THEY'RE ALL TURNING INTO ... SKRULLS!!!

Three months ago, when Marvel's most iconic superhero Captain America was assassinated, I wrote a blog about the potential ways they would bring him back. You can refresh your memory. So far, Marvel has kept their word and not brought Cap back from the dead, but two similarly eerie panels have both Dan and I wondering what is next for poor old Steve Rogers.

First, please look at exhibit one:



This panel, from Captain America #26, proves two major things. One, Captain America is really dead, and two, without the super solider serum Steve Roger would had been a squirmy wimp.

However, this panel has a startling new insight when you take a look at the end of New Avengers #31.

Next, please observe exhibit two:



Yes, when Elektra was stabbed by Echo, her body reverted back to the form of a Skrull! To quote Iron Fist from the end of the issue, "What does this mean?" Especially with regards to Caps recent death. New Avengers writer Brian Micheal Bendis had this to say about this "suspensions" turn of events:

"Captain America is dead, and, as we've shown, if you kill someone, when they plop to the ground they go back to Skrull form, So if Cap was a Skrull he would have Skrull-ed up."

For the rest of this in depth interview from Bendis click here. and for more on Cap's death click here.

There are an awful lot of clues leading me to believe caps death is bigger than we were originally lead to think though. In fact, it's way bigger than America. It's even bigger than this world! I know in my early Cap blog I joked that it was really U.S. Agent who died, but let's get serious here for a moment. Taking the revelation that Elektra was a secret Skrull infiltrator lets make an assumption that Skrulls have taken the place of many of the other key superheroes in the Marvel universe. We know from the Annihilation series that the Skrulls feel entitled to earth. We also know that Cap's body was taken by Iron Man, and has been relatively hidden from the public and other super-heroes. So, if you make one more assumption, that Cap and Iron Man are secretly Skrulls, we have a whole Skrull conspiracy on our hands. With the Initiative putting teams in every state, If Tony Stark actually is a Skrull, America is going to be one easy target.

The current issue of Wizard has a cover story on exactly this issue, so for the first time since I was twelve, I'm going to suggest you pick a copy up today.

Here's hoping Captain America is not reveled to be a Skrull!

-Jon