I didn't realize that guy was from England.

This guy should have been from Scotland 

Why not a foreigner? He's still from the right sector.

As to why all previous Green Lanterns from this sector (hell, planet!) have all been from the U.S.?

The answer is obvious.

England is boring and I only see first world problems coming from this guy. Why can't the ring choose someone with morerage? Like a former soldier of a bloody civil war in Africa or something. We have enough British superheroes.

@Shotgun: England's not boring and most people only see it that way because of how it's portrayed in American TV and comics ( which is mostly lies )

I've been wondering about the name change as well. As far as I know, no one else in any other corps changed their name when accepting a ring. Seems like it was an attempt to make him seem cool.

Actually I guess Dex Starr had his name changed from Dexter.

@htb106 but it's still a pretty mundane setting. Danger and violence in the UK is pretty scarce.

@Shotgun hang around Camden late on a Saturday night.

@bennyq: Yes, but I can find the same thing in any other downtown area in any American city, if what you mean is drunken brawling, thugs, petty robberies at knife-point or gun-point, rape, drive-by-shootings...etc. If I wanted thugs, I'll go read Batman and the sh!t that goes down in Gotham.

Now Mexico, that there is a scary place. You can be butchered in the light of day in certain areas and no one can do anything for fear of the cartels.