X-Books Voting 2019

[Master of Sound]

Another year has almost come and gone for Marvel’s mightiest mutants, and through there were debuts, deaths and stories told. Writers and artists both brought their best, and sometimes, their not-so-best to the table, and now it’s your chance to vote for your most (and least) favorites of 2019!

X-Books voting 2019

In the early days this was done by worrstblogever, but as off 2016 he gave me his blessing to take it over.

You can submit your votes now!
Voting has started and stays open until the 1st week of January. You can edit/change your votes till the closing date.



Voting Rules:

1. Let us not start debating each-others votes, or how much we liked or dislikes everything, there are many other threads in which we can debate. Let us just vote.
2. For any category, you can allocate a 1st place, 2nd place, and 3rd place candidate for any award. 1st place nods are worth 4 points, 2nd place two points and 3rd place receives 1 point. You will have to nominate 3 per category to make your vote count. If you only submit one candidate, they will not get full scores.In case totals will be the same, the amount first place votes will be used as a tiebreaker, should there be one.
3. Please remember, if you insist on posting images of the covers, rather than just stating the issue number of the cover you’re nominating, that CBR only allows 4 images per post).
4. When it comes time to vote, just Reply to this post, delete out this opening part, and fill in the ballot below under “Categories”. Or, cut and paste your post into a PM sent to Master of Sound if you want your vote to remain confidential. Thanks for any participation ahead of time!

For each of the categories, I will put in some suggestions. If you feel the nominees lists are missing candidates, please do not discuss, every candidate that gets votes, will b added to the suggestions.



Categories:


Favorite Ongoing X-Title
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Least Favorite Ongoing X-Title
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Favorite X-One-Shot
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Least Favorite X-One-Shot
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Favorite X- Mini Series
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Least Favorite X-Mini Series
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Favorite X-Book Cover
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Least Favorite X-Book Cover
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Favorite X-Men Event or Crossover (any event or crossover where X-men were in) (no 3 votes are required)
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Least Favorite X-Men Event or Crossover
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Favorite X-Men Storyline from a Single Title
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Least Favorite X-Men Storyline from a Single Title
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Favorite Writer
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Least Favorite Writer
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Favorite Artist
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Least Favorite Artist
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Favorite Hero/Heroine
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Least Favorite Hero/Heroine
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Favorite Villain or Villain Team
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Least Favorite Villain or Villain Team
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Breakout Star of the Year
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Debut Character of the Year
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New category: Comeback of the Year
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Favorite Mutant on the Cast of a non-X-book
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Guest Star of the Year (no 3 votes are required)
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Death of the Year
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Most Missed Character of the Year
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Most Bizarre Character/Appearance of the Year (The Rouge Mort Trophy)
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Shocking Moment of the Year
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Funniest Moment of the Year
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Quote of the Year
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Best Romance/Kiss of the Year
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Best Single Battle/Fight of the Year
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Low Point of the Year
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Highlight of the Year
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Favorite Ongoing X-Title of the Year:
Really, it speaks for itself, doesn’t it? This is the end-all, be-all, best X-book shipping monthly for the calendar year. Which 3 X-books series were your most favorite in 2019?

Nominees:
Deadpool
Excalibur
Fallen Angels
Marauders
Mr. & Mrs. X
New Mutants
Uncanny X-Men
X-23
X-Force
X-Force by Brisson & Burnett (with Kid Cable, Boom Boom, Warpath)
X-Force by Percy & Cassara (with Black Tom, Sage, Jean, Beast)
X-Men


Same apply for the least favorites series if you choose to vote in that category

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Favorite X-One-Shot
This category is for the best of the Marvel One shot with X-characters that hit shelves in at least part of 2019.

Nominees:
Age of X-Man Alpha
Age of X-Man Omega
Alpha Flight: The True North
Giant-Size X-Statix
Major X #0
New Mutants: War Children
Uncanny Annual (Cyclops returns)
Uncanny X-Men: Winters End
Wolverine Annual (with Morgan Le Fay)


Same apply for the least favorites one-shot if you choose to vote in that category

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Favorite X-Mini Series
So which of these were your favorite 3 X-books mini series of 2019?

Nominees:
Apocalypse & the X-Tracts (AoXM)
Dead Man Logan
Domino: Hotshots
House of X
Major X
NextGen (AoXM)
Powers of X
Prisoner X (AoXM)
Return of Wolverine
Shatterstar
The Amazing Nightcrawler (AoXM)
The Marvelous X-Men (AoXM)
War of Realms: Uncanny X-Men
Wolverine: Long Night Adaption
X-Men Grand Design: X-Tinction
X-Tremists (AoXM)



Same apply for the least favorites mini-series if you choose to vote in that category

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Favorite Book Cover
Art is in the eyes of... yeah that's right. But which cover art did you love most? There are so many, so pick your choice and yes you can add the covers you like in your voting, I will keep this list updated.

Voted so far on:
Age of X-man: Marvelous X-men #4
Excalibur #1 by Mahmud A. Asrar
Fallen Angels #1 by Ashley Witter
House of X #1 / Powers of X #1 (Connecting Variants) by Mark Brooks
House of X #1 by Joe Mad (the Rogue/Gambit cover)
House of X #1 by Pepe Larraz
House of X #2 and Powers of X #2 (Connecting Variants) by Yasmine Putri
House of X #2 by Huddleston
House of X #2 by Pepe Larraz
House of X #3 by Pepe Larraz
House of X #4 / Powers of X #4 (Connecting Variants) by Jorge Molina
House of X #4 by Pepe Larraz
House of X #5 by Pepe Larraz
House of X #6 by Pepe Larraz
Marauders #1 by Kuder
Marauders #1 by Russell Dauterman
Marauders #2 by Russell Dauterman
Marauders #4 by Russell Dauterman
Marvelous X-Men #4
Mr & Mrs X #11 by Dodson
Mr & Mrs X #12 by Dodson
New Mutants #1 by Rod Reis
New Mutants #2 by Rod Reis
Powers of X #1 by Mark Brooks
Powers of X #3 by R.B. Silva
Powers of X #5 by R.B. Silva
Powers of X #5 by Valerio Schitti (Gambit variant)
Uncanny X-Men #12 by Rosenberg
X-23 #12 by Ashley Witter
X-Force #1 by Dustin Weaver
X-Force #1 by Russell Dauterman
X-Men #1 by Mark Brooks (the pie)
X-Men #1 by Russell Dauterman
X-Men #1 by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau
X-Men #2 by Marcos Martin
X-Tremists #1 by R Rahzzah, the team cover
X-Tremists #3 by R Rahzzah, the Blob and Psylocke cover
X-Tremists #4 by R Rahzzah, the Northstar cover
X-Tremists #5 by R Rahzzah, the Jubilee cover


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Least Favorite Book Cover

Voted so far on:
Excalubur #2 by Cover by Mahmud Asrar
Major X #0 by Rob Leifield
Major X #2 by Rob Leifield
Major X #3 by Rob Leifield
Major X #4 by Rob Leifield
Marvelous X-Men #1
New Mutants #2 by Rod Reis
Uncanny X-Men #12 by Salvador Larroca
Uncanny X-Men #14 by Salvador Larroca
Uncanny X-Men #15 by Salvador Larroca
Uncanny X-Men #16 by Salvador Larroca
Uncanny X-Men #17 by Alex Ross
Uncanny X-Men #21 by Whilce Portacio
Uncanny X-Men #22 by: Whilce Portacio
X-Force #2 by Dustin Weaver
X-Men #1 by Francis Yu
X-Men #2 by Francis Yu
X-Tremists #4 by R Rahzzah

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Favorite X-Men Crossover/event (any crossover where X-men were in).
Due to the very few, this category you do not need to fill in 3 nominees. What event or crossover made you really look forward to the next issue and made quite an impression on you?

Nominees
Age of X-Man
War of the Realms
Powers of X
House of X

Same apply for the least favorites event/crossover if you choose to vote in that category

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Favorite X-Men Story-line from a Single Title
What story was most exciting, most emotional, most fun? What story left an everlasting impression? I can not remember all, so nominated the ones I did. If you have more suggestions, just vote for them and I will update the nominees list.

Voted on so far:
A New Dawn is Forged (the Otherworld story) Excalibur
All Hail the King and Queen of Thieves, Mr. & Mrs. X
AoXM in NextGen
Assault on Orchis (HoX #3-4)
Disassembled (UXM)
I Am Not Ashamed (House of X #5-6)
I'm On A Boat (Marauders #1)
Let’s Go to Space, New Mutants #1-2
New Intelligence (opning arc X-Force)
Sins of the Past, X-Force #1-5
Some Mutants Want To Watch The World Burn (The X-Tremists #3-#5)
Stuck in the Mojoverse, the Mojo arc from Mr. and Mrs. X
The Mojo arc from Mr. and Mrs. X
The other Island (X-Men #2)
The uncanny Life of Moira X
This Is Forever (UXM #11-15, UXM: WOTR #1-3, #16-22)

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Least Favorite X-Men Story-line from a Single Title
What story was most underwhelming in 2019? What story should have never been published in the first place?

Voted for so far:
All Hail the King and Queen of Thieves, Mr. & Mrs. X
Assault on Orchis (HoX #3-4)
Disassembled (UXM)
I Am Not Ashamed (House of X #5-6)
I'm On A Boat (Marauders #1)
Sins of the Past, X-Force #1-5
The dawn does not break for all (Fallen Angels opening arc)
The Mojo arc from Mr. and Mrs. X
This Is Forever (UXM #11-15, UXM: WOTR #1-3, #16-22)
Who is Major X (Major X opening arc)

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Favorite X-Writer
The nominees for this category is for anyone who contributed to at least a full issue of a comic in 2019 and managed to weave a tale so epic, it could move even the most jaded comic book fan. If you want a candidate to be added to this list of nominees, just vote for them and I will add them to this list.

Nominees:
Benjamin Percy (X-Force, Wolverine Long Night Adaption)
Bryan Edward Hill (Fallen Angels)
Charles Soule (Return of Wolverine)
Ed Brisson (NextGen, Dead Man Logan, X-Force, New Mutants)
Ed Piksor (Grand Design: X-Tinction)
Gail Simone (Domino: Hotshots)
Gerry Duggan (Marauders)
Jonathan Hickman (Power of X, House of X, New Mutants and X-Men)
Kelly Thompson (Mr. & Mrs. X)
Leah Williams (X-Tremists)
Lonnie Nadler (Marvelous X-Men)
Mariko Tamaki (X-23)
Matthew Rosenberg (Uncanny)
Rob Liefeld (Major X)
Scotty Young (Deadpool)
Sina Grace (Winters End one-shot)
Seanan McGuire (Amazing Nightcrawler)
Tim Seeley (Apocalypse & the X-Tracts)
Tini Howard (Excalibur)
Vita Ayala (Prisoner X)



Same list applies for the least favorites writers if you choose to vote in that category

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Favorite X-Artist
The much coveted award to honor an artist on the X-Books who flat out makes jaws drop, and makes readers stop, ignore the captions, and just start drinking in their hard work, and amazing talent. Again, if you want a candidate to be added to the list, just vote for them and I will add them to the list of nominees.

Nominees:
Brent Peeples
Carlos Gomex (Uncanny)
David Baldeon (Domino: Hotshots)
Diego Olortegui (X-23)
Dylan Burnett (X-Force)
Ed Piksor (Grand Design: X-Tinction)
Georges Jeanty (X-Tremists)
German Peralta (Prisoner X)
Joshua Cassara (X-Force)
Juan Frigera (Amazing Nightcrawler)
Leinil Francis Yu (X-Men)
Marcio Takara (Wolverine Long Night Adaption)
Marcus To (NextGen, Excalibur)
Matteo Lolli (Marauders)
Mike Henderson (Dead Man Logan)
Oscar Bazaldua (Mr. & Mrs. X)
Pepe Larraz (House of X)
R.B. Silva (Power of X)
Rahzzah (cover artist X-Tremists)
Rob Liefeld (Major X)
Rod Reis
Salva Espin (Apocalypse & the X-Tracts)
Salvador Larroca
Scott Hepburn (Deadpool)
Szymon Kudranski
Szymon Kudranski (Fallen Angels)
Whilce Portacio (Major X)
Zac Thompson (Marvelous X-Men)


Same list applies for the least favorites artists if you choose to vote in that category

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Favorite Hero/Heroine
Who were your favorite heroes this year? Was it one of the new Captains or Counsil members of the Krakoa, or the X-Men who finally appeared in an X-title since years, or is it one of those members who got a solo book out this year? It's up to you.

Voted for so far:
Armor
Bishop
Black Tom
Captain Kate Pryde
Captain (Betsy) Brittain
Chamber
Cyclops
Cypher
Emma Frost
Frenzy
Gambit
Iceman
Jean Grey
Jubilee
Krakoa
Kwannon/Psylocke
Legion
Magneto
Moira X
Multiple Man
Nightcrawler
Northstar
Rogue
Shatterstar
Storm
Sunspot
Wolverine
Xavier

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Least Favorite Hero/Heroine

Voted for so far:
Armor
Beast
Black Tom
Captain Kate Pryde
Captain (Betsy) Brittain
Cyclops
Emma Frost
Glob Herman
Havok
Honey Badger
Jean Grey
Kid Cable
Kid Omega (Quentin Quire)
Kwannon/Psylocke
Major X
Multiple Man
Prestige (Rachel Grey)
Shogo, the Dragon
Wolverine
Xavier
X23

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Favorite Villain or Villain Team
Did you just love the return of the villains of the past, like Juggernaut and Black Tom, or did you like to see the Wrecking Crew finally in an X-title? Or did you really love the way Mojo or Batch-H shined this year? You might have lost track of which villains appeared, so here are some suggestions.


Nominees:
Ahab
Apocalypse
Batroc
Coven Akkaba
Dark Beast
Destiny
Doctor Alia Gregor (Orchid)
Dreadpool (Major X)
Exodus
Greater Nimrod
Hordeculture
Lesser Nimrod
Moneta
Morgan le Fay
Mr. Sinister
Omega Sentinel Karima
Orchis
Serafina (Children of the Vault)
Spiral
Stryfe
Xeno (Peacock villain and his crew, from X-Force)
X-Man (Nate Grey)



Least Favorite Villain or Villain Team

Voted on so far:
Ahab
Apocalypse during AoXM
Apoth
Coven Akkaba
Dark Beast
Dreadpool
General Callahan
Hordeculture
Moneta
President Constantin (X-Force)
Russians (Marauders)
Stryfe
X-Man (Nate Grey)

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Breakout Star of the Year
Choose three characters who you feel made the jump from the C or D-List, to the forefront, skirting the edge of, had exciting focus, or development, or possibly joining the ranks of the A-List of Marvel’s Mutants. So A-listers don't break out, they are suppose to be front and center. Did you love the focus on Armor and her squad or you really like Black Tom acting as a hero, or perhaps you really liked Pyro I or Pyro II becoming a hero?

Nominees
Apocalypse
Bishop
Black Tom Cassidy
Captain (Betsy) Britain
Cypher
Emma Frost
Glob Herman
Krakoa
Kwannon (let's keep calling her that way)
Moira (MacTaggert) X
Omega Sentinel Karima
Pyro I (St. John)
Pyro II (Simon)
Shogo
Sunspot
The Five
Vulcan
X-Man
Xavier

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Debut Character of the Year
Choose three characters who had their first appearance in a comic book in 2019, that you feel as a result, have a big future in the X-verse. Did the cruel Moneta in Prisoner X make a great debut, or did you prefer one of the future hybrid mutants like Cardinal or Rasputin? If you have other nominees, just vote for them and I will of course add them to this list.

Nominees
Atlas Bear (Domino mini)
Augusta Bromes
Aura (Major X)
Cardinal (POX)
Cylobel (POX)
Fauna
Fish (Marauders)
Krakpher (Krakoa/Cypher hybrid)
Major X
Moneta (AoXM)
Nimrod the Lesser (POX)
North, aka Pestilence
Rasputin (POX)
The Librarian
The Summoner
Unveil (AoXM)

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Comeback of the Year
A brand new category! Pick three characters/teams who had their first appearance since years! Who came back from the land of the dead or comic-book-limbo that you were most happy about? One rule, they had to be gone for at least a year. I will add votes for other candidates to the list.

Nominees
Bella Donna
Candra
Cyclops
Destiny
Doctor Nemesis
Fabian Cortez
Hellion
Krakoa
Kwannon
Moira X
Mondo
M-twins
Omega Sentinel Karima
Pete Wisdom
Phalanx
Pyro I (St. John)
Sage
Serafina (Children of the Vault)
Shinobi Shaw
Siena Blaze
Skin
Synch
Vulcan
Wolfsbane
Wolverine
Xorn (Kuan-Yin Xorn)


Apocalypse returned in last year's UXM #1, do disqualified for comeback of 2019

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Favorite Mutant on the Cast of a non-X-book
Which non X-Men mutants, who are staring in non-X-books, or (former) X-Men has now starred as cast member in a non X-Men title, were your favorites? Now here we are not talking about a guest star role, but being part of the series casts.

Nominees
Broo (Agents of Wakanda)
Devil Dinosaur
Doctor Nemesis (Agents of Wakanda)
Dust (Champions)
Emma Frost - Jessica Jones Purple Daughter
Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four)
Kid Omega (West Coast Avengers)
Molly Hayes (aka Bruiser, Runaways)
Namor (Invaders)
Wolverine (Savage Avengers)