In-Universe History · The modern age
Fear Organizes
Sinestro forges the yellow light into a mirror of the Corps.
The modern age
The story
Sinestro was the Green Lantern Corps' greatest hero — and its greatest failure. Exiled for ruling his sector as a tyrant, he didn't repent. He concluded the Guardians were wrong about everything.
If willpower could police the universe, fear could do it better. He forged the yellow light — the Corps' ancient weakness — into a mirror of everything he once served: sectors, a central battery on Qward, and an oath of terror.
The Sinestro Corps War wasn't a grudge. It was a philosophy with an army: order through fear, against freedom through will.
Key figures
Composite using Sinestro foreground from Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (2007), story page 4. Ethan Van Sciver (foreground illustration); Moose Baumann (foreground colors). Artwork source & details.
Artwork credits (3 images)
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- Yellow — Composite using Sinestro foreground from Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (2007), story page 4. Ethan Van Sciver (foreground illustration); Moose Baumann (foreground colors).
- Sinestro — Green Lantern (2011) #52 (2016), New 52 homage variant cover artwork. Billy Tan (variant cover pencils and inks); Alex Sinclair (variant cover colors).
- Lyssa Drak — Lyssa Drak — fan-art digital painting (signed 2016). Arkenstellar (digital illustration).