X-Men in the 2010's: what's the verdict?

[tuck frump]

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
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Worst ongoing series:
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Best limited series:
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Worst limited series:
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Best one-shot:
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Worst one-shot:
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Best standalone issue:
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Worst standalone issue:
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Best cross-over:
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Worst crossover?
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Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
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Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
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Best fight sequence:
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Funniest sequence:
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Saddest sequence:
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[tuck frump]

Best pre-existing character:
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Worst pre-existing character:
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Best new character:
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Worst new character:
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Best AU character:
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Worst AU character:
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Best solo villain:
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Worst solo villain:
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Best villain team:
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Worst villain team:
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[tuck frump]

Best character moment:
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Worst character moment:
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Best character death:
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Worst character death:
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Best come-back/resurrection:
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Worst come-back/resurrection:
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Best team line-up:
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Worst team line-up:
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Best dialogue:
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Worst dialogue:
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Best writer on an ongoing series:
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Worst writer on an ongoing series:
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Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
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Worst writer on a limited series or one-shot:
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Best artist:
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Worst artist:
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First spot gets 3 points, 2nd gets 2, last gets 1 point. Voting will end on December 16th. You don't have to vote for every category at once.

Diss. Cuss.

[Maestroneto]

Could you list the options for ongoing, mini, crossover, etc? Thanks!

[tuck frump]

Could you list the options for ongoing, mini, crossover, etc? Thanks!

Best I could find.

[Sapfiryt]

Voting will end on December 16th

lol wat ?

I think it will be right if the vote ends in January.

[powerpax]

what's the verdict?

[Sapfiryt]

Also, crossovers include events(like second Coming) or no ?

[tuck frump]

Best ongoing series:
1. X-Men Legacy by Simon Spirrier
2. Ultimate Comics: X-Men by Nick Spencer
3. Age Of Apocalypse by David Lapham

Worst ongoing series:
1. Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender (it counts)
2. X-Men Red by Tom Taylor
3. Mr & Mrs X by Kelly Thompson

Best limited series:
1. Marvel Knights: X-Men by Brah Revel
2. X-Men: Grand Design by Ed Piskor
3. House of X/Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman

Worst limited series:
1. Phoenix Resurrection by Mathew Rosenberg
2. Rogue and Gambit by Kelly Thompson
3. First X-Men by Christos Gage

Best one-shot:
1. X-Men: No More Humans by Mike Carey
2. X-Men Gold by Chris Claremont
3. The X-Terminated back up story by Chris Claremont

Worst one-shot:
1. X-Men Prime by Marc Guggenheim, Greg Pak and Cullen Bunn
2.
3.

Best standalone issue:
1. X-Force #26 by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
2. X-Men Legacy #24 by Simon Spurrier
3. Uncanny Avengers #22 by Gerry Duggan

Worst standalone issue:
1. All New X-Factor #18 by Peter David
2. Uncanny Avengers #5 by Rick Remender
3. X-Men Red #11 by Tom Taylor

Best cross-over:
1. X-Men Legacy/New Mutants: Age of X
2. X-Men/Captain America: Escape from the Negative Zone
3. Avengers vs W-Men

Worst cross-over:
1. X-Men/Avengers: Axis
2. Inhumans vs X-Men
3. Death of X

Best story arc in an ongoing series:
1.
2.
3.

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. The Apocalypse Twins Saga (Uncanny Avengers)
2. Final Execution (Uncanny X-Force)
3. The Sisterhood arc in Adjectiveless XX-Men that apparently don't have a proper title

I'll do some more later...

Also, crossovers include events(like second Coming) or no ?

Yup. Theres some overlap here and there.

[thechronic92]

Worst ongoing series:
1. Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 - Matthew Rosenberg
2. Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 - (Matt Fraction)
3. Extraordinary X-Men

Worst limited series

1. Age of X-Man
2. Axis
3. Inhumans vs X-Men

Worst come-back/resurrection:
1. Jean - Phoenix Ressurection
2. Legion - Uncanny X-Men
3. Wolverine - Return of Wolverine

Best come-back/resurrection:
1. Jean - Venom crossover
2. Nightcrawler - Amazing X-Men
3. Betsy - Return of Wolverine

[Maestroneto]

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
1. X-Men Legacy (2012) by Simon Spurrier
2. Uncanny X-Men (2011) by Kieron Gillen
3. Uncanny Avengers (2015) by Gerry Duggan

Worst ongoing series:
1. Uncanny Avengers (2012) by Rick Remender
2. X-Men Gold (2017) by Marc Guggenheim
3. Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire

Best limited series:
1. HoxPox
2. AvX: Consequences
3. All-New Doop

Worst limited series:
1. Death of X
2. X-Force: Sex and Violence
3. Pixie Strikes Back

Best one-shot:
1. What If? Magik
2. New Mutants: War Children
3. All-New X-Statix

Worst one-shot:
1. Dazzler: X-Song
2. X-Men Origins: Emma Frost
3. 100th Anniversary Special: X-Men

Best standalone issue:
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2.
3.

Worst standalone issue:
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2.
3.

Best cross-over:
1. Age of X
2. Escape From the Negative Zone
3. Schism/Regenesis

Worst crossover:
1. IvX
2. AXIS
3. Battle of the Atom

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
1. AvX (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #11-19)
2. Red Skull (Uncanny Avengers (2015) #18-22)
3.

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. X-Men Disassembled (Uncanny X-Men (2018) #1-10)
2. The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier (Uncanny X-Men (2013) #23-31)
3. The Apocalypse Twins Saga (Uncanny Avengers #6-23)

Best fight sequence:
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Funniest sequence:
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2.
3.

Saddest sequence:
1. Look at what they've done (House of X #4)
2.
3.

Best pre-existing character:
1. Magik
2. Magneto
3. Cyclops

Worst pre-existing character:
1. Havok
2. Beast
3. Quentin Quire

Best new character:
1. Transonic
2. Jeen Grey
3. Briar Raleigh

Worst new character:
1. Gabby Kinney
2. Sapna
3. Kade Gilgore

Best AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Worst AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Best solo villain:
1. Mister Sinister
2. Wanda Maximoff
3.

Worst solo villain:
1. Nate Grey
2. Kologoth
3. Red Onslaught

Best villain team:
1. The Avengers
2.
3.

Worst villain team:
1. The Hellfire Babies
2. The Inhumans
3. Future Brotherhood

Best character moment:
1. Magik tells Colossus the truth (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #18)
2. Magneto intimidates the Krakoan ambassadors (House of X #1)
3. Cyclops won and would do it all over again (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #19)

Worst character moment:
1. Magik cries over Sapna (Extraordinary X-Men #almost all of them
2. Kitty proposes to Coloossus (X-Men Gold #20)
3. Emma Frost goes insane (IvX #6)

Best character death:
1. Legion (X-Men Legacy (2012) #24)
2. Wolverine and Nightcrawler (House of X #4)
3.

Worst character death:
1. Cyclops (Death of X #1 or 4, depending on the technicality)
2. Wolfsbane (Uncanny X-Men (2018) #15)
3. Blindfold (Uncanny X-Men (2018) #11)

Best come-back/resurrection:
1.
2.
3.

Worst come-back/resurrection:
1. Wolverine (Hunt for Wolverine/Return of Wolverine)
2. Jean Grey (Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey)
3. Quentin Quire (Schism)

Best team line-up:
1. X-Men (2013): Storm, Psylocke, Rogue, Kitty, Jubilee, Rachel
2. Uncanny X-Men (2011): Cyclops, Emma, Magik, Magneto, Colossus, Hope, Danger, Namor, Storm (,Psylocke)
3. Marauders (Marauders (2019)): Captain Kate, Storm, Emma, Bishop, Iceman, Pyro

Worst team line-up:
1. Astonishing X-Men (2017) second lineup: Havok, Beast, Dazzler, Warpath, Colossus, Banshee
2. Uncanny X-Men (2016): Magneto, Psylocke, Monet, Archangel, Fantomex, Sabretooth
3. All-New X-Men (2015): O5, All-New Wolverine, Genesis, Oya

Best dialogue:
1. "There are no snowflakes in hell" - Magik
2.
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Worst dialogue:
1.
2.
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Best writer on an ongoing series:
1. Kieron Gillen
2. Gerry Duggan
3. Si Spurrier

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
1. Rick Remender
2. Marc Guggenheim
3. Brian Wood

Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Jonathan Hickman
2. Brahm Revel
3. Peter Milligan

Worst writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Charles Soule
2. Mags Vissagio
3. Craig Kyle and Chris Yost

Best artist:
1. Stuart Immonen
2. Pepe Larraz
3. David Marquez

Worst artist:
1. Salvador Larroca
2. Greg Land
3. Ardian Syaf

[tuck frump]

Dark X-Men: The Confession was released in 2009 and is not eligible. AvX: Consequences is a good catch tho Im stealing it.

Escape from the Negative Zone was a great X-Men/Captain America crossover.

[nandes]

I'll edit it as I go along

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
1. Uncanny X-Men (2011) by Kieron Gillen
2.
3.

Worst ongoing series:
1. Uncanny X-Men (2018) by Matthew Rosenberg
2. Ultimate Comics: X-Men (2011) by Brian Wood
3.

Best limited series:
1. House of X
2. AvX: Consequences
3.

Worst limited series:
1. Return of Wolverine
2. Inhumans vs. X-Men
3. Multiple Man

Best one-shot:
1.
2. X-Men: The Exterminated (Claremont back-up)
3. New Mutants: War Children

Worst one-shot:
1.
2.
3.

Best standalone issue:
1. Uncanny X-Men #19 (2011)
2. House of X #2 (2019)
3. Iceman #5 (2017)

Worst standalone issue:
1.
2.
3.

Best cross-over:
1. Second Coming
2.
3.

Worst crossover:
1. IvX
2. Age of X-Man
3.

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
1.
2.
3.

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. We Have Always Been (Uncanny X-Men #17-22, 2018)
2. This is Forever (Uncanny X-Men #11-16, 2018)
3.

Best fight sequence:
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2.
3.

Funniest sequence:
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2.
3.

Saddest sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Best pre-existing character:
1. Iceman
2. Sunspot
3. Magik

Worst pre-existing character:
1. Havok
2.
3.

Best new character:
1.
2.
3.

Worst new character:
1. Kid Cable
2.
3.

Best AU character:
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2.
3.

Worst AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Best solo villain:
1.
2.
3.

Worst solo villain:
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2.
3.

Best villain team:
1.
2.
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Worst villain team:
1. The Avengers
2. The Inhumans
3.

Best character moment:
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2.
3.

Worst character moment:
1.
2.
3.

Best character death:
1. Nightcrawler in X-Force #26
2.
3.

Worst character death:
1. Chamber in Uncanny X-Men (2018)
2.
3.

Best come-back/resurrection:
1.
2.
3.

Worst come-back/resurrection:
1. Wolverine (Hunt for Wolverine/Return of Wolverine)
2. "X" (Astonishing X-Men)
3.

Best team line-up:
1. The Extinction Team (Uncanny X-Men)
2. X-Men Red
3. Uncanny X-Men: Dissassembled line-up

Worst team line-up:
1. The O5 in All New X-Men/X-Men Blue
2.
3.

Best dialogue:
1.
2.
3.

Worst dialogue:
1.
2.
3.

Best writer on an ongoing series:
1. Kieron Gillen
2.
3.

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
1.
2.
3.

Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1.
2.
3.

Worst writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Charles Soule
2.
3.

Best artist:
1. Pepe Larraz (Extermination, Uncanny Avengers, House of X)
2. Jerome Opeña (Uncanny X-Force)
3. Clay Mann (X-Men Legacy, Gambit, Magneto: Not a Hero)

Worst artist:
1.
2.
3.

[Omega Alpha]

I'll be editing as I remember.

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
1. Kieron Gillen's UXM.
2. Remender's Uncanny X-Force (I forgot it started in 2010 only)
3. Magneto

Worst ongoing series:
1. Uncanny X-men by Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson and Matthew Rosenberg
2. X-men: Gold by Marc Guggenheim
3. Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender

Best limited series:
1. House of X/ Powers of X by Jonathan Hickman (if it can be counted as one)
2. AvX: Consequences
3.

Worst limited series:
1. Death of X
2. Inhumans vs X-men
3. Axis

Best one-shot:
1. Age of X Alpha (Mike Carey)
2.
3.

Worst one-shot:
1.
2.
3.

Best standalone issue:
1. House of X #2
2. House of X #1
3. Uncanny X-men (2011) #19

Worst standalone issue:
1. Uncanny X-men (2018) #17
2.
3.

Best cross-over:
1. Second Coming
2. Age of X
3.

Worst crossover?
1. Inhumans vs X-men
2. Axis
3. Battle of the Atom

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
1. Dark Angel Saga (Uncanny X-force Vol 1)
2. Everything is Sinister (Uncanny X-men 2011)
3. The Apocalypse Solution (UXF)

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier (Uncanny X-Men (2013) #23-31)
2. We Have Always Been (Uncanny X-Men (2018) #17-22)
3. X-Men-Disassembled (Uncanny X-Men (2018) #1-10)

Best fight sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Funniest sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Saddest sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Best pre-existing character:
1. Cyclops (despite Marvel trying to say he was the worst, or maybe because of it)
2. Magik
3. Magneto

Worst pre-existing character:
1. Wolverine
2. Havok
3. Beast


Best new character:
1. Briar Raleigh
2. Rasputin IV
3.

Worst new character:
1. The Hellfire Babies
2. Wi-Fi
3. Kid Gladiator

Best AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Worst AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Best solo villain:
1. Mr. Sinister
2.
3.

Worst solo villain:
1. Red Onslaught
2.
3.

Best villain team:
1.
2.
3.

Worst villain team:
1. The Hellfire Babies
2. The Inhumans
3. The Avengers

Best character moment:
1. Cyclops says he would do it all over again (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #19)
2. Magik tells Colossus the truth (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #18)
3. Emma Frost's grand entrance (House of X #3)

Worst character moment:
1. Emma's rampage (IvX #6)
2. Wolverine tries to murder hope, nearly dooming mutantkind in the process (AvX #4)
3. Call me Alex (Uncanny Avengers #5)

Best character death:
1. Wolverine and Nightcrawler (House of X #4)
2. Nightcrawler in Second Coming
3.

Worst character death:
1. Wolfsbane in Uncanny X-men #17 (2018)
2. Cyclops in IvX
3. Blindfold in Uncanny X-men #11 (2018)


Best come-back/resurrection:
1.
2.
3.

Worst come-back/resurrection:
1. "X" (Astonishing X-men)
2. Quentin Quire (Schism)
3.

Best team line-up:
1. The Extinction Team
2. Cyclops's Revolutionary Team
3.

Worst team line-up:
1.
2.
3.

Best dialogue:
1. "There are no snowflakes in hell" - Magik, Uncanny X-men (2011) #18
2. "Burn her. And slowly. I want her to remember how dying like this feels"- Destiny in House of X #2
3. "Humans of the Planet Earth, while you slept, the world has changed"- Charles Xavier in House of X #6

Worst dialogue:
1. "Call me Alex". Uncanny Avengers #5
2.
3.

Best writer on an ongoing series:
1. Kieron Gillen
2.
3.

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
1. Matthew Rosenberg
2. Marc Guggenheim
3. Jeff Lemire

Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Jonathan Hickman
2.
3.

Worst writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Charles Soule
2.
3.

Best artist:
1. Stuart Immonen
2. Pepe Larraz
3. David Marquez

Worst artist:
1. Greg Land
2. Salvador Larroca
3. Humberto Ramos

[Dante Milton]

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
1. X-Men Legacy (2012), Spurrier
2. Generation-X (2017), Strain
3. X-Factor, David

Worst ongoing series:
1. Uncanny X-Men (2018), Rosenberg
2. X-Men Gold, Guggenheim
3. Extraordinary X-Men, Lemire

Best limited series:
1. House of X/Powers of X
2. Age of X-Man: X-Tremists
3. Shatterstar

Worst limited series:
1. Age of X-Man: Apocalypse and the X-Tracts
2. Death of X
3. Legion

Best one-shot:
1. What If? Magik
2. X-Men Black: Emma Frost
3. X-Men Legacy #300

Worst one-shot:
1. X-Men Red Annual #1
2. Uncanny X-Men Annual (2014) #1, Bendis
3. All New X-Men v1 Annual #1, Bendis

Best standalone issue:
1. Age of X-Man: X-tremists #4
2. Uncanny X-Men (2013) #14
3. All New X-Men v2 #13

Worst standalone issue:
1. Uncanny X-Men (2018) #11
2. Extraordinary X-Men #6
3. X-Men Blue #9

Best cross-over:
1. Age of X
2. Extermination
3. Second Coming

Worst crossover?
1. IvX
2. AvX
3. Axis

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
1. “For We are Many”, X-Men Legacy (2012)
2. “Final Fight”, Jean Grey
3. “Ends/Means”, X-Force (2014)

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. “This is Forever”, Uncanny X-Men (2018)
2. “Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier”, Uncanny X-Men (2013)
3. “Hellfire Saga”, Wolverine and the X-Men (2011)

Best fight sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Funniest sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Saddest sequence:
1.
2.
3.

Best pre-existing character:
1. Magik
2. Iceman
3. Cyclops

Worst pre-existing character:
1. Beast
2. Havok
3. Wolverine

Best new character:
1. Oya, Idie Okonkwo
2. Morph, Ben Deeds
3. Decay, Georgia Dakei

Worst new character:
1. Scorpion Boy, Rico
2. Ziggy Karst
3. Primal, Teon Macik

Best AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Worst AU character:
1.
2.
3.

Best solo villain:
1. Mr. Sinister
2. Daken
3. Fantomex

Worst solo villain:
1. General Callahan
2. Kologoth
3. Matthew Malloy

Best villain team:
1. Bastion, Lang, Hodge, Trask, Creed, and Stryker
2. Arkea’s Sisterhood, in concept not execution
3.

Worst villain team:
1. BotA Brotherhood
2. Hellfire Club Jr.
3. Horsemen of Apocalypse, Extraordinary X-Men, Apocalypse Wars

Best character moment:
1. Destiny and Moira have a chat
2. Iceman comes out
3. Kitty’s response to Alex’s speech

Worst character moment:
1. Call me Alex
2. Emma in IvX
3. Beast in general, does this count?

Best character death:
1. Legion, X-Men Legacy #24
2. Monet, HoX #4
3. Wolverine and Nightcrawler, HoX #4

Worst character death:
1. Blindfold, Uncanny X-Men #11
2. Wolfsbane, Uncanny X-Men #15
3. Cyclops, Death of X

Best come-back/resurrection:
1. Moira X
2. Cyclops, Uncanny X-Men (2018) Annual #1
3. The X-Men, HoX#5

Worst come-back/resurrection:
1. Wolverine
2. Legion
3. Xavier

Best team line-up:
1. X-Men (2013): Storm, Psylocke, Rogue, Kitty, Jubilee, Rachel
2. New Mutants: Dead Souls: Magik, Strong Guy, Boom Boom, Rictor, Wolfsbane, Karma, Prodigy
3. X-Factor: Madrox, Layla Miller, Siryn, Monet, Strong Guy, Wolfsbane, Rictor, Shatterstar, Longshot, Polaris

Worst team line-up:
1. Spider-Man and the X-Men: Spider-Man, Glob, Martha, Shark Girl, Ernst, Hellion
2. Weapon X (2017): Old Man Logan, Sabretooth, Lady Deathstrike, Domino, Warpath
3. Uncanny X-Men (2016): Magneto, Sabretooth, Mystique, Fantomex, Psylocke, Monet, Archangel

Best dialogue:
1.
2.
3.

Worst dialogue:
1.
2.
3.

Best writer on an ongoing series:
1. Simon Spurrier
2. Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum
3. Marjorie Liu

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
1. Rosenberg
2. Remender
3. Guggenheim

Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Jonathan Hickman
2. Leah Williams
3. Vita Ayala

Worst writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Charles Soule
2. Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson
3. Peter Milligan

Best artist:
1. Larraz
2. Immonen
3. Mann

Worst artist:
1. Land
2. Syaf
3. Malin