Sinestro facts for kids
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Thaal Sinestro is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Sinestro is a former Green Lantern Corps member who was dishonorably discharged for abusing his power. He is the archenemy of Green Lantern and founder of the Sinestro Corps, though he occasionally has acted in anti-heroic roles as well.
The character was created by John Broome and Gil Kane, and first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) # 7 (August 1961).
In 2009, IGN ranked Sinestro as the 15th Greatest Comic Book Villain of All Time.
Mark Strong portrays Sinestro in the live-action movie Green Lantern.
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Powers and abilities
Sinestro wields a yellow power ring that is functionally similar to those of the Green Lanterns, granting him flight, the ability to survive in any environment and the ability to create constructs of any shape and size. The ring must be regularly recharged with the aid of a power battery shaped like a lantern. Unlike Hal Jordan and most Green Lanterns, Sinestro wears his ring on his left hand.
As a host whose body reined in and mastered the Emotional Embodiment of Fear, Sinestro now acts as the host as well as containment vessel for the emotional entity of his Corps; Parallax gives him unprecedented power both physical and metaphysical in nature. Like previous hosts before him, Sinestro has vast reality-altering abilities, as well as a greatly amplified ring. Physically, the Master of Fear gains a dynamism boost as well, putting him on par with some of DC's strongest characters such as Superman or most notably Black Adam, shown when both he and Adam moved Earth's moon out of the path of its sun together, or when he was under assault by equally powerful assailants such as Superwoman, Deathstorm and Alexander Luthor who had stolen multiple powers.
Sinestro is also highly proficient in hand-to-hand combat and battle strategies, owing to his training as a former Green Lantern. He proves to be a physical match for Hal Jordan owing to these skills.
Film
- Sinestro appears in Green Lantern: First Flight, voiced by Victor Garber.
- Sinestro appears in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, voiced by Jason Isaacs.
- Sinestro appears in Green Lantern, portrayed by Mark Strong.
- Sinestro appears in Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom, voiced by Mark Hamill.
- Sinestro makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
- Sinestro appears in Green Lantern: Beware My Power, voiced by Rick D. Wasserman.
Images for kids
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Sinestro, during his debut in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #7 (August 1961). Art by Gil Kane.
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Mark Strong as Sinestro in Green Lantern.
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See also
In Spanish: Sinestro para niños
