5. The Sinestro Corps War
The Sinestro Corps War is arguably one of the most influential DC storylines of the previous decade. It shaped what Green Lantern would be for the seven years since its release. At its core (heh, pun) it’s a very simple idea: what if there were just a bunch of evil Green Lanterns?
Sinestro, who I’ve talked about a couple’a times already, recruits some of the most evil beings in the universe, from Superboy-Prime (who literally punched reality) to the Anti-Monitor (told ya he’d be back) and sics all of them and a bunch more power-ringed psychopaths on the Green Lantern Corps. This story was huge and impactful, but still remained tightly plotted.
It’s scope and quality are what push it above it’s follow-up “Blackest Night†for me, even though Blackest Night was a bigger story overall. Sinestro Corps is big and loud and fun and set up the “multicolored lanterns†concept that turned the next half decade of Green Lantern comics into the super space light brite war I loved.
