[williamssl]

[glow=red,2,300]THIS POLL IS NOT YET OPEN - IT WILL OPEN THE AFTERNOON OF SAT, JAN 6. USE THIS THREAD NOW TO CONVINCE YOUR FELLOW PUNSTERS WHO THEY SHOULD VOTE FOR. [/glow]

Well, this is it for the Also-Rans. Remember, this alternate showdown was set up because of folks whining about their pet villain not making the big league tournament, so we decided to run another tournament to crown the King or Queen of the Also-Rans. We selected the the top 4 villains from each of the Marvel and DC sides who just missed out on making the tourney and ran them through the gauntlet. Carnage and Dark Phoenix have emerged victorious to date and now face off in the finals of the Also-Rans.

To get here, Carnage beat Doomsday and Poison Ivy. Dark Phoenix beat Black Adam and Bizarro.

Their wiki's:

Carnage

Dark Phoenix


A few things:

• You're voting for who you think is the greatest supervillain, or the greater of the two. It's not about who could beat the other up.
  
• You can only vote once.
  
• The poll will open Sat, Jan 6 and close at 3 pm Eastern on Tue, Jan 9, so have your vote in by then for it to count.
  

[National Champion Chris Cole]

I'm still disapointed we aren't seeing Ivy vs Phoenix here. I'm backing Phoenix on this one but I think I would have been an Ivy backer.

[Batman]

The way I see it, Dark Phoenix was a villain, and Jean Grey was a hero--a hero who was only able to defeat the villain and save countless lives by suicide. It was a unique situation with striking pathos:



I loved Watcher's eulogy--it really made the death seem real and permanent.



And then Byrne had to go and ruin it by bringing Jean back. Oh, well, at least Barry's still dead.

[williamssl]

Voting is now open in this final showdown!

[williamssl]

By vote of 67% to 33%, Dark Phoenix wins and is crowned the Also-Ran's Champion.

[The Canadian Content]

She's still not a villain.