Product Description: In blackest day, in brightest night, beware your fears made into light. Let those who try to stop what's right, burn like his power...Sinestro's might! The Sinestro Corps, who wield fear as a weapon and are intent on the utter destruction of the Green Lanterns, are spotlighted in this collection of grim tales! From Superboy Prime, the crazed former hero intent on reviving his lost world to Hank Hall, the Cyborg Superman, who wishes only for oblivion, to Sinestro himself - once the greatest of the Green Lanterns, now a madman, the secrets of the Sinestro Corps are laid bare! "52" writer Geoff Johns and superstar writer/artist Dave Gibbons ("Watchmen") reveal the terrible truth in this must-have companion to "Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War".
Nice addition to the Sinestro Wars TPBs This TPB contains the back up stories of issues 18-20 (I think!) of the latest Green Lantern series, plus all the one shots DC released during the Sinestro Wars crossover, which expanded info and details related to Superboy-Prime, Cyborg Superman, Ion, etc.
The Sinestro Wars story, per se, is better in my opinion, but again, this is a nice compilation of information which enriches the overall Sinestro Wars experience.
Enjoy!
The comic books collected in this volume... For those of us who bounce back and forth from buying actual comic books to these reprint collections, It is always helpful to know which books are reprinted inside:
Collecting GREEN LANTERN SINESTRO CORPS SPECIAL #1, TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS: ION #1, TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS: PARALLAX #1, TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS: CYBORG SUPERMAN #1, TALES OF THE SINESTRO CORPS: SUPERMAN-PRIME #1, GREEN LANTERN/SINESTRO CORPS SECRET FILES #1 and backup stories from GREEN LANTERN #18-20!
Written by Geoff Johns, Ron Marz and others; Art by Dave Gibbons, Pete Woods, Jerry Ordway and others; Cover by Ivan Reis
An excellent book, but the contents should have been included elsewhere If you bought the two graphic novels of the Sinestro Corps War storyline this is a good buy as well. It contains all of the side stories and origin stories told/retold during the aforementioned storyline. And it includes an encyclopedia of sorts of the Green Lantern universe. The Lanterns, their villains, the Guardians, pretty much all of it. But there is one problem. The side stories collected in this book are sort of chronological. They fit in with events of the larger storyline as it transpires, so it would have been best to have these stories put in the order they were released inside the two parts of the Sinestro Corps War graphic novels. I would gladly pay a few dollars more for each part of that storyline and have a more complete reading experience in two books than have one extraneous(though worthwhile) book that exists sort of out-of-whack with its companions. Bottom line: If you want the whole experience of the Sinestro Corps War, buy this. If you want to delve into Green Lantern with this storyline or have recently delved into Green Lantern comics and simply need an information resource, buy this. If you just want the main storyline with no side stories and no extra info, don't buy this.
Not vital but fun My feelings differ from other reviewers of this title in that I don't think it is important to the telling of the Sinestro Corps War nor is it of the same caliber. Some of the art, especially Dave Gibbons', is exceptional. The rest, not so much. I personally dislike the framing device of having a narrarator introduce the stories (ala the Crypt Keeper) but realize that that is a personal preference and not a flaw. What makes the book earn a 4 star review (instead of 3) is the Secret Files and Origins chapter that rounds out the book. It is here that I heartily agree with the other reviews. Like DVD extras, it is bonus material that gives the story of the Corps some depth and richness. All in all a worthy volume if you can't get enough of the GL Corps or are a completist, but not nearly the quality of volumes 1 and 2 of the Sinestro Corps War and not necessary to understanding the story.
The completing chapters of the Sinestro saga I've read both volumes of the Sinestro Corps war and this third volume feels like the perfect companion for it.
It develops the conflict between Kyle and Parallax, explains Kyle's new role on the corps and the involvement of Superman Prime in the war and shows a little bit more about Sodam Yat and the most interesting memebers fo the Sinestro Corps. It answers a lot of question and geaves new perspectives on the events.
It includes also a very long list and bios of many of the corp's memebers, places and creatures of the Green Lantern mythology.
If you liked Sinestro Corps war, this is the book that will complete your collection.
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