Weekly Poll 4-2-17 - Which Of These X-Men Do You Like More?

[Anduinel]

Ooo, this one could be close...

[Master of Sound]

Ooo, this one could be close...

As it should be. Both guys are great.

[Knives]

Difficult to choose.
Cannonball but like both.

[jamgut]

I went with Sam even though Bobby is the more interesting character. It always bugged me that Sunspot seemed to be only super-strength based hero in all of comics that had to worry about his durability.

[Soulsword323]

This was hard.

I really love both of these choices, but I ended up going with Cannonball. Cool powerset, and I've always loved his personality.

[ariwl1]

Cannonball. I like a good do-right big brother type character.

[Ricochet Rita]

"Sam Guthrie: Best Kid, or Best Kid? Best Kid." (Jay & Miles dixit)

Also: I usually dislike Sal Buscema's art (Mandrake's inking doesn't help for sure), but I gotta admit that sometimes he puts a beautiful body language in --> Rahne's legs on second panel.

[Fokken]

Roberto is SO EFFIN' RAD these days.

I'm still floored that it took him venturing off and out of the X-verse into Avenger territory to snare my attention the way he did.

As many have said, its a tight race, but CURRENTLY: Its all about DaCosta

[Anduinel]

Are both of Bobby's parents dead now, btw?

[Vegan Daddy]

Cannonball.

I remember a New Mutants issue where Sunspot condemns a boy for committing suicide. He's arrogant and obnoxious and I never really liked him, though I still think he's a good character(or used to be).

[Ricochet Rita]

I remember a New Mutants issue where Sunspot condemns a boy for committing suicide. He's arrogant and obnoxious and I never really liked him, though I still think he's a good character(or used to be).

Yeah, basically my opinion. I've learned to appreciate characters that I personally don't like, but that are good in their own way. You can't make good stories using only positive characters, or characters to your liking --that would be pretty boring and lousy.

[Havok83]

iIm fairly equal on both but I'll show Roberto some love since he tended to be overshadowed by Sam

Cannonball.

I remember a New Mutants issue where Sunspot condemns a boy for committing suicide. He's arrogant and obnoxious and I never really liked him, though I still think he's a good character(or used to be).

He was literally like 13/14 years old and came from an upbringing of privilege. I think the important thing is that he didnt stay like that and matured with age. He has grown up considerably since then. You may want to check out X-Force bc he was portrayed as less arrogant. He's not like a character like Quicksilver, Namor, Sunfire or Northstar who have all consistently been douches since inception

[Thievery]

It took me a while but I decided on Sunspot.

[The Whovian]

I always liked Sam better, but this page from New Mutants #32 really made me like him even more:

[Ricochet Rita]

Just perfect. This issue is just perfect --the story, the art, the inking. CC wrote such a wonderful tales for TNM back then, many of them focused in a single character and in a parable style.

I keep loving them, they're among my favorite X-issues ever.