Weekly Crisis Article--Sinestro corps war-One of the Best Events in the past Decade.

[Karl O'Neill]

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http://www.weeklycrisis.com/2009/07/trade-waiting-green-lantern-sinestro.html


Verdict - Must Read. A stunning space epic that adds new elements to the Green Lantern mythos.

[NickFury90]

You're whoring yourself out to advertising now?

[Karl O'Neill]

You lost me. It's not actually my site. I make no profit from it.

So.

Sinestro corps war.

Awesome story. Not many parts to it or crossovers. great art. Out on time. great start.lots of action. Great character moments. and a perfect ending.

Bite.

[NickFury90]

...so do they give you cool little prizes for whoring their website on message boards?

[Karl O'Neill]

...so do they give you cool little prizes for whoring their website on message boards?

Just mars bars.

Do you want one?

Just ask. Don't play games nicky boy.

[NickFury90]

Nah, don't like Mars Bars. More of Twix fan, personally.

[Karl O'Neill]

One more thing sinestro.

"you are under arrest!"

Just plain awesome.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I found the entire thing to be a huge colossal cluster to be honest. Had they actually kept it to Sinestro and his Corps vs Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns....it could have been an awesome story. Instead Johns tossed every huge rogue he could muster into it .

Anti-Moniter ...really ? We need him why ?

Superboy-Prime ...also no reason for him being here.

Cyborg Superman ...because he once blew up Coast City as revenge

Manhunters .... just because they are there....


It was a huge colossal cluster and hopefully those at DC can make Johns "Blackest Night" an actual better read than this.

[Bevbos]

I really strongly disagree with this feller (or lady's?) analysis of the interlocking nature of GL and GLC. GLC is not "filler" by any stretch of the imagination, and without reading these issues in the exact order, you're going to miss a lot of beats. In fact, the real problem with the trade collections of Sinestro Corps War is that the specials are cordoned off to their own TBP. You really need to read at the very least the Superman-Prime and Cyborg Superman specials in order or else the story doesn't have the correct flow.

I do agree with his point about introducing the Anti-Monitor in the last page of the first issue though... this was a flaw. But a minor flaw, because when I saw those 4 figures on that last page, I was intrigued by whom each of them were, enough to do the research and check it out. And now when I see that page, I freak the hell out. And I think this is a series ultimately for the devoted comic reader, which is a small but very fervent community, and the marketplace seems to bear this out.

[Bevbos]

I found the entire thing to be a huge colossal cluster to be honest. Had they actually kept it to Sinestro and his Corps vs Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns....it could have been an awesome story. Instead Johns tossed every huge rogue he could muster into it .

Anti-Moniter ...really ? We need him why ?

Superboy-Prime ...also no reason for him being here.

Cyborg Superman ...because he once blew up Coast City as revenge

Manhunters .... just because they are there....


It was a huge colossal cluster and hopefully those at DC can make Johns "Blackest Night" an actual better read than this.

Just food for thought, your opinion is your opinion and MY opinion is certainly in no way superior to YOUR opinion... but let me address these points...

Anti-Monitor... he's there because nothing can be more scary than the antithesis of life itself, in a way (antimatter). He is the quintessential Opposite, the same way Bob is to Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks... and therefore he sets up the battle of the power of fear vs. the ability to overcome fear in a very iconic way*.

* Of course, you need to know who he IS first... that is a shortcoming... see above.

Superboy-Prime is just a figure Johns is building up over a number of storylines, but again, he's an iconic foil to the will-powered Green Lantern Corps, because he is the quintessence of selfishness. He has the power of Superman but he uses it to extremely petty ends. One has to accept the Sinestro Corps War as just one chapter in a much larger tapestry that Johns is weaving across the entire DCU, really, for his appearance to make sense. If you're not willing to go there, then yes, his role was probably just white noise.

Cyborg-Superman on the other hand is directly tied to the GL mythos and his inclusion makes a lot of sense. He destroyed Coast City for ---- sake. I think a bigger editorial mistake would be to NOT feature him in "Blackest Night," given his fixation for death. Incidentally, Johns' writing of Hank Henshaw is so superb I personally think it hardly matters what his direct tie to the storyline of fear vs. will is. It's just a pleasure to read. But yeah... his control over the emotionless Manhunters is again an "iconic" contrast to the heroes, who embrace their emotions and still fight on.

It's not exactly Grad School but it's very compelling elementary drama.

And that's my five cents.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Just food for thought, your opinion is your opinion and MY opinion is certainly in no way superior to YOUR opinion... but let me address these points...

Anti-Monitor... he's there because nothing can be more scary than the antithesis of life itself, in a way (antimatter). He is the quintessential Opposite, the same way Bob is to Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks... and therefore he sets up the battle of the power of fear vs. the ability to overcome fear in a very iconic way*.

* Of course, you need to know who he IS first... that is a shortcoming... see above.

I think we all know who the Anti-Moniter is basically. Its just that with him , he was an entire DCU rogue at one time in the mid 80's. The type all the heroes band togethor to face and beat at one time. His overall impact has faded and he's about as useful and fearful as Marvel Comics , the Beyonder.

Him showing up here was "overkill" to say the least. Its not enough your thrusting Manhunters and other rogues into this SCW storyline , now your dragging the beast that was the Anti-Moniter in as well ?


Superboy-Prime is just a figure Johns is building up over a number of storylines, but again, he's an iconic foil to the will-powered Green Lantern Corps, because he is the quintessence of selfishness. He has the power of Superman but he uses it to extremely petty ends. One has to accept the Sinestro Corps War as just one chapter in a much larger tapestry that Johns is weaving across the entire DCU, really, for his appearance to make sense. If you're not willing to go there, then yes, his role was probably just white noise.

His time as a Green Lantern during the war seems lost and you really wouldn't have to read that chapter of his life to care for the character. Johns has basically made him the Time Trapper now as LO3W #4 shows us weeks back. The entire debacle with the Sinestro Corps shows us , they could have skipped his presence there and it wouldn't have mattered.

Cyborg-Superman on the other hand is directly tied to the GL mythos and his inclusion makes a lot of sense. He destroyed Coast City for ---- sake. I think a bigger editorial mistake would be to NOT feature him in "Blackest Night," given his fixation for death.

You could debate he's more tied to Superman since he blames him for his wife and family dying and impersonated the Man of Steel. Then killed millions to ruin his name. He's became a Hal rogue due to his destroying Coast City , but now the city is back and the overall effect of his effect on Hal Jordan needed him controlling the Manhunters.

Odds are he'll show up in this. And make the story a huge clusterf-ck again.

Incidentally, Johns' writing of Hank Henshaw is so superb I personally think it hardly matters what his direct tie to the storyline of fear vs. will is. It's just a pleasure to read. But yeah... his control over the emotionless Manhunters is again an "iconic" contrast to the heroes, who embrace their emotions and still fight on.

As I posted above , he was made to be in control of the Manhunters in a way to keep him a Hal rogue. Of course the character of Hank Henshaw should have died years ago , he's been imprisioned on the Source Wall , has had numerous looks and changes ....and keeps coming back for really no reason.

Him wanting death would be nice as a Black Lantern in "Blackest Night". Theres still no reason he should be showing up in SCW as yet another character to be pushed in.


It's not exactly Grad School but it's very compelling elementary drama.

And that's my five cents.

Thats cool.... its just I'll never agree with the reasons they were added into SCW. Anti-Moniter was once a huge rogue , his presence seemed to be OVERKILL. Superboy-Prime's role is changing yet again as Johns writes him..... you make a better case for Cyborg Superman.

In the end a few of us online discussed this a year or 2 ago. We basically wanted a Hal vs Sinestro storyline with both Corps going to war !

[InfinityCorp]

I personally agree, the SCW was one of the best events in the past 10 years.

As to the questions about why certain villians were used and why, I didn't think it was overkill. I think the point was to clue you in on how serious the threats from the emotional spectrum are.

- Why were the Manhunters there? Because they were the ones who rebuilt the Anti-Montior's body.

- Why was Hank Hanshaw there? Because he is the "Guardian" of the Manhunters. The Anti-Monitor promised him what he always wanted...death.

- Why was the Anti-Monitor there? Because he(it) is tied in closely with the Origin of the Black Power Battery. I certainly expect we will gets some more answers about him in BN.

- Why was Prime there? Because they needed someone with enough power to finish the Anti-Monitor off. He was released by the Sinestro Corps. when they attacked Oa and joined them.

In my opinion, all of these characters were used as tools to further evolve the War of Light into its third chapter. I though they were all used pretty well.