As I predicted, things are starting to get good in the GL series. Sinestro is back in the GL Corps and Hal Jordan has been reduced to being his little lapdog. The Source continues their series “3 Things You Didn’t Know About DC Comics – The New 52”
I can’t speak for the rest of DC Nation, but I continue to be reenergized by the direction of GREEN LANTERN.
Who’d have thunk that it would take Sinestro, of all characters, to do it? The GL nemesis now wears a GL uniform again…and this turn of events has transformed the series into the unlikeliest of buddy books, teaming Sinestro with his former protégé Hal Jordan. Seeing the two go back and forth has made the series a true joy to work on, thanks to the creative team supreme of writer Geoff Johns and artist Doug Mahnke.
Naturally, I’m super-excited for the series’ future, and here are 3 things I can share:
1. THIS IS NOT THE SINESTRO YOU REMEMBER.
Sinestro has always been known as the dictatorial GL who fell from grace and returned as the Green Lantern Corps’s greatest nemesis. Now Sinestro wields a GL ring once more — under mysterious circumstances, no less — and what he plans to do with it will likely surprise you as much as it did me.In our first arc, we reveal a tragic secret about Sinestro: He has a beating heart, a fact Sinestro locks tightly away from the entire universe…until it unlocks for a millisecond. Explaining more would say too much, but watch for it — it could make Sinestro your favorite character in DC – THE NEW 52.
Is Sinestro a hero or villain? The answer is…yes.
2. THE RINGS CARRY SECRETS.
Sinestro revealed to Hal in issue #3 that the ring allows its bearer to create a “stealth mode” costume in black. We learn another doozy in issue #5.What else does Sinestro know about the ring that we don’t? Stay tuned.
3. THE CORPS’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED.
At least, that’s how the Guardians of the Universe feel. As revealed in issue #3, they’ve deemed the Green Lantern Corps a failure, just as they once did the robot Manhunters that the Corps replaced billions of years ago. What exactly are the Guardians up to? They’ve been chatting about creating a “Third Army” — and what that is will become clear as the series slowly builds towards its next massive crossover with the other GL series. And THAT, DC Nation, will be so hugely momentous, it will quake the DC cosmos to its very core!In the meantime, enjoy GREEN LANTERN for the here and now — Sinestro and Hal Jordan getting to know each other again for the first time.
Could this signify the beginning of a new War of the Green Lanterns event? This time the GL Corps will be fighting for its very survival against the Guardians themselves. I told you Green Lantern is getting good.
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I'm a little disappointed Sinestro isn't in the new animated series, but maybe that will work for the best as the character gets refined in the new DC. I still hope he appears later because I really like where they are taking him in the comics.