Books : Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1

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- a war of real light !
Welcome to the forbidden chapter of the book of Oa ! One of the most serious stories written by geoff johns and dave gibbons. The war is inminent and inevitable, every space sector are involved. The sinestro corps want to establish a new oder in the galaxy and the GL's are determined to win. The drawing art is the best and the colours are amazing . A big story...builds to an epic climax. Let the war begin !

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- The Best Event of '07
Geoff Johns is the current king of DC mythology. As he completes the second leg of his Green Lantern trilogy, it's obvious that Johns has learned from his mistakes in INFINITE CRISIS, because this book is the most accessable event to be written in years.

The only GREEN LANTERN book I'd ever read before this was Johns' excellent "Rebirth" arc from a few years ago. This is so much better. I had little knowledge of the Lantern Corps and its history going in, but coming out I felt like I knew everything there was to know. I was never lost, and no one should be when they read this.

Despite the contribution of four different pencilers, the art is good throughout and, like the writing, never confuses the reader. So, Kudos to Van Sciver, Reis, Gleason and Unzeta for a job well done.
The one qualm I have with this package is that this is only the first half of the story. You'll have to buy Volume 2 separately, and DC doesn't appear to have any 13-issue giant edition ("Absolute" or otherwise) on the horizon. Until that time, this is the best way to enjoy 2007's best comic book event.

Highly recommended for longtime readers as well as those just interested in reading a great comic.

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- Worth the wait.
I don't usually enjoy reading comics week to week or month to month, so I always wait for collections to come out. This is one comic that I would have wished I had read every new issue.

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- High adventure and higher consequences
Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War, Vol. 1

I am a Comic Book geek! I love a good story about heroes and villains. This is not a good story, it is an EPIC Masterpiece! What Geoff Johns has done with the Green Lantern mythos will resonate for decades. Since the "Rebirth" storyline, Johns has made Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps relevant again.

By playing upon themes of revolution(Sinestro's ultimate goal), police states(the GL Corp itself), and the failing of a smug and over-confident establishment (the Guardians), Johns has brought much needed intrigue and passion to the Green Lantern imprint and set the bar for the rest of the DC universe.

To fully enjoy Volume 1 you should read Green Lantern: Rebirth. Sinestro's master plan begins in Rebirth and the scariest part of the whole Sinestro Corps War series is in knowing that after the battle is done, thanks to Sinestro's plan, who don't know who is the hero and who is the villain.

Decades from now this graphic novel will rank up there with essential reads like The Watchmen, Grant Morrison's run on New X-men, and Crisis.

Do yourself a favor and pick this up, trust me I'm a geek.

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- Geoff Johns does it again
I've always felt that Sinestro was one of the all time great DC villains. Back when the Challenge of the Super Friends was on TV Sinestro and Brainiac were just about the only cool members of the bumbling Legion of Doom. The guy was originally drawn to resemble actor David Niven. He has a ring specifically designed to kill Green Lanterns. In my book that makes him awesome.

I set my expectations pretty high for this one because of all the hype and it came just a bit short but it's still an awesome book. In my mind Infinite Crisis was THE quintessential event series. What sold Crisis for me was the number of unforgettable moments, most of which revolved around Superboy Prime. I'll never forget that moment when Superboy passed that point of return and became a villain or the fantastic scene where Alexander and Lex Luthor officially meet. In this book Sinestro has managed to collect some of the all time great DC villains including Cyborg Superman, The Monitor, Parallax and of course, Superboy Prime.

The Sinestro Corps is the more natural successor to Infinite Crisis than the series 52. Unfortunately so far it hasn't had those big Infinite Crisis moments. There were a couple of memorable events (that I wont spoil here) but nothing that compared to the image of Superboy Prime carving a bloody `S' into his own chest or the Human Bomb getting pummeled to death by Bizarro.

I've never been that into the Green Lantern Corp so it didn't mean much to me when various members died. It's not really a complaint so much as a comment that unless you're up on all the goings on in the world of Green Lantern for the last couple of decades you might find yourself a bit lost. I never knew, for instance, that Kyle Raynor had been the last Green Lantern or that he was now the next step up the Lantern evolutionary stage being now referred to as ION and operating without a ring. Much of the book is devoted to a massive battle between the Green Lantern Corp and the Sinestro Corp and again it's probably more thrilling to people who are more aware of the various characters. Still, the story is great, the art is spectacular and I can hardly wait till June to pick up the next book.

Just as an FYI. The main plot of The Sinestro Corps War is based on a story by Alan Moore from 1986. I would always suggest picking up `DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore' because it's such a great book but in this case the reader has an extra incentive to read through it.

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