Honestly Jean Grey would be my favorite X-Man, Forge would be second, and I couldn't really honestly rate Maggott above 6th or so -- but because I figure other people won't vote for these guys, I'd place them higher on my list. I think a lot of people probably did this. People vote for their favorite underdogs. Especially X-Men, 'cause the X-Men are all about underdogs.

That's why Cargill's here, it's why Cecilia Reyes is so high, and it's why the top-seller is only 7th -- everybody loves Wolvie, but it's not cool to vote for him because it's too bloody typical.

Either this is what I think it is, or it's a sign of my altogether screwed up worldview.

Nice write up on each and every one. Man if only my sense of humor was as sharp.

Still, didn't expect the top one. But I didn't vote too, so alas, I have no say.

1. Wolverine
2. Kitty Pryde
3. Beast
4. Colossus
5. Nightcrawler
6. Jean Grey
7. Cyclops
8. Professor X
9. Angel
10. Rogue

1. Wolverine
2. Cyclops
3. Nightcrawler
4. Magneto
5. Beast
6. Kitty Pryde
7. Jean Grey
8. Emma Frost
9. Storm
10. Colossus
11. Rogue
12. Gambit
13. Iceman
14. Angel
15. Cable
16. Havok
17. Psylocke
18. Cannonball
19. Professor X
20. Longshot

This one makes so much more sense. I guess Wolverine makes a much better Avenger than an X-Man.

That's disgusting! I'll buy two copies.

"he could still get the full set, the whole born in an alternate future thing means that Racheal is not legally his Daughter."

That's really disgusting! I'll buy ten copies and its variants.

"Honestly it’s bad enough that there are only 10 people in the world who realize that Jean Grey was never the phoenix in the first place."

I think everyone knows that, but don't really care because a.) The original intent of the story was for it to be Jean Grey until later retconned b.) After the Inferno saga she gained the memories of the Phoenix "copy" anyways and c.) Morrison essentially retconned the retcon with the whole Phoenix egg/ White Hot room concept.

(OK. I'm joking and all, but that was actually painful to type. I had these involuntary muscle spams every third letter and had to stifle the vomit reflex. Like my body was physically rejecting what I was typing.

My body is pretty smart.)

Honestly it's bad enough that there are only 10 people in the world who realize that Jean Grey was never the phoenix in the first place.

Sorry, not the place for all that.

Anyway yeah the rankings were really messed up, while I don't agree with the top characters, at least they've stood the test of time, these are characters that deserve the spotlight, even if they've been poorly written for the last 15 years or so.

Madness!.

For comparison: First Top 50 X-Men Poll

1) Nightcrawler (Yay!)
2) Rogue
3) Kitty Pryde

Comics Should Be Good's Top 50 Characters (X-men Division)

1) Wolverine (# 7 overall)
2) Cyclops (# 10 overall)
3) Nightcrawler (Yay!) (# 12 overall)

Current Poll:

1) Rouge
2) Cyclops
3) Iceman
6) Nightcrawler.

I take this as definitive proof that X-men fans are getting progressively stupider.

Wolverine's low place is so obviously a case of Internet bias. Internet people must be cooler and snarkier than ordinary mortals, and one of the ways they show that is by rejecting something everybody else seems to love.