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#1  Edited By spidermonkey2099
  1. Chris Claremont (Uncanny X-men, and he also wrote at least a few issues of just about every other X-title that came out during his long run, and did it well)
  2. Joss Whedon (Astonishing X-Men)
  3. Grant Morrison (New X-Men- Love the first half of his run... not crazy about his portrayal of Magneto in the 2nd half, but it's still a good read)
  4. Rick Remender (Uncanny X-Force)
  5. Peter David (Wolverine, X-Factor- I've only read his first stint on the title in the 90s, but I'm looking forward to catching up on his current run)
  6. Larry Hama (Wolverine in the 90s)
  7. Greg Rucka (Wolverine in the early 2000s)
  8. Frank Tieri (Wolverine in the late 90s/early 2000s)
  9. Mark Millar (Ultimate X-Men & Wolverine)
  10. Paul Jenkins (Wolverine: Origin)

I know my list is a little Wolverine-heavy, but he's always been one of my faves, so my collection of X-books over the years has always been a little Wolverine-heavy too. I considered knocking one of the Wolverine writers off my top 10 in favor of Christopher Yost/Craig Kyle, Scott Lobdell, Fabian Nicieza, Warren Ellis (Excalibur), or Brian Michael Bendis (for his Ultimate X-Men run, I haven't gotten to his current X-Men run, though I'm looking forward to it), but I just couldn't do it.

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I saw this earlier in the week and decided I would think about it and come back and vote later. Then I never did. But, the more I think about it, I think I would have voted I love both equally. Both are amazing shows that I could watch over and over. Batman the Animated Series (including the revamp, aka The New Batman Adventures) is the best of the DCAU, but Batman Beyond and JLU are probably the 2 best spin-offs (though all the shows from that universe are really good).

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#3  Edited By spidermonkey2099

I like Wonder Woman, but I never really cared for her on that show (apart from her relationship with Batman... some of that stuff was cute, funny, etc.). Hawkgirl, on the other hand, was awesome. Especially after the Thanagarian Invasion.

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Love both, though I voted for the classic. Glad it came out a tie between those 2.

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Finally saw The Amazing Spider-Man 2 earlier today, and I've got to say, it's easily my favorite Spider-Man movie so far.

I was never a fan of the Raimi Spider-Man films (way too campy, bad acting/writing, among other things), but I've loved Webb's 2 films so far, especially this latest one. The first Amazing Spider-Man was great, up until the third act. I think Connors was portrayed well in the movie, but by that third act, I felt something was missing from his characterization (I recently realized it was his family that I was missing... could have been so much more compelling in my opinion if, on top of trying to protect NY City, Spider-Man was trying to protect the Connors family from the good doc... that was always my favorite aspect of the character anyway... but I digress).

This latest one, at least after the first viewing, was great all the way through. Garfield and Stone are, once again, spectacular as Spidey and Gwen. The action sequences were sensational. And I thought DeHaan and Fox did great jobs as the villains in this movie (and I also like Giamatti's 2 little scenes as the Rhino... those were 2 short but sweet fight scenes).

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Hooray for nostalgia! :) The '94 series really was a great show, though I definitely plan on Netflixing Spectacular Spider-Man at some point.

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For me it was Batgirl, Annie (the Clayface-girl), Dana, and 10 (the last 2 being from Batman Beyond)

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I grew up watching the 1994 Spider-Man cartoon series, and, along with the X-Men and Batman animated shows of that same era, it's what originally got me interested in comics. The only other shows that I've seen all the through on this list are Spider-Man Unlimited and New Spider-Man Animated Series. The latter was pretty good, but Unlimited paled in comparison to its predecessor. I've only seen clips of Spectacular Spider-Man, which I hear is really good, but just from the clips I've seen, I think it's one I'll like, but I'm not convinced that I'll like it better than the one I grew up with. The rest of the shows I've seen bits and pieces of, and they weren't great (apart from the catchy theme song from the one in the 60s). But I suppose it's really hard to beat my nostalgia of the 1994 series. On top of that, I just remember that show having really compelling season-long story arcs, not to mention an amazing finale. Just as Kevin Conroy is the voice of Batman, whenever I read a Spider-Man comic, it's Christopher Daniel Barnes' voice I hear as Spidey.

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I'd probably say Interpersonal, Intra-personal, and Lingiuistic Intelligence.

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#10  Edited By spidermonkey2099

I voted Bendis because he's written so much Spidey, and all that I've read of it (I'm still in the Parker years of his USM run, but I'm close to the end of that) is consistently some of the best writing for Spidey that I've read. He breathed new life into the character with his reimagined Spider-Man and Spidey universe. Bendis' run on USM will probably go down as one of the all-time greats, like Stan Lee's run on the character or Claremont's run on X-Men.

Stan Lee would be a close second. I'm generally not a huge fan of Silver Age comics, but Stan Lee's Spidey run is simply amazing (pun intended).

Third would be JMS simply because of his first one or two story arcs on the title. The Morlun saga and the issues where Aunt May discovers Peter's secret are among the best Spidey issues I've ever read. From what I hear, the quality of the stories decline as his run goes on, but I can't really comment on that as I haven't had a chance to finish his run yet.

Then, to round out my top 5, I would say David Michelinie and Peter David. Michelinie wrote several of my favorite Spidey tales (and some of the first I ever collected), including some memorable bouts with the symbiotes, Lizard, and even Ultron. And Peter David is on my list because of Spider-Man 2099. Such a great look at what a future Spidey might look like. I know he also had a run on Spectacular Spider-Man, which includes popular story arc The Death of Jean DeWolfe, but unfortunately I've not had a chance to read any of that run yet (hopefully soon though...).