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Green Lantern, Vol. 4: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1 (Green Lantern IV #4)
The landmark story arc that shook the Green Lantern Corps to its foundations is collected in this hardcover volume featuring the best-selling Green Lantern 21-22, Green Lantern Corps 14-15, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1!
Sinestro's army of fear has gathered: Arkillo! Karu-Sil! The Cyborg-Superman! And hundreds more of the most terrifying villains the universe has...more
Sinestro's army of fear has gathered: Arkillo! Karu-Sil! The Cyborg-Superman! And hundreds more of the most terrifying villains the universe has...more
Hardcover, 176 pages
Published
February 20th 2008
by DC Comics
(first published January 1st 2008)
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This was the best story in comics last year, and it seemed to catch everyone by surprise. Contained in only the two monthly Green Lantern titles (along with a few one-shots that were actually worth it), The Sinestro Corps War became a story that made people read GL who hadn't before, and for those long-time fans, Geoff Johns, Dave Gibbons, and company paid tribute and pulled from every generation of GL comics. So many shocking moments happen throughout in just this first half of the story, and m...more
After reading Marvel’s space opera, Uncanny X-men: Rise and Fall of the Shi’ar Empire, I decided to read DC’s take on the genre. Like Marvel’s X-men story, DC’s Green Lantern epic is in several volumes, and has not yet been concluded.
First off, I have to admit to some bias, as I’ve always been a Marvel fan and only followed DC sporadically. I grew up with the Marvel characters and can fully appreciate the history and references. When terrible things happen to them, I feel like it is happening t...more
In further preparation for the Blackest Night storyline, the Green Lantern Corps comes up against another group armed with power rings: The Sinestro Corps. As it would seem is obvious, the group is headed by Sinestro, a bane for the Green Lanterns and Hal Jordan's former mentor and nemesis.
The rings of the Sinestro Corps work in the color green, which is a color the Green Lantern Corps has always found resistant to their powers. To make matters even worse, the Sinestro Corps find strength in sp...more
The rings of the Sinestro Corps work in the color green, which is a color the Green Lantern Corps has always found resistant to their powers. To make matters even worse, the Sinestro Corps find strength in sp...more
Jan 09, 2011
Patrick Hester
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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I've been trying to get caught up on Green Lantern in anticipation of FINALLY getting to read Blackest Night. After reading the Sinestro Corps War (along with Rage of the Red Lanterns and Agent Orange) I feel caught up and ready to tackle DC's big event for 2009.
I won't go into too much detail, but the Sinestro Corps War starts with the return of Parallax, the being who possessed Hal Jordan and made him destroy Coast City, and a good chunk of the Green Lantern Corps. Also, you get a big behind...more
I won't go into too much detail, but the Sinestro Corps War starts with the return of Parallax, the being who possessed Hal Jordan and made him destroy Coast City, and a good chunk of the Green Lantern Corps. Also, you get a big behind...more
If you’re familiar with comics, then you know that it isn’t possible for the big two comic companies, Marvel and DC, to go a year without some huge event that sprawls across multiple titles. Usually the events are a disappointment–a lot of hype and not enough delivery. Last year, though, DC came through with an event that was well received with the "Sinestro Corps War."
It featured the Green Lantern Corps, led by the most famous lantern, Hal Jordan, fighting against Sinestro, who created the Yel...more
It featured the Green Lantern Corps, led by the most famous lantern, Hal Jordan, fighting against Sinestro, who created the Yel...more
If you’re familiar with comics, then you know that it isn’t possible for the big two comic companies, Marvel and DC, to go a year without some huge event that sprawls across multiple titles. Usually the events are a disappointment–a lot of hype and not enough delivery. Last year, though, DC came through with an event that was well received with the "Sinestro Corps War."
It featured the Green Lantern Corps, led by the most famous lantern, Hal Jordan, fighting against Sinestro, who created the Yel...more
It featured the Green Lantern Corps, led by the most famous lantern, Hal Jordan, fighting against Sinestro, who created the Yel...more
Oh My God This is Awful. I kept reading / hearing how this series was SO GREAT. I just can't finish this (and thus inspired my new shelf "Cant' Finish." A typical trade comic collects a minimum of six issues. I stopped in the third issue of this trade. I just don't get it. The story is hokey (as oppossed to very plausible things like radioactive spiders biting people and giving them superpowers or doctors finding the hammer of Thor). I guess in hindsight, I never liked the super galactic epic ba...more
Hal Jordan is back from the dead, and he is trying to fit back into his life and the corps. He is looked upon suspiciously by his fellow Green Lanterns because of what happened before. Surrounding him are the other Earth Green lanterns, John Stewart, Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner. Sinestro rises back from banishment to challenge the corps, recruiting a group of "Sinestro Corp" members to fight along side him. And the results are not good for the corps.
Geoff Johns has been credited with giving a bo...more
Geoff Johns has been credited with giving a bo...more
My brother let me borrow this graphic novel a couple of weeks ago, and I finally decided to read it. And it was amazing! I loved it! I don't think I've ever read a Green Lantern comic book before (or graphic novel). I've had the Green Lantern show up in the comics I've read, but never sat down and enjoyed a Green Lantern story. So, a lot of the characters I was unfamiliar with, and the history of the Green Lantern story was unfamiliar to me too. But I still enjoyed the graphic novel. What a war!...more
People like to bag on Geoff Johns these days but he's been good for DC. Exhibit A: he made the Green Lantern readable and one of their more buzzed about properties again (although so did Ron Marz for a time AND his killing of Kyle Rayner's girlfriend Alex kicked off the whole Women in Refrigerators meme but I digress.) In this digest collecting the first half of a 2007 series, Sinestro has been kicked out of the corps because he took his job of policing over the fascist edge-this is one of Johns...more
I totally do not know what has happened to Green Lantern. Used to be that he was the stupidest douche in the JLA (maybe equally douchey with The Atom) with his stupid little green ring made by blue midgets and that could do anything except fight off yellow. Then he was the most hated evil douche. Now he's back and people love him (the yellow devil made him do it).
I am just not digging the religious fervor fanboys have for the new, lanternless, weakness-free lantern. It is simply a convoluted me...more
I am just not digging the religious fervor fanboys have for the new, lanternless, weakness-free lantern. It is simply a convoluted me...more
Mar 01, 2008
John Wiswell
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Comics readers, sci fi readers, fantasy readers
Recommended to John by:
Randall Nichols
This review appears for both volumes of the collected Sinestro Corps War story.
How about that, they made me a Green Lantern fan. You know, the superhero with the magic ring that makes him travel around space as a bright green policeman? Geoff Jones and a wonderful art staff managed to grasp all the best parts of this superhero mythos and create some very engaging fantasy by tapping into grand themes. Green represents life and willpower; the absurd weakness to yellow is because yellow represents...more
How about that, they made me a Green Lantern fan. You know, the superhero with the magic ring that makes him travel around space as a bright green policeman? Geoff Jones and a wonderful art staff managed to grasp all the best parts of this superhero mythos and create some very engaging fantasy by tapping into grand themes. Green represents life and willpower; the absurd weakness to yellow is because yellow represents...more
Geoff Johns writes a truly intriguing story. Green Lantern had been a second tier superhero in my mind until this story. Green Lantern is now one of my favorite comic books, and I can't wait to read it when I get my subscription. The introduction of the whole color (emotional) spectrum at the end of this epic expanded the Green Lantern storyline to new heights and made me excited for the upcoming storylines. And the teaser at the very end foreshadowing the Blackest Night storyline was nothing sh...more
May 02, 2011
Jerry Daniels
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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Part one of Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War is among those books that stretch all genres that I have found to be a complete mess. While it possesses a strong (establishing the villain and his evil plot), it ends up being a complete mess, weaving in subplots that explore the fates of too many characters for anyone new to the Green Lantern series to pick up and follow. What's worse is that the story failed to go beyond the basic structure of a good story and attempt to teach anything.
I did not give this two stars because it was bad. It was not. However, if you have not followed the Green Lantern titles for a while, you may get a little lost. This is a very convoluted tale where keeping track of some of the characters at times may not be easy. Having said that, it was a pretty fast paced read as the Green Lantern Corps has to fight the menace posed by Sinestro and his own yellow corps based on fear. As this is only part one of the series, I will likely go find the second part...more
Nov 04, 2010
Federiken Masters
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
DCistas incondicionales.
Recommended to Federiken by:
La misma curiosidad que mató al gato.
Pongo la misma reseña para ambos tomos y el especial de los "Sinestro Tales" porque los leí en revistas separadas y ni sé dónde arranca cada uno, pero en conjunto van narrando todos más o menos lo mismo. Se trata de un "Evento" comiquero con muchos pochoclos de colores, una historia con una premisa interesante no muy bien llevada y altibajos constantes. Los dibujo se mantienen en un nivel bastante bueno pero no así los guiones, que oscilan entre partes entretenidas y estremecedoras y otras ridíc...more
This was pretty solid, but I still don't get what all the fuss is about. I liked the Green Lantern issues, but the Corps stuff was boring to me. This is a dense story, and I'm thinking it read better from month to month, instead of all in one sitting.
I'm no where near close to loving this run, but there is just enough here to make me push on. I will give Johns props for foreshadowing future stories. That's pretty neat.
I'm no where near close to loving this run, but there is just enough here to make me push on. I will give Johns props for foreshadowing future stories. That's pretty neat.
Geoff John's reinvented the Green Lantern. Here story builds on the mythos by exploring Sinestro and yellow lanterns. The series is well-written with a nice blend of action. It was the mini-series to read in 2007. I have read it three times over. The story is great starting point to one of the best hero comics out today.
Reprints Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1, Green Lantern #21-23, and Green Lantern Corps #14-15. Sinestro recruits Yellow Lanterns and starts his attack on the Green Lantern Corps. This book sets into motion the events of Blackest Night and is entertaining. The story jumps a bit and sometimes can be a bit confusing.
I was pretty disappointed by this story of Green Lantern's archenemy Sinestro creating his own yellow-ringed corps that attacks the Green Lanterns.
The very first issue in this collection (which covers the first half of this collection) sets up everything nicely--Sinestro's back, Hal Jordan's angry, the Guardians are flummoxed, and Kyle Raynor is in trouble. Every issue after that feels like it's slightly moving the chess pieces around, but lacks surprise or excitement. I haven't been reading G...more
The very first issue in this collection (which covers the first half of this collection) sets up everything nicely--Sinestro's back, Hal Jordan's angry, the Guardians are flummoxed, and Kyle Raynor is in trouble. Every issue after that feels like it's slightly moving the chess pieces around, but lacks surprise or excitement. I haven't been reading G...more
This very fine volume both quickly introduces new readers to the storyline without sacrificing too much history while still providing long time (faithful) readers with a rich continuation of the universe and story. I fall more into the former that the latter and particularly appreciated not (apparently) needing to know too much backstory to enjoy this volume. With a cosmic scale villain and a story that excites, this is a good volume that well sets up the conclusion in volume two.
What if the Star Trek Prime Directive was dumped and everybody beat the crap out of each other?
Pretty much this series. The breaking down of everything was more intriguing than the ultimate victory of the Green Lanterns, though it's always fun to cast an eye over all the cool alien designs.
Pretty much this series. The breaking down of everything was more intriguing than the ultimate victory of the Green Lanterns, though it's always fun to cast an eye over all the cool alien designs.
The Sinestro Corps War reads like a comic book version of a summer blockbuster movie. There were a lot of battles and explosions, but not a lot of detailed plot. It was an entertaining story, but the flash didn't leave much of an impression. Until I read the story, I hadn't realized that it was such an obvious set up for Blackest Night, which makes this story seem a lot less important in its own right. I rated the first volume lower than the second, only because it suffered from too much repetit...more
I haven't been much of a fan of either the GL or the GL Corps run up to this point, but here things start to click, and some of the threads Johns has built up begin to tie a little tighter. It's pretty dense and requires a certain amount of backstory, but it's a fun read.
The alteration of Sinestro's ring into using the fear energy of Parallax is genius. Geoff Johns then allows the renegade Lantern to build up his own crew of fear-mongers; amassing an army of terror to be unleashed upon the Green Lantern Corps. Solid.
Johns is a master storyteller in that he understands you don't have to sacrifice characterization for plot points as long as you use intercutting well. There is no other word for this storyline but epic. Just fantastic storytelling.
Library book. Borrowed from Karen.
For all I know, a lot of the stuff this book skips over is probably covered in some other crossover story, but I found myself wondering about why we don't get to see the escape of Superboy Prime or Cyborg Superman. And while I get that they don't want to spoil the surprise of the return of the Anti-Monitor, it would have been nice to get a little detail about how he's back amongst the living.
Other than that, the book was fine. I like the idea of the Yellow Lante...more
For all I know, a lot of the stuff this book skips over is probably covered in some other crossover story, but I found myself wondering about why we don't get to see the escape of Superboy Prime or Cyborg Superman. And while I get that they don't want to spoil the surprise of the return of the Anti-Monitor, it would have been nice to get a little detail about how he's back amongst the living.
Other than that, the book was fine. I like the idea of the Yellow Lante...more
I had just read Part 1 and what can I say? It is good. An army of really bad guys to take on an army of peace keepers. The Sinestro Corps are just as dangerous as its founder. To be continued to Part 2.
On the one hand, just a big fight. On the other hand: nice inclusion of great foes from the last 25 years and a terrific opportunity to see the whole Corps in action.
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Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990’s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career...more
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