Which X-Force Is The Best X-Force?

[Jackraow21]

God, if they had just paired Spurrier with a big name artist for that run it could've been magic. Such a smart, cleverly written book. Killed by terrible art. Except for the Molina issues.

[The tall man]

Hands down Remender! The Dark Angel Saga was epic.

[cc008]

Hands down Remender! The Dark Angel Saga was epic.

People say it died down after that... Personally, I don't think there was a single bad arc.

[Jackraow21]

I hated the Otherworld arc. The rest after that were okay. The Dark Angel Saga was the pinnacle of that run. For sure. It was fantastic. Jerome Opena on art duties certainly helped.

[cc008]

Otherworld was... different. But I think everyone was aware of that. Especially when you take on someone like Greg Tocchini as the artist (who's work on LOW is amazing). It's a drastic change up in style from the rest of the run.

[Tazirai]

Love the Otherworld arc personally. But I think it got hurt by the artist, who I love normally, but for that story they should have gotten a heavy hitter.

[JeanGreyForever]

I liked the Otherworld arc too but I'm biased because Betsy is one of my favs so I love anything that delves into her origin/background.

[CraigTheCylon]

Spurrier. Even with Rock-He Kim's wobbly grasp of anatomy and crosshatch fetish, it's the one that does the most with the concept of a mutant paramilitary team, chiefly by showing all the nasty ways it erodes the people involved. Also, the only good use of Fantomex in anything ever.

2nd choice would be Roadtrip-and-beyond John Francis Moore era. It's the Young Adult series after New Mutants' kid stories and Liefeld/Nicieza X-Force's teen rebellion. The kids (not exactly the same kids, but close-ish) go from stuck in the mansion because Pops Xavier says so, to rejecting all the rules but immediately turning to Cable's tutelage (because teens are great at knowing what they don't want, but not so good at figuring out what they do), to finally existing on their own without a father figure to show them the way. Tie between Hopeless and KYost for 3rd. Humphries was bleh, and I never made it past 6 issues with Remender.

[Jackraow21]

Imagine Spurrier's run with Jerome Opena. Just. Imagine.

[Michael Watkins]

[CraigTheCylon]

Imagine Spurrier's run with Jerome Opena. Just. Imagine.

Actually, Opena is largely the reason I couldn't get far with Remender's series. Really, really dislike how that guy draws faces, and his colourist coworkers tend to make things look queasy too.

Would kill for the Spurrier book with Kev Walker, or Henry Flint, or anyone else who does 'ugly' well.

[Pav]

Someday, I'd like to see the NYXF concept utilized. I thought that was a solid idea - and a cool name!

-Pav, who misses District X...

[Wissenschaft]

There's Remender's run, and then there's everything else. I say this having loved the Kyle/Yost run too.

So true. Remender's run gave x-force the reputation it has today. We wouldn't be getting x-force style books (which the upcoming astonish run seem to continue) without his run.

[Sam Robards, Comic Fan]

I have to say Kyle/Yost was my favorite of the bunch. Remender's my #2, even if it dropped pretty hard in quality after the Dark Angel Saga. My third choice is Hopeless, who had a really fun run, albeit a shorter one. After that, I'd go original team (post-Liefeld).

The worst is Humphries, and it's not even close. The real shame of it is that I adored his roster, especially Spiral, but he completely freaking botched it. So much wasted potential.

[Gambit, King of Thieves]

Having come back to this after reading both Remender and Kyle & Yost,
they're both outstanding, but the ending to Remender's is just too good for me to pick anything else.