Who'd Like A Cocktail? #248

It's important to know the difference

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #246

Isn't it annoying when they do that?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #245

And, as we all know, size matters

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #241

Oh, how things could have been different...

Variant Lantern Corps

I'm not one for variant covers on the whole - I've picked up a few over the years but mostly consider them to be a vain attempt by comic publishers to get more money out of us. With the wonders of the internet, of course, we can all view the covers of all the comics for free and I've recently discovered that the Green Lantern family of titles has been doing something that almost makes the variant covers worthwhile: they've been running their own storyline, Relic: Fall of the Lightsmiths, right there, on the cover, offering a bit of background to the new villain, Relic.

Here they are, in order, to date (click to embiggen):

    

    

    

    

    

Now I'm not judging the content of that story (there's only so much you can do in what is essentially a single panel with a limited amount of text) but the idea of a variant cover that actually does something and adds to a story is a nice one.

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #239

Wow, Frank, tell it like it is, why don't you?

Who'd Like A Cocktail? #235

Not something you get to say everyday

Green Lantern: Looking Ahead

In last week's Green Lantern #21, new writer Robert Venditti took a leaf out of ex-writer Geoff Johns' book by including a last page glimpse at future storylines so I thought we'd have a look at what's there.

Front and centre is Relic, the big guy in red and black. He's already down as the bad guy for the immediate future, having had the briefest of appearances in the flash-forward in Green Lantern #21 and been confirmed as the villain in September's Villains' Month event.

In the top left there's a blue world exploding . . . or a world exploding with a blue light. Is that Odym, home to the Blue Lantern Corps? The ships heading away from it - are they connected?

Above Relic's head is the life entity in it's white cocoon so looks like that'll be turning up again.

Top right is Mogo above a wall or cliff face of screaming stone figures. Has Mogo got some sort of natural prison on his surface? Are the two images even connected?

Below that are a couple of hooded, gun-toting baddies who could be just about anybody.

In front of them is what appears to be a Star Sapphire - is she the new villain Nol-Anj that we saw in this issue who's apparently made her jailer fall in love with her? Or someone else entirely? Oh, and I see that just when Carol's uniform has become a lot more sensible with the black covering most of what was exposed, with this Sapphire we're back to either a see-through netting or a costume that's the same colour as her skin so she appears mostly naked.

And then, in the front at the bottom, is Hal himself, apparently choking in the dust. It may be the colouring or my imagination, but are his eyes oddly coloured?

Lots of questions, not many suggestions. Anyone have any?