Preliminary thoughts on Sinestro Corps *Spoilers*

[Stony]

So Kyle as Parrallax and Hal Jordan as the rightful Green Lantern...
Bloody hell, if this isn't every HEAT member's wet dream come true... I mean, Kyle just rolls over? Like a dog? Just like that? Come on!

Also, I think Sinister Corps is a better name than Sinestro Corps

Other than that I actually liked it, Ethan's art was great and I've always liked Sinestro.

[Sean Whitmore]

I have to agree with Brian on stacking the deck too much against the heroes.

Superboy Prime, Cyborg Superman, Sinestro, Kyle/Parallax, Amon Sur, that evil virus thing, the Anti-Monitor, PLUS hundreds of yellow-ringed cannon fodder?

You could remove HALF of those guys and they would still be a horrifying threat.

For the heroes to win now, which of course they're gonna do, won't make them look good so much as it will make the villains look ridiculously ineffective.


SEAN

[Cayman]

It was pretty good. It had some nice moments like the rings flying out to recruit new GLs and Van Sciver, whatever his other faults, certainly can draw monstrous aliens.

It's no Annihilation though.

[Brian Cronin]

I have to agree with Brian on stacking the deck too much against the heroes.

Superboy Prime, Cyborg Superman, Sinestro, Kyle/Parallax, Amon Sur, that evil virus thing, the Anti-Monitor, PLUS hundreds of yellow-ringed cannon fodder?

You could remove HALF of those guys and they would still be a horrifying threat.

For the heroes to win now, which of course they're gonna do, won't make them look good so much as it will make the villains look ridiculously ineffective.


SEAN

SuperMAN Prime, Whitmore!

Don't ruin things for DC!!

-Brian

[Sean Whitmore]

There's only one Superman Prime I wanna know from, Cronin.



And although I couldn't find a picture of him, he appears in this story.


SEAN

[Cayman]

There's only one Superman Prime I wanna know from, Cronin.



And although I couldn't find a picture of him, he appears in this story.


SEAN

Doesn't he look like Superman but all golden, like an Oscar?

[Brian Cronin]

I am actually pretty curious what name they DO end up using for Super___ Prime.

-Brian

[Michael P]

I am actually pretty curious what name they DO end up using for Super___ Prime.

-Brian

Lameass Hackjob Prime?

[Expletive Deleted]

For the heroes to win now, which of course they're gonna do, won't make them look good so much as it will make the villains look ridiculously ineffective.

Oh, I don't know. I'm sure there's a plot device out there somewhere that'll give them an out.

[Sean Whitmore]

Oh, I don't know. I'm sure there's a plot device out there somewhere that'll give them an out.

Here's hoping at least one of them is Kyle breaking free right before the climactic battle.


SEAN

[Jack Zodiac]

I gotta' say, fanwankin' aside, Johns has given the Green Lantern franchise, which was all but dead for over fifteen years, a huge kick in the ass. We've got Hal back, the Corps (twice as many, in fact), some of the older, unused Green Lanterns have returned, he and Marz kept Kyle around for a while (and are still keeping him around, sorta'), Guy's back, Stewart's back, Kilowog's back, Dave Gibbons revived the crazy-ass Moore story about the Empire of Tears... but on top of all of that, Geoff's given the mythos some new life with stuff like the Sinestro Corps or the Zamarons creating rings, the emotional spectrum (with, apparently, more rings to come), and beings of power representing that spectrum, like Parallax and now Ion.

When Sin yanked that spacewhale out of Kyle, I "wtfed" outloud. Then again on the last page. Henshaw's become more of a Green Lantern villain over the years than a Superman villain. Superbitch Prime has a year-long vendetta against the Corps, Sinestro's connection's obvious, and as much as it's neglected, Oa's responsible for the Anti-Monitor's very existence. I think it's a pretty fitting crew to try and bring about the next downfall of the Green Lantern Corps.

[Johnny Triangles]

Here's hoping at least one of them is Kyle breaking free right before the climactic battle.


SEAN

I kind of hoped one of the plot devices saving the day would be the Silver Age Weisinger-era planet moving Superman. Then again after the way Golden Age Superman was treated by being beaten into a bloody lump in INfinite Crisis, maybe it'd be better if Didio kept his hands off that character. Who knows what would happen.