“I’m not going to earth myself. I will deal with the real
threats to my fledgling corps of fear. I only had to meet you to know – you,
granted the greatest weapon in the universe, went home and barely made
fourth-from-the-top of your League. Does this say that earth is home to
unbeatable wonder women and supermen? No. The ring operates based on the
capacity of its user, and you, the best of earth, can barely make it into fame
for yourself. Earth possesses scarcely the intelligence to reach the stars, and
no will to do anything with it. So I will not be assaulting earth. It will be
the rookies of my corps that guts your backwater insult of a planet. Earth is
what I feed to my young. Goodbye, Hal Jordan.”