10 Things Every DC Comics Fan Forgets About Sinestro

3. The Sinestro Corps

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The return of Hal Jordan and the reconstruction of the Green Lantern Corps prompted Sinestro to create a Corps of his own. Returning to the anti-matter world of Qward, Sinestro created more yellow rings and sent them out in search of the most savage beings who could instill great fear in others.

Sinestro directed his Corps to fight on many fronts. The Sinestro Corps began an assault on the Green Lantern’s home planet of Oa. He also directed the sentient virus Despotellis to kill Kyle Rayner’s mother. Sinestro believed this tragedy would weaken Rayner’s resolve to allow Parallax to take him over. Sinestro also planned to make Hal Jordan’s former hometown Coast City his base. The city, which was destroyed by Mongul, was to be Sinestro’s “mecca of fear.”

To stop the Sinestro Corps, the Guardians authorized the Green Lantern Corps to use deadly force. Sinestro claimed that this had been his goal all along. Even when he was defeated, he claimed victory because he said that the now deadly Green Lantern Corps would now spread fear throughout the galaxy.

 
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