Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1 (Hardcover)

by Geoff Johns (Author), Dave Gibbons (Author), Ethan Van Sciver (Author)

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Product Description
The Sinestro Corps has declared war on the Green Lanterns in the smash-hit epic of the summer! This blockbuster story sold out one comic book issue after another, leading to many reprintings to keep up with demand!

Legendary Green Lantern Hal Jordan has returned to the Corps and has once again pledged to defend Earth and the rest of Sector 2418 from evil. But now his arch-nemesis and former mentor, Sinestro, has assembled an army of his own -- one dedicated to spreading fear throughout the galaxy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: DC Comics (February 20, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401216501
• ISBN-13: 978-1401216504
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,480 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but not for the uninitiated, March 17, 2008

By	R. Moses (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I enjoyed the story for the most part, but two issues kept me from loving it. One, a hefty amount of DCU knowledge is required. If you don't know who Hank Henshaw or Ranx The Sentient City are (I didn't), be prepared to hit Wikipedia every few pages. Two, especially during the battle scenes (which are most of the story), the artwork is so dense I often had difficulty deciphering where the scene was taking place, much less what was actually going on. It got a bit exhausting and I found myself longing for an establishing shot. But on the whole I found it an entertaining tale, and I look forward to Part 2.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular is saying it quite lightly, February 24, 2008

By	N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Ever since superhero writer extraordinaire Geoff Johns relaunched Green Lantern, and resurrected Hal Jordan, we've had some of the best Green Lantern stories that have ever seen the light of day in over a decade plus. Now, here comes The Sinestro Corps War, in which the classic GL villain has assembled his own regime to spread fear and terror throughout the universe. This includes taking on the entire Green Lantern Corps head-on and stripping Kyle Rayner of his Ion powers and using him as a host for the newly released Paralax. Things get even worse when Sinestro brings in new members Hank Henshaw, AKA the Cyborg-Superman, and even worse, Infinte Crisis mass murderer Superman Prime, and to top it all off, the villain behind DC's original Crisis, Crisis on Infinite Earths, the Anti-Monitor. As the body count rises, writers Johns and Dave Gibbons provide some of the most rip-roaring, action packed, and thoroughly engrossing all-out interstellar wars you'll ever see. The artwork from Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver is spectacular, and even Patrick Gleason, whose work I usually don't find all that impressive, provides some solid pencils. By the time this first collected hardcover volume of The Sinestro Corps War comes to an end, you'll be salivating for more, as Johns and co. plant seeds for events that will go far beyond Hal Jordan and the rest of the GL's, as the prophesicsed Blackest Night looms ahead. When Geoff Johns relaunched the title, he said that he wanted to re-affirm the Green Lantern's place in the DC universe as a prolific superhero, and he has been incredibly successful. The proof of that is right here, pick it up.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dimensions at War, April 6, 2008

By	T. Hooper "thdizzy" (Osaka, Japan) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The Sinestro Corps War is one of the more interesting stories to come out of comics recently. Sinestro, a former Green Lantern now banished to the antimatter universe, gathers hordes of allies who have the ability to tap into the power of fear. With this army of cosmic villains, Sinestro breaks free from the antimatter universe and begins his war with the Green Lantern Corps. His goal is to destroy the Green Lanterns and establish a new universal order enforced by his Sinestro Corps.

The story is really well written, and fans of cosmic action won't be disappointed. There are numerous full page spreads which depict large cosmic battles. It's fun just to look at the pages and see how many types of aliens are participating in both corps.

I dropped the rating one star because of DC's decision to break this into two volumes. I would have preferred that they printed the Sinestro Corps Wars in one volume.