X-Books Awards voting 2021

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"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 2021!

X-Books voting 2021

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


Voting Rules:

• 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.
• When you miss a name/title, simply vote for them and they will be added to the overviews. No use to ask them being added, that will only happen when someone voted for them.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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, copy and paste the category parts below.
• In case totals will be the same, once the voting ended, the amount first place votes will be used as a tiebreaker, should there be one.

For each of the categories: If you have more suggestions, please do not discuss in this thread. Just vote for them and I will update the nominees/suggestions lists."

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 Crossover (any crossover where X-men were in)
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Least Favorite X-Men Crossover (any crossover where X-men were in)
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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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Comeback of the Year
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Breakout Star of the Year
Note: A character returning from death or limbo, should be in the Comeback category. An A-lister never breaks out, they are always on top.
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Debut Character of the Year
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Favorite Mutant on the Cast of a non-X-book
Note: a mutant who only appeared outside the X-books
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Guest Star of the Year
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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 favorites this year?

Nominees:
Cable
Excalibur
Hellions
Marauders
New Mutants
S.W.O.R.D.
Wolverine
X-Factor
X-Force
X-Men volume 5 by Hickman & Dauterman
X-Men volume 6 by Dugan & Larraz
X-Men: Legends

Same list applies 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 2021

Nominees
Cable Reloaded
Claremont Aniversary Issue
Demon Days: X-Men
Heroes Reborn: Hyperion & the Imperial Guard (as the IG can be considered X-Universe, I added this one as well)
Heroes Reborn: Magneto & the Mutant Force
Heroes Reborn: Siege Society (included Sabratooth)
Heroes Reborn: Weapon X and Final Flight
King in Black: Marauders
Marvel Voices: Identity
Marvel Voices: Pride
Marvel Voices: Communidades
Planet-Size X-Men: Hellfire Gala
X-Force Killshot
X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing
X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation


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 with our merry mutants in 2021.

Nominees
Children of the Atom
Heroes Reborn
Inferno
Juggernaut
Trial of Magneto
Way of X
Wolverine: Black, White & Blood
X-Corp
X-Men Unlimited Latitude (Wolverine vs. AIM)
X-Men Unlimited: Green X-Men
X-Men Unlimited: Unsoppable (Juggernaut and Deadpool)

Same titles apply for the least favorites mini-series if you choose to vote in that category[/B]

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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 for so far:
Cable #11 and 12 (connected) by Phil Noto
Cable: Reloaded by Stefano Caselli
Excalibur #1 by Muhmud Asrar and Matthew Wilson
Excalibur #18 by Russel Dautermann
Excalibur #25 by Mahmud Asrar
Hellions #14 variant by InHyuk Lee
Hellions #15 by Stephanie Hans
Inferno #1 by Jerome Opena
Inferno #2 by Jerome Opena
Inferno #2 variant by Jeff Dekal
Inferno #3 by Oscar Vega
Marauders #16 by Russell Dauterman
Marauders #17 by Russell Dauterman
Marauders #20 by Russell Dauterman
Marauders #23 by Russell Dauterman
Marvel's Voices: Pride #1 (Dauterman variant / Iceman)
New Mutants #14 by Rod Reis
New Mutants #15 by Rod Reis
New Mutants #23 by Martin Simmonds
New Mutants #4 by Rod Reis
Planet Size X-Men by Pepe Larraz
S.W.O.R.D #6 by Marte Gracia
S.W.O.R.D. #8 BY Marte Gracia
Way of x #3 by Giuseppe Camuncoli
Wolverine #14 by Adam Kubert (Solem cover)
Wolverine #9 Aliens variant
X-Factor #1 by Ivan Shavrin
X-Force #19 by Joshua Cassara
X-Force #23 by Joshua Cassara (sword through head Beast)
X-Men #1 by Pepe Larraz
X-Men #16 by Kael Ngu
X-Men #17 by Russel Dautermann
X-Men #2 by Pepe Larraz
X-Men #20 by Leinil Francis Yu
X-Men #3 by Lei Yu
X-Men #3 by Pepe Larraz
X-Men #5 by David Nakayama



Least Favorite Book Cover
Which covers did not deserve the title art at all? Give us the 3 covers you hated most
Voted on so far:
CotA #6 by R.B. Silva
Excalibur #17 by Mahmud Asrar
Hellions #14 by Stephen Segovia
Marauders #9 by Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson
New Mutants #15 by Rod Reis
New Mutants #16 by Rod Reis
New Mutants #21 by E "Edge" Edge
Wolverine #12 by Adam Kubert
X-Corp #3 by David Aja
X-Force #19 by Joshua Cassara
X-Force #21 by Joshua Cassara
X-Force #22 by Joshua Cassara
X-Force #24 by Joshua Cassara
X-Force #25 by Joshua Cassara
X-Force #26 by Joshua Cassara
X-Men #4 by Pepe Larraz
X-Men #5 by Pepe Larraz

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Favorite X-Men Crossover/event (any crossover or event where X-men were in).
What event or crossover or event made you really look forward to the next issue and made quite an impression on you?

Nominees
Curse of the Man-Thing (Spider-Man, Avengers, X-Men)
Dark Ages
Hellfire Gala
Heroes Reborn
Inferno
King in Black
Last Annihilation (GotG, SWORD, Cable and more)
Trial of Magneto

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

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Favorite X-Men Storyline 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.

Nominees
A queen and a Witch (SWORD, Storm becomes ruler)
A Reckoning (Marauders)
All colors of Dark - SWORD
Death Scream (Siryn/Morrigan story) X-Factor
Escape from the Vault - X-Men
Final Frontier - (end of) SWORD
Funny Games (with Arcade) - Hellions
Green X-Men (unlimited)
Giallo (SWORD)
Haunted Boneyard - X-Factor
Here comes Tomorrow (SWORD)
Joy of X (opening arc Way of X)
Latitude (Wolverine vs. AIM Unlimited)
Love story of QQ and Phoebe
Lucky t meet you - Cable
One more in the Crucible - New Mutants
Paradise Lost (Unlimited Juggernaut/Deadpool)
Phantom Manace - Excalibur
Queen Elizabeth III? - Excalibur
Rematch (Sorm/Callisto) - Marauders
Second Movement - (Morrigan story) - X-Factor
Shark in the Water - X-Force
Simply Superior - X-Corp
Snikterview with a Vampire - Wolverine
Summers End (final story Kid Cable - Cable 11-12)
Storm the Empire - X-Men
Tale of X-Factor (XM Legends)
Terrors of the Deep - X-Force
The betrayal of Nathaniel Essex (Mastermind vs. Sinister)
The Edge (surf story X-Force)
The Secret of Adam X (XM Legends)
The Unusual Suspects (Wolv erine)
The X-Men side kicks - CotA opening arc
They came to Slay (Arakko moves to Mars, Planet Size)
Unbroken (Storm as ruler, SWORD)
Way to the Future of X - Way of X
Wild Hunt (New Mutants)
We have a Problem (KoB tie-inn) - SWORD
What dreams are made off - X-Force


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

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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 2021 and managed to weave a tale so epic, it could move even the most jaded comic book fan.

Suggestions:
Al Ewing (SWORD)
Benjamin Percy (Wolverine, X-Force)
Fabien Nicieza (Juggernaut, XM Legends)
Gerry Duggan (Cable. Marauders, X-Men, new volume)
Jonathan Hickman (X-Men, Inferno)
Louise Simonson (XM Legends)
Larry Hama (X-Men Legends)
Leah Williams (X-Factor and Trial of Magneto)
Steve Orando (HR: Magneto & the Mutants Force)
Si Spurrier (Way of X, Onslaught Revelation)
Tini Howard (Excalibur, X-Corp)
Vita Ayala (CotA, New Mutants)
Zeb Wells (Hellions)

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 started drowning in their hard work and amazing talent.

Nominees
Adam Kubert (Wolverine)
Alberto Foche (X-Corp)
Alex Lins (New Mutants)
Bernard Chang (CotA + (HR: Magneto & the Mutant Force)
Billy Tan (X-Men Legends)
Bob Quinn (Way of X, Onslaught Revelation)
Brett Booth (X-Men, XM Legends)
David Baldeón (X-Factor)
Garry Brown (X-Force)
Guiu Vilanova (SWORD)
Jacopo Camagni (SWORD)
Joshua Cassara (X-Force)
Lucas Werneck (new artist, Trial of Magneto)
Mahmud Asrar (X-Men)
Marcus To (Excalibur)
Martin Coccolo (X-Force)
Matteo Loli
Pepe Larraz (X-Men, new volume)
Phil Noto (Cable and some Maurauders)
Rod Reis (New Mutants)
Roge Antonio (Hellions)
Ron Garney (Juggernaut)
Russel Dautemann (Marauders)
Scott Eaton (Wolverine)
Stefano Caselli (Inferno, Marauders)
Stephen Segovia (Hellions)
Valerio Schiti (SWORD, Inferno)
Walter Simonson (XM Legends)
Zé Carlos (Marauders)


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

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Favorite Hero/Heroine
Not your general favorites, but the ones that were the best of 2021!
Who deserves to be voted hero of this year? Who were your favorite heroes of this year? Who played their roles really well this year? Was it one of the Captains or Counsil members of the Krakoa, those who created Planet Arakko, 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 on so far
Agent Abilgail Brand
Aurora
Cable (adult)
Captain 'Betsy' Britain
Cyclops
Cypher
Daken
Emma Frost
Frenzy
Gambit
Greycrow
Jean Grey
Kwannon/ Psylocke
Magik
Moonstar
Nanny
Nightcrawler
Northstar
Polaris
Prodigy
Quicksilver
Red Queen Captain Kate
Rictor
Rogue
Scarlet Witch
Scout
Stacy X
Storm
Synch
Wiz-Kid
Wolverine (Laura)
Wolverine (Logan)


Least Favorite Hero/Heroine
Not your general dislikes, but the ones that were the worst of 2021!
Do you have your characters you hated more this year then ever before? Was there one you really disliked this year. Who would you like to nominate as least favorable?

Voted on so far
Agent Abilgail Brand
Beast
Captain 'Betsy' Britain
Colossus
Cherub (CotA)
Daycrawler (CotA)
Jubilee
Kid Cable
Kid Omega
Magneto
Monet
Nature Girl
Pyro
Red Queen Captain Kate
Scarlet Witch
Synch
Wolverine (Laura)
Wolverine (Logan)
Xavier

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Favorite Villain or Villain Team
Did you just love the return of the villains of the past, like the Shadowking and Dracula, or did you like to see the King in Black, Knull coursing trouble? Or did you really love the way classic villains like Hodge and Erik the Red who both returned in Legends this year? You might have lost track of which villains appeared, so here are some suggestions.

Suggestions
Arcade
Black Mamba
Cameron Hodge
Children of the Vault
Coven Akkaba
Curse
Dr. Alia Gregor
Dracula
Erik the Red
Fenris
Harrower (Curse of the Man-Thing)
Hell's Belles
Knull
Locus Vile (as team)
Malice
Mastermind
Merlyn
Mikhail Rasputin
Morrigan
Mr. Sinister
Nature Girl
Omega Red
Omega Sentinel Karima
Onslaught
Orchis
Russian Dolls
Sevyr Blackmore
Solem
Stryfe
Tarn, the Uncaring


The same list applies for the least favorite villains if you choose to vote in that category

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Comeback of the Year
This category was introduced last year. 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 other candidates to the list when they received votes.

Nominees
Adam X
Arcade
Brute and Hump
Cable (the real deal)
Destiny
DJ
Dust
Fabian Cortez
Harry Leland
Hell's Belles
Legion
Lourdes Chantel
Madelyne
Malice
Marverick
Monet
Neal Shaara (T-Bird III)
Rubber Maid
Stacy X
Sunfire
Synch, disqualified, his return was in 2020
Tempo
Wiz-Kid

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Breakout Star of the Year
Choose three characters who are long time X-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. Think Black Tom, or Cypher last year. Please mind that A-listers don't break out, they are suppose to be front and center. Who gets the Rising Star Award this year?

Please Note: A character returning from death or limbo, should be in the Comeback category.

Suggestions:
Abigail Brand
Cypher
Daken
Eyeboy
Greycrow
Kwannon
Manifold
Monet
Nanny
Nature Girl
Omega Sentinel Karima
Phoebe (Cuckoos) solo in X-Force
Polaris
Prodigy
Rubber Maid
Scout
Shatterstar
Sunfire
Synch
Tempo
Wiz-Kid


Debut Character of the Year
Choose three characters who had their first appearance in a comic book in 2021, that you feel as a result, have a big future in the X-verse. Did the new kids of Children of the Atom make a great debut, or did you prefer one of the newly introduces Arakko mutants? If you have other nominees, just vote for them and I will add them to this list.

Nominees
Cherub (CotA)
Curse
Cyclops-Lass (aka Cy-Lass, CotA)
D-Cell (Juggernaut mini and Unltd. Paradise Lost)
Daycrawler (CotA)
Galura
Gimmick (CotA)
Harrower (Curse of the Man-Thing)
Khora of the Burning Heart
Lactuca the Knower (The Great Ring of Arakko)
Lost
Man-Slaughter
Marvel-Boy (CotA)
Sevyr Blackmore
Sobunar of the Depths (The Great Ring of Arakko)
Somnus (Marvel Voices, soon to be seen in Marauders)
Xilo (The Great Ring of Arakko)

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Favorite Mutant on the Cast of a non-X-book
Which mutants who are currently not in any X-title, who are stareed in non-X-books this year, were your favorites? Note: a mutant who appeared outside the X-books, mutants who are members of an X-book, are not applicable!

Nominees
Dark Star (Winterguard)
Deadpool (Savage Avengers)
Fantomex-5 (Captain Marvel)
Franklin Richards (Fantastic Four)
Molly Hayes (Captain Marvel and Runaways)
Namor (Invaders)
Puck (Gamma Flight)
Red Guardian (pka Vanguard, Winter Guard)
Rogue II (Irene LeBeau - Captain Marvel)
Shaman (Strange Academy)
The Wolf / Sora (Captain Marvel)
Typhoid Mary (Devil's Reign and Daredevil)
Ursa Major (Winter Guard)

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Guest Star of the Year
The X-Men do have sometimes some guest appearances from Marvel heroes and villains from other corners of the Marvel Universe. They might socialize with them, or fight with or against the X-Men. Which non-X-Men character that made a great guest appearance in one of the X-Titles was you favorite visitor?

Some Suggestions
Black Mamba (Green X-Men)
Captain America (Hellfire Gala)
Doc Strange (Hellfire Gala)
Doom (Hellfire Gala and SWORD)
Guardian - Mac Hudson (SWORD)
Hulklin (SWORD)
Iron-Man, Cap A and Cap M in CotA
Mr. Fantastic (Hellfire Gala)
Nova Prime (Richard Rider) (SWORD)
Quicksilver (ToM)
Scarlet Witch (SWORD, X-Factor, ToM)
Speed (X-Factor, ToM)
Star-Lord (SWORD)
Thing (Hellfire Gala and X-Men)
Wiccan (ToM)