Empire’s 25 X-Men : Days of Future Past Covers

Posted by John Klein III on January 28, 2014
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I wish the Kitty cover was better.  I wish she had a more distinguish look.  Instead it looks like something Ellen Page was already wearing and production didn’t want to bother with a new outfit.

Jennifer Lawrence looks great as Mystique.

I really like Fassbender in the proper Magneto uniform.

How amazing do the Sentinels look?

Poor Anna Paquin, she is in the same pose so many bad cheesecake comic artists place comic book ladies in.  Not flattering in either medium.

I also feel bad about Paquin being cut out of the movie, yet is part of the marketing materials.  Hopefully, Singer puts her back into the film.

My wife pointed out that the cover logos are either in blue and purple.  Took me a few seconds to figure out the significance but blue is the past and purple is the future / present.  Nice touch.

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Update May 4, 2014 :

Empire posted 25 ‘new’ posters on their website, but really, they are the same but with a different background and no logos.

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So, it is cool but not worthy of a new post.

All New X-Men 22

Posted by John Klein III on January 27, 2014
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All New X-Men 22

Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Penciler Stuart Immonen

Inker Wade Von Grawbadger

Colorist Marte Gracia

Letterer VC’s Cory Petit

The Trial of Jean Grey Part One

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Issue opens with a quick glimpse of what some members of the title are doing.  X23 is in the Danger Room, and Kitty is watching her.  Beast is in the Laboratory.  Not sure if anything on the chalk board makes any sense but there are some nice references.  M-Day, Cyclops being merged with Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, Utopia, Hope, Professor X dies and Iceman in the back yard.  Bobby is singing Run DMC’s It’s Tricky, as he makes snow angels.

Thanks to YouTuber RUNDMCVEVO for hosting the video.

The real treat of the issue is the scene with Angel, Scott and Jean.  Angel is about to eat a burger.  Scott sits down next to him, he has a sensible sandwich.  Then Jean sits down with a salad.  Warren is about to take a bite of his burger when Jean loses it.

Apparently Scott was having a thought and Jean, once again, wants to talk about it as she isn’t respecting other people’s privacy.  This issue takes place the very next day after the Purficers issue.

Scott wants to talk about Jean and how she knows everything that happens to her and the Original Five.  She knows she is going to die, twice and she witness her own future self die in front of her during Battle of the Atom.  Scott calls her a friend, later he will say she is his best friend.  Jean is dealing with all of this knowledge, by herself.  She doesn’t want to talk about it.  Poor Angel has to sit there between the two of them.  He is wise to not speak up at all.

Scott was going to ask a question about his future but changes his mind.  He only wants to know that she is okay and she can talk to him whenever.

Jean makes this awesome reference to how Scott marries Jean but still ends up with “Silver Boobs McGee” which has to be a reference to Emma.  That should add some tension as now Jean and Emma live in the giant Weapon X facility.

Jean states she is dealing with it and walks away.  Scott isn’t hungry anymore and also walks away.

Warren talks aloud about how uncomfortable it is, and how Bobby would have loved it.

I still do not care for how the new uniforms for the Original Five have those floating belt buckles.  I think it might have to do with how they clearly have a belt like design around their waist, but then it stops at the white portion of their uniform and then it disappears.  Leaving the buckle to float there.

Meanwhile, outside Bobby is still singing It’s Tricky, when he notices four lights.

A red alarm goes off inside the facility.

Bobby tries to create an ice barrier but the Shi’ar soldiers destroy it.  I like how we don’t get the Shi’ar language translated, we don’t need it, it makes perfect sense what is being said.

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Scott is leading the rest of the team outside.  Kitty states that the aliens are Shi’ar, as she jumps at one of them.  She phases her hand through one of their guns, thinking it should short it out.  Instead, she gets electro-shocked for it.  Jean states that is not suppose to happen, she is the genius of the group.  I like how Scott shouts “Professor!” as that is what she is to him,

There is a moment when Hank, which I really like, comments that these are real aliens.  To me, as a long time fan, the concept of aliens in the Marvel Universe, is no big deal but Hank has only been around for eight issues of Uncanny X-Men and then these issues of All New X-Men.  He doesn’t know that aliens are a common occurrence.  Scott states that he isn’t as impress as Hank would want him to be.

X23 gets flung back, Warren catches her, asking her to watch the claws.  Which is smart, they haven’t fought together so he doesn’t know how to look out for them.

Jean gets placed in an energy bubble.  Then the Shi’ar places the rest of the team into individuals bubbles.  Bobby breaks out of his, and tries to rescue Jean.  It is an effort but he gets placed into another energy bubble.

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With that, Jean is taken into their ship and they take off.  The team has nothing to do but look up in the sky as Jean is gone.

Kitty explains to Hank who the Shi’ar are, and how they are allies of theirs.  We see five more lights.  We get a double page spread of, the Guardians of the Galaxy.

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I am not that familiar with this team, though they have been around for a couple years and will be the stars of their own movie in August.  I know Angela and I really like Groot (who can only say his name) and Rocket Raccoon.

Should be getting the second part and I feel we are off to a good start.

This is what the Guardians see (from Guardians of the Galaxy V3 11)

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Marvel 25th Anniversary Covers

Posted by John Klein III on January 26, 2014
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Transformers 22Masters of the Universe 4

Daredevil 236 Fantastic Four 296

Ewoks 10

Alpha Flight (1983) #40

The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #282

The Avengers (1963) #273

Captain America (1968) #323

Care Bears (1985) #7

Classic X-Men (1986) #3

Cloak and Dagger (1985) #9

Conan the Barbarian (1970) #188

Conan the King (1984) #37

Daredevil (1964) #236

Ewoks (1985) #10

Fantastic Four (1961) #296

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1982) #53

Heathcliff (1985) #12

The Incredible Hulk (1968) #325

Iron Man (1968) #212

Marvel Age (1983) #44

Marvel Tales (1964) #193

Masters of the Universe (1986) #4

Muppet Babies (1985) #10

The New Mutants (1983) #45

Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham (1985) #12

The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #120

Thor (1966) #373

The Transformers (1984) #22

Uncanny X-Men (1963) #211

Web of Spider-Man (1985) #20

West Coast Avengers (1985) #14

X-Factor (1986) #10

I own all of these except for Care Bears 7, Masters of the Universe 4 and Muppet Babies 10.

Whenever I buy back issues online, those three are nearly impossible to find!  One of these days!

The fun thing with these, is when I’m going through my short boxes, I have to take a pause and wonder why that issue is there.

All because Kitty was part of the border.  Some great comics and some dated comics.

These were all published cover date  November 1986.

Look at that border, I own all but three of these.

Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, Captain Marvel (Monica), Dr. Strange, Namor, Captain America, Wasp, Ant Man, Puck, Shadowcat, Rogue, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, Rachel Summers, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Angel, Beast, Daredevil, Scarlet Witch, Vision, Hawkeye, Luke Cage, Thing, She-Hulk, Invisible Woman, Reed Richards, Human Torch and Thor

For Timely’s 70th Anniversary (the company Marvel will come from) they do another one of those borders.  I didn’t care for how they said Marvel’s 70th anniversary, as that isn’t quite right.  Also, who celebrates 70th anniversary, when if you wait five years, you get a proper 75th Anniversary?  Bonkers.

Kitty wasn’t part of that border – it was mostly men, but she showed up on an issue and Magik got on another one.

The one she did show up on was the Women of Marvel border, that was awesome!

The only problem with the Timely 70 and Women of Marvel was that they were variants instead of proper covers but that’s what this current age is like these days.

X-Men Legacy 22

Posted by John Klein III on January 25, 2014
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Writer Simon Spurrier

Artist Khoi Pham

Color Artist Rachelle Rosenberg

Letterer VC’s Cory Petit

David is still fighting the combination of Luca and the Gold Xavier Fiend.  The fiend turns into a giant concrete monster and sets off all of these missiles.  Actually, the fiend takes control of a near by battleship and then uses that to transform into a giant monster.

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Apparently, David at some point called for reinforcements.  Those who showed up – Pixie, Chamber, Lila Cheney, Agent Brand, Frenzy, Beast, Storm, Wolverine, Doop, Psylocke, Magneto, Sydren, Goldballs, Tempus, Triage, Emma, the Cockoos and Magik.

David is impressed that they are all heroes.  The heroes start taking out missiles.  I do enjoy seeing Cyclops’ current display of his optic blasts, with the circle flare at the base.

Once the missiles are taken care of, the fiend is all that is left.  He is in the form of a man again.  Both Wolverine and Cyclops come to David to know what to do next.  David says “to me my X-Men” it is cool how it is broken over three panels.

There is a narly splash page of the heroes attacking something to the right.  Was this suppose to be a double page spread?  The narration captions of David are reflecting his quote of the year winner, I rule me.

The fiend is back to the battleship monster form.

Sydren detects a change in David, of course having to say it aloud. Brand is running at him and takes a blast.  All that is left is a green glove or a hand in the glove.  Could Spurrier really kill off Brand?  I know she hasn’t been used as much, so she could be on an okay to kill off list.  Nice touch having Beast nearby to witness her death.  Were they still dating?  I really like how Pham draws Beast as he takes in her death, he looks like a nice mixture of cat face and gorilla head.

Magneto tries to compliment David, and he quickly dismisses him – stating he is not his father, even though he quoted Xavier’s ‘to me my X-Men.’

Karasu Tengui was another hero who showed up, but I don’t know her.  She is straight up smashed to death.  David makes it a mantra that he is not his father.  Even though he just sent a child to her death.

David asks Wolverine and Cyclops if they can work together.  They hesitate, he takes it has a yes, and tells them to keep the monster busy.  David is taking the fight inside his mind.

Chamber gets killed by a blast.  Are these characters really dead, or is David going to bring them back once this story is over?  I can see Chamber being allowed to be killed, Brand seems okay if it is done shockingly – which it was and I believe Spurrier created Karasu so he can kill her anytime.

The heroes destroy Luca’s monster body and he dies.  Once he is dead, Blindfold is healed.  She no longer is broken and has her full power for the first time.

The heroes catch their breath.  Frenzy is sad over Chamber’s death.  They were close during Age of X, which she was one of the few to keep those memories.  That story turned out to be a Legion story.  Nice touch, as that was a Mike Carey story so Spurrier didn’t have to reference that story.

Blindfold’s astra form appears at the battlefield.  She explains what happened.  Also, she takes off her blindfold, she has eyes now.  Also, she is going to go by Destiny now, her mother’s name.  She is on her way, she can project herself for the time being.

Inside David’s mind, he is fighting the Gold Xavier.  He beats him to the point when he can’t maintain the Xavier appearance, now he looks like a gold goblin.

David comes back to the battlefield but turns into the World Worm, that the series has been building to.  Ruth is going to have to deal with David, which has also been foretold.

Can only imagine I will get the next issue, as they have to still be at the scene so Magik should still be there.

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My new Top Ten is for 2014 is :

1.  X-Men Legacy 22

2.  Uncanny X-Men 16

3.  Savage Wolverine 13

4.  All New X-Men 21

5.  Wolverine 13

6.  Cataclysm 3

I need to buy buy four more comics to make ten.  I am slated to buy two comics, All New X-Men 22 and Marvel Knights X-Men 3.

VC

Posted by John Klein III on January 24, 2014
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So, for months now, I have been typing VC’s Clayton Cowles or VC’s Cory Petit and I finally had enough!

I had to figure out what VC stood for, as it wasn’t making sense to me. Clearly they are an elite group of Letterers, maybe on par with Richard Starkings’ Comiccraft or Todd Klein, the two names of Lettering that I knew.  Well, them and a third one, dear to all of our hearts.

That third gentleman would be … Chris Eliopoulos!

Who of course, gave the world, The Pet Avengers!  Staring Lockheed and a few other animals!

Thanks to :

http://marvel.wikia.com/Virtual_Calligraphy

I now know that VC stands for Virtual Calligraphy and it is Chris Eliopoulos’ lettering studio!

I am not familiar with Rus Wooton or Randy Gentile but I’ve been typing Cory Petit and Clayton Cowles a bunch lately.

I know that Eliopoulos lettered Infinity 1, but he doesn’t call himself VC’s Chris Eliopoulos but that makes sense as then it would have to read Chris Eliopoulos of VC fame or something along those lines.

I’m not sure how we are suppose to know what VC stood for without doing the Google search but I finally had enough this morning and had to get some answers.

Reading some back issues, there has been credits that read : VC’s Chris Eliopoulos.

All New X-Men 21

Posted by John Klein III on January 23, 2014
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Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Artist Brandon Peterson

Color Artist Israel Silva

Flashback Art Brent Anderson with James Campbell

Letterer VC’s Cory Petit

I simply adore that Marvel brought Anderson back to recreate the atmosphere of X-Men : God Loves, Man Kills.  Such a genius move and so great to see that he hasn’t lost a step.  My only problem is, it only lasts four pages.

I still maintain that if you have anyone quote from the Bible, outside of church, and it comes off both creepy and menacing.

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We return to the present day, with the X-Men of the past, Kitty and X23.

Stryker Junior wants to kill the past X-Men.  Luckily, a few of his Purifiers think this is a bad idea and want a second opinion.

While they wait, X23 is woken up.  I like how she is chained, so her claws are not angled to slice the chains.  Turns out, the events of Avengers Arena were broadcast around the world.  I am not sure if this is correct, or if only villains and subscribers had access to it.  I didn’t read that series but from the shown footage, X23 had to do horrible acts to survive.

Styker moves on to Scott, who makes jokes. I like how him knowing his future lightens him up.  He doesn’t need to be so serious, all of the hard work and decisions have been made already.

Dr. Monica Rappaccini of AIM is the second opinion.  I know her from Uncanny X-Men 15, she is conducting experiments on the new Inhumans.  She wants the Purifiers to release the past X-Men, as she wants to not damage time – nice that someone doesn’t.

The floating X belt buckles are not very good, what are they holding up?  Do they serve a purpose?

I like Jean waking up and getting in touch with the team, telepathically.  I even like Bobby screwing it up.

Dr. Rappaccini reveals she can help Styker with his headaches, also that AIM and the Purifiers have a long history of working together.

Dr. Rappaccini states they can kill Kitty, as she is from the present.  She tries to cut her and phases through.  Then Scott does his thing and the X-Men are loose.  Chris Sims must be happy as Hank kicks a fool to the face!

The X-Men are escaping.  Scott runs across X23, she hugs him.

Issue ends with Stryker telling the X-Men, that the whole world will know about the past X-Men.

Which he doesn’t know the half of it, the universe will know as we enter the four part crossover with the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Trial of Jean Grey.

Bendis shared a page on his Twitter account, of Kitty being in space so I figure I am getting at least the first part for sure.

Magik

Posted by John Klein III on January 22, 2014
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I apparently have plenty of time on my hands, so I did some more research.  Just using comicbookdb.com’s character file just for Magik, so not Illyana Rasputin or the alternate Magiks of the multi-verse, just pure Magik, of her 296 appearances, I am only missing 25 of them.  Which brings me to a 0.08% missing rate.

I did a quick search on the pure Illyana Rasputin, and I didn’t notice I was missing any of there.

I had to add All-New Wolverine Saga, Doctor Strange (1988) 2, Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural (2009) 5 and The Marvel Tarot.

Which is frustrating as I had bought Doctor Strange (1988) 1 a while back and could have sworn that she was not listed as part of issue two or three.

I had already added Doctor Voodoo 4 to my list, and would have sworn that I looked at the other issues to make sure she wasn’t involved in them but I must have missed that as well.

That Hot Shots : X-Men shows up again for her as it did Nightcrawler.  He is also shows up in Marvel Collectible Classics : X-Men 5, and X-Men : Hellbound 1.

What I am looking forward to getting eventually is X-Club 3, 4, 5 as I heard many great things regarding that series.  How funny it is and how likeable it makes Dr. Nemesis.

Other versions of her include the Exiles version, who is dead now so I doubt we will get anymore appearances of her, unless they bring that title back for the third time (not counting the second X-Treme X-Men, which was sort of the same thing – without the rules, from what I remember – I only flipped through the pages at the store.  I have issue 7.1 on my Wishlist though.  But if they ever bring Exiles back, I’m sure at one point, they will look back and show previous members, that’s just what happens.

Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 16

Posted by John Klein III on January 21, 2014
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Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Pencils & Colors Chris Bachalo

Inks Tim Townsend with Al Vey, Mark Irwin & Victor Olazara

Lettering & Production VC’s Joe Caramagna

This issue serves as Magneto’s exist and back door pilot for Magneto’s new ongoing – of which, I can only imagine I will get a few issues of if they do any flashbacks or references to Magik.

Magneto gets a pretty grand exist.

Issue picks up right where we left off before Battle of the Atom, back at the college at Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Instead of majority of students being pro-mutant or anti-bigots, now the ground is mixed.

Magneto meets with Agent Dazzler, who are both double agents in a way, as Mystique is still posing as Dazzler.

Mystique instructs Magneto to check out Madripoor, as it is becoming a save haven for mutants.  A New Vegas for Mutants, which I’m not sure is better.

Magneto gets there, now sporting a goatee.  In a scene that looks very much inspired for the awesome scene in X-Men : First Class, Magneto goes to a bar.  There is something about the coloring that makes the scene feel gritty.  Magneto discovers that someone is selling mutant growth hormones.  He takes out three thugs.

Magneto goes to a the headquarters of the new queen of Madripoor.  On his way there, he runs across the Blob.  Who looks much bigger than his last appearance that I remember, which would have been the Generation M miniseries.  I am under the impression that he is still powerless but maybe he has gained his powers again.  Blob is flattered that Magneto believes he could be in charge of the country.

I like to think that Jimenez’s two parter over in Savage Wolverine 12 and 13 is the reason why Tiger Tyger is no longer the head of the country.  There is nothing that implies that but that’s what I’m going with here.

Magneto meets the new Silver Samurai and Sabretooth.  In an awesome reveal, Sabreooth tells Magneto that there is a new queen.  Then we see Dazzler come out of a plane.  In right in front of Magneto, Dazzler transforms into Mystique.

I like, with the inclusion of Blob, that we have a nice mixture of old and new Brotherhood of Mutants here, except I am not sure if Sabretooth has ever been a member of that group.  I imagine at this point, he has to have been.

The quarter page of Mystique, she has never looked so good.  I like the shade of blue used here, it looks fantastic with the white outfit.  Bachalo sure does draw himself an amazing Mystique.

She reveals the entire plan.  Dazzler is somewhere resting, I’m really not going to be happy until we find out where she is.  Hopefully is she at a resort, a prisoner, but comfortable.  I fear she is in a closet somewhere, not getting any proper meals.

Magneto straight up loses his mind, taking control and forcing Silver Samurai to attack Mystique.  She inherited the mutant growth hormone operation but she didn’t stop it as it makes money for her.  Also, she has been using SHIELD to send her here and been using their money to established the country as a safe haven.

Magneto teaches Sabreooth why you never wear metal around Magneto.  Magneto leaves the country but not before destroying her headquarters.

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Last page shows Kitty asking Cyclops where Magneto is.  Emma reveals that he never knows where he goes or when he will come back.  I really do adore that Kitty is in Cyclops’ inner circle, even if she isn’t on the team officially.  It would be silly to not use her as a resource.

Next issue implies that the focus will be on the students as they are in the middle of nowhere.

X-Force Volume One Issue 32

Posted by John Klein III on January 20, 2014
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Writer Fabian Nicieza

Penciler Tony Daniel

Inker Jon Holdredge

Letters Chris Eliopoulos

Colorist Marie Javins

Child’s Play Part One of Four

Cover Dated March 1994

There is a special thanks to Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo, for some reason.  It is not explained anywhere.  I wonder if it is due to Husk getting some panel time this issue, as she is a major member of Generation X.

Issue opens with Magma in Nova Roma.  Which has been revealed to be a lie of Selene.  Don’t worry, Marvel will reverse this again so that it is a hidden city of the Roman Empire, that time forgot.

I wonder if Javins could do this over, if she would color Magma differently.  I imagine the goal is to make her look not like the Human Torch.

She gets attacked by the Fenris Twins.  Like Northstar and his sister, Aurora, when they hold hands, their power is fully realized.

They are attacking Magma, as they want to be members of the Upstarts.  The Upstarts include : Signa Blaze, who I don’t know.  Graydon Creed, dead now, Sabretooth and Mystique’s son.  Shinobi Shaw, dead now, Sebastian’s son.  Trevor Fitzroy, from Bishop’s future, unless that was just from the FOX cartoon.  They are having a friendly competition, wherein they are capturing former members of the New Mutants and Hellions.  The Gamemaster is overseeing the competition, called the Younghunt.

The cast of X-Force is – Cable, Rictor, Shatterstar, Siryn, Warpath and Domino.

Fenris does capture Magma, but Empath eludes them and they chase after him.

We cut to a Hellfire Club party.  Shinobi is hosting and speaking to Vance.  As soon as I see that name, I know it is Justice, of the New Warriors.  We see Psylocke and Angel, we get an editor’s note stating this plot point can be followed in X-Men 29.  Justice talks to his teammate, Night Trasher, they are trying to figure out what Shinobi is up to.  Shinobi knows Justice’s full name, but we don’t know if he knows Vance’s super hero name.

We then move to Cumberland County, Kentucky, where Cannonball’s family live.  The first scene will see is Warpath and Siryn at Sam’s father’s grave.  They make a reference that, to me, makes it seem like Sam’s father recently passed.  With the sliding time scale, that could be true but from New Mutants 1 (really Marvel Graphic Novel 4 is the first appearance of Sam) I imagine it has to be years between new Mutants 1 and X-Force 32, which would essentially be New Mutants 132.

Either way, apparently Siryn’s mother passed away a week ago.  Which I didn’t even know that, or given her mother much thought.  I know at one point, she travels with her uncle Black Tom Cassidy.  Apparently Black Tom is hurt or something and Siryn is missing him.  I like how he is clearly a villain but we forget that she was raised by him or has at least spent several years with him.  I forget the cover story he used for her, was she under the impression both parents were dead?  I know she is caught by surprised to know that her father is alive and then double surprised to learn he is the X-Men’s Banshee.

Warpath mentions how his brother died and his entire tribe has been massacred recently at Camp Verde.

Maybe Siryn meant, the death of her mother and then the death of Warpath’s clan.  Now that they are in Kentucky, they are reminded of Sam’s father’s passing.  Just trying to make it work.

Rictor and Shatterstar are the duo investigating the disappearance of Cannonball and Boomer.  Which I prefer this name of hers over both Boom Boom and Meltdown.  Tabitha works within a theme but Boomer seems to be the least offensive.  This often pairing of Rictor and Shatterstar is what is used by future writers to show them a a couple in Peter David’s X-Factor run.

Hanging out with them is Josh Guthrie, who would one day be the New X-Men Icarus.  Who I just covered died in New X-Men prior to their issue 32, funny how these things work out like that.   He doesn’t have his mutation of flying yet, and editorially, I doubt they even are planning on making him a mutant anytime soon.  Especially as we find out that a second Guthrie has had her mutation be revealed.

That would be Paige Guthrie, who will become the Generation X member, Husk.  Probably my favorite of the two Guthrie siblings, there are ten total but only three famous ones.  Cannonball is okay but I only really like him when he is paired with other characters.

Paige is being questioned as she saw what happened to Cannonball and Boomer.  Josh doesn’t believe her as she is always daydreaming of wanting a more exciting life.  Doesn’t get more exciting than being interviewed by both Cable and Domino.  Apparently Paige was watching them as she was hoping to see them necking again, which is odd for a younger sibling to want to see an older sibling make out but maybe that’s what they do in Kentucky during the early 90s.  Paige calls Cable, Mr. Cable.  She calls Domino, Ms. Domino and she corrects her that it is Mrs.  Though I’m not sure what the story is there.  Is Domino married at this point?  I know at some point, it is revealed that this Domino is really Copycat, but I am not sure when that swap happens.

Paige retells the story of what happened.  Boomer and Cannonball have been on the farm for a while as it took several days to convince Boomer to even put her foot in the swimming pond.  The two of them have been making out for days, and not caring who can see them.  Then a lightning strike happens.  In the moment, Paige gets real excited as she thinks this may lead to an adventure.  Sam has for years, been writing to his family, with tales of Asgard and Outer Space.  Imagine what those letters were like?  Probably mind blowing!  I wonder what he didn’t tell them about.  The source of the lighting was a young woman, Sam’s age.  She references the point system.  We, the readers, know this is Gamemaster related but this is the first X-Force knows about this.

Paige states she started running towards the lady, willing herself to change into something good and all she could muster was a bird.  Which is odd as I thought she could only shred her skin into a mineral but this is like her second appearance with her powers, so Nicieza is still trying to figure it out.  I wonder how they explain the bird power manifestation away later.  Or do they ignore it and hope no one would ever reread Child’s Play again.

Cable and Domino head outside to discuss this turn of events.  Domino asks him what he thinks.  He wishes he had based X-Force somewhere like this, in the wilderness instead of a desert camp.  She gets him back on topic, the scans that Rictor and Shatterstar completed, don’t register as any known energy waves.  Which I like the idea that at some point, after battles, it is someone’s job to go back to the battlefield and record all of the energy signatures so that they can have a database for times like these.

Cable states that Sam and Tabitha are either dead or off planet.  How crazy that those are options?  My wife never wonders, if I don’t answer my phone fast enough, if either I am dead or off planet.  I am most likely driving and can’t feel my phone vibrate as I haven’t changed it from that option to ringer.  I don’t live that exciting a life in comparison.

Luckily, we are shown where the two of them are.  The two of them, with Magma are in a strange stasis field.  This stasis field is the total embodiment of all the thoughts of the human race.  Which is also crazy!  How does one stumble onto the ability to even place people inside such a thing?

The mysterious woman is Siena Blaze, member of the Upstarts.  This is the first we see the group in this issue.  Gamemaster is explaining the rules and that placements.  Shinobi states that he should still be the highest as he killed his father.  Gamemaster is not impressed as this is the last and only kill Shinobi has, he hasn’t done anything else.  Apparently the rule with the Younghunt, is that the New Mutants and Hellions are meant to be brought in alive and once they are all gathered, then they will be disposed of.  This is probably the rule so that we don’t just kill off characters that we have come to love by characters that we have only been recently brought into the mythos.

I should mention that Graydon Creed is dressed in a blue suit with a pair of sunglasses that are clear and way to big for his head.  The 90s.

Which I have stated that twice, the artwork by Daniel is good.  It isn’t 90s good or anything, his style fits the story.  This page of the Gamemaster and the Upstarts, you have to turn lenghwise to read, which is frustrating but that was how comics were done at the time.

We cut back to Empath being chased by Fenris.  He chooses to not manipulate the Nova Roma citizens to fight his fight.  Sunspot’s mother is there, helping the transition to get those citizens out and into the real world.  Fenris and their soldiers are about to attack the citizens to get to Empath when some psychic arrows render everyone unconscious.  Turns out Dani Moonstar was in Nova Roma!  She is in a truly horrible costume, but she saved Fenris from scoring any additional points.  Sort of like how Child’s Play is an opportunity to check in on some old familiar faces.

We cut back to Cable and Mrs. Guthrie.  I like that she knows she is going to lose Paige to this ‘war’ that her son was drafted into.  You can only imagine that she is looking at her other eight children, doing the math, and figuring at least three more of them are going to be mutants.  I believe Josh was the only other one.  Cable tells her what every parent already knows, once your child has made up their mind, they are going to do it anyways, consequences be damned.

Domino calls Cable to come to their make shift base.  Fitzroy has arrived and is introducing himself to the team.  He tells them that he wants to get ahead of Siena is the Indian (Warpath) and the Mexican (Rictor).  He mentions he doesn’t want to stay long as he doesn’t want to get his face fractured.

This had just happened to him by Colossus in Uncanny X-Men 302.  Colossus at the time was so full of rage, his parents were just murdered by Omega Red and his sister was dying of the Legacy Virus.  Colossus beat Fitzroy pretty badly.  So this is one of those comics that I bought because UncannyXMen.net mentioned Illyana in the comic, gave the context but not the actual conversation.  So I buy the comic, and get to his conversation and all he states is he is mad at the X-Men.  So I own this issue and this is why.  The nice thing about the X-Force comic is that from time to time, Sam will pair with a fellow New Mutant and they will discuss or remember their fallen allies, like Illyana and Doug.  If it was Illyana, I bought that comic.  Thus, the course of fandom goes.

Cable and X-Force prepare themselves to fight Fitzroy.

Issue ends with Shinobi and Justice in costume, so he clearly does know Vance is Justice.  Shinobi wants to get some additional points, so he wants to enlist Justice in bringing to Shinobi, Firestar.  Firestar, at this point is Justice’s girlfriend.  Shinobi tells Justice that if Shinobi has to bring her in himself, it isn’t going to be as nice as if Justice volunteers to do it.

Part Two takes place in New Warriors and comes back to X-Force for Part Three.  I don’t own the New Warriors issues nor X-Force 33.  So this is where the adventure ends for us.

. . .

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, ya’ll!

2013 X-Boards Awards, The Results!

Posted by John Klein III on January 19, 2014
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http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?481660-2013-X-Book-Awards-THE-RESULTS!

Thanks to WorstBlogEver for doing all of the tallies and taking on this task and the wonderful write ups!  The link above as pictures as well.

The results without my comments are below :

FINAL RESULTS:

Best Onomatopoeia
Honorable Mention: SHWUNK
Honorable Mention: BOOM
3rd Runner Up: KLANG
2nd Runner-up: BYUH!
1st Runner-up: BAMF
Winner: POINK!

Best Quote
Honorable Mention: “Galactus should eat this place.” – Emma Frost
Honorable Mention: “I don’t care what you dress my brother up as, and I don’t care what flag you wrap yourself in. My people need help and they need it all over the world.” – Cyclops
3rd Runner Up: “Space Justice!” – S.W.O.R.D. Robot
2nd Runner-up: “Captain America… Avengers… Go to hell.” – Cyclops
1st Runner-up: “The Avengers can go f*** themselves.” – Psylocke
Winner: “I rule me.” – Legion

Most Bizarre Moment (Rouge Mort Trophy)
Honorable Mention: Vampire Jubilee can Adopt a Kid? – This is weird, and I hadn’t thought about it until people started commenting on it. 
Honorable Mention: Rachel Grey Flirts With Sublime?
3rd Runner Up: Dazzler is the Future President of the United States?
2nd Runner-up: Lunchlady Husk at the Hellfire Academy?
1st Runner-up: Kitty Switches Schools? – I liked this but I can see it coming out of nowhere
Winner: Longshot is his own Grandfather?

Most Shocking Moment
Honorable Mention: Mystique Replaces Dazzler – I still worry that someone is going to forget about the switch and we will lose Dazzler forever! 
Honorable Mention: Death of the Scarlet Witch – Can’t believe people really think she is dead. 
3rd Runner Up: Xorna Revealed
2nd Runner-up: Magik Absorbs Limbo Inside Herself – Still frustrated that the two weeks of comics that I missed, that this moment is one of those!  So frustrating! 
1st Runner-up: Grim Reaper Kills Rogue – I know she isn’t showing up anywhere else during this time but once this storyline is over, we will get Rogue back. 
Winner: Strong Guy Kills Tier! – Tier is the son of Wolfsbane and her wolf prince from Asgard. 

Funniest Moment
Honorable Mention: Cyclops and his BBQ Apron
Honorable Mention: Space Justice!
3rd Runner Up: Mystique Gives Gambit Kittens – I don’t recall this happening in Astonishing X-Men, so it must have been the one issue of Frozen I didn’t get. 
2nd Runner-up: Gambit Loves a Catfight
1st Runner-up: Teen Iceman Hits Thor with a Snowball – I voted for this one. 
Winner: Ilyana’s Plans for Avengers Tower – This is one of those, that I read it and it didn’t stick with me but it is funny.  I like this new Illyana, she is so fun. 

Best Fight/Battle
Honorable Mention: Legion & Friends vs. Red Skull
Honorable Mention: Emma & the Stepford Cuckoos vs. Xorna – To me, this was disappointing, the few panels of the actual battle didn’t hold much, should have just stuck to not showing us anything but the ladies standing around. 
3rd Runner Up: Astonishing X-Men & Thor vs. Ice-Pocalypse – This was pretty epic, Iceman took out Thor. 
2nd Runner-up: Magik & Uncanny X-Men vs. Dormammu & the Mindless Ones – Another case of really needing that issue! 
1st Runner-up: X-Women vs. Arkea & Omega Sentinel – This was the beginning of my noticing that I don’t care for modern Storm, she isn’t the leader of that team, should be Rachel as if not for her, Omega Sentinel would be dead. 
Winner: Legion vs. Cyclops – So awesome, glad one of my votes won the category! 

Best Death Scene
Honorable Mention: Darkholme
Honorable Mention: Kurt Waggoner
3rd Runner Up: Tier
2nd Runner-up: Gabrielle Haller – Of course, this would happen in the one issue I didn’t buy. 
1st Runner-up: Scarlet Witch – Still don’t believe she is dead.  Like someone else said, even if she is dead, she will be back for Avengers 2. 
Winner: Rogue – I also won’t believe this one until it is super official. 

Best Kiss:
Honorable Mention: Storm & Wolverine
Honorable Mention: Scott & Jean – I had this under funny moment, where Scott kisses the adult version of the teen Jean that came to the present. 
3rd Runner Up: Prodigy & Hulkling
2nd Runner-up:  Colossus & Domino – I am all for this relationship becoming the new one people remember Colossus for.  I hate the idea that there are fans out there just waiting for him and Kitty to get back together.  That ship as sailed, folks! 
1st Runner-up:  Psylocke & Cluster
Winner: Legion & Blindfold – I really like this couple, and them being destined to take each other, so sweet with how they believe they are above it. 

Best Crossover
Honorable Mention: Age of Ultron – Own one issue of this.
3rd Runner Up:  Infinity – Own two issues!  The first two. 
2nd Runner-up:  Arms of the Octopus – Somehow they had the Original Five but no Kitty, not even a reference to her, could have taken my money if they wanted it. 
1st Runner-up:  Battle of the Atom – Own all of these. 
Winner: X-Termination – Missed out on this entire story.   

Low Point of the Year
Dishonorable Mention: End of X-Factor
Dishonorable Mention: 05 Stuck in the Future
3rd Runner Up: Death of Scarlet Witch – Honestly, people are all types of hurt over this
2nd Runner-up:  Death of Rogue – And this!  Seriously, they are not dead.  I do like how no one gives a damn about Wonder Man being dead, and he’s the one that will stay dead for a while after this. 
1st Runner-up: Battle of the Atom – Started off so strongly but then it lost steam.
Winner:  Havok’s Speech – This issue I have only read about, had no reason to buy it.  I know the entire thing is online, so I don’t feel like I missed out. 

High Point of the Year
Honorable Mention: 05 in the present – I liked it, but also, thought it would be over by now.  I mostly like it as it has given Kitty an awesome new role. 
Honorable Mention: Legion & Blindfold – These two do make the title what it is. 
3rd Runner Up: Rogue can’t stand / kills Wanda – That was pretty awesome, hopefully once their deaths are reversed, they remember what they did. 
2nd Runner-up:  Kitty switches schools – It was time and really, do you want to work and live around your ex-boyfriend when there are better places to work and live? 
1st Runner-up: Kitty’s Rebuttal of Havok’s speech – This is also an issue I missed due to Hastings not getting their comics for two weeks.  Super frustrating!
Winner: Nightcrawler is back! – I am in complete agreement over this!  Now put him in a comic I actually buy, please!

Most Missed Character
Honorable Mention: Unit – He is a fun character. 
Honorable Mention: Hepzibah
3rd Runner Up: Elixir
2nd Runner-up: Jean Grey – Honestly, I get that Teen Jean isn’t the same but she is filling the hole I didn’t have in my heart. 
1st Runner-up:  Professor X – Here is another one, I feel like he is still being mentioned, like all the time, so I’m okay with the memory of him now.  He didn’t do much prior to his death, and now his death is motivating so many more. 
Winner:  Warpath

Best Debut Character
Honorable Mention: Santi Sardina
Honorable Mention: Hijack
3rd Runner Up: Goldballs
2nd Runner-up:  Apocalypse Twins – I do find myself liking these two as of late. 
1st Runner-up: Shogo Lee – Now that I have a son, I can relate to how precious Shogo is!  Now if I can only get my son to say “byuh” 
Winner: Benjamin Deeds – That solo issue really did wonders for this guy. 

Breakthrough Character
Honorable Mention: Blindfold – I have liked her more than ever before. 
Honorable Mention: Stepford Cuckoos – I feel like this should be for 2014 as this past year was setting them up. 
3rd Runner Up: Boom Boom
2nd Runner-up:  Teen Jean
1st Runner-up: Jubilee
Winner: Legion – Definitely agree with this.  Going to miss X-Men Legacy once it ends. 

Best Guest Star in an X-Book
2nd Runner-up: Transonic
1st Runner-up:  Chamber – Chamber has been on a rotating cast in X-Men Legacy
Winner: Pete Wisdom – Apparently Gambit Volume 5 has had Wisdom as much as Legacy has. 

Best Mutant Appearing Outside an X-book
Honorable Mention:  Sunspot
Honorable Mention: Namor
3rd Runner Up: Prodigy
2nd Runner-up: Dani Moonstar
1st Runner-up:  Cannonball
Winner:  X-23

Least Favorite Villain(s)
Dishonorable Mention: Mystique – My problem with Mystique this past year was she was the villain in four titles I collected and none of her schemes seem to be connected.  It was almost as if four writers wanted to use her and chose not to talk to each other. 
Dishonorable Mention: Raze
3rd Runner Up: Xorna
2nd Runner-up:  Dog Logan
1st Runner-up:  Battle of the Atom’s Brotherhood
Winner: Kade Kilgore and his Hellfire Club

Best Villain(s)
Honorable Mention: Red Skull
Honorable Mention: Luca Aldine
3rd Runner Up: Arkea
2nd Runner-up: Gold Xavier Fiend
1st Runner-up: Mystique
Winner: Apocalypse Twins – They are pretty grand

Least Favorite Hero
Dishonorable Mention: Cyclops            – Wolverine fans, I don’t get them
Dishonorable Mention: Fantomex
3rd Runner Up: Scarlet Witch – This I completely understand, I still haven’t forgiven her for the attempted genocide of the mutant race. 
2nd Runner-up:  Beast
1st Runner-up:  Wolverine – Really surprised he didn’t nab the title but people really didn’t care for the winner in Uncanny Avengers. 
Winner:  Havok

Best Hero
Honorable Mention: Storm – Really, I wonder what comics I am missing that she is awesome in?  I am convinced that we were not meant to like her at all last year. 
Honorable Mention: Psylocke
3rd Runner Up: Shadowcat  – She doesn’t get to stand on the pedestal!  Outrageous! 
2nd Runner-up: Legion  – I like Legion but I would have swapped him with Kitty. 
1st Runner-up: Magik – Illyana was so much fun this past year, Marvel has been doing a great job with her these past two years. 
Winner:  Cyclops – I get him being the top hero, he’s leading the successful as well as most interesting side. 

Least Favorite Cover

Dishonorable Mention: Wolverine & the X-Men #37
Dishonorable Mention: Wolverine & the X-Men #31
3rd Runner Up: Wolverine & the X-Men #30
2nd Runner-up: X-Termination #2
1st Runner-up: Uncanny Avengers #14
Winner: Wolverine & the X-Men #27

Best Cover
Honorable Mention: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #12
Honorable Mention: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #15
3rd Runner Up: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #10
X-Men Legacy 14
2nd Runner-up: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #14  – Makes complete sense why Legacy dominated the list!  Those covers were amazing!  I would be curious what the next four would have been. 
Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 14
1st Runner-up: Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3) #14
Winner: X-Men (vol. 4) #1- Coipel Variant

Best One-Shot
2nd Runner-up: Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) Annual #1
1st Runner-up: All New X-Men Special #1
Winner: X-Men: Gold #1 – Claremont writing the X-Men with Kitty in a main role, how could this not won? 

Least Favorite Miniseries
Dishonorable Mention: X-Termination
Dishonorable Mention: Deadpool Kills Deadpool
3rd Runner Up: Infinity: The Hunt
2nd Runner-up: Fantomex MAX
1st Runner-up: X-Men: Battle of the Atom – A real shame that this was the main event of the year and it wasn’t liked.  It is telling that so many titles are repeated, either the same ones were good typically or the same ones were never better than lackluster.  Nothing was in the middle and if it was, it was forgotten. 
Winner: What if… AvX? – I have two issues on my Wishlist, not excited about getting them eventually. 

Best Miniseries
Honorable Mention: Infinity : The Hunt
Honorable Mention: Origin II – Only one issue came out but people seem to love it. 
3rd Runner Up: Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe
2nd Runner-up: X-Men : Battle of the Atom
1st Runner-up:  X-Termination
Winner:  Marvel Knights : X-Men – So glad this made the list but to be the winner?  That is fantastic!  Wish Darla still made the list of debuted characters but you can’t have everything. 

Least Favorite Story from a Single X-Title
Dishonorable Mention: Yesterday’s X-Men (All New X-Men)
Dishonorable Mention: End of X-Factor (X-Factor)
3rd Runner Up: Ragnarok Now (Uncanny Avengers)
2nd Runner-up:  Let it Bleed (Uncanny X-Force Vol 2)
1st Runner-up:  The Hellfire Saga (Wolverine and the X-Men)  – I thought it was okay, missing one issue of it, so that’s irritating.  Having a 14 year old Oya in Hellfire attire was too much. 
Winner:  Savage Learning (Wolverine and the X-Men) – I only own one issue of this storyline, and I liked it but the rest was Wolverine versus his brother while students were left to watch. 

Best Story from a Single X-Title
Honorable Mention: Invasive Exotic (X-Men Legacy)
Honorable Mention: Frozen (Astonishing X-Men Vol 3) – I really liked this, Iceman at his full potential, shame it won’t be referenced again any time soon. 
3rd Runner Up: Yesterday’s X-Men (All New X-Men)
2nd Runner-up: Wear the Grudge Like a Crown (X-Men Legacy) – I liked this storyline so much.  The moment of David challenging Cyclops to a no powers fight is ballsy.  Scott is a certified martial artist and David, is plain crazy. 
1st Runner-up: Primer (X-Men Vol 4) – I really liked this, Kitty and Rachel shined.  Rogue and Psylocke did their parts and Storm proved she shouldn’t assumed she was the leader.  Also Jubilee and Shogo stole the show. 
Winner: Avengers Vs. Uncanny X-Men : GO! (Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 # 3) – I really need to revisit this issue again as it left a huge impression on people.  I only remember that Tempus froze the Avengers while she was only trying to visit her mother.  I don’t recall it being overly funny or anything dramatic happening.  Also, Benjamin Deeds checking out Illyana, her noticing, and telling him that she would break him.  He was not dissuaded, though nothing came of it. 

Least Favorite Ongoing
Dishonorable Mention: Astonishing X-Men Volume 3 – Being lower on the list is a good thing.  Frozen was great, but that two part squid alien thing was no good.  The actual final issue didn’t blow me away, it stated Kitty was in the cast but she doesn’t show up or was referenced, I didn’t buy it. 
Dishonorable Mention: A+X – I only bought three issues of this series last year and I can’t defend the larger majority of it.  I liked what I read though. 
3rd Runner Up: All New X-Men
2nd Runner-up:  Uncanny Avengers – This ended on a higher note but I haven’t been following from the beginning. 
1st Runner-up: Uncanny X-Force Vol 2
Winner: Wolverine and the X-Men – I liked it pre-BotA but once Kitty was gone, I lost all interest.  I will miss Broo but that’s about it.  The upcoming relaunch, I have no interest in. 

Best Ongoing
Honorable Mention: X-Factor
Honorable Mention: Cable and X-Force – Only read the one issue, number six, and thought it was okay. 
3rd Runner Up: X-Men Vol 4 – I liked the first four, then BotA happened, it lost both Kitty and Rogue and my interest. 
2nd Runner-up: All New X-Men – Really like this, as well as the other top two positions. 
1st Runner-up:  X-Men Legacy
Winner:  Uncanny X-Men Volume 3

Best Artist
Honorable Mention: Daniel Acuna (Uncanny Avengers)
Honorable Mention: Frank Cho (Savage Wolverine & X-Men Battle of the Atom 1)
Honorable Mention: Adrian Alphona (Uncanny X-Force Vol 1)
Honorable Mention: Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Astonishing X-Men Vol 3)
Honorable Mention: Ed McGuiness (Amazing X-Men)
Honorable Mention: Salvador Larroca (Cable and X-Force)
Honorable Mention: Kris Anka (Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 # 15)
Honorable Mention: Clay Mann (Gambit Vol 5)
3rd Runner Up: Frazer Irving (Uncanny X-Men Vol 3)
2nd Runner-up: Chris Bachalo (Uncanny X-men Vol 3) – Can’t complain about the top three at all!
1st Runner-up: Oliver Coipel (X-Men Vol 4)
Winner: Stuart Immonen (All New X-Men)

Best Writer:
Honorable Mention: Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men & Amazing X-Men)
Honorable Mention: Peter David (X-Factor)
Honorable Mention: Majorie Liu (Astonishing X-Men Vol 3)
Honorable Mention: James Asmus (Gambit Vol 5)
Honorable Mention: Dennis Hopeless (Cable and X-Force)
3rd Runner Up: Rick Remender (Uncanny Avengers)
2nd Runner-up: Brian Wood (X-Men Vol 4)
1st Runner-up: Brian Michael Bendis (All New X-Men & Uncanny X-Men)
Winner: Simon Spurrier (X-Men Legacy) – Really surprised that Spurrier won this, it makes perfect sense as he wrote the best comic and made every issue something people wanted to discuss.  I figured Bendis being Bendis, would own the top spot so this was a very pleasant surprised. 

Thanks again, to WorstBlogEver for doing all of the tallies and taking on this task!

 

THE RESULTS!!!

1/13/2012
Best Onomatopoeia
Honorable Mention: SHWUNK
Honorable Mention: BOOM
3rd Runner Up: KLANG
2nd Runner-up: BYUH!
1st Runner-up: BAMF
Winner: POINK!

Best Quote
Honorable Mention: “Galactus should eat this place.” – Emma Frost
Honorable Mention: “I don’t care what you dress my brother up as, and I don’t care what flag you wrap yourself in. My people need help and they need it all over the world.” – Cyclops
3rd Runner Up: “Space Justice!” – S.W.O.R.D. Robot
2nd Runner-up: “Captain America… Avengers… Go to hell.” – Cyclops
1st Runner-up: “The Avengers can go f*** themselves.” – Psylocke
Winner: “I rule me.” – Legion

Most Bizarre Moment (Rouge Mort Trophy)
Honorable Mention: Vampire Jubilee can Adopt a Kid?
Honorable Mention: Rachel Grey Flirts With Sublime?
3rd Runner Up: Dazzler is the Future President of the United States?
2nd Runner-up: Lunchlady Husk at the Hellfire Academy?
1st Runner-up: Kitty Switches Schools?
Winner: Longshot is his own Grandfather?

Most Shocking Moment
Honorable Mention: Mystique Replaces Dazzler
Honorable Mention: Death of the Scarlet Witch
3rd Runner Up: Xorna Revealed
2nd Runner-up: Magik Absorbs Limbo Inside Herself
1st Runner-up: Grim Reaper Kills Rogue
Winner: Strong Guy Kills Tier!

Funniest Moment
Honorable Mention: Cyclops and his BBQ Apron
Honorable Mention: Space Justice!
3rd Runner Up: Mystique Gives Gambit Kittens
2nd Runner-up: Gambit Loves a Catfight
1st Runner-up: Teen Iceman Hits Thor with a Snowball
Winner: Ilyana’s Plans for Avengers Tower

Best Fight/Battle
Honorable Mention: Legion & Friends vs. Red Skull
Honorable Mention: Emma & the Stepford Cuckoos vs. Xorna
3rd Runner Up: Astonishing X-Men & Thor vs. Ice-Pocalypse
2nd Runner-up: Magik & Uncanny X-Men vs. Dormammu & the Mindless Ones
1st Runner-up: X-Women vs. Arkea & Omega Sentinel
Winner: Legion vs. Cyclops

Best Death Scene
Honorable Mention: Darkholme
Honorable Mention: Kurt Waggoner
3rd Runner Up: Tier
2nd Runner-up: Gabrielle Haller
1st Runner-up: Scarlet Witch
Winner: Rogue

1/14/2012
Best Kiss:
Honorable Mention: Storm & Wolverine
Honorable Mention: Scott & Jean
3rd Runner Up: Prodigy & Hulkling
2nd Runner-up:  Colossus & Domino
1st Runner-up:  Psylocke & Cluster
Winner: Legion & Blindfold

Best Crossover
Honorable Mention: Age of Ultron
3rd Runner Up:  Infinity
2nd Runner-up:  Arms of the Octopus
1st Runner-up:  Battle of the Atom
Winner: X-Termination

Low Point of the Year
Dishonorable Mention: End of X-Factor
Dishonorable Mention: 05 Stuck in the Future
3rd Runner Up: Death of Scarlet Witch
2nd Runner-up:  Death of Rogue
1st Runner-up: Battle of the Atom
Winner:  Havok’s Speech

High Point of the Year
Honorable Mention: 05 in the present
Honorable Mention: Legion & Blindfold
3rd Runner Up: Rogue can’t stand / kills Wanda
2nd Runner-up:  Kitty switches schools
1st Runner-up: Kitty’s Rebuttal of Havok’s speech
Winner: Nightcrawler is back!

Most Missed Character
Honorable Mention: Unit
Honorable Mention: Hepzibah
3rd Runner Up: Elixir
2nd Runner-up: Jean Grey
1st Runner-up:  Professor X
Winner:  Warpath

Best Debut Character
Honorable Mention: Santi Sardina
Honorable Mention: Hiack
3rd Runner Up: Goldballs
2nd Runner-up:  Apocalypse Twins
1st Runner-up: Shogo Lee
Winner: Benjamin Deeds

Breakthrough Character
Honorable Mention: Blindfold
Honorable Mention: Stepford Cuckoos
3rd Runner Up: Boom Boom
2nd Runner-up:  Teen Jean
1st Runner-up: Jubilee
Winner: Legion

1/15/2012
Best Guest Star in an X-Book
2nd Runner-up: Transonic
1st Runner-up:  Chamber
Winner: Pete Wisdom

Best Mutant Appearing Outside an X-book
Honorable Mention:  Sunspot
Honorable Mention: Namor
3rd Runner Up: Prodigy
2nd Runner-up: Dani Moonstar
1st Runner-up:  Cannonball
Winner:  X-23

Least Favorite Villain(s)
Dishonorable Mention: Mystique
Dishonorable Mention: Raze
3rd Runner Up: Xorna
2nd Runner-up:  Dog Logan
1st Runner-up:  Battle of the Atom’s Brotherhood
Winner: Kade Kilgore and his Hellfire Club

Best Villain(s)
Honorable Mention: Red Skull
Honorable Mention: Luca Aldine
3rd Runner Up: Arkea
2nd Runner-up: Gold Xavier Fiend
1st Runner-up: Mystique
Winner: Apocalypse Twins

Least Favorite Hero
Dishonorable Mention: Cyclops
Dishonorable Mention: Fantomex
3rd Runner Up: Scarlet Witch
2nd Runner-up:  Beast
1st Runner-up:  Wolverine
Winner:  Havok

Best Hero
Honorable Mention: Storm
Honorable Mention: Psylocke
3rd Runner Up: Shadowcat
2nd Runner-up: Legion
1st Runner-up: Magik
Winner:  Cyclops

1/16/2012
Least Favorite Cover
Dishonorable Mention: Wolverine & the X-Men #37
Dishonorable Mention: Wolverine & the X-Men #31
3rd Runner Up: Wolverine & the X-Men #30
2nd Runner-up: X-Termination #2
1st Runner-up: Uncanny Avengers #14
Winner: Wolverine & the X-Men #27

Best Cover
Honorable Mention: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #12
Honorable Mention: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #15
3rd Runner Up: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #10
2nd Runner-up: X-Men: Legacy (vol. 2) #14
1st Runner-up: Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3) #14
Winner: X-Men (vol. 4) #1- Coipel Variant

Best One-Shot
2nd Runner-up: Astonishing X-Men (vol. 3) Annual #1
1st Runner-up: All New X-Men Special #1
Winner: X-Men: Gold #1

Least Favorite Miniseries
Dishonorable Mention: X-Termination
Dishonorable Mention: Deadpool Kills Deadpool
3rd Runner Up: Infinity: The Hunt
2nd Runner-up: Fantomex MAX
1st Runner-up: X-Men: Battle of the Atom
Winner: What if… AvX?

Best Miniseries
Honorable Mention: Infinity : The Hunt
Honorable Mention: Origin II
3rd Runner Up: Longshot Saves the Marvel Universe
2nd Runner-up: X-Men : Battle of the Atom
1st Runner-up:  X-Termination
Winner:  Marvel Knights : X-Men

1/17/2012
Least Favorite Story from a Single X-Title
Dishonorable Mention: Yesterday’s X-Men (All New X-Men)
Dishonorable Mention: End of X-Factor (X-Factor)
3rd Runner Up: Ragnarok Now (Uncanny Avengers)
2nd Runner-up:  Let it Bleed (Uncanny X-Force Vol 2)
1st Runner-up:  The Hellfire Saga (Wolverine and the X-Men)
Winner:  Savage Learning (Wolverine and the X-Men)

Best Story from a Single X-Title
Honorable Mention: Invasive Exotic (X-Men Legacy)
Honorable Mention: Frozen (Astonishing X-Men Vol 3)
3rd Runner Up: Yesterday’s X-Men (All New X-Men)
2nd Runner-up: Wear the Grudge Like a Crown (X-Men Legacy)
1st Runner-up: Primer (X-Men Vol 4)
Winner: Avengers Vs. Uncanny X-Men : GO! (Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 # 3)

Least Favorite Ongoing
Dishonorable Mention: Astonishing X-Men Volume 3
Dishonorable Mention: A+X
3rd Runner Up: All New X-Men
2nd Runner-up:  Uncanny Avengers
1st Runner-up: Uncanny X-Force Vol 2
Winner: Wolverine and the X-Men

Best Ongoing
Honorable Mention: X-Factor
Honorable Mention: Cable and X-Force
3rd Runner Up: X-Men Vol 4
2nd Runner-up: All New X-Men
1st Runner-up:  X-Men Legacy
Winner:  Uncanny X-Men Volume 3

Best Artist
Honorable Mention: Daniel Acuna (Uncanny Avengers)
Honorable Mention: Frank Cho (Savage Wolverine & X-Men Battle of the Atom 1)
Honorable Mention: Adrian Alphona (Uncanny X-Force Vol 1)
Honorable Mention: Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Astonishing X-Men Vol 3)
Honorable Mention: Ed McGuiness (Amazing X-Men)
Honorable Mention: Salvador Larroca (Cable and X-Force)
Honorable Mention: Kris Anka (Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 # 15)
Honorable Mention: Clay Mann (Gambit Vol 5)
3rd Runner Up: Frazer Irving (Uncanny X-Men Vol 3)
2nd Runner-up: Chris Bachalo (Uncanny X-men Vol 3)
1st Runner-up: Oliver Coipel (X-Men Vol 4)
Winner: Stuart Immonen (All New X-Men)

Best Writer:
Honorable Mention: Jason Aaron (Wolverine and the X-Men & Amazing X-Men)
Honorable Mention: Peter David (X-Factor)
Honorable Mention: Majorie Liu (Astonishing X-Men Vol 3)
Honorable Mention: James Asmus (Gambit Vol 5)
Honorable Mention: Dennis Hopeless (Cable and X-Force)
3rd Runner Up: Rick Remender (Uncanny Avengers)
2nd Runner-up: Brian Wood (X-Men Vol 4)
1st Runner-up: Brian Michael Bendis (All New X-Men & Uncanny X-Men)
Winner: Simon Spurrier (X-Men Legacy)

Thanks to WorstBlogEver for doing all of the tallies and taking on this task!