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- Power of fear
- Shape energy into physical constructs
- Force fields
- Flight
- Teleportation
Oath
Beware your fears made into light
Let those who try to stop what's right
Burn like my power, Sinestro's might!
(Johns, & Van Sciver, 2007)
(Johns, & Van Sciver, 2007)
History
Sinestro was the Green Lantern of Space Sector 1417, and was the student of Abin Sur. As stated in the previous biography on Hal Jordan, Abin Sur was the one who gave his ring to Jordan before passing away. Abin Sur's last words to Jordan led him into meeting Sinestro and ultimately becoming Sinestro's student. Sinestro helps Jordan master the abilities and limitations of his ring, this is covered in Secret Origin Green Lantern.
When Sinestro finds Jordan flying in his plane he makes an unforgettable entrance, blowing up Jordan's plane and then re-building it right before his eyes. Introducing himself to Jordan, Sinestro shows his overflowing self-confidence, "Sector 1417. The most orderly sector in all the universe. And I am the greatest Green Lantern," (Johns & Reis, 2008). Taken under Sinestro's wing when Jordan shows promise at becoming a great student Sinestro tells him that he will be evaluating his progress and will be taking Jordan to his home.
Jordan eventually visits Sinestro's home planet of Korugar and learns exactly how Sinestro ended up having the world's most orderly sector in the universe. Sinestro is found guilty of abusing his power and setting himself up as dictator of his planet. Sinestro was banished to the anti-matter universe to the planet of Qward and stripped of all his power (Kirk, n.d.a).
Sinestro formed an alliance with the natives of the planet, and they fashioned him a yellow ring of power. Taking this power for himself, Sinestro started a new league of yellow lanterns which he names the Sinestro Corps. Sinestro had one mission in mind to destroy the Green Lantern that led to his banishment, Hal Jordan. Sinestro has become one of Hal’s greatest enemies. However, Hal and Sinestro’s relationship is complex and is not clearly based on hate for each other.
When Sinestro finds Jordan flying in his plane he makes an unforgettable entrance, blowing up Jordan's plane and then re-building it right before his eyes. Introducing himself to Jordan, Sinestro shows his overflowing self-confidence, "Sector 1417. The most orderly sector in all the universe. And I am the greatest Green Lantern," (Johns & Reis, 2008). Taken under Sinestro's wing when Jordan shows promise at becoming a great student Sinestro tells him that he will be evaluating his progress and will be taking Jordan to his home.
Jordan eventually visits Sinestro's home planet of Korugar and learns exactly how Sinestro ended up having the world's most orderly sector in the universe. Sinestro is found guilty of abusing his power and setting himself up as dictator of his planet. Sinestro was banished to the anti-matter universe to the planet of Qward and stripped of all his power (Kirk, n.d.a).
Sinestro formed an alliance with the natives of the planet, and they fashioned him a yellow ring of power. Taking this power for himself, Sinestro started a new league of yellow lanterns which he names the Sinestro Corps. Sinestro had one mission in mind to destroy the Green Lantern that led to his banishment, Hal Jordan. Sinestro has become one of Hal’s greatest enemies. However, Hal and Sinestro’s relationship is complex and is not clearly based on hate for each other.
This would be seen as odd in most stories, but Sinestro is and always will be Abin Sur’s best friend.
Parallax - The Entity of Fear
History
Parallax - The Entity of Fear
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Parallax is the embodiment of living fear and the ruler of the yellow light. Parallax feeds on the fears of others consuming entire civilizations by infecting them with fear (Kirk, n.d.b). It is the power of fear that resides in Parallax that powers the Sinestro Corps. Harnessing the yellow light is what makes Sinestro one of the greatest adversaries the Green Lantern Corps will ever have.
In the comics, Parallax escapes with the help of Sinestro and takes over Hal Jordan. Using him to spread fear across the planet of Earth, Parallax controls Jordan's actions and ultimately causes Jordan to ignite a war against fellow superheroes including Superman. Eventually, after causing massive damage to Earth and its inhabitants Parallax leads Jordan back to the planet of Oa, where the Guardians of the Universe live.
There Parallax fights against the Guardians who have kept the power of fear imprisoned for centuries, in the end Parallax is defeated and taken prisoner again. Parallax is also seen in the Blackest Night Green Lantern series.
In the upcoming Green Lantern movie there has been some debate about how Parallax will be represented. Comic fans are asking whether the movie version of Parallax will live up to and accurately represent the character in the comics.
So far, according to the synopsis of the movie Green Lantern, Hal Jordan will be fighting against Parallax. This leaves a very unnerving question how will Hal Jordan fight himself?
Sources Cited
Johns, G, & Van Sciver, E. (2007). Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1. Dc Comics.
Beatty, S, Greenburger, R & Wallace, D. (2008). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The definitive guide to the characters of the dc universe. DK Pub.
Johns, G, Van, E & Rollins, P. (2007). Green Lantern: Rebirth. Dc Comics.
Johns, G & Reis, I. (2008). Green Lantern: Secret Origin. Dc Comics.
Kirk, J. (n.d.a). The Unofficial Sinestro Biography. Retrieved from
http://www.dcuguide.com/glcorps/profile.php?name=sinestro
Kirk, J. (n.d.b). The Unofficial Parallax Biography. Retrieved from
http://www.dcuguide.com/who.php?name=parallax
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