The Trial of Sinestro

[starwolf_oakley]

From EMERALD DAWN II: 90 Days. Some of the details of how Sinestro got kicked out of the Green Lantern Corps. I don't know to what degree Geoff Johns' "Secret Origin" changed it, although I know Hal Jordan didn't serve 90 Days for drunk driving anymore.













I think Sinestro is genuinely surprised by how much Katma Tui hates him.





So, for a while there, Sinestro's motivation was "If you think me evil, I might as well BE evil!"
Is Sinestro flipping off the Guardians?

Katma Tui is given the Green Lantern ring to take over for Sinestro. It doesn't end too well for her.

Comments

[thehefner]

I'm really annoyed at how Emerald Dawn I and II are both ignored by Geoff Johns (and thus unknown to most modern readers) and shunned by older comic fans. These were great books, and some of the best takes on Hal that I've ever seen. He was actually flawed and human.

That said, I think Sinestro has been absolutely brilliant under Johns, but this mini-series was the only other time before Sinestro Corps War that the character was anything other than a Snidely Whiplash villain.

[eightleggedbeast]

(I actually like what I see of Hal here and will buy the comic. Tell no-one.)

[starwolf_oakley]

Hal doesn't have to have a drunk driving charge to be uncertain about his place as a Green Lantern. Hal obviously wouldn't want to take over a planet to "save" it, and he can also be very worried about slipping too far into either fascism or anarchy.

Korugar society has a near pathological hatred of all Green Lanterns they hated Sinestro so much. Maybe Johns could take a "deeper" look at Korugar society, what threat the Khunds posed, and if part of what drove Sinestro over the edge was that Korugarrians (?) didn't seem to appreciate his actions to save them. "Sinestro is evil because the Korugarrians were spiteful ingrates" is an interesting theory.