Guess you had to be there.
I've seen a lot of chatter on the Web about how good the Sinestro Corps book is, but this just sounds like a huge mess of a story to me. And in what way does it "pay off in spades"?
You almost lost me early on with this:
Sinestro formed his own fear inducing Corps of the most malevolent monsters in the New Earth Universe.
...followed by this:
See, in sector 2418, the yellow Sinestro ring chose Batman first before settling for Amon Sur, Abin Sur's villainous son.
I know Batman devolved into a prize jerk in recent years, but are we now saying he's rotten enough that a "Sinestro ring" would choose him to join a "fear-inducing corps of the most malevolent monsters" around?
How did Batman react to an impartial, character-judging device scanning his soul and declaring him a bad guy?