If not a true Jordama follower, it is okay, you have just made a poor life decision.
But if you are, you probably have seen my list devoted to the young/new X-men. The list has 30 of the characters that I defined as the X-Kids. For a long time I was not sure how or what method would be the best way to rank them, alphabetical seemed lazy for me. So I decided to rank them by the number of appearances they have. I update this every month so I can see how the kids appearances have changed month to month. I just finished the update and I thought I would share some of the more interesting details that I have noticed from the update.
Top 5
Some basic details that came out of the creation of the list was the top five. In my mind I would like to think the top five are the most influential of the young students. What surprised me was who the top 5 were. 5-3 are the three living cuckoos. That shocked me a little until I really thought about how long they have been around compared to the other students, so makes sense. In second place, the real shocker, Rockslide! Wait what? Rockslide has appeared in an outstanding 233 issues since being created in 2003. And the number one spot is, not surprising, X-23. She has been so out there for so long, she is the clear front runner having just cleared the 300 issue mark.Big Jumpers
There were two characters that had a huge jump in the number of appearances since last month. X-23 is the first. She jumped 20 issues since last month. Again, not that surprising considering her own on going and appearances in Wolverine's and Daken's books. The BIG jump and I mean huge was a thirty issue jump done by, drum roll, DUST! She jumped from 160 to 190 in one month. Not only that she jumped from 12th place to 8th. Now surpassing Surge and Anole and knocking Armor out of the top 10.Bottom Five
The bottom five are clearly the least used, but it isn't really that big of an insult. 26th is Cipher the Young X-Men that hasn't done anything since that book was cancelled, except for the occasional cameo. 27th-29th are three of the Five lights that are included in the list. They have only existed for less than a year, they are allowed to have less than 20 appearances. And last place, and one of my favorites, is Crosta. Doesn't sound familiar? That's because he only appeared 3 times, and one was a reprinting.I hope this has been informative, Thanks if you read it :)
PS if you think this type of blog is useless, let me know and I wont do it again. I think it is interesting to see but I might be alone.
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