Ranking the 15 greatest DC Comics rivalries of all-time

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PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 26: the character dressed in green from the movie “Green Lantern” made with Lego bricks by US artist Nathan Sawaya is displayed during the press preview of the exhibition “The Art of the Brick: DC Super Heroes”at Parc de la Villette on April 26, 2018 in Paris, France. Created by Nathan Sawaya, this Lego exhibition, aimed at fans and the whole family, uses 2,000m2 of over 2 million bricks for more than 120 original creations including gigantic sculptures inspired by the DC Comics universe: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Joker … and a 5.5m life-size Batmobile that alone required 489,019 pieces Lego. This exhibition runs from April 29 to August 19 2018. (Photo by Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images) /

6. Green Lantern and Sinestro

To understand this beef, you must understand Sinestro. You can stop right here and put on the Green Lantern film, but I doubt you’ll finish it. So here we go. Sinestro wasn’t just a proud member of the Green Lantern Corps; he was considered the greatest among his peers.

In fact, he trained Hal Jordan, who was an unlikely, yet, all-time great Green Lantern himself. Sinestro mentored Hal, but he wasn’t his friend.

He hated Hal for getting in the way. There was a philosophical difference between Sinestro and the Green Lantern Corps. He thought fear and deadly force were ideal tactics to make the world a better place.

Sienstro’s home planet rose against him with the help of Hal Jordan. He was then booted from Corps into Qward, where he forged a yellow ring; giving birth to the Sinestro Corps.

One of the more epic battles beween the two saw Sinestro strip the Green Lanterns of their power. He’d go on to infect Hal with Parallax, a parasite that would eventually take Hal’s life.

Another sign of their hatred for another happened after Hal lost his Green Lantern power after being stripped of his ring (for killing a Guardian). Sinestro, however, was chosen to wear green and needed Hal. He created a ring for Hal and Hal tried to beat him up, albeit unsuccessfully.

At one-point Sinestro had to threaten to kill Carol Ferris to get Hal to join him in a fight. Their beef continues in the comics to this day in entertaining fashion.

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