10. Batman - A top X comicbook character list without The Bats is against the basis of all modern thought. Whether I am right or wrong should be discussed with your peers this afternoon. Snack suggestion: Grapes.

9. Morpheus - There's an abundance of great characters on The Sandman, but of course I'd have to pick the focal point of the mythos; I just like how he can be both inspiring and depressing. Plus, he has a sense of humor too, albeit his mode of delivery is a wee bit on the deadpan side of things. It also doesn't hurt that he's one of the most powerful anthromorphic entities in...well, not just the universe..uhhh..everywhere?

8. Adam Warlock - I dunno why, but I kinda liked him when I was a kid even though I wasn't sure what his powers were without the infinity gauntlet (I knew he can fly, and he can shoot karmic blasts from the soul gem...but...what else?)

7. Corinthian(from the sandman) - The only homosexual comic book character I've read about whose novelty doesn't revolve solely around the fact that he likes cocks.

6. Death(from the sandman) - I don't know, she seems like someone you'd want to hang out with. Cute, svelte, witty and funny. And she says stuff like "Peachy Keen" and "Supercalifragilisticespialidowsius". I blame Gaiman, of course. If Todd McFarlane wrote the Sandman, Death would have horns, spider-legs and an unquenchable thirst for veangance.

5. Green Lantern - Any GL would do. I just like the power ring. I like imagining what I would do when entrusted with the most powerful weapon IN THE UNIVERSE (except against ripe bananas, taxi cabs, people with hepatitis, etc. etc.) - Have you never wondered if you can make emerald replicas of Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek make out with each other?

4. Superman - The one portrayed on Kingdom Come.

3. Rorscharch - I like his "no-compromise" attitude, and he has great lines. Thanks to Moore.

2. Lucifer(the Gaiman and Carey version) - for the same reasons Dave has given. And really, he's so kickass that even when he's mortal, powerless, and in their territory, the Japanese gods are still deathly afraid of him.

1. Prof. X - He fights crime on a floating wheelchair. Tell me if that isn't one of the coolest superhero concepts ever.