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

[tuck frump]

Esited my listing, everyone who forgot to list X-Men Grand Design in the best limited series column is a sapiens.

[Mutant X]

Well, we still have 2020 closing this decade (2011-2020). But until now:

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
1. Uncanny X-force Vol 1 By Remender (2010-2012)
2. Uncanny X-men Vol 2 By Gillen (2011-2012)
3. Wolverine & The X-men Vol 1 By Aaron (2011-2014)

Worst ongoing series:
1. X-Men Gold Vol 2 By Guggenheim (2017–2018)
2. Extraordinary X-Men By Lemire (2016–2017)
3. Weapon H By Pak (2018–2019)

Best limited series:
1. House of X / Powers of X By Hickman (2019)
2. X-Men: Grand Design By Priskor (2018-2019)
3. Multiple Man By Rosenberg (2018)


Worst limited series:
1. Return of Wolverine By Soule (2018)
2. Age of X-man: The Marvelous X-men By Nadler & Thompson(2018)
3. Age of X-man: The X-tremists By Williams(2018)

Best one-shot:
1. Age of X: Alpha By Carey (2011)
2. X-Men Black: Emma Frost By Williams (one-shot, 2018)
3. What If? X-Men By Hill(one-shot, 2018)

Worst one-shot:
1.
2.
3.

Best standalone issue:
1. House of X #2
2. Uncanny X-men Vol 2 #18
3. Uncanny X-force Vol 1 #18

Worst standalone issue:
1.
2.
3.

Best cross-over:
1. Age of X (2011)
2.
3. Avengers vs. X-men (2012)

Worst crossover:
1. Inhumans vs. X-men (2016)
2. Age of X-man (2018)
3. Hunt for Wolverine (2018)

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
1. Dark Angel Saga - Uncanny X-force Vol 1#10-18
2. AVX - Uncanny X-men Vol 2 #11-20
3. Yesterday's X-Men - All-New X-men Vol 1 #1-5

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. Godwar - X-men Gold Vol 2 #33-35
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3.

Best writer on an ongoing series:
1. Rick Remender (Uncanny X-force Vol 1)
2. Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-men Vol 2)
3. Cullen Bunn (Magneto Vol 3)

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
1. Marc Guggenheim (X-men Gold Vol 2)
2. Greg Pak (Weapon X, Weapon H)
3. Jeff Lemire (Extraordinary X-men)

Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
1. Jonathan Hickman (House of X/Powers of X)
2. Ed Priskor (X-men Grand Design)
3. Vita Ayala (Age of X-man: Prisoner X)

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

Best artist:
1. Clay Mann (Gambit, Age of X)
2. Stuart Immonen (All New X-men Vol 1)
3. Pepe Larraz (Extermination, House of X)

Worst artist:
1. Humberto Ramos (Extraordinary X-men)
2. Dylan Burnett (X-force Vol 5)
3. Greg Tocchini (Uncanny X-force Vol 1)

[ermac]

Best ongoing series:
1. Magneto
2. X-Men Red
3. Uncanny X-Force by Remender

Worst ongoing series:
1. Extraordinary X-Men
2. Wolverine and the X-Men by Jason Aaron
3. Uncanny X-Men by Rosenberg

Best limited series:
1. AvX: Consequences
2. House of X
3. Spiderman & the X-Men

Worst limited series:
1. Schism
2. Death of X
3. AXIS

Best one-shot:
1. What If? Magik
2. X-Men Gold by Claremont
3. X-Men Black Emma Frost

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

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
1. Dark Angel Saga (UXF)
2. The Apocalypse Solution (UXF)
3. Astonishing X-Men by Rosenberg

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
1. The Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier (Uncanny X-Men (2013) #23-31)
2. The Hellfire Saga (Wolverine & The X-Men #30-36?)
3. The DOG arc (Wolverine & The X-Men #25-29)

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

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

Best new character:
1. Eyeboy
2. Briar Railegh
3. Daken

Worst new character:
1. Hellfire brats
2. Kid Gladiator
3. Goldballs

Best character moment:
1. Magik tells Colossus the truth (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #18)
2. Cyclops won and would do it all over again (Uncanny X-Men (2011) #19)
3. Jean Grey and Cyclops kiss (Phoenix Ressurection)

Best team line-up:
1. Utopia X-Men
2. Phoenix Five (Cyclops, Emma, Namor, Magik, Colossus)
3. Uncanny X-Men vol 5 (Jean, Iceman, Storm, Bishop, Psylocke, Nightcrawler, X23, Jubilee)

Worst team line-up:
1. Bendis' NM (Goldballs, Hijack, Morph, Tempus, Triage)
2. All New X-Men (time displaced O5)
3. Uncanny X-Men vol 4 (Magneto, Psylocke, Monet, Fantomex, Sabertooh, Mystique, Archangel)

Best writer on an ongoing series:
1. Tom Taylor
2. Kieron Gillen
3. Cullen Bunn

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
1. Jeff Lemire
2. Matthew Rosenberg
3. Brian Bendis

Best artist:
1. Kris Anka
2. Aaron Kuder
3. Diego Ortolegui

Worst artist:
1. Greg Land
2. Mahmud Asrar
3. Ardian Syaf

[Omega Alpha]

Daken was not created in the 2010's.

[The Quiet Councilor]

Oof, can we get all this in a survey monkey?

[Dante Milton]

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

It was called "Muertas/Ghosts"

[Nopozyzy]

So by best dialogue do you mean quotes and lines said?

[tuck frump]

So by best dialogue do you mean quotes and lines said?

Yes. Best quote would probably have made it clearer.

[Nopozyzy]

Best ongoing series 2010 - 2019:
Gambit by Asmus
Uncanny X-Force by Remender
Mr. & Mrs. X by Thompson

Worst ongoing series:
All-New X-Men by Bendis
Age of Apocalypse by Lapham
Generation Hope by Gillen

Best limited series:
Rogue and Gambit by Thompson
X-Men: Hellbound by Yost
Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde by Humphries

Worst limited series:
Deadpool vs X-Force by Swizercynski
Wolverine and the X-Men Alpha and Omega by Wood
First X-Men by Gage

Best one-shot:
Curse of the Mutants: Storm and Gambit
Age of X: Alpha
X-Men: The Wedding Special

Worst one-shot:
X-Women
Age of X-Man Alpha
Age of X-Man Omega

Best standalone issue:
Mr & Mrs X #6 (Dinner party)
Gambit #14 (Helps Wisdom)
Gambit #13 (Steals from Stark)

Worst standalone issue:
X-Men Legacy #249 (Rogue sleeps with Magneto)
Uncanny X-Men #18 (Chamber dies)
AVX: VS #2 (Cap makes Gambit look like a chump)

Best cross-over:
Age of X
Daken/X-23: Collision (Correct name?)
Second Coming

Worst crossover?
Schism
Age of X-Man
Weapons of Mutant Destruction

Best story-arc in an ongoing series:
Dark Angel Saga
Pete Wisdom vs Gambit when he steals Excalibur
Generation X vs M-Plate

Worst story arc in an ongoing series:
X-Men Legacy 170s when Rogue goes to an alien planet
Godwar (Gold)
The Hellfire Saga (Wolverine and the X-Men)

Best fight sequence:
Gambit vs Daken
Age of X everyone vs military
Deadpool/Punisher vs Taskmaster
If that doesn't count: Death Gambit vs Cannonball's team

Funniest sequence:
Gambit explodes Deadpool's body (Deadpool v Gambit)
Gambit needing groin stitches
Gambit kicks Fantomex into a door/portal

Saddest sequence:
Nightcrawler's death
Angel's death
Kid Nightcrawler's death

Best pre-existing character:
Gambit
Chamber
Mr Sinister

Worst pre-existing character:
Cyclops
Jean Grey
Kitty Pryde

Best new character:
Shogo
Fence
Trinary

Worst new character:
Goldballs
Primal
Kid Cable


Best AU character:
Collector Gambit
Kid Nightcrawler
Old Man Logan

Worst AU character:
Iron Lad (Exiles)
Khan (Exiles)
Phoenix Quire

Best solo villain:
Mr Sinister
Apocalypse
Exodus

Worst solo villain:
Mystique
Cassandra Nova
Medusa

Best villain team:
Final Horsemen and Archangel's group
Brotherhood/Omega Clan alliance
Sisterhood

Worst villain team:
Marauders
Brotherhood (Gold)
Hellfire brats

Best character moment:
Gambit/Rogue wedding
Gambit takes charge in last Red issue
Wolverine/Gambit/Jubilee all reconnecting (X-23)

Worst character moment:
Gambit unleashes a super sentinel (Gold)
Rogue sleeps with Magneto
Gambit getting easily KO'd by Captain American

Best character death:
Angel
Kid Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler

Worst character death:
Madrox
Chamber
Wolverine

Best come-back/resurrection:
Sinister
Jubilee
Wolverine

Worst come-back/resurrection:
Fabian Cortez
Joseph
Xavier

Best team line-up:
All New X-Factor
Excalibur (Current)
Red

Worst team line-up:
All-New X-Men
Bendis Uncanny
Exiles (newest)

Best dialogue:
"Famine's dope beats got me again" - Deadpool in Uncanny X-Force #15(?)
"Gambit. Remember when we were two of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse? Haha, that was hilarious" - Lorna in Astonishing X-Men #62
"You put a hurt girl on a death squad!" - Gambit to Logan in X-23 #10(?)

Worst dialogue:
"You Summers! You killed me! $#@% you forever!" Chamber in Uncanny X-Men #18
"Cyclops is still alive. He isn't this meat. Not anymore. I made him an idea. That was my gift to the man I loved" Emma Frost in Death of X #4
"I'll show you horrors. Traitor" - Magik to Sunfire in Extraordinary X-Men #7. But why?

Best writer on an ongoing series:
Marjorie Liu (X-23/Astonishing))
Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force)
Kelly Thompson (Mr & Mrs X)

Worst writer on an ongoing series:
Mike Carey (X-Men Legacy)
Bendis (All-New/Uncanny)
Greg Pak (Weapon X)

Best writer on a limited series or one-shot:
Kelly Thompson (Rogue and Gambit)
Simon Spurrier (Age of X Universe)
Scott Lobdell (Gambit and the Champions)

Worst writer on a limited series or one-shot:
Jason Aaron (Schism)
Matthew Rosenberg (Phoenix Resurrection)
Ed Brisson (Age of X-Man Nextgen)

Best artist:
Clay Mann
Olivier Coipel
Mike Choi

Worst artist:
Greg Land
Rob Liefeld
Tom Grummett