Lyssa Drak

Lyssa Drak is an alien supervillainess published by DC Comics. First appearing in Green Lantern vol. 4 #18 (May 2007), she was created by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons.^[1]

Lyssa Drak
Lyssa Drak as depicted in Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1 (August 2007). Art by Dave Gibbons.
Publication information
Publisher	DC Comics
First appearance	Green Lantern vol. 4 #18 (May 2007)
Created by	Geoff Johns (writer) Dave Gibbons (artist)
In-story information
Alter ego	Lyssa Drak
Species	Talokian
Place of origin	Talok IV
Team affiliations	Sinestro Corps
Abilities	Qwardian power ring

Fictional character biography

Lyssa Drak originates from Talok IV, one of three inhabitable worlds in the Talokian star system in Sector 3500 that Shadow Lass (Talok VIII) and Mikaal Tomas (Talok III) hail from.^[2] She is the keeper of the Book of Parallax, which records the history of the Sinestro Corps, and trains its members.^[3]

Feeling betrayed and abandoned by her fellow corpsmembers after the events of Blackest Night, Drak defects from the Sinestro Corps and becomes the caretaker of the Book of the Black.^[4] Drak later returns to the Sinestro Corps following the War of the Green Lanterns storyline.^[5]

Powers and abilities

As a member of the Sinestro Corps, Lyssa Drak possesses a yellow power ring which allowed its wielder to create constructs in the form of whatever objects its bearer can imagine. The power rings also provide flight, force fields and communication. In addition, she is a skilled fighter and survivalist, and quick learner.

In other media

Film

• Lyssa Drak makes a non-speaking appearance in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights.
• Lyssa Drak appears in Green Lantern: Beware My Power, voiced by Mara Junot.^[6][7]

Video games

• Lyssa Drak appears in DC Universe Online, voiced by Bethany Rhoades.
• Lyssa Drak appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.^[8]