It is that time of year again, and this time, I was well prepared. Or at least, more prepared than I was last year. One benefit of having a blog, you have a nice resource of your opinions. I have to figure out a way to tell which issues were this year and which were back issues, it was easy this time, but I imagine next year to be a bit of a hassle with a full year’s worth of posts.
Here are my votes for the categories :
- Best Ongoing X-Title
1. All New X-Men
2. Wolverine and the X-Men
3. Uncanny X-Men Volume Three - Best X-Miniseries
1. Marvel Knights : X-Men - 2. Battle of the Atom
- Best X-One-Shot
1. X-Men : Gold - Best X-Book Cover
1. Astonishing X-Men 63
2. All New X-Men 6
3. A+X 8 - Best X-Men Crossover
1. Battle of the Atom
2. Age of Ultron
3. Infinity - Best X-Men Storyline from a Single Title
1. Yesterday’s X-Men – All New X-Men 1 – 5
2. Frozen – Astonishing X-Men Volume Three 62 – 65
3. Wear the Grudge Like a Crown – X-Men : Legacy Volume Two 13 – 15 - Best Writer
1. Brian Michael Bendis
2. Simon Spurrier
3. Jason Aaron - Best Artist
1. Chris Bachalo
2. Stuart Immonen
3. Nick Bradshaw - Best Hero/Heroine
1. Kitty Pryde
2. Magik
3. Cyclops - Worst Hero/Heroine
1. Colossus
2. Wolverine - 3. Storm
- Best Villain(s)
1. Iceman in Astonishing X-Men
2. Mystique, Sabretooth and Lady Mastermind in All-New X-Men - Worst Villain(s)
1. Future Brotherhood-X-Men
2. Hellfire Club Kids - Breakout Star of the Year
1. Teen Beast
2. Irma of the Cuckoos
3. Broo - Debut Character of the Year
1. Darla from Marvel Knights : X-Men
2. Benjamin Deeds
3. Deaf Captain America (Uncanny Avengers 13) - Death of the Year
1. Gabrielle Haller
2. Kurt Waggoner - Most Missed Character of the Year
1. Still not enough Lockheed, for my taste. - Shocking Moment of the Year
1. Kitty Pryde leaving Team Wolverine for Team Cyclops in Battle of the Atom 2
2. Phoenix’s Shadow in X-Men Legacy 19 - Funniest Moment of the Year
1. Young Iceman throwing a snowball at Thor, thinking he is an illusion (All New X-Men 14) The whole issue is full of fun gags.
2. Deaf Captain America (Uncanny Avengers 13)
3. X-Men Gold where Wolverine states Thunderbird is just like him, minus the cool powers - Quote of the Year
1. Cyclops saying Lady Xorn was a better kisser than his Jean (Wolverine and the X-Men 37)
2. X-Men Legacy 18 “Miss empowered bikini lady, ma’am” A Channel 7 reporter talking to Emma Frost.
3. Any from Deaf Captain America (Uncanny Avengers 13) - Onomatopoeia of the Year
1. Lockheed’s “Murp” in All New X-Men 18
2. Lockheed’s “Pfht” in Savage Wolverine 12 - Best Kiss of the Year
1. Quentin Quire and Oya kissing, Wolverine and the X-Men 35
2. Future Deadpool kissing Wolverine’s cheek in All New X-Men 16
3. Cyclops kissing Lady Xorn in Wolverine and the X-Men 37 - Best Single Battle/Fight of the Year
1. Cyclops vs. David Haller in X-Men Legacy 18 in the rain.
2. All New X-Men 14, the battle with the X-Men versus Illusions and the Avengers.
3. Tempus vs. the Avengers in Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 4. - Highlight of the Year
1. Kitty breaking from Team Wolverine and joining Team Cyclops
2. Kitty and Illyana hugging (All New X-Men 18)
3. Alan Davis drawing Kitty Pryde again for Wolverine : Killable - GUEST STAR OF THE YEAR
1. Pete Wisdom in X-Men Legacy
2. Cyclops in X-Men Legacy
3. Batroc in Wolverine
- Best Single Issue
1. All New X-Men 18
I choose to not do the Worst Of categories. I can see some creative teams being upset by it and I know they at least tried their best.
Anyone who wants to get involved, the voting officially begins on December 26 (I’m pretty sure nothing will beat out my picks) and the results will be revealed the week of January 13, 2014.
Now that I’ve officially done one of these, I will know what to keep track of for next year.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 