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Hall of Fame

There have been many writers that have taken on the task of penning X-Men storyarcs over the years. There have been good ones, there have been bad ones and there have been unmemorable ones. Below (listed alphabetically) is a list of writers that, we think, have done a good job, particularly in their handling of everybody's favourite walking, talking popsicle.

Joe Casey
Uncanny X-Men #368, #394 - #409
X-Men #73, #88
Casey turned Angel into a kickass character like he has never been outside of his Archangel days. From the big bad gun to the use of his millionaire status and business acumen, Casey gave us the most interesting Warren we have ever seen.
THE man introduced a new mutant that had truly original powers (Stacy) and, despite her controversial origin, showed potential to develop into an interesting and strong character.
Oh, yeah. Casey had a good understanding of bobby's character and motivation too, and he knew how to use the Icemans powers effectively... Although not as well as Nicieza

Scott Lobdell
Uncanny X-Men #286 - #349, #390 - #393
X-Men #6 - #11, #46 - #50, #56 - #69, #109 - #113
Many do not consider Lobdell's run to be one of the better ones and we readily admit that he has made some mistakes. But who Hasn't? Scott has done well enough by the Bobster however to get a commendation from us. You need reasons? Here are two:
LEGIONQUEST!... Iceman actually managed to slow legion down after all the other X-men had been brought to their knees and/or taken out
OZT (Operation Zero Tollerance)!... Bobby dealing with his dad, Bobby going undercover, Bobby forming and leading a team of new X-Men. Dr. Cecilia Reyes.

Fabien Nicieza
Uncanny X-Men #279 - #280, #366 - #367
X-Men #12 - #45, #86 - #87
X-Men Forever #1 - #6 (miniseries)
X-Men Forever, X-men Forever and...Uh, did we mention X-Men Forever? Some of the best displays of Icemans abilities took place in this miniseries. From Start to finish Nicenza prooves that he truly understands Bobby's personality and the full potential of his powers... Too bad current writers are pretending that it never happened.

Louise Simonson
X-Factor #6 - #46, #48 - #54, #56 - #64
Louise did some wonderful things with the dynamic trio (Beast, Iceman, Angel). She understood the 3 characters and their relationship to each other and she didn't have them playing second tier to Cyke and Jean. Louise gave us Archangel and for that alone she deserves a medal. But she also dealt with and solved the problem of Iceman loosing control of his powers and being unable to change back into human form (sound familiar?).

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Hall of Shame

If we're gonna mention the good, we've gotta mention the utterly bad and ugly as well... Its only fair after all, not to mention fun. So heres our "rogues gallery" of the most terrible of the terrible writers to ever put pen to paper in the name of the X-men.

Chuck Austen
Uncanny X-Men #410 - current
X-Men #73, #88
We would count the ways in which Chucky's writing sucks, except that there isn't a single free web-hosting service in all of cyberspace that provides enough memory space for that. Here is a summary of the major points instead:
The man ruins almost every character he touches, particularly the female ones and Bobby.
Austen has no understanding of Bobby's motivations and personality.
The Hack completely ignores continuity and therefore ends up rehashing storylines that have been explored and concluded by previous writers

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