Here's mine:

1) Wolverine - SNIKT! Who else can go at the top? This is probably a boring and predictable choice, but he is one of the coolest characters ever. Even if they did kinda fuck up his history/origin. Awesome powers, the coolest personality, and the ultimate badass.

2) Nighcrawler - BAMF! The swashbuckling "elf" always appealed to me. He has a cool as shit power and is an overall great character.

3) Psylocke - A super hot ninja chick with a psychic knife and a great outfit? How do you top that? Not feeling the whole tranferred consciousness angle, but whatever.

4) Beast - Blue fur is cool. It like the idea to make a super brainy ape-like dude, even cooler since his agility and reflexes are his main power and not just strength.

5) Colossus - Had the potential to be really dumb (a super strong guy made of metal?), but they made it work. And he's Russian (brings to mind Rocky IV). I like that he has to turn into his steel body and doesn't stay that way like Thing or Beast.

6) Shadowcat - Definitely makes the most out of a kinda wimpy power. Pretty cool chick that's probably too high on the list, but I like her and that's that.
Also, she has the coolest combination of hero name (Shadowcat) and her normal identity (Kitty Pryde) {Dense folks - all three are cat references}. Plus Lockheed is the shit.

7) Gambit - Explosive playing cards, a streetfighter with a mysterious and shady background, and a Cajun accent? Sounds like a cool character to me. Not sure why he uses a staff instead of a better weapon though.

8) Archangel - Pretty cool despite the potential lameness of a flying dude with wings and no other powers. I liked him best when he had the metal wings and blades. That was cool as shit, and gave him a weapon too.

9) Rogue - Sexy with a cool power and great accent. Of course, without the permanent theft from Ms. Marvel she'd be pretty limited. I do like that her power is actually a cool limitation too.

10) Bishop - Great power and cool weapons. And he's from the future. You can't fuck with Bishop.

Just missed the top 10:
11) Jean Grey / Phoenix - Sexy with awesome powers, but the whole Phoenix thing dwarfs all that. There are lots of awesome stories that revolved around her, but unfortunately, there are lots of dumb ones too. Before the whole Phoenix thing she would have definitely been top 10. During the middle of it, she would have been near the top, because she was such a fucking badass. But after it was all over... ehh.


Honorable mentions:
- Magneto! He's cool as shit but not really eligible - yes, he was an X-Man for awhile, but he will always be a villain to me... one of Marvel's coolest villains, at that (Doom is still my favorite).
- Cable (don't know much about him, but what I do know is cool as shit - he has to hold himself together using TK? that's fucking cool)
- Iceman (makes the most of a kinda lame power, and I like his personality)
- Storm (badass, Halle Berry does her no justice... but didn't make the top 10)
- Longshot (very cool power and cool dude, but the whole Mojo shit is extra lame)
- Havok (definitely cooler than Cyclops, but not distinctive enough of a personality to make the list)


Dishonorable mention - Cyclops. He has a cool power, but what a douchebag.

PS Fuck IGN's list top 25 list (http://comics.ign.com/articles/708/708826p1.html). It sucks.

Psylocke at # 22? Insulting.
Wolverine at # 4? Ridiculous.
Cyclops at # 1? Fuck that lame.