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* Why does Sector 2814 have so many Lanterns? Rayner, Stewart, Gardner, Jordan... isn't each sector supposed to only have one or two?

** John Stewart became a Green Lantern after Guy Gardner was seriously injured, and Kyle Rayner became a Lantern after the Corps was pretty much wiped out. Each sector is supposed to have two Lanterns. After Hal Jordan came back and the Corps were restored, Kyle and Guy went to Oa to train new Green Lanterns, while John and Hal serve as the Lanterns of Sector 2814.

** Plus, the Corps needed all the experienced Lanterns it could get; since all the Earth Lanterns were available and had rings again, it makes sense that they were an asset. In ''[[Green Lantern Corps]]: Recharge'', they state they have only have 300 Lanterns trained when they need 7200 to patrol the universe; it also stated that they were getting back other experienced Lanterns too. Plus when the Spider Guild attacked the Guardians had to issue a code black to get the few Lanterns out there to help out. It's not a case of Earth getting special treatment, but because they were active, experienced and available to help get the Corps back on its feet.

** Actually, officially, only Hal and John are the officers of Sector 2814, while Kyle and Guy are Honor Guard Lanterns who, as stated above, assist in training rookie Lanterns.

**** It's been hand waved that Earth is the center of the multiverse or some such. I forget exact details, being a Marvel fan.

**** And of course, the real reason: because only people on Earth read "Green Lantern" comics.

* How do you trust a guy named SINESTRO as part of the Green Lantern Corps?

** '''In universe answer:''' [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] doesn't apply to the Green Lantern Corps since as an interplanetary police force, naming conventions won't cross cultural boundaries as easily. Add to that that though the rings translate for the members, most of the Lanterns are called by their phonetic home name, so for all we know "Sinestro" is Korugarian for "Totally Trustworthy [[Nice Guy|McNiceGuy]]". Secondly, Sinestro was ''the'' most respected and effective GL based on merit and performance. If there even ''was'' an inkling of distrust (let's say the rings translated the raw meaning of his name from Korugarian to English / Whatever as "Ima [[And Your Little Dog, Too|McBadguy]]"), then it would have been wiped away because '''A.''' as [[Empathic Weapon|Empathic Weapons]], the rings only choose good guys, and '''B.''' his years of faithful service & due diligence. I'm not even sure that with his betrayal in hindsight, you could call it inevitable based on a name.

 

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