

He began collecting yellow power rings to set up his rival Corps - The Mongol Corps. They killed many Green Lanterns in the process, but in the end, they were all driven off and many of them were captured including Sinestro himself.Īfter the war, Mongul found a dying member of the Sinestro Corp and took his power ring for himself. The Sinestro Corps engaged in huge attacks against Oa, Mogo, and Earth. It was all part of Sinestro's plan to make the Guardians afraid enough to enact new laws, such as authorizing Green Lanterns to use lethal force. Sinestro selected the Talokian Lyssa Drak to be the Sinestro Corps historian and chained her to the Book of Parallax.įor its big debut, the Sinestro Corps forged alliances with the Manhunters, the Anti-Monitor and Superboy-Prime in a major offense against the Green Lantern Corps and Earth, during the Sinestro Corps War. He built this Sinestro Corps in secret, recruiting beings from all the sectors of the universe in the same way the Guardians of the Universe did for the Green Lantern Corps.
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The purpose of doing so was for Sinestro to form his own corps that would enforce his vision of order (using those beings that install great fear), of which he had always been at odds with the Green Lantern Corps, during his time as a member.

This group consists of about 59 Lanterns in total.Īfter his defeat at the hands of Hal Jordan and Kyle Rayner, Sinestro retreated to Qward where he began building his own corps based off his yellow power ring and the power of fear, embodied by Parallax. Their name is taken from their leader - Sinestro, a powerful anti-villain who, although believing himself to work for justice, is prone to excessive (sometimes even "evil") methods.
