White Lantern Variants Update #3 with Geoff Johns & Peter Tomasi's Brightest Day 8 & more by Ryan Sook

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Another SCOOP!

UPDATED WITH ALL OF THIS WEEK’S (August 18th) WHITE LANTERN COVERS!

This follows update #2 earlier today and last week’s update #1.

Ok, we had the Brightest Day 8 variant from earlier today, and now we ALSO have this week’s Green Lantern Corps 51 and Justice Society of America 42 variants. I’ve played with them so we see how it adds to the puzzle. They are as smooth fits as I can make them, but they do fit and work.

Check out the below image and click on it [the pic] for a large version. I’ve also flipped the picture at the request of readers so that the backdrop with the entities is the prominent feature since that is the puzzle being put together.

Brightest Day 7 Variant – Aquaman
JL: Generation Lost Variant 7 – Max Lord
Birds of Prey Variant – Hawk
Titans 26 Variant – Osiris
Brightest Day 8 Variant – Firestorm
Green Lantern Corps 51 – Reverse Flash
Justice Society of America 42 – Hawkman

Another 5 to go!

You can see that the backdrop appears to be related to the Entities of the various corps (White Entity, Parallax, Ion, etc.). Future white lantern variants will likely fill in the puzzle.

Many have speculated and mused that this emulates the Sistine Chapel and the story of creation thererin.

I think the last 2 or 3 covers closer to the bottom (so far not released) will fortell the future. We’ll see if I’m right.

Speculate away!

John is a long-time pop culture fan, comics historian, and blogger. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief at Comics Nexus. Prior to being EIC he has produced several column series including DEMYTHIFY, NEAR MINT MEMORIES and the ONE FAN'S TRIALS at the Nexus plus a stint at Bleeding Cool producing the COMICS REALISM column. As BabosScribe, John is active on his twitter account, his facebook page, his instagram feed and welcomes any and all feedback. Bring it on!