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Burn like his power... Sinestro's might!"|[[Exclusively Evil|Sinestro Corps]] Oath}}

Following his defeat in ''[[Green Lantern]]: Rebirth,'' [[Sinestro]] has retreated back to Qward, where he has taken over and started to amass an army of Yellow Lanterns capable of "instilling great fear." Modeling his army after the Green Lantern Corps and allying himself with the Anti-Monitor, he launches an all out war against the Green Lanterns. What follows is an epic with one [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] after another.

A [[Bat Family Crossover]] between ''[[Green Lantern]]'', issues #21 through #25, and ''Green Lantern Corps'', issues #14 through #18 with a prologue in the form of ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1'' (plus a single tie in with ''[[Blue Beetle]]'' #20), the Sinestro Corps War is the critically acclaimed second part of [[Geoff Johns]]' Green Lantern "trilogy." (preceded by ''Green Lantern: Rebirth'' and succeeded by ''[[Blackest Night]]''.)

The story entered production in 2006 and was released following the ''Sinestro Corps Special'' in June 2007. It proved to be a massive success, financially and critically. Fans consider it among the best Green Lantern stories and it is easy to see why. It introduced new storyline concepts including the variously colored Lantern Corps and the emotional spectrum. It also brought back many Green Lanterns not seen in over 20 years such as Mogo and Sodam Yat.

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* [[Ascended Meme]]: It didn't quite reach meme levels, but there's a rooftop fight with the sound effect "eepaa". The sound effect's origin? A one off gag in ''[[The Simpsons]] Movie''. (This is lampshaded in the commentary in the back of ''The Sinestro Corps War Volume Two''.)

{{quote|Maybe it's the sound of Sinestro throwing Green Lantern into a vat of acid. Eepaa! }}

** Sadly, no vats of acid were involved.

* [[As Long as There Is Evil]]: Sinestro makes this boast while he, Hal, and Kyle fight.

{{quote|'''Sinestro:''' As long as there is life, the universe will never be without fear!}}

* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: [[Military Superhero|John]] forms a sniper rifle construct to take on Bedovian.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: ''Repeatedly.'' The Lost Lanterns on Qward, Kilowog's squad on Mogo, John and Guy on Qward...

* [[Breakout Character]]: The Green Lantern franchise as a whole, in the larger DC universe. Most directly, ''Sinestro Corps''' success got its sequel ''[[Blackest Night]]'' expanded from a [[Bat Family Crossover]] to a full-blown [[Crisis Crossover]].

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'''Guy:''' Hey, Johnny Boy... ''[points to Warworld]'' ...what do ya think ''that'' is? }}

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Obviously, but subverted by Parallax, who wears green while possessing Kyle.

* [[Combat Breakdown]]: Sinestro vs. Hal and Kyle, after all three get their rings drained.

* [[Death Seeker]]: Henshaw / Cyborg-Superman, who only works for the Anti-Monitor because it's promised to kill him once and for all.

** [[Unwanted Revival]]: He almost gets his wish, but is revived by his Manhunters at the very end.

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* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Coast City was already suffering from morale problems after being destroyed in ''[[The Death of Superman]]'', and Sinestro intended to hit the event horizon by razing it ''again''. Averted when the people support the Green Lanterns and refuse to evacuate.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Hannu PUNCHES The Anti-Monitor. '''Without his ring.'''

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: Henshaw, who just wants to die, and Superboy-Prime, who wants revenge for losing his Earth.

* [[Earth Is the Center of the Universe]]: Technically it's not; Oa is. But played straight because of:

* [[The Earth Prime Theory]]: The Sinestros don't want the center of the universe, they want the center of the ''multiverse''.

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* [[Genius Loci]]: Mogo (sentient planet), Ranx (sentient space-faring mega-city).

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: It's established that Sinestro can handle himself well in a fist fight.

* [[Hero-Killer]]: Superman-Prime and the Anti-Monitor, when they showed up on Earth. [[It Got Worse|Shit got serious]].

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Bedovian and John Stewart.

* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Amon Sur mocks Hal for being despised and abandoned by his Corps. Enter the Lost Lanterns (who hold a grudge against Hal / Parallax for leaving them for dead in space) to correct him.

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* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: During the invasion of Earth, Salaak tells other Lanterns not to get involved in Kilowog vs. Arkillo.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: No longer enforced. (Hey, if real-life cops can shoot to kill, why can't [[Space Police]]?) Rather than take it too far in the other direction, debates over proper use of this power continued being discussed within the Corps even after the war. Most Lanterns (including the human leads) make it a point to leave killing as a last resort.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Every GL still alive after the Battle of Mogo, but particuarly a young Daxamite named Sodam Yat. Who was a simple nobody until he was given the Ion Entity to [[Super Mode|increase his powers 100 fold]] (Oh and Daxamites have [[Superpower Lottery|all the powers of Superman]]).

* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Every GL still alive after the Battle of Mogo, but particuarly a young Daxamite named Sodam Yat. Who was a simple nobody until he was given the Ion Entity to [[Super Mode|increase his powers 100 fold]] (Oh and Daxamites have [[Superpower Lottery|all the powers of Superman]]).

* [[What Could Have Been]]: The commentary in the second collection reveals that Parallax was going to take over Guy and John in addition to Kyle. This was rejected because it distracted from the rest of the story and would've led to [[Villain Decay]] by making him less unique.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Sinestro set things up so that no matter what the outcome was, he would win. Either he and his troops gained control of the Multiverse, or he forced the Green Lantern Corps into adopting more aggressive tactics that he feels would be more suitable to bringing order to the Universe.

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