Green Lantern 2

This issue portray the how badass Sinestro is. Sinestro confronts Hal Jordan who no longer has the green lantern ring. A fight ensues but a ringless Hal is no match for Sinestro as he teaches Hal some lesson. Sinestro makes a deal and gave Hal a ring forged by Sinestro that he can turn on and off whenever he wants. So Hal is under the thumb of Sinestro.





A bridge collapsing has caught the attention of Hal and he raced to the rescue. Things was going smoothly but Sinestro turned off Hal's ring and gave him another lesson about being a superhero. There is a scene where the people saved try to give thanks profusely to Sinestro but he just shrugs it off like nothing which is funny. But things are not as simple as the thing that caused the bridge to collapse as it did is caused by one of the Sinestro Corps, Gorgor. Sinestro and Hal battle the beast and Sinestro has the final say striking the alien beast through its body with a giant sword. Another badass moment from Sinestro. Next Sinestro explains that he needed Hal's help to liberate Korrugar the home planet of Sinestro that is ensalved by the Sinestro Corps. Next destination is Korrugar as both Hal and Sinestro teams up which is a rare occurence. This issue is fast reading and straight to the point and leaves the reader wanting more of Sinestro's badass moment.

Green Lantern 1

The new relaunch Green Lantern title starts off with a whopping bang. Sinestro is inducted as a Green Lantern ring bearer once again. All this biggest threat to Green Lantern corps is now a Green Lantern. Take that. Sinestro with his red face is pissed off with the guardians for doing. As always the the guardians has a purpose and that is for Sinestro to seek redemption. But it seems that not all the guardians are in agreement to this action. Sinestro travels back to his home planet Korugar to find his people enslaved by the Sinestro corps. A Sinestro corp pounced on Sinestro and was shocked to find Sinestro in the new green outfit. But the deceptive Sinestro made short work out of him.

On earth, Hal Jordan is a normal guy again after being relieved of his ring. Hal has been away from earth so long leaving a lot of bills to be paid and an empty credit. Hal even got himself in trouble when he witness a lady getting assaulted. Hal  barging into the lady's house by leaping across the opposite apartment only ended up disrupting a movie shooting and the lady is in a acting scene. Hal gets bailed out later from jail by his long time girlfriend Carol Ferris. A date between Hal and Carol ends up bad on some minor issues leaving Hal with a lot to think about. Finding an eviction notice on his door once he's back wasn't bad enough, Sinestro shows up offering Hal a sinister deal.

Overall a solid issue to new readers introducing the main villain and hero of the Green Lantern universe. The cool rendering of Sinestro by Doug Mahnke projected his sinister looks thus makes this character the ultimate focus of this and ongoing issues.