Sinestro

Sinestro (Thaal Sinestro) is a DC Comics character from Prime Earth, first appearing in Flashpoint Vol 2 5, created by John Broome; Gil Kane.

Thaal Sinestro is a Korugarian supervillain and the archetypal nemesis of the Green Lantern Corps, created by John Broome and Gil Kane. Once celebrated as the greatest Green Lantern in the universe and the mentor who trained Hal Jordan, he was cast out for using his ring to impose absolute order on his homeworld. He later founded the Sinestro Corps, wielding the yellow light of fear as a weapon against the will-powered Lanterns he once served.

Sinestro is a master of ring construct combat, capable of generating solid-light weapons, force fields, flight and energy blasts with extraordinary precision. His principal weapon is a yellow power ring fueled by fear, able to instill terror in its targets, though he has also wielded green, indigo, ultraviolet and red rings at various points. A trained anthropologist and gifted tactician, he combines centuries of experience with iron discipline and an unshakable belief in his own righteousness.

Recruited into the Green Lantern Corps and hailed as its finest officer, Sinestro was ultimately expelled when the Guardians of the Universe learned he ruled Korugar as a tyrant. Exiled to the antimatter universe, he obtained a yellow ring from the Weaponers of Qward and later built the Sinestro Corps, gathering the most terrifying beings in the cosmos for a full-scale war against the Green Lanterns. In subsequent eras he has shifted between adversary and reluctant ally, briefly returning to the green ring, joining the Indigo Tribe, and repeatedly reasserting his conviction that fear is the only force capable of maintaining universal order.

He married Arin Sur, sister of Green Lantern Abin Sur, and their daughter is the surgeon and Green Lantern Soranik Natu, whose relationship with her father remains fraught. His descendants include the grandson Sarko, and Korg has been identified as a possible son. His most defining bond is his adversarial mentorship of Hal Jordan, a rivalry marked by mutual respect as much as hatred.

Sinestro is best known as founder and leader of the Sinestro Corps, and formerly served with distinction in the Green Lantern Corps. He has also been associated with the Indigo Tribe, the New Guardians, the Ultraviolet Corps, the Red Lantern Corps and the Legion of Doom.

The Sinestro Corps oath—"In blackest day, in brightest night, beware your fear made into light..."—stands as a dark mirror of the Green Lantern oath. Sinestro's name has become shorthand for the fallen hero archetype in superhero fiction, and he has appeared widely in animation, video games and film, including the 2011 Green Lantern movie. His identity is public, and unusually among supervillains, his creed is order rather than chaos.

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