History: Salakk was chosen to be a Green Lantern by the Guardians of the Universe and assigned Space Sector 1418 to patrol. After the Crisis on Infinite Earths Salakk came to Earth to participate in the Earth-based GLC.

Salakk was brought to the 58th Century by the Solar Council and given the identity and memories of Pol Manning as the Council had done many times before with Green Lantern Hal Jordan. He fell for Iona Vane, and felt he'd finally found his place in the 58th Century and elected to stay there to defend Star City.

(Adventures of Superman #430 (add to other issue summary) - Superman fought alongside Salaak and the Corps.

(Green Lantern III #81) - Coast City; Salakk and the last surviving Green Lanterns were among the heroes who attended a memorial service for Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

(Day of Judgment #4) - The soul of Green Lantern Hal Jordan summoned Salaak and a band of deceased Corps members to help him fight and weaken Asmodel /Spectre. The attack was successful, and Hal took the Spectre-Force away from asmodel, becoming the new host of the spirit of vengeance.

(Green Lantern IV #7) - The Corps were present on Oa when Hal delivered Despero for prosecution for breaking over seven hundred laws in the Book of Oa. Salakk wouldn’t stay still until he had the witness records, Hal’s recordsing of the JLA’s battle against Despero taken with his ring. 

(Green Lantern IV #9) - Hal went to Oa to replace his damaged power battery, and Salaak groaned that the cost of a power battery was over 170 million Earth dollars. He took Hal aside, speaking to him as a friend, not as the keeper of the Book of Oa or the monitor of the GLC. He warned Hal that stories of his time as Parallax were spreading among the new recruits, and they feared and disliked him, so he should watch his back. 

(Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps Special #1) - Guy tried to arrange a meeting with the Guardians through Salakk, to discuss the emerging Sinestro Corps, but they were busy interrogating the Cyborg Superman about the secrets of the 52. Soon after the Sinestro Corps started their war against the Guardians by attacking Oa. 

(Green Lantern Corps II #14) - The Sinestro Corps took out a sector house in 2263, so Kilowog rallied the Corps members on Oa, telling them they were going to take the fight to the Sinestro soldiers. Salakk took Arisia aside and asked her to keep close to Sodam Yat and watch his back. She asked if there was something special about him, and Salakk told her to just follow orders and one day she might get her answer. 

(Green Lantern Corps II #15) - Salakk coordinated the GLC’s battles against the Sinestro Corps, but was disturbed to learn that the Sinestro Corps was assaulting Mogo, and that they had allied themselves with the Children of the White Lobe. Salakk recognized another prophecy of the Blackest Night coming to pass. 

(Green Lantern IV #23, Green Lantern Corps II #16) - The Guardians did the unthinkable, rewriting the Book of Oa. The first of their ten new laws stated that the Corps power rings were authorized to use lethal force against the Sinestro Corps, and they announced this law to the GLC, including Salakk. Salakk traveled to Mogo, eliminating the last of the Children of the White Lobe that threatened Mogo. Kilowog wondered how Salakk fealt about the changes to the GLC, and Salakk responded that he was a soldier and would obey orders and fulfill his duty. 

(Green Lantern IV #25) - The Sinestro Corps War raged on Earth, and while Salakk, the GLC and an army of superheroes battled the Corps the Anti-Monitor prepared to unleash an anti-matter wave to destroy Earth. With Earth’s destruction, the entire 52 would fall, and he would once again rule all that was. The GLC ruptured the heart of Anti-Monitor’s Warworld, the Sinestro Corps central power battery, and created a shield around Warworld and the Monitor. The ensuing blast nearly destroyed the Anti-Monitor, and he was finished off by Superman-Prime, who betrayed him for having destroyed his home, Earth-Prime. GL Hal Jordan defeated Sinestro in personal combat, and the Sinestro Corps, lacking any leadership, fled Earth. The heroes rejoiced and began rebuilding the damage the Sinestro Corps did.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #16) - Vril Dox teleported Rann to the former location of Tamaran in the Vegan system, determined to rebuild his L.E.G.I.O.N. there and clean up the system. The Guardians appointed rookie Lanterns Altin Admos and Gorius Karkum as the new GLs of the sector. The L.E.G.I.O.N. recovered a stolen Arcturian vessel, but wounded Atlin in the process. Salakk and the GLC warned him, pointing out that Ad'ms was a beloved son of the mighty Warlords of Okaara, but Vril said he had a duty to his shareholders to aggressively pursue peacekeeping unless the GLC wanted to buy out his contracts.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #17) - Blackfire and what was left of the Tamaraneans invaded Rann, and Altin Ad'ms and Gorius Karkum tried to put a halt to it. Neither the Rannians nor the Tamaraneans appreciate the interference, and attacked the GLs. Adam Strange used a zeta-beam to teleport himself, the GLs and Blackfire into space. They said they could resolve their differences without outside help, and Blackfire agreed that she could talk to Adam if he was not directly working for Vril Dox. A Thanagarian warfleet interrupted their discussion. Vril Dox was aboard, having brokered a peace treaty between the Thanagarians and Rann. They no longer shared the same solar system, let alone the same planet, and those who blamed Rann for Thanagar's destruction were dead or deposed. They returned to Rann, and Vril offered the empty southern continent to Blackfire and her people as a new home. Altin and Karkum reported back to Salakk, who was not pleased that Vril Dox was gaining power under their watch. They thought they were supposed to stay out of local politics, but Salakk told them to keep a close eye on Vril.

(R.E.B.E.L.S. #21, 22) - Vril and Lyrl drove Brainiac from Colu, but the planet was left in ruins, and they clashed with the GLC, who wanted to arrest them for the damage.. Vril said he intended to rebuild Colu, so unless the GLC was up to the job they could forget about arresting him. He assured them Lobo would be in his safekeeping since he always paied his debts and Vril could help him with the bills he'd accumulated as archbishop of the triple-fish god. Vril was joined by his R.E.B.E.L.S., and said their name was apt because that's how the Guardians of the Universe viewed them. He said the L.E.G.I.O.N. used police by consent utilizing each planet's laws, but the Guardians sought justice using only their own capricious whims. Altin and Gorius reported back to Salakk and the Guardians, who were displeased at the idea of having to wage a war of public opinion. The Guardians accused Gorius of interfering with the Psions, who the Guardians avoided since their initial ill-advised attempt to evolve a sentient race from reptiles created them. A curious Stel and Salakk listened in to the proceedings. Gorius revealed that she'd been following R.E.B.E.L. Starfire, who she felt kinship with because she'd suffered at the hands of the Gordanians much like Psion females suffered at the hands of their males. Females were used as breeding stock, and she and Starfire killed a number of Psions before destroying their breeding nexus where females were kept prisoner.. Gorius said what she did was deal justice, and help her fellow Psion females.

Comments: Created by Marv Wolfman & Joe Staton

Salakk received a profile in Who's Who Update '87 #5.

Green Lantern III #55 showed a picture of Salaak when Green Lantern Alan Scott told the history of the Green Lantern Corps.

In Green Lantern III #150 Ion looked into the past saw Salakk and the Green Lantern Corps.

Salaak had cameos in Green Lantern IV #8 and Green Lantern: Rebirth #3.

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