Like many of the Futures End series, the version with Sinestro starts out in a future that is broken off from the past. As this standalone issue progresses, one has to remember that this is only a possible version of the future.  The initial setting is fairly generic, and maybe even trying to steal a bit of the popularity of the prison sequence from Guardians of the Galaxy. Sinestro is held captive inside the Tartaros Ultra-Max Penitentiary, having been placed there by the Apex League, a newly introduced group of interstellar peacekeepers. What starts off as a fairly common setting rapidly starts to transform into a sequence of surprises. The first of these is this introduction of the Apex League, as one would assume that in the end that it would have been Hal Jordan that was the one to finally capture Sinestro.

Another development which is maybe foreshadowed and maybe not is the eventual turning of Soranik into a Yellow Lantern. Although this is not really consistent with her character development, it is an interesting though perhaps logical conclusion to having a series focused on Sinestro. This development is not so much of a spoiler though, as her presence here is really as an afterthought as she only appears in a few panels. What is not an afterthought is the end result of the Sinestro Corps. Although the series is still in its early days at only issue #5, this issue does highlight a possible outcome which perhaps many comic fans have never thought of, tying both the past and the future together.

In reading this issue, it starts off the same as a lot of others.  For instance, as compared to the Teen Titans version of Futures End, little seems to be different on the surface. In the Teen Titans version, a story was told with some new characters and some old, but which did not really change much in terms of the DC Universe, other than introducing a new villain. While this series might start like that, it builds well over its final pages and its ending is really worth reading, especially for those that are fans of Geoff John’s run on Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps.

Story: Cullen Bunn Art: Igor Lima 
Story: 8.7 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.7 Recommendation: Buy