Sinestro Corps
Sinestro
Order through the yellow light of fear.
Sinestro is a former Green Lantern who believes lasting order requires fear. His rivalry with Hal Jordan is a continuing argument about power, security and freedom.
Continuity: Main DC comics continuity; this profile follows the cited era rather than asserting a permanent present-day status.
- Affiliation
- Sinestro Corps
- First appearance
- Green Lantern #7 (1961)
Story history — History and later developments — spoilers
Sinestro uses his Green Lantern authority to turn Korugar into a dictatorship. Hal exposes the abuse, and the Guardians strip Sinestro of his ring and exile him to Qward. His yellow weapon and the much later creation of a fear-powered Corps are different stages of that history. Sinestro Corps War makes his doctrine an institutional challenge to the Guardians. The 2014 Sinestro series confronts him with what remains of his people and his army after Korugar’s destruction.
Reference scope: The official profile verifies Green Lantern #7 (1961). DC’s timeline distinguishes the original Qward exile from the later Corps era.
Profile reviewed 2026-11-04.
