Green Lantern Compendium Two: The Sinestro Corps War

Green Lantern Compendium

by Geoff Johns, Daniel Acuña (Illustrator), Dave Gibbons

Fear vs. Will—The War That Redefined the Green Lantern Corps

Green Lantern: The Sinestro Corps War Compendium collects the full scope of one of the most influential DC crossover events of the 2000s. Written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Daniel Acuña and others, this volume chronicles the rise of the Sinestro Corps—wielders of the yellow light of fear—who declare war on the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardians of the Universe. As Sinestro recruits terrifying allies like the Anti-Monitor, Parallax, and Superboy-Prime, Hal Jordan and his fellow Lanterns must push their willpower to the limit. This compendium includes Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Sinestro Corps Special, and Tales of the Sinestro Corps, offering a complete and immersive reading experience of the war that reshaped the emotional spectrum.

Collects Green Lantern #18–38, Green Lantern Corps #10–28, Sinestro Corps Special, and all Tales of the Sinestro Corps one-shots, Final Crisis: Rage of the Red Lanterns #1, Green Lantern Corps #29-32, Green Lantern #36-38, and stories from DC Universe #0 and DC Universe Halloween Special ’09 #1.

Genres: Comics

1440 pages, Paperback

Published March 10, 2026

About the author

Geoff Johns originally hails from Detroit, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University, where he earned a degree in Media Arts and Film. He moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s in search of work within the film industry. Through perseverance, Geoff ended up as the assistant to Richard Donner, working on Conspiracy Theory and Lethal Weapon 4. During that time, he also began his comics career writing Stars and S.T.R.I.P.E. and JSA (co-written with David S. Goyer) for DC Comics. He worked with Richard Donner for four years, leaving the company to pursue writing full-time.

His first comics assignments led to a critically acclaimed five-year run on the The Flash. Since then, he has quickly become one of the most popular and prolific comics writers today, working on such titles including a highly successful re-imagining of Green Lantern, Action Comics (co-written with Richard Donner), Teen Titans, Justice Society of America, Infinite Crisis and the experimental breakout hit series 52 for DC with Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka and Mark Waid. Geoff received the Wizard Fan Award for Breakout Talent of 2002 and Writer of the Year for 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008 as well as the CBG Writer of the Year 2003 thru 2005, 2007 and CBG Best Comic Book Series for JSA 2001 thru 2005. Geoff also developed BLADE: THE SERIES with David S. Goyer, as well as penned the acclaimed “Legion” episode of SMALLVILLE. He also served as staff writer for the fourth season of ROBOT CHICKEN.

Geoff recently became a New York Times Bestselling author with the graphic novel Superman: Brainiac with art by Gary Frank.

Reviews

[Dylan]

Incredible sci fi epic that was a breeze to get through. Can’t wait to pick up the next one and see where it all goes.

[Matt Sautman]

As important as the comics are from this segment of Geoff Johns’s run on Green Lantern, the overall reading experience feels less coherent than the previous volume.

[Langston Lardi]

I mean come on, when it comes to Geoff and GL the man just does not miss, and that goes for Tomasi as well with the GL corps. This compendium follows right after GL Rebirth and continues the amazing story and art work of its predecessor. We follow not only Hal, but the rest of the GL corps as they battle the Sinestro Corp in a giant universe wide and even earth bound big event involving the other DC hero’s of earth as we see some big enemies of the past come back to join Sinestro and his corps. As amazing as this big event and the following war for the light is as we see the birth of the other emotional spectrums like Rage, Hope, Compassion, Love, Greed and even Death it’s the stories in between, the smaller moments, like Guy and Kyle moving to OA and opening a bar on the planet, or Hal and John on earth solving earth bound crimes, it is these smaller stories and moments that stand out, not only do they strengthen the big epic event stories as we get to know these character both the big and small ones, therefore giving the events more weight, but it’s just some of the best story telling and each story big or small keeps you hooked and turning pages. Only small small nitpick is John Stewart still doesn’t have a ton to do here, but what is here with his guilt and determination is good. Overall a must read for any GL fan, especially if you’ve already read rebirth!

[Oscar Alvarez Alonso]

I haven't experienced this much heartbreak in a book since the hunger games trilogy, because Geoff Johns takes this rich and diverse cast of characters and puts them through the WRINGER. I do find Guy Gardner and Salaak more likable this time around, and it definitely feels less set-up heavy while still setting up what's about to be Blackest Night.

Real standout for me was Soranik Natu, and her development as she navigates her duty to the corps vs her Hippocratic oath. Every time she popped up on the page, I knew we were in for some peak writing.

Time to crack open that Blackest Night omnibus on my shelf.

[Brian Gibson]

A near perfect collection of Green Lantern stories. From the lead-up to The Sinestro Corps War, to the war itself, the Alpha Lanterns, Ringquest, Secret Origin, Rage of the Red Lanterns… so many amazing stories where the different aspects of the emotional spectrum manifest, and it is so thrilling to read. I only hate that I will have to wait until at least next year for the inevitable Blackest Night compendium…