception to "Sinestro Corps War" was highly positive.

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.com called the story a "smash hit" and ''

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'' referred to it as both an "action-packed DC adventure" and "DC's blockbuster event of the year".

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released an editorial in mid-October 2007 entitled "Sinestro Corps War is what

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SHOULD be", citing the former's ability to keep up and gain momentum throughout despite being both twice as large and far less publicized than the latter. Comic Book Resources placed "Sinestro Corps War" on its "Best of 2007" list, and named Geoff Johns one of its "Best Writers of 2007". In 2008, Ethan Van Sciver earned an

nomination for his art in ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1. DC Comics Executive Editor

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praised the storyline as "the best thing that C Comicsput out this year. Without a doubt", and called "Sinestro Corps War" the model for crossovers in 2008 and beyond, including "

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". Didio has also stated that he would like to see a direct-to-video animated "Sinestro Corps War" film similar to '' Justice League: The New Frontier''. Geoff Johns suggested elements of "Sinestro Corps War" to appear in ''

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'', on which he was collaborating with artist

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, although the comic storyline wasn't incorporated in the game.

Collected editions

The main story was first collected in two

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, but was later collected in a single volume. Miscellaneous stories were collected in an additional volume: * ''Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War'' (336 pages, paperback, September 2011, ) ** ''Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Volume One'' (collects ''

'' vol. 4 #21–23, ''Green Lantern Corps'' vol. 2 #14–15, and a story from ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1; 176 pages, hardcover, February 2008, ; softcover, May 2009, ) ** ''Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Volume Two'' (collects ''

'' vol. 4 #24–25 and ''Green Lantern Corps'' vol. 2 #16–19, 192 pages, hardcover, July 2008, ; paperback, June 2009, ) * ''Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps'' (collects ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax'' #1, ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg-Superman'' #1, ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Superman-Prime'' #1, ''Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion'' #1, ''Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files'' #1, and stories from ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special'' #1 and ''

'' vol. 4 #18–20; 200 pages, hardcover, July 2008, ; paperback, June 2009, )

In other media

In an interview with

in 2008,

executive editor

expressed interest in making an animated adaptation of ''Sinestro Corps War'' as part of the

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. During the early development of the cancelled ''Green Lantern'' sequel in 2012, the main plot was based on the ''Sinestro Corps War'' storyline.

References

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