Sinestro, who previously harnessed the Yellow Light of Fear, is now able to tap into the power of the Red Lanterns due to his intense hatred of Hal Jordan.
It is more than a desire for revenge against the Green Lantern Corps that has caused Sinestro to especially hate and strike at Hal Jordan. It is far more personal. Jordan was not corrupted by the ring as Sinestro was. Jordan was hailed as the greatest Green Lantern of them all.
What we learn through their story is that Hal and Sinestro have similarities and differences that make up their unique friendship, and bonds them as each other's greatest foe but also their greatest ally.
Thaal Sinestro (/sɪˈnɛstroʊ/) (or simply Sinestro) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, particularly those featuring Green Lantern. Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abusing his power.
On top of that, his wife was killed by the Manhunters, who were the predecessors to the Green Lanterns and were created by the guardians. This drives him mad and he becomes a tyrannical dictator trying to re-establish order to save his people by any means necessary.
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First the greatest of the Green Lanterns and then their greatest enemy, Sinestro remains one of the DC Universe's most enduring antagonists. After becoming a Lantern to further instill order over the galaxy, Thaal Sinestro put his homeworld of Korugar under his own totalitarian control.
As he began his rise to power, Sinestro and his wife Arin Sur (who is the sister of Abin Sur) began arguing about what he was doing. That, coupled with the numerous threats that were made against Sinestro and his family, caused his wife to leave with Soranik.
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As a result, Sinestro was brought before the Guardians and banished to Qward. There, he plotted his revenge by allying himself with the Weaponers of Qward who created a yellow power ring for so he can face and outnumber the Guardians and the Green Lanterns as the leader and namesake of the Sinestro Corps.
Unfortunately, Hal Jordan turned out to be more than a match for Sinestro. The two of them fought with their power rings until it came down to a brawl with bare fists on Oa. The fight came down to Hal getting Sinestro in a headlock and snapping his neck.
What Makes Him Pure Evil? He instigated the years long Rann-Thanagar War through a series of false-flag attacks including destroying Rann's capital city and sabotaging any peace talks. One attack alone claimed hundreds of lives.
Unlike other superheroes, who knew exactly what they were doing when they turned evil, Hal Jordan (aka Green Lantern) wasn't entirely responsible for his transformation. He switched sides when the ancient entity Parallax, which focused on fear, took hold of him. As a result, Hal's light turned yellow.
Sinestro is, without question, Hal Jordan's archenemy, not just because of the threat he poses, but because of how close he once was to our hero. Sinestro was himself one of the greatest Green Lanterns, and even took it upon himself to train a rookie Hal Jordan.
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Sinestro has a 6-4 win record against Green Lantern, in the 10 games I've played between the two of them. So, not only can he win, he actually has a winning record, from my experience.
The Black Lantern Corps is the most dangerous among the lantern corps. Nekron, the emotional entity of loss and death, forged the Black Lanterns from the endless sea of the dead. Nekron then waged war on the universe, targeting the different Lantern Corps first and focusing on Earth.
The original Green Lantern, Alan Scott's weakness to wood stemmed from his subconscious belief that his powers couldn't affect the material. The later Lanterns' weakness to the color yellow came from the Fear entity trapped within the Green Lantern Corps' central power battery.
Throughout his time in the Corps, Abin Sur was Thaal Sinestro's best friend and trusted confidante, so much so that they considered each other to be brothers. He would eventually fall in love with and marry Arin Sur, his friend's sister, and the two would have a child together.
Sinestro is surely aware of the Kryptonian weakness to k-radiation, and he's more than willing to use lethal force. If a power ring can generate k-radiation then Sinestro will win easily.
