Ranking system for the X-Men story arcs.

Hello everyone, I thought it would be a good idea to find out what are the most popular X-Men story arcs of all time on comic vine. So I created this ranking system.

Here is the ranking system where you rank the story arc.

12 points : Goes to are favourite X-Men story arcs, the stories that we think are the best.

9 points : Goes to the stories, that we think are very good and we like them a lot.

6 points: Goes to the stories , that we like and that we think are ok.

Best way to rank X-Men story arcs

1) Give Name of comic, issue number and year e.g X-Men 7(1993)

2) Post Image of the comic.

3) If it's a popular story arc. Just say name and the writer or just the name of the story arc.

4) Please don't rank a series, not every writer wrote 4 stories. Unless it's a solo series and it only has few issues. If turns out your fan of Joss Whedon series, just give 12 points each of his stories.

5) If it turns out that you only like 1 issue from a major story arc, then just say e.g you like to give Wolverine and the X-Men (10) 6 points.

7) You can rank crossovers. As long as the X-Men characters play a big part in the story arc. With regards to Wolverine, he more of Avenger, than X-Men. So please don't give points to story arc if it's just him and rest of the Avengers. If it's Wolverine and Spiderman story arc, fair enough.

I like to say you can rank any X-Men story arc.

You rank a story from any X-Men comics past or present.

You can rank any X-Force or X-Factor comic. You can even rank story arc from Generation X or Exiles. You also can rank a story arc from any X-Men solo series. You can ranks as many as you want.

Here is my ranking system

12 points

Goes to :

X-Cuitoner Song (90's)

Wolverine (90) : The Dying Game

Age of Apocalypse(90's)

Fatal Attractions

X-Men (33) : The Heart of Thieves

9 Points

Goes to :

The Uncanny X-Men (318) : Moving Day

X-Men (28) : Devil In The House

The Uncanny X-Men (201) : Duel

Messiah Complex

Uncanny X-Men : Divided We Stand

6 points

Goes to :

Ultimate X-MEN : Cry Wolf

Age of X

Ultimate X-MEN : Blockbuster

Ultimate X-MEN : The Tempest.

As you can see I have only rank a few story arcs. Some of these are not even in my top 10 or top 20. I just wanted to show how you can rank the stories.

I hope you can guys take part. You can ranks any many X-Men story arcs as you like.

12 points : Goes to are favourite X-Men story arcs, the stories that we think are the best.

Gifted (Whedon, 2004), Torn (2006), Unstoppable (2007), God Loves, Man Kills (Claremont, 1981), Days of Future Past (1981), The Trial of Magneto (1985), Duel (1985), The Uncanny X-Men #235-238 "Welcome to Genosha" (1988), Legacies (Lobdell, 1993), Fatal Attractions (1993), E is for Extinction (Morrison, 2001), Riot at Xavier's (2003)...

9 points : Goes to the stories, that we think are very good and we like them a lot.

Dangerous (Whedon, 2005), Dark Phoenix Saga (Claremont, 1980), Something Wicked This Way Comes! (1980) I, Magneto (1981), Dancin' in the Dark (1983), Hell Hath No Fury... (1984), He'll never make me cry (1984) Public Enemy! (1984), Marvel Team-Up #150 - 'Tis Better To Give! (1985), the Mutant Massacre (1986), Lost in The Funhouse (1987)..

6 points: Goes to the stories , that we like and that we think are ok

Phalanx Covenant (1994), Generation X #3 - Dead Silence (1994), Imperial (Morrison, 2002), New Worlds (2002), Divided (Brubaker, 2008), Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega (Wood, 2012),The Arms of The Octopus (Costa, 2013)..

I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but that's off the top of my head.

Thank you very much. You can rank some more stories at a later stage if you want. I know I forgot quite few.

@time: no problem. I could probably rattle off 6's and 9's all afternoon, but these are some favorites.

Good selection. I missed out quite a few of my favourites. Some of the ones above I do like a lot though..

12 points

Asgardian Wars (Mainly X-Men Annual 9 and New Mutants SE 1), From the Ashes, Dark Phoenix

9 Points

Days of Future Past, God Loves Man Kills, Wildways (X-Men Annual 10 and New Mutants Annual 2)

6 Points

E is for Extinction, Proteus Saga, Age of Apocalypse (Mainly for the Generation Next sections)

Lets bump this up, but this is gonna take some time for me...

Well I am going to start with 2000's, then in my next post I will do the 1990's, then the 1980's.

I am going to do the early 2000's to the late 2000's

You will see I am using 9 and 6 points for 2000's.

9 Points

New X-Men #139 - Shattered

X-Treme X-Men #17 - La Suerte de Matar!

X-Treme X-Men #18 - Day of the Dead

X-Treme X-Men #19 - Passages

Witchblade/Wolverine #1 - Bloody Wedding

All-New X-Men #6 (2013)

Messiah War

Second Coming

X-Force : Old Ghosts

X-Force: Angels and Demons

X-Force: Sex & Violence

X-Men Origins: Jean Grey

6 points

X-Factor #237 - Road to Redemption

The Uncanny X-Men #529 - The Five Lights, Part Four

AVX: Consequences

Cable: Waiting for the End of the World

Uncanny X-Men: Sisterhood

Uncanny X-Men: Manifest Destiny

Nation X #2 - When You Were Here

X-Men Legacy: Back to School

Wolverine and the X-Men: Alpha & Omega

Psylocke (2009)

Wolverine and Jubilee (2011)

X-Men Legacy: Original Sin

Weapon XI, Pt. 1, Weapon XI, Pt. 2, Weapon XI, Pt. 3 (It's all the part of the same story arc. So it gets 6 points.

Generation Hope #15

I only listed a few from 2000's. I will do the rest later.

I wonder want stories you going to rank.

Thanks for taking part.

12 Points

Gifted, Torn, Unstoppable, Old Man Logan.

9 Points

Dangerous, Riot at Xavier's, Age of X, Second Coming.

6 Points

House of M, Peter David's X-factor, Warren Ellis' Excalibur (much of it, at least), Claremont's New Mutants (for nostalgia value, really), X-Infernus, Divided We Stand, Manifest Destiny, E is for Extinction, Imperial.

I might have missed some stuff, not sure. Personally I prefer to be less positive with my ranking of X-men storylines- the categories I divide things into are 'good' and 'not completely horrible'.

While I appreciate you taking part. Can you please not rank a series. This threads is just for story arcs. I mean Peter David has over 200 issues. That's quite a lot. Is there any X-Factor story arcs that you like from the series. Any 'Excalibur' story arcs you like. Any stories from the New Mutants.

Please just rank story arcs. You can rank series if a solos series. Like Psylocke solo series. It only had 5 issues.

12 Points:

• Second Genesis (Giant Sized X-Men 1, 1975)
• Dark Phoenix Saga (Uncanny X-Men 129-138, 1980)
• Days of Future Past Uncanny X-Men 141 & 142, 1981)

9 Points:

• House of M (House of M 1-8, 2005) (does this count?)
• Asgardian Wars (Uncanny X-Men Annual 9 & New Mutants Special Edition 1, 1985 [I think])
• The Phoenix Saga (Uncanny X-Men 101-108, 1976-1977)
• Ultimate X-Men: The Tomorrow People (Ultimate X-Men 1-6, 2001)
• The Killing Dream (X-23 1-6, 2010)
• E is for Extinction (New X-Men 114-116, 2001)

6 Points:

• High Tide (Spider-Man Versus Wolverine 1, 1987)
• 'Tis Better to Give! (Marvel Team Up 150, 1985)
• Wolverine Vol. 1 (Wolverine 1-4, 1982) (I don't remember any actual name for the series)
• Mutant Massacre (1986, don't remember the exact issues)
• The Trial of Magneto (Uncanny X-Men 200, 1985)
• Duel (Uncanny X-Men 201, 1985)

Thanks for taking part. House of M does count, cause there a lot of X-Men characters in it and when Scarlet Witch wipe out half of the Mutant race.

@time: You seriously want me to list every story arc from the Peter David run on X-factor and the Warren Ellis run on Excalibur?

As a side note I thought the Psylocke miniseries was awful.

You don't have to list them all. You can pick a story arc or 2. That's what some people have done already. They listed a few story arcs, not a whole series.

Well I like the Psylocke solo series.

@time: Well, what I'm saying is that throughout the runs in question nothing stood out in particular but they were consistently entertaining.

X-Factor was good. I like about 8 stories from the series. So far I have only listed one issue. I intend to list the others soon.

I just want people to list story arcs instead of series, cause one it's easier and it's easier for me to work out the points.

@time: Actually, no, it's not easier.

oh, nice! I thought I was going to be the only one to mention this! love this issue.

It is easy, cause most people have a fair idea of what there favourite stories are. I've see people list there top 50 story arcs before. I do find it strange that you like all of the 262 issues of X-Factor investigations.

Having said that, you have listed 14 story arcs. So you don't have to rank anymore.

12 Points:

Magneto #1 (2014)

Fatal Attraction (X-Men #25, X-Force #25, X-Factor #92, Excalibur #71, Wolverine #75 1993)

X-Men: Magneto War #1 (1999)

X-Men Vol.1 (1991)

9 Points:

X-Men Legacy (2008)

Magneto not a Hero #1-4 (2012)

Quicksilver #1-13 (1997-1998)

Magneto Dark Seduction #1-4 (200)

6 Points:

Age of Apocalypse (1990)

Magneto #1-4 (1996-1997)

Magneto Rex #1-3 (1999)

House of M #1-8 (2005)

man, other than not having The Uncanny X-Men #150 - I, Magneto and The Uncanny X-Men #200 - The Trial of Magneto, that's a pretty sweet Magneto's greatest hits..

one thing though, where you listed Fatal Attractions you forgot The Uncanny X-Men #304 - Fatal Attractions Part 3: ...For What Have I Done. I would actually include The Uncanny X-Men #300 - Legacies up to 304, but that's just me.

These are what I had in my mind as I was wrote it. Yes...I forgot the Uncanny X-men #150...and yes the trial of magneto was a good one too especially The Uncanny X-men #300 (I guess you know why...lol) and so is #298 and 299...I only came up with what I had in mind...so much that if they let me....I will write basically all my favorite issues...lol.

Thanks for taking part. I just want to ask for X-Men Vol.1(1991). You don't mean the series right ?. Is there any story arcs that you like from the series ? I want people to pick story arcs not X-Men titles.

I assumed he meant X-Men (vol.2, 1991) #1- Rubicon to 3 - Fallout!, since that's one complete arc and the only issues of the book to come out in '91.

Ok, that was a good story arc.

Here are some more stories I like to rank, there from late 2000's

6 points.

Got to these :

X-Force : Not Forgotten

Wolverine & X-Men 12 : Hounded(only this issue, not the Avengers vs X-Men event)

Uncanny X-Force : Final Execution

Wolverine & X-Men 10 : Avengers vs. X-Men .....vs. X-Men ( only this issue)

Astonishing X-Men : Ghost Boxes

X-Men Legacy : Allegiances Part 1 & 2

X-23 : Touching Darkness Part 1 to 3

X-23 : The Killing Dream

Uncanny X-Force : The Dark Angel Saga

Uncanny X-Force : The Apocalypse Solution

X-Men Legacy : Occupy The Jean Grey school Part 1 & 2

X-Men Legacy : Earth Give Up Your Dead Part 1 to 3 ( only these issues, not the Necrosha story arc.)

X-Men : Worlds Apart

Cable : Messiah War

Gallery

Sorry to be so late Time....life has been...interesting lately.

12 Points:

AoA

Messiah War

CaXF (I KNOW...I'm weird....)

Ellis's Excalibur run

X-Factor - Breaking points

9 Points:

Angels & Demons

Not Forgotten

Necrosha

Executioners song

Xtinction Agenda

6 Points:

Asgardian Wars