 | SINESTRO (Thaal Sinestro) | CHRONOLOGY |
| Created by John Broome and Gil Kane |
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CHRONOLOGY
Sinestro first appeared in (cameo) Flashpoint Vol. 2 #5 (Late October 2011); (actual appearance) Green Lantern Vol. 5 #1 (November 2011). First historical appearance was in Green Lantern Vol. 2 #7 (July-August 1961).
Below is the definitive list of appearances of Sinestro in chronological order. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a [Flashback] note. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.
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Sinestro Chronology
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| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #9 (July 2012): "The Secret of the Indigo Tribe, Part Three" [Flashback] |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #1 (November 2011): "Sinestro, Part One" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #2 (December 2011): "Sinestro, Part Two" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #3 (January 2012): "Sinestro, Part Three" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #4 (February 2012): "Sinestro, Part Four" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #5 (March 2012): "Sinestro, Part Five" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #6 (April 2012): "The Other Hero" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #7 (May 2012): "The Secret of the Indigo Tribe, Part One" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #8 (June 2012): "The Secret of the Indigo Tribe, Part Two" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #9 (July 2012): "The Secret of the Indigo Tribe, Part Three" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #10 (August 2012): "The Secret of the Indigo Tribe, Conclusion" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #11 (September 2012): "The Revenge of Black Hand, Part 1" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #12 (October 2012): "The Revenge of Black Hand, Part 2" |
| Green Lantern Annual Vol. 5 #1 (2012): "Rise of the Third Army, Prologue" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #0 (November 2012): "The New Normal" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #14 (January 2013): "Courage" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #15 (February 2013): "Rise of the Third Army: Innocent Lives" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #16 (March 2013): "Trial by Fire" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #17 (April 2013): "Wrath of the First Lantern, Part One: The Puppeteer" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #18 (May 2013): "Wrath of the First Lantern, Part 5: Dead or Alive You're Coming With Me" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #19 (June 2013): "Wrath of the First Lantern, Part 9" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #20 (July 2013): "Wrath of the First Lantern, Part 13: The End" |
| Forever Evil #4 (February 2014): "Hide & Seek" |
| Forever Evil #5 (March 2014): "Hit & Run" |
| Forever Evil #6 (May 2014): "The Power of Mazahs!" |
| Forever Evil #7 (July 2014): "Crisis of Self" |
| Sinestro #1 (June 2014): "Blackest Day, Brightest Night" |
| Sinestro #2 (July 2014): "Necropolis" |
| Sinestro #3 (August 2014): "Heresy of Fear" |
| Sinestro #4 (September 2014): "Inquisition" |
| Sinestro #5 (October 2014): "The Demon Within" |
| Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead #1 (December 2014): "Godhead Act I, Part I: Genesis" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #35 (December 2014): "Godhead Act I, Part II: Dead Worlds" |
| Sinestro #6 (December 2014): "Godhead Act I, Part 6: Sacrifices" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #36 (January 2015): "Godhead Act II, Part I: Dark Alliance" |
| Green Lantern Corps Vol. 3 #36 (January 2015): "Godhead Act 2, Part 2: Conversion" |
| Sinestro #7 (February 2015): "Godhead Act 2, Part 5: Battle Plans" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #37 (February 2015): "Godhead Act III, Part I: Wall" |
| Green Lantern Corps Vol. 3 #37 (February 2015): "Godhead Act 3, Part 2: Transfigurations" |
| Sinestro #8 (February 2015): "Godhead Act 3, Part 5: War Council" |
| Green Lantern Annual Vol. 5 #3 (February 2015): "Godhead Finale: Fall of the Gods" |
| Sinestro #9 (March 2015): "Limits of War" |
| Sinestro #10 (April 2015): "Prisoners of Warworld" |
| Sinestro #11 (May 2015): "Spoils of War" |
| Sinestro Annual #1 (June 2015): "Sinestro's House of Mystery" |
| Sinestro #12 (August 2015): "Daddy Issues" |
| Convergence: Action Comics #2/2 (July 2015): "Divergence: Sinestro" |
| Sinestro #13 (September 2015): "New Orders" |
| Sinestro #14 (October 2015): "Indoctrination" |
| Lobo Annual Vol. 3 #1 (September 2015): "Beware His Might" |
| Sinestro #15 (November 2015): "On The Hunt" |
| Lobo Vol. 3 #10 (November 2015): "Reds" |
| Sinestro #16 (December 2015): "Meeting of Kings" |
| Sinestro #17 (January 2016): "The Pale Legion" |
| Sinestro #18 (February 2016): "Drafted" |
| Sinestro #19 (March 2016): "War" |
| Sinestro #20 (April 2016): "The Fall" |
| Sinestro #21 (May 2016): "Turning Yellow" |
| Sinestro #22 (June 2016): "BloodRed" |
| Sinestro #23 (July 2016): "Reconstruction" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps: Rebirth #1 (September 2016): "Forged" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 (September 2016): "Sinestro's Law, Part 1: The Last Lantern" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #2 (October 2016): "Sinestro's Law, Part 2: Recon" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #3 (October 2016): "Sinestro's Law, Part 3: Innocents Lost" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #4 (November 2016): "Sinestro's Law, Part 4: The Fear Engine" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5 (November 2016): "Sinestro's Law, Part 5: Joining Forces" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #6 (December 2016): "Sinestro's Law, Part 6: World of War" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #7 (December 2016): "Sinestro's Law: Conclusion: Final Flight" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #25 (September 2017): "Fracture Conclusion: The Long War" |
| Superman Vol. 4 #29 (October 2017): "A Minute Longer" |
| Superman Vol. 4 #30 (November 2017): "A Moment Longer, Part 2: Hopes & Fears" |
| DC Nation #0/3 (July 2018): "No Justice: Prelude" |
| Justice League: No Justice #1 (July 2018): "No Justice" |
| Justice League: No Justice #2 (July 2018): "No Justice" |
| Justice League: No Justice #3 (July 2018): "No Justice" |
| Justice League: No Justice #4 (July 2018): "New Justice" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #5 (October 2018): "Legion of Doom, Part One" [Flashback] |
As an Ultraviolet Lantern |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #1 (August 2018): "The Totality, Part 1" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #5 (October 2018): "Legion of Doom, Part One" [Flashback] |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #2 (August 2018): "The Totality, Part 2" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #3 (September 2018): "The Totality, Part 3" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #4 (September 2018): "The Totality, Part 4" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #5 (October 2018): "Legion of Doom, Part One" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #6 (October 2018): "The Totality, Part 5" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #7 (November 2018): "The Totality, Conclusion" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #8 (November 2018): "Legion of Doom, Part Two" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #11 (January 2019): "Drowned Earth, Part Two" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #12 (January 2019): "Drowned Earth, Part Three" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #13 (February 2019): "Legion of Doom, Part Three" |
| Justice League Annual Vol. 4 #1 (March 2019): "Multiversal Meltdown!" [Flashback] |
| Justice League Annual Vol. 4 #1 (March 2019): "Multiversal Meltdown!" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #17 (April 2019): "Old Frontier" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #18 (April 2019): "Legion of Doom, Part Four" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #19 (May 2019): "The Sixth Dimension, Chapter 1" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #22 (June 2019): "The First Crisis" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #25/2 (August 2019): "The Message" [Flashback] |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #28 (September 2019): "Apex Predator, Finale" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #29 (October 2019): "Jarro's Tale: A Justice/Doom War Prelude" |
| Sinestro: Year of the Villain #1 (October 2019): "Micron Management" |
| Deathstroke Vol. 4 #44 (August 2019): "Deathstroke R.I.P.: Elegy" |
| Deathstroke Vol. 4 #48 (December 2019): "Deathstroke R.I.P., Book Five: Summerville" |
| New Year's Evil #1 (February 2019): "Bright and Terrible" |
| Harley Quinn's Villain of the Year #1 (February 2020): "Harley Quinn's Villain of the Year" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #31 (November 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 2" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #32 (November 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 3" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #33 (December 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 4" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #34 (December 2019): "Justice/Doom War, Part 5" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #36 (January 2020): "Justice/Doom War, Part 7" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #38 (February 2020): "Justice/Doom War, Part 9" |
| Action Comics #1019 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 3" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1018 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 2" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1020 (April 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 4" [Flashback] |
| Action Comics #1017 (January 2020): "Metropolis Doom!" |
| Action Comics #1018 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 2" |
| Action Comics #1019 (March 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Part 3" |
| Action Comics #1021 (May 2020): "Metropolis Doom!, Conclusion" |
| Superman Vol. 5 #18 (February 2020): "Truth" (ultraviolet) |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #54 (December 2020): "Doom Metal, Part Two" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #55 (December 2020): "Doom Metal, Part Three" |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #56 (January 2021): "Doom Metal, Part Four" yellow costume/ring |
| Justice League Vol. 4 #57 (January 2021): "Doom Metal, Finale" yellow costume, but ultraviolet ring |
As a Yellow Lantern??? checking to see when Sinestro stopped being an Ultraviolet Lantern |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal #5 (January 2021): "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part V: The Man of No Tomorrow" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1/2 (February 2021): "Last Knights" (yellow ring and costume changes to Green mid-story) |
As a Green Lantern |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1/2 (February 2021): "Last Knights" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 (February 2021): "Together" |
| Dark Nights: Death Metal #6 (February 2021): "Death Metal - An Anti-Crisis, Part VI: The Truth Machine" |
As a Yellow Lanternchecking to see when reverted back to Yellow |
| Green Lantern Vol. 6 #1 (June 2021): "The Source of Peace" |
| Green Lantern 2021 Annual #1 (November 2021): "Exposure Therapy" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 6 #5 (October 2021): "The Standard Model" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 6 #6 (November 2021): "Entanglement" |
| chronology to be added |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #7 (March 2024): "Nothing to Fear" [Flashback] |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #1 (June 2023): "Back on Earth" |
| Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #1/2 (September 2023): "Shards from the Looking Glass Part One" |
| Knight Terrors: Green Lantern #2/2 (October 2023): "Shards from the Looking Glass Part Two" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #3 (November 2023): "The More Things Change..." |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #4 (December 2023): "Fast Friends" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #5 (January 2024): "Gift of Fear" |
As a Red Lantern |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #5 (January 2024): "Gift of Fear" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #6 (February 2024): "The Will to Rage" |
| Sinister Sons #4 (July 2024): "Bad Sons Rising Part 4" |
| Sinister Sons #5 (August 2024): "Bad Sons Rising Part 5" |
| Sinister Sons #6 (September 2024):: "Bad Sons Rising Conclusion" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 7 #13 (September 2024): "Defenses Down" |
| Kneel Before Zod #7 (September 2024): "Chapter Seven: Green Hell" |
Chronology UncertainIt is currently uncertain where these stories fit into the character's internal chronology. |
| DC's Year of the Villain Special #1 (July 2019): "Doom" |
| DC's Year of the Villain Special #1/3 (July 2019): "Justice" |
| Green Lantern Vol. 5 #23.4 (November 2013): "Sinestro" [Flashback] |
| Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound Special #1 (December 2018): "The Test" [Flashback] |
| Green Lantern 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1/3 (August 2020): "The Meaning of Fear" |
| Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #8 (January 2017): "Bottled Light, Part 1: Duty Calls" [Flashback] |
| New Year's Evil #1 (February 2019): "Bright and Terrible" [Flashback] |
| Secret Origins Vol. 3 #6/3 (December 2014): "Building Blocks" |