Here is an archive of all the past top five lists I've one over the years.

We take a look at the top five greatest Rogue moments since she became a member of the X-Men.

NOTE: There have been SO many great Rogue moments over the years that I'm going to skip honorable mentions because there are just too many, so if I start picking one I'll have to pick five and if I pick five, I'll have to pick ten, etc. So I'm just going to try to pick my top five choices.

5. Rogue Redeems Her Theft of Ms. Marvel's Soul (Uncanny X-Men #269)

A major problem with Rogue as a hero is that her power set was based on the fact that she stole the powers and the very soul of former superhero, Ms. Marvel. Ultimately, that is what drove her to join the X-Men in the first place, as she was being slowly driven insane by sharing a body with Carol Danvers' soul. So even when she did tons of awesomely heroic stuff, she still sort of "needed" to make up for what she did to Carol. Uncanny X-Men #269 (by Chris Claremont, Jim Lee and Art Thibert) finally resolved that. After going through the Siege Perilous, Rogue and Carol were separated into two beings, but still sharing one life force.

Rogue has the chance to end her once again, but she cannot do it...





Ultimately Magneto shows up and kills "Carol" (who was corrupted by the Shadow King, which is why she is being particularly dickish to Rogue), but the intent was clear - Rogue wasn't going to make the same mistake again. She had truly matured. And now, she was without Carol's personality in her mind finally as her "reward."

4. Rogue Learns How to Control Her Powers (X-Men Legacy #224)

First off, I considered X-Men #24 (by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert), but while it was a great moment, it seemed kind of par for the course at the time...







that was the days of "can't actually move anything forward! Just tread water!" But it was very well done by Nicieza.

Instead, I'm going with X-Men Legacy #224 by Mike Carey, Scot Eaton and Andrew Hennessey, where Professor Xavier and Danger discover how Rogue's powers work...



and then Xavier goes into Rogue's mind to fix her...





His mission now seemingly successful, he lets Rogue rest, as her mind now has to catch up to her newly matured powers. When she wakes, she is unsure if it really worked....









Amazing work by Carey. He really had a way with Rogue.

Go to the next page for the top three!

3. Rogue Protects Hope (X-Force #26)

This one is tough. I want to spotlight one of the times where Rogue absorbed a lot of powers. Those are awesome moments. The first famous example was Uncanny X-Men #194 (by Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr., Dan Green and Steve Leialoha)...





but that's not THAT cool.

Claremont had Sage allow Rogue to access ALL of her past powers to fight an alien invasion in X-Treme X-Men, but while that moment SOUNDS cool, it really didn't look that cool in the comic itself. Similarly, in a great moment in Mike Carey's X-Men, Rogue absorbed billions of alien minds to save the day. It was cool, but not THAT cool. More recently, she did some cool multiple power stuff in Uncanny Avengers, but while that was cool, it sort of loses a bit of coolness in the repetitiveness of it as a tactic.

I guess I'm going to go with her last-ditch attempts to save Hope's life from Bastion during Second Coming. Rogue was assigned as Hope's bodyguard in the storyline, where Bastion systematically removed all teleporters who could get Hope out of harm's way. Finally, in X-Force #26 (by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, Mike Choi and Sonia Oback), he found Hope and Rogue, hopelessly outgunned by Bastion, still laid her life on the line...











Ultimately, it was Nightcrawler who then gave his life to save Hope against Bastion, but it was still a striking sequence for Rogue. But honestly, I sort of want this one to be a generic "Rogue absorbs multiple character's powers" spot. Because that's a classic Rogue thing.

2. Rogue Sacrifices Herself for Her Team (Uncanny X-Men #247)

Speaking of absorbing other people's powers, this classic Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri and Dan Green story has Rogue make the ultimate sacrifice to stop Master Mold, while first using her powers in a brilliant fashion by dropping from the sky like a bullet (also, again, the FIRST time she tries these things is a bit more notable, ya know?)...











1. Rogue Proves Herself an X-Man (Uncanny X-Men #173)

Was there any doubt? Chris Claremont, Paul Smith and Bob Wiacek handled this tale, Rogue's first mission as an X-Man, where she and Wolverine fought together with the rest of the X-Men incapacitated. She then proves herself a hero to Wolverine in a brilliantly designed moment by Claremont and Smith...







That's the list! Agree? Disagree (come on, there are so many Rogue fans out there that I know y'all have some strong opinions)? Let me know!