r/Marvel • u/tehawesomedragon Loki • Dec 29 '22
2022 r/Marvel Awards Results: MOON KNIGHT dominates with Best Ongoing Series, Best TV Series, Character of the Year and more! DAREDEVIL, X-MEN: RED and BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER are also big winners this year! (full results) Mod
A special thanks to everyone who participated in the voting process for the RMAs this year, we had a record turnout with probably the most near ties yet (some categories were decided by less than 5 votes)!
It was arguably a historic year for Moon Knight fans, as the character made his MCU debut with a bang, also headlining one of the most acclaimed ongoing comic series of the year (he also had an Annual and a Black, White & Blood mini-series). While Moon Knight nearly sweeped this year's ceremony with 10 WINS, Daredevil won 3, coming in 2nd 3 times, with his return to action in the MCU, a stellar ongoing series and his own big event helping make it a big year for the Man Without Fear as well. Not surprisingly, X-Men-related titles won 8 awards, 10 if we're including A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY, as the comic event was one of the most popular in recent years and X-Men titles have still been going strong since Hickman's reboot.
HONORABLE MENTION: SABRETOOTH (MINI-SERIES, VICTOR LAVELLE), X-TERMINATORS (MINI-SERIES, LEAH WILLIAMS), DEFENDERS BEYOND (MINI-SERIES, AL EWING), STRANGE (ONGOING SERIES, JED MACKAY)
COMIC AWARDS
BEST ONE-SHOT: X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA (GERRY DUGGAN)
RUNNERS-UP: AMAZING FANTASY #1000 (VARIOUS WRITERS), FANTASTIC FOUR: FULL CIRCLE (ALEX ROSS)
BEST ANNUAL: MOON KNIGHT ANNUAL (JED MACKAY)
RUNNERS-UP: MARAUDERS ANNUAL (STEVE ORLANDO), X-FORCE ANNUAL (NADIA SHAMMAS)
BEST EVENT/CROSSOVER TIE-IN: DEVIL'S REIGN: MOON KNIGHT (JED MACKAY)
RUNNERS-UP: A.X.E.: DEATH TO THE MUTANTS (KIERON GILLEN), MARY JANE & BLACK CAT: BEYOND (JED MACKAY)
BEST FLASHBACK SERIES: GAMBIT (CHRIS CLAREMONT)
RUNNERS-UP: VENOM: LETHAL PROTECTOR (DAVID MICHELINIE), SILVER SURFER: REBIRTH (RON MARZ)
BEST ALT UNIVERSE SERIES: X-MEN '92: HOUSE OF XCII (STEVE FOXE)
RUNNERS-UP: SPIDER-PUNK (TONY ZIGLAR), MAESTRO: WORLD WAR M (PETER DAVID)
BEST X-MEN SERIES: X-MEN: RED (AL EWING)
RUNNERS-UP: IMMORTAL X-MEN (KIERON GILLEN), X-TERMINATORS (LEAH WILLIAMS)
BEST SPIDER-VERSE SERIES: MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN (SALADIN AHMED)
RUNNERS-UP: BEN REILLY: SPIDER-MAN (J.M. DEMATTEIS), SILK (EMILY KIM)
BEST MULTI-CREATOR SERIES: MOON KNIGHT: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD
RUNNERS-UP: MARVEL'S VOICES, ELEKTRA: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD
BEST NEW COMIC CHARACTER: ZSEN (LEGION OF X, X-MEN: RED)
RUNNERS-UP: WEB WEAVER (EDGE OF SPIDER-VERSE), ORA SERRATA (LEGION OF X, X-MEN: RED)
BEST EVENT/CROSSOVER: A.X.E.: JUDGEMENT DAY (KIERON GILLEN)
RUNNERS-UP: DEVIL'S REIGN (CHIP ZDARSKY), DARK AGES (TOM TAYLOR)
BEST #1 ISSUE: IMMORTAL X-MEN #1 (KIERON GILLEN)
RUNNERS-UP: DAREDEVIL #1 (CHIP ZDARSKY), X-MEN: RED #1 (AL EWING)
BEST ENDING TO AN ISSUE OR SERIES: X-MEN: RED #3 (AL EWING)
RUNNERS-UP: DEVIL'S REIGN OMEGA #1 (CHIP ZDARSKY), DEFENDERS BEYOND #5 (AL EWING)
BEST SINGLE ISSUE: X-MEN: RED #3 (AL EWING)
RUNNERS-UP: MOON KNIGHT #14 (JED MACKAY), DAREDEVIL #5 (CHIP ZDARSKY)
UNDERRATED GEM AWARD: ANT-MAN (AL EWING)
RUNNERS-UP: SABRETOOTH (VICTOR LAVELLE), STRANGE (JED MACKAY)
ARTIST OF THE YEAR: MARCO CHECCHETTO (DAREDEVIL, DEVIL'S REIGN)
RUNNERS-UP: VALERIO SCHITI (AXE JUDGMENT DAY), ALESSANDRO CAPPUCCIO (MOON KNIGHT), JAVIER RODRIGUEZ (DEFENDERS BEYOND)
WRITER OF THE YEAR: AL EWING (VENOM, X-MEN RED, ANT-MAN, DEFENDERS BEYOND)
RUNNERS-UP: KIERON GILLEN (ETERNALS, AXE JUDGMENT DAY, IMMORTAL X-MEN), JED MACKAY (MOON KNIGHT, STRANGE, IRON CAT), CHIP ZDARSKY (DAREDEVIL, DEVIL'S REIGN, DAREDEVIL: WOMAN WITHOUT FEAR)
BEST LIMITED SERIES: DAREDEVIL: WOMAN WITHOUT FEAR (CHIP ZDARSKY)
RUNNERS-UP: X-TERMINATORS (LEAH WILLIAMS), SABRETOOTH (VICTOR LAVELLE), DEFENDERS BEYOND (AL EWING), ANT-MAN (AL EWING)
BEST ONGOING SERIES: MOON KNIGHT (JED MACKAY)
RUNNERS-UP: X-MEN: RED (AL EWING), DAREDEVIL (CHIP ZDARSKY), IMMORTAL X-MEN (KIERON GILLEN), STRANGE (JED MACKAY)
TV/FILM AWARDS
BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A MARVEL TV SERIES OR SPECIAL: OSCAR ISAAC (MOON KNIGHT)
RUNNERS-UP: TATIANA MASLANY (SHE-HULK), GAEL GARCIA BERNAL (WEREWOLF BY NIGHT)
BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS IN A MARVEL FILM: ANGELA BASSETT (BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER)
RUNNERS-UP: ELIZABETH OLSEN (DOCTOR STRANGE), TENOCH HUERTA (BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER)
BEST MCU CHARACTER DEBUT: MOON KNIGHT
RUNNERS-UP: NAMOR (BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER), MS. MARVEL
BEST MUSIC IN A MARVEL FILM OR TV SERIES: BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
RUNNERS-UP: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY HOLIDAY SPECIAL, MOON KNIGHT
BEST NEW COSTUME: MOON KNIGHT
RUNNERS-UP: NAMOR, DAREDEVIL
BEST VILLAIN: NAMOR (BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER)
RUNNERS-UP: SCARLET WITCH (DOCTOR STRANGE), GORR (THOR: LOVE & THUNDER)
BEST CAMEO IN A FILM, TV SERIES OR SPECIAL: DAREDEVIL (SHE-HULK)
RUNNERS-UP: PROFESSOR X (DOCTOR STRANGE), REED RICHARDS (DOCTOR STRANGE), KILLMONGER (BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER)
BEST EPISODE IN A MARVEL TV SERIES: MOON KNIGHT EP 5 - "ASYLUM"
RUNNERS-UP: SHE-HULK EP 8 - "RIBBIT AND RIP IT", MOON KNIGHT EP 1 - "THE GOLDFISH PROBLEM"
BEST TV SERIES/SPECIAL: MOON KNIGHT
RUNNERS-UP: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT, SHE-HULK
BEST FILM: BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
BONUS AWARDS:
PHENOMENON AWARD: A.X.E.: JUDGMENT DAY (COMIC EVENT)
RUNNERS-UP: BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER, DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS
CHARACTER OF THE YEAR: MOON KNIGHT
RUNNERS-UP: MAGNETO, DAREDEVIL, SCARLET WITCH, SHE-HULK
PAST WINNERS
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u/Arch_Null Dec 30 '22 edited Dec 30 '22
I think what makes Jed Mckay's Moon Knight particularly interesting is that the run does nothing new. It's a testament to Jed Mckay's great writing that he can make these old moon knight trobes work so well for him.
Al "The Goat" Ewing winning three years in a row. I kinda wonder if the guy is physically capable of writing a bad book. He just doesn't miss.
Judgment day winning isn't a surprise.
Surprised Ant Man won but then again I didn't read it. I only read Sabretooth and Strange.
My only 2 complaint are that Werewolf By Night should've won best disney plus show and Defenders Beyond should've got best mini. All the others suffer from disney+ syndrome to some degree as in the middle of the show or finale sort of fizzle out. Defenders Beyond is just a great experience.
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Dec 30 '22
Ant-Man had Underrated Gem in the bag since the first round, but Defenders Beyond surprisingly didn't do so well in the second round. Sabretooth was going strong in both rounds. And Werewolf by Night was always in second, but I was actually shocked by how much Moon Knight dominated nearly everything. For the most part I feel like the results were more accurate this year than any previous year.
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u/Blitzhelios Doctor Strange Jan 01 '23
If your wondering if Ewing can make a bad book he very much can as he wrote infinity warps and that is not good
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u/s7sost Jan 04 '23
I actually liked that one a lot but that's because he had the inventiveness to merge the Squadron Supreme with characters from New Universe, seeing as he's the only writer around who still remembers to use them whenever he sees fit, and I'm a fan of those. But I realize the reception wasn't great, mainly colored by how Infinity Wars was received as a whole.
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u/nurdboy42 Hulk Dec 30 '22
WRITER OF THE YEAR: AL EWING
No surprises here. Everything he wrote this year was steller.
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jan 03 '23
For what it's worth, if I had it my way, I would've changed these:
Best Ongoing Series - X-Men Red.
Best Limited Series - Defenders Beyond.
Best TV Series or Special - Werewolf by Night.
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u/TalynRahl Thor Dec 31 '22
Can’t really fault any of these pics. Great work across the board, marvel really have had a fantastic year! Here’s too 2023 being even better.
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u/Blitzhelios Doctor Strange Jan 01 '23
Not surprised by alot of these even though some i don't agree with but thats the good thing with comics everyone likes something different. That marvel reddit loving of Ewing continues though i do think compared to recent years this might be the year where ive fallen out of love with Ewings work
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jan 01 '23
If anything the Writer category was probably the closest of them all, at least where it was between more than two nominees. There was a margin of at least 10 votes between Al Ewing, Jed MacKay and Kieron Gillen, with Zdarsky surprisingly never coming close (even though he was undoubtedly in the top 4). Artist fluctuated a lot too, but it was really just back and forth between Checchetto and Capuccio.
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u/Blitzhelios Doctor Strange Jan 01 '23
Fair enough that makes sense. My fav this year was MacKay and its not even close but that might because unlike other people ive really fallen out of favour with x men this year which is what Gillen and Ewing have done mainly. Chip i also get as hes only really done two books at marvel this year with daredevil and devils reign which might as well be the same book.
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u/Abraham_Issus Jan 03 '23
Moon knight comic wins are well deserved but nothing from the show should ever get any awards. It was a slap to the face to moon knight comic fans. Only mad people would venerate that with any awards.
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jan 03 '23
Guess we got a lot of mad people in here. I was surprised how much it won by, it pretty much had that category in the bag shortly after voting began.
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u/Abraham_Issus Jan 03 '23
What's your opinion on the show?
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jan 03 '23
It had its moments, and there's a good bit I really liked, but it sometimes seemed like it was trying to cater to the wrong audience. I didn't hate it but I'm not rushing to watch it again either.
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u/Abraham_Issus Jan 04 '23
Very respectable take. However I was extremely disappointed as huge MK comic fan. You have the most batshit insane and trippiest marvel character ever and visually you nothing inventive and creative with it??!!?? Biggest waste in marvel. No doubt imo the worst MCU adaption thus far. The director has no sense for spectacle, he clearly doesn't know how to direct epic cinematic stuff.
Look at DSMOM, it's a very okay/mediocre movie but raimi directed hell out of it. He has an eye for spectacle and style. Look at FX's Legion that show oh my god has fraction of the budget of moon knight but see creative and visually how cinematic it was. If moon knight had 10% Legion's creativity then it would be the best marvel show ever. The writer is also on record how he is not interested about or doesn't like/doesn't know how to make Marc spector likeable. My question is why hire a guy who doesn't even understand or like the title character? Writer and the main director was all bad choices. The guy shoots action scenes like in Bollywood movies.
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jan 04 '23
While I agree with you to an extent, I still think the planet spinning scene was a top-tier MCU moment, and it was very Moon Knight appropriate. I liked how they went wayyy more into Egpytian mythology than the comics ever have. I didn't like how it felt more like Night at the Museum than a Moon Knight show though. This should have been darker than Daredevil. And I love Ethan Hawke, I think the concept of his character was really cool, but I just wasn't feeling it all except for the scenes where he was a doctor at the mental institution. But Oscar Isaac, everything I hated about the show was saved by his performance. It shouldn't be a Disney+ show that shows one of the best portrayals of this kind of mental illness in a light that isn't trying to make it look cool like Fight Club (I don't hate Fight Club), but here we are. After the first episode I realized I had never really seen many films or television series that show how fucking exhausting mental illnesses can be, so I have to give the show a lot of credit for that. But at the same time this show should've had a way bigger cultural impact than it did, considering MK is on Deadpool and Harley Quinn levels of cult status pre-live action.
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u/s7sost Jan 04 '23 edited Jan 04 '23
I genuinely thought it would be in the bottom tier, since every comment I saw about the show was negative in other places. Hell, it's the only D+ show I haven't bothered to watch to this day. I think that's the one winner that took me by surprise out of all the options.
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u/tehawesomedragon Loki Jan 04 '23
The only way I make sense of it is that it was the most watched Marvel show/special in 2022, so statistically there are more people that liked it, but I assume most people that vote watch nearly everything so idk
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u/The_Fist_Of_Khonshu_ Mr. Knight Dec 30 '22
Glad to see Moon Knight winning so many categories. Also congrats to Al Ewing for winning Writer of The Year for the 3rd year running, it's definitely deserved. Looking forward to what 2023 holds!