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Green Lantern: Tales of the Sinestro Corps (Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War #3)
by
Geoff Johns,
Ron Marz, Alan Burnett, Sterling Gates (Goodreads Author), Dave Gibbons , Ethan Van Sciver , Pete Woods , Jerry Ordway
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Written by Geoff Johns, Ron Marz, Alan Burnett and Sterling Gates Art by Dave Gibbons, Ethan Van Sciver, Pete Woods, Jerry Ordway, Mike McKone, Adriana Melo, Joe Prado and others Cover by Ivan Reis & Oclair Albert The action of The Sinestro Corps War
Hardcover, 200 pages
Published
July 8th 2008
by DC Comics
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Seriously, is Johns even capable of writing non-bombastic dialogue? I ask because the first couple of chapters of this book are just horrible - stilted, theatrical (in the high school musical sense) and tone-deaf. It's imaginative sure - but a "bio virus"? How's that different from a virus - which is by its nature biological? Each of the mini-tales seems like something from 70's comics, and if it's an homage then bravo. But it doesn't mean I enjoy it any more than I enjoy reading that ancient te...more
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Mar 26, 2011
Amber Ditullio
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3 of 5 stars
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I picked this up on a whim at the library, not knowing too much about the Sinestro Corp. This book was a great introduction to them. As we follow a new member of the corp, we find out the stories of how different characters decided to join the Sinestro Corp and why, exactly, they want to destroy the Green Lanterns. I haven't read the Sinestro Corp War yet (which is what these stories were originally part of as side stories and one-shots), but I suspect I'll have a much stronger grounding in it w...more
Tales of the Sinestro Corps collects a great number of origin stories and short filler stories, but they are told so well and visualized so brilliantly, that even if you know them already, they are just so fun to read within the context of this growing story arc. The presentation and organization are great, as is the flow from one arc to another. The character listings in the back are quite helpful, too, to get caught up to speed on each green lantern corps member's current status and to learn w...more
Reprints Green Lantern #18-20, Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Parallax #1, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Cyborg Superman #1, Tales of the Sinestro Corps: Ion #1, Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps: Secret Files and Origins #1. The Sinestro Corps mounts its attack on Earth and the Green Lanterns prepare to fight them. The book is mostly a collection of short back-up stories, a Who's Who of the Green Lantern Corps and the Sinestro Corps and a couple of one-shots th...more
While this is nice to have, what with the exhaustive listing of MANY of the active Green Lanterns, as well as members of the Sinestro Corps, I can't see how this is worth the $30 cover price, even in hardcover. The rest of the stories in here were originally back-up stories or were one-shot specials, and most of THOSE just re-tell the origins of some of the villains for new readers. Glad to have it, but glad I got it as a gift.
I also think they should have included the story that Alan Moore wrot...more
I also think they should have included the story that Alan Moore wrot...more
Nov 04, 2010
Federiken Masters
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
DCistas incondicionales.
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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
The new character stories are far more interesting than the more well known villain stories. It does provide some nice back stories to make us care about who would otherwise be faceless enemies. It also gives short snippets of every known lantern which is nice to see. This one is definitely unnecessary, but interesting for fans.
A nice collection of filler stories and a really extensive set of biographies of many members of the Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps. It was really good to have the Superman-Prime backstory since as a DC newbie I wasn't completely sure what his deal was in SCW.
Mostly a collection of 'filler' stories, but I enjoyed them all the same. Also, a list of who's-who in the back, if you're into that kind of thing. New readers be warned: The list is mostly made up of veeery secondary characters that you can easily live your entire life without ever knowing about.
Written well enough, as I tend to expect from Geoff Johns, but it just a collection of stories of different characters rather than a truly cohesive story. It didn't really capture me, and was quickly read and set aside.
A good collection to get caught up on the who's who in the current Green Lantern arc, but most of the stories are weak. For new readers and complete-ists only.
Das Trade fasst die meissten One-Shots zum Sinestro Corps War zusammen. Leider sind die einzelnen Geschichten eher Hit or Miss, und ich fand eigentlich nur die Cyborg Superman/Superman Prime sowie die Tales aus dem Book of Parallax interessant, der Rest eher Filler.
So ist der Buch eher Mittelmäßig und kann eigentlich auch übersprungen werden.
So ist der Buch eher Mittelmäßig und kann eigentlich auch übersprungen werden.
A good book to give you some Green Lantern history but it's not the greatest collection of stories, to be honest.
Good but confusing and there's a lot of dead-ends or TBCs for other comic titles I'm guessing.
An okay read of short stories but nothing spectacular (akin to Alan Moore's long-ago GL shorts).
Random. Elaborate. Bizarre. Hard to follow. So... typical GL.
A book for the die hard fans I guess....
A nice set of vignettes.
Profiles the big names of the Sinestro corps. Fun history lesson.
Let me say that I love Johns' GL and all the Sinestro Corps War stuff but this trade just didn't have enough meat to it. I did really like some of the complete tales like the Kyle vs. Parallax and the Superman-Prime one. Other than that it was eating appetizers instead of a meal. Overall, nothing vital to the story and not enough to reread.
This was a nice intro to the Sinestro Corps! As a complete newbie learning about the GL universe, it was good to get a look at "the other side."
I liked that this was a collection of short stories (so to speak), it helped me understand more about what's going on with this storyline. Also the list of Green Lanterns and Yellow Lanterns was pretty helpful.
This one's probably for completists only. It has some short tales and an extensive list of minor characters. Superboy-Prime completes his journey to most annoying villain in this set.
Creepy book that is more of a filler, but it's still a great read.
May 10, 2013
Adam
marked it as to-read
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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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