After the hundredth or thousandth time some super powered alien

>>92657463
Because that's the Green Lantern's job.

Lack of casus belli

>>92657504
Why aren't the Green lanterns doing their god damn job?

>>92657514
Why didn't the Ring choose Superman to be a Green Lantern?

>>92657463
Because he won't fucking know if they actually are threats to Earth until shit happens. You have to understand, he himself is a super powered alien that came to Earth and he turned out alright, and so have several others. So he's not going to abort the baby before watching it grow, alright?

>>92657522
Hal Jordan was closer.

>>92657552
And he never thought to maybe take the ring off and give it to the guy that's practically invincible?

>>92657584
As strong as a kryptonian with a Lantern ring would be, A kryptonian and a guy with a lantern ring is probably better, since they can be in more places at once.

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>>92657463
1. Green Lanterns do that.

2. He has. You think nobody knows that S-shield outside Earth? Pic related.

3. Some of the times when he does, alien enemies take it as an excuse to attack Earth because he's not around. Just to make him suffer.

>>92657522
Hal was closer, as was Guy (the only reason the ring went to Hal over Guy was already that Hal was closer at the time). The other reason is that while Superman can and has wielded a green ring with at least adequate skill, he probably matches better to Hope. I was always surprised that the Hope entity didn't go running for Superman.

>>92657463
>go out to space
>and look for threats
Why dont you go out on the street and look for nails before tires run over them?

>>92657552
Is that really it? Hal is said to be the best Green Lantern ever. He forged his own ring and started to become a being of pure will. Are you (or DC canon) saying that Hal was chosen because "he was closer"?

>>92659461
The canonical reason why Hal was chosen over Guy as the next GL after Abin Sur was literally that Hal was closer at the time.

>>92659548
True, but it didn't pick Hal over Superman because "it was closer'

>>92657463
Because going out to look for threats before they happen has always been an effective way of stopping problems, right? That's why there's virtually no crime in areas with aggressive police presence and the US military simply stopped all the threats from terrorist organizations before they could attack and went home, right? If Superman went out into space to go kick Mongul's ass and bust up his empire, you could set your watch by how fast Mongal, Mongul Jr., Despero, Kanjar-Ro, or any of his earth-based foes would show up to fuck up everything.

>>92659663
Yes. Hal technically has more willpower for the ring than Clark does. Hal is shit with other emotions though for obvious reasons.

I think it'd be pretty hard to deny that Superman massively leans towards hope in one sense or another.