Warning: contains spoilers Green Lantern #17!
Sinestro, Green Lantern biggest villain, has just released a major update that redefines what a Red Lantern is capable of doing. For over 60 years, Sinestro has been a constant threat to Green Lantern, despite having been one himself. Sinestro led his own Corps, based on the yellow light of fear. Now, in Green Lantern #17, Sinestro embraces the red light of rage – and quickly puts all the other Red Lanterns to shame.
Green Lantern #17 was written by Jeremy Adams and drawn by Xermanico. Mogo, the planet-sized Green Lantern, has fallen under the spell of red light, thanks to Thaaros, the corrupt leader of the United Planets. Mogo is preparing to attack when suddenly Sinestro arrives on the scene. Consumed by rage and using the Red Lantern symbol, Sinestro drains Mogo’s anger.
This not only greatly increases Sinestro’s power, but also frees Mogo from Thaaros’ control. Sinestro barely has time to revel in this god-level feat before he passes out.
Sinestro’s Fear-Filled Reign of the DC Universe, Explained
Sinestro has recently undergone a profound change
Once considered the greatest member of the Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro has become one of its greatest threats. Believing that the Corps had weakened, Sinestro embraced the use of fear as a means of control. After years as a mid-tier villain, Sinestro catapulted into the big time in 2007. The War of the Sinestro Corps. Creating a Lantern Corps in his own image, Sinestro embarks on a campaign of terror across the universe. Shortly after Sinestro created his Corps, other multicolored Lanterns began to emerge, including the rage-fueled Red Lantern Corps and the hope-filled Blue Lanterns.
Other Lanterns include the Orange Lanterns (greed), the Indigo Lanterns (compassion), and the Black Lanterns (death).
Recently, however, someone began attacking the other Lantern Corps, destroying their Power Batteries and killing their members. The culprit was Thaaros, a Durlan who had taken control of the newly formed United Planets. After Thaaros’ attack, Sinestro underwent a profound change. Seeing Thaaros’ actions angered Sinestro, and he became the new leader of the Red Lantern Corps. Meanwhile, Thaaros, having consolidated the other Lantern Corps into one, enslaved Mogo with the red light of rage. Red Lantern Mogo could have been one of the deadliest weapons in the universe – if not for Sinestro.
Sinestro becoming a Red Lantern is highly ironic
Will Sinestro have to fight Atrocitus for control of the Red Lantern Corps?
What Sinestro becoming a Red Lantern in the first place may seem intriguing at first glance. The Sinestro Corps cut a path of terror across the universe, killing countless people and displacing even more. The first Red Lantern rings found their way into the hands of Sinestro’s victims. These victims now had a chance to right a wrong, but it came at a terrible price: the red light turned its user into a mindless zombie, under the rule of Atrocitus, the leader of the Red Lanterns. Furthermore, Atrocitus had a special grudge against Sinestro, and the feeling was mutual.
When and If Atrocitus returns, his anger towards Sinestro will be even greater, especially when he sees what Sinestro has managed to achieve. In the short time that Sinestro has been a Red Lantern, he has managed to surpass Atrocitus in several ways. Sinestro absorbing Mogo’s rage and thus freeing him from Thaaros’ control is a god-level feat that Atrocitus could only dream of doing. Now overwhelmed with the red light of anger, Sinestro have the chance to become once again Green Lantern biggest villain, assuming anger doesn’t consume him first.
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