Sinestro

Real Name: Sinestro

Base of Operations: Mobile

Group Affiliation: The Legion of Doom

Powers: Sinestro wields a power-ring, which has the same abilities as Green Lantern’s only his ring emits yellow energy rather than green. With his ring, Sinestro can do a variety of things such as fly, breathe in space or under-water, make constructs made of solid yellow energy, and fire destructive blasts.

Origin/History: Sinestro comes from the plant Korugar(the same planet as the Green Lantern Katma Tui). Sinestro was once a Green Lantern himself, in fact, the sector he patrolled had the lowest crime-rate in all of the sectors of the universe that the Green Lanterns patrolled. Due to his tremendous accomplishments, Sinestro was asked by the Guardians of The Universe to train new recruits to the Green Lantern Corps. One of his trainees included Hal Jordan himself. Soon, Sinestro became arrogant and started using fear and unethical methods to keep his sector under control. Upon realizing Sinestro’s questionable methods, the Guardians of The Universe stripped Sinestro of his power-ring and banished him to the anti-matter universe of Quard. In was in the universe of Quard where Sinestro gained his yellow power-ring. Using his power-ring to travel back to the positive matter universe, Sinestro sought revenge on all Green Lanterns but has most frequently clashed with Hal Jordan.

Moment of Glory: In the Super Friends episode “The Time Trap”, Gorilla Grodd comes up with a plan for the Legion of Doom to go back in time and steal the various treasures of the earth before they are discovered in modern times. Sinestro and Captain Cold are dispatched back into Medieval Times to steal the treasure of King Arthur. Green Lantern and Samurai follow the villains into the past to try and stop them. Once in the past, the heroes confront the villains and Sinestro challenges Hal Jordan to a Medieval joust. The two power-ring wielders create horses and lances for themselves and lunge towards each other. Sinestro is victorious when he knocks Hal Jordan off his horse and on to his backside. Luckily for Hal, Samurai uses his tornado-powers to subdue Sinestro before he can finish off Hal.

Moment of Shame: In the Super Friends’ episode “Dooms’ Day”, the Legion of Doom attempts to capture a nuclear submarine. Sinestro, Black Manta, and Cheetah are assigned to the task. The trio succeeds in taking over the ship when suddenly, Green Lantern, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman arrive to thwart the villains’ plans. A fierce battle erupts just as the Hall of Doom with the rest of the Legion arrives to back up their comrades. Thinking quickly, Hal Jordan uses his power-ring to turn himself into a giant, which scares away the Hall of Doom’s passengers. After seeing their comrades flee, Sinestro, Black Manta, and Cheetah make a run for it like a bunch of scared children but are ultimately captured. The thing that doesn’t make sense, is that in theory, Sinestro could have used his power-ring to turn himself into a giant to take on Hal.

Quote: “Your end is near green fool!”
 

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