In 1873, Abin Sur crash-landed on Earth, landing in the frontier region of Montana. Having sustained extensive wounds from a space battle, Sur needed time to heal. Without an official successor in line, he chose Sheriff Daniel Young — who arrived to Sur's ship to investigate the crash — as his temporary replacement, giving Young his Green Lantern ring and all the powers that come with it.
A lawman for the nearby town of Bailysville, Young became determined to use what limited time he had with the ring to improve his community. During his brief time as the Lantern, he set out to rid Bailysville of a local outlaw gang, capturing the ne'er-do-wells and saving a young boy the gang had kidnapped. After facing off against the gang, the Green Lantern ring left Young, returning once again to a now fully healed Abin Sur, who promptly left the planet and returned to his planetary patrol of Sector 2814.
Since Young was Earth's Green Lantern for a very, very short amount of time, it's hard to judge him as one of the greatest individuals to ever brandish the Corps' signature power ring. If Young had been blessed with a lengthier stint as the Lantern, he almost certainly would have ranked higher — the idea of a Western lawman having the ring is, after all, an intriguing one. Unfortunately, like Starkaðr, his comic book presence is extremely underdeveloped, accounting for his low ranking.
