As the title suggests, this is a pool where you have to guess who is the next character Marvel will reveal is a Skrull. The prize is my Captain America Loeb and Liefeld issue #1 signed by the artist, basically a prize nobody really wants so there are no sore losers. 
If I win the pool I will photo copy a bunch of pages from the Captain America comic, put it on my fridge and take a picture unless someone offers to send me a crappy comic they don’t want. :looney:
So here is the comic you are fighting for. “THUMBS DOWN SOLDIER!”
Now for some rules, even though most of them are common sense but just in case.
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The character you choose has to come out as a Skrull in Marvel’s mainstream continuity, otherwise known as 616. If someone turns out to be a Skrull in an Ultimate Marvel Comic, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, a What If book etc., well that’s very nice here’s a cookie but you won’t win this pool. If you have no idea what any of this means don’t worry about it, pick a characater as most of us regulars know the difference. If by some miracle someone turns out to be a Skrull in the new Iron Man movie, the new Spider-Man cartoon, the Fantastic Four cartoon, a fan fiction you wrote on your way to work, a piece of fan art you drew while sitting on the toilet, a dream you had last night or a new hidden secret you discovered while playing Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter that’s been locked away for years none of that counts it has to happen in 616 gosh darn it! :annoy:
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No psyche out / shock value reveals. What this means is let’s say Squirrel Girl turns out to be a Skrull at the very end of Astonishing X-Men #789. In Astonishing X-Men #790 it turns out that she got bopped on the head and was only a Skrull for one week. Comics do things like this to psyche people out and increase sales. Stunts like this don’t count. The character has to of been a Skrull, let’s say at least prior to Civil War otherwise what’s the point. Elektra turning out to be a Skrull is a good example, which would at the very least have to of taken place after Millar’s run on Wolverine if not earlier. This entire rule is debatable but for the most part let’s say we wait one month after the reveal to declare the winner or wait for the inevitable Newsarama interview where Joe Quesada claims “Oh yeah I planned on Howard the Duck being a Skrull way back when I was drawing my independent comic Ash.” :clown:
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Banned characters. These are people we already know are Skrulls so you are not allowed to vote for them. Hulkling, Super-Skrull and Elektra AKA Skrullektra along with other characters we already know are Skrulls, seriously get out of here with that! Luke and Jessica’s baby is banned because that’s an obvious choice. Both Luke Cage and Jessica are possible suspects though. And yes, we all know Taichi is a Skrull that is nothing new. Sorry Taichi, I could not resist!
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If 2 or more characters are revealed as Skrulls in the same week we go by the alphabet. Meaning, if Shuma-Gorath being a Skrull is revealed in Alpha Flight and Blackheart goes Skrully in Great Lakes Avengers Shuma-Gorath takes it. If two or more characters are revealed in the same comic it goes by the order they were revealed in that book. If a bunch of characters are revealed in the same exact panel we go by the alphabet using their names. In that scenario Blackheart beats out Shuma-Gorath. Well let’s hope Marvel only has one big Skrull reveal when they get to one of our characters to avoid confusion…
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If your character is currently, um well, dead and you are not aware of that I may tell you ahead of time that the person is dead and you should pick someone else. If you refuse and want to stick to your guns then hey, go for it. Death in comics is more like a state of mind anyway…
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All entries must be submitted by October 17 2007. So you have 2 weeks. Oh and you are not allowed to change your entry.
That’s it, have fun! The next post will have all of the entries we have so far. Good luck! May the best Skrull win! :tup:
EDIT: The pool is now closed, no more entries. The final update can be seen below and on page 4.
