Sodam Yat

Sodam Yat
Sodam Yat as Ion from Green Lantern Corps #17. Art by Patrick Gleason.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (1986)
Created by	Alan Moore (writer) Kevin O'Neill (artist)
In-story information
Full name	Sodam Yat
Species	Daxamite
Place of origin	Daxam
Team affiliations	Green Lantern Corps Guardians of the Universe
Notable aliases	Ion
Abilities	Daxamite powers, Power Ring, Ion

Sodam Yat is a fictional character, an extraterrestrial superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2 (1986), and was created by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. He operated as Ion, having become one of the most powerful characters in current continuity. In 2013, ComicsAlliance ranked Sodam Yat as #32 on their list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics".

Sodam Yat is a prophesied future member of the Green Lantern Corps, created by Alan Moore and is first mentioned in "Tygers", a story in Tales of the Green Lantern Corps Annual #2. He is mentioned in passing to Abin Sur by a demon named Qull of the Five Inversions, who had been imprisoned on the planet Ysmault by the Guardians of the Universe. As a Daxamite (a race which descended from Kryptonians with inherent Superman-like powers) with a power ring, he would be nearly unstoppable. Despite this, in Qull's prophecy, he is still defeated as part of the final destruction of the Green Lantern Corps.

Alan Moore planned to use the character in his proposed story, "Twilight of the Superheroes", which went unpublished. In the proposal that was leaked onto the Internet, the Daxamite Green Lantern is named "Sodal Yat" and is also referred to as "The Ultimate Green Lantern". In that story, Sodal Yat is the last of an army of aliens to attack Superman. The Man of Steel defeats many Green Lanterns, Thanagarians, and the Martian Manhunter before finally being killed by Sodal Yat. The character would subsequently go unused until 2006.