Ion (DC Comics)

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Ion
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Ion as depicted in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #52 (May 2010). Art by Doug Mahnke.
Publication information
Publisher DC Comics
First appearance As Kyle Rayner:
Green Lantern (vol. 3) #145
Revealed as Creature:
Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Special #1
Created byOriginal concept:
Judd Winick
Dale Eaglesham
Ion creature:
Geoff Johns
Ethan Van Sciver
In-story information
Team affiliations Green Lantern Corps
Guardians of the Universe
AbilitiesFirst version: The sum total of all the energies contained by the Guardians of the Universe and the Central Power Battery which granted the possessor nigh-omnipotent control over time, space and reality.
Second version: Bestows its host with flight, energy manipulation, and other powers similar to a Green Lantern Corps Power Ring and (when fused with Jade) the Starheart.

Ion is a fictional character, a DC Comics superhero. Created by writer Judd Winick and artist Dale Eaglesham for Green Lantern (vol. 3) #142, Ion was devised as the new superhero identity for Green Lantern protagonist Kyle Rayner. [1] It was later revealed to be able to form mutualism with a host, bestowing its power to a host willingly. This followed a similar retcon as Parallax, originally the new supervillain alias of Hal Jordan, which was revealed to be a parasitic embodiment of fear in the 2004–2005 miniseries Green Lantern: Rebirth .

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Fictional character biography

Kyle Rayner as Ion, the Torchbearer of the Guardians of the Universe. Ion-20060124115140093.jpg
Kyle Rayner as Ion, the Torchbearer of the Guardians of the Universe.

Ion is a whale-like entity and the embodiment of willpower who is the source of power for the Green Lantern Corps. It has been kept a secret for eons, and resides in the Central Battery on Oa to keep Parallax, the parasitic fear entity also imprisoned there, in check. After Hal Jordan, under the influences of Parallax and Sinestro, destroys the Battery, Ion and Parallax are freed, with the former bonding with Kyle Rayner. [2]

Power of Ion

Kyle first assumes the Ion identity after a prolonged series of events stemming from the death of his girlfriend Alex. First, he unconsciously expels all his feelings of rage from himself, which takes physical form as one of Kyle's childhood nightmares and calls itself Oblivion. Kyle defeats Oblivion in the "Circle of Fire" storyline, and his powers are boosted as a result. Over time, his powers begin to grow even stronger until Kyle realized he is tapping into the Green Lantern energy left in the sun after Hal Jordan died. After a battle over control of the power with the villain Nero, Kyle absorbs all the powers of the Green Lantern Corps, resulting in Kyle taking the name Ion. [3]

Kyle uses his newly expanded abilities to recreate the Guardians of the Universe on the planet Oa, whom he places in the care of Ganthet and orders him to teach them humility, and then recharges the Central Power Battery on Oa. [4] Kyle divests himself of his new abilities soon afterward when he realizes he is losing touch with the people he was protecting. [5]

Return of Ion

Sometime after resuming the Green Lantern identity, Kyle becomes Ion once again when Jade transfers all of her abilities to Kyle after her death during the events of the Rann-Thanagar War. [6] This is then followed by a twelve-part Ion miniseries. The series follows Kyle as he accepts his new role as "the Torchbearer" for the Guardians and the Corps. While doing so, he is confronted with the most challenging adversaries from his past as Green Lantern and the sudden illness of his mother. The events of the series are revealed to be a conspiracy against him and serve to launch Kyle towards his roles in the Sinestro Corps War and the events of Countdown to Final Crisis . [7]

"Sinestro Corps War"

The Ion entity, extracted by force from host Kyle Rayner by Sinestro in Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special (2007). Art by Ethan Van Sciver. Ion Creature.jpg
The Ion entity, extracted by force from host Kyle Rayner by Sinestro in Green Lantern Sinestro Corps Special (2007). Art by Ethan Van Sciver.
Sodam Yat as Ion, from Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #17. Art by Patrick Gleason. Sodam Yat Ion.jpg
Sodam Yat as Ion, from Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #17. Art by Patrick Gleason.

The 2007 one-shot special Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Special reveals that, like the retconned origin of Parallax, Ion is a non-corporeal symbiote, a separate being, forcefully extracted from Kyle and imprisoned on Qward by the Sinestro Corps. Upon expelling Ion from Rayner, Sinestro forces Kyle to bond with Parallax, who possesses Kyle's body. [8] The Ion entity is eventually freed by several members of the Green Lantern Corps after being experimented on by the Anti-Monitor. [9]

In Green Lantern Corps (vol. 2) #17, the Guardians choose the Daxamite Sodam Yat as the new host for Ion. Witnessing the creation of the new Ion, Superman-Prime attacks him in the skies above New York. The pair is matched in terms of power until the fight moves into a nuclear power plant, where Yat is exposed to lead. Following the battle, Yat is forced to wear a power ring at all times to remain alive.

The birth of Ion. Ion's origin.jpg
The birth of Ion.

"Blackest Night"

In the "Blackest Night" storyline, Sinestro bonds with the Life Entity and sees the beginning of existence and the origin of the emotional spectrum. Ion is revealed to be the first living being that ever willed itself to move. [10]

"Brightest Day"

In the "Brightest Day" storyline, which immediately follows Blackest Night, Krona separates Ion from Sodam Yat and forces it to possess one of the Guardians of the Universe. [11] [12] Ion is eventually freed from Krona's control after Hal Jordan kills its host. [13]

The New 52

In The New 52 event Lights Out, Ion and the emotional entities sacrifice themselves to restore the emotional spectrum after Relic destroys it.

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References

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  2. ↑ Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Secret Files and Origins #1. DC Comics.
  3. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 3) #145 (February 2002). DC Comics.
  4. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 3) #150 (July 2002)
  5. ↑ Geoff Johns  ( w ), Ethan Van Sciver  ( p )."Green Lantern: Rebirth" Green Lantern: Rebirth ,no. 1–6(October 2004 – April 2005). DC Comics .
  6. ↑ Ron Marz  ( w ). Ion: The Torchbearer ,no. 1(March 2006).DC Comics.
  7. ↑ Ion: Guardian of the Universe #1–12 (June 2006—May 2007). DC Comics.
  8. ↑ Geoff Johns  ( w ), Ethan Van Sciver  ( p )."Sinestro Corps War"Green Lantern/Sinestro Corps Special,no. 1(June 2007).DC Comics.
  9. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #23 (November 2007). DC Comics.
  10. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #52 (May 2010). DC Comics.
  11. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #54 (July 2010). DC Comics.
  12. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #64 (March 2011). DC Comics.
  13. ↑ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #67 (July 2011). DC Comics.
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