From the ashes of the Krakoan Era, iconic X-Man Storm flies higher than ever before in her own solo series!
Ororo Munroe has lived many lives. She’s been a thief, a goddess, an X-Man, a queen, and now…an Avenger! She is the most prominent, most respected and most powerful mutant on the world stage—and in that role, she intends to be a force for positive change. First up: a major meltdown at a nuclear facility in Oklahoma City draws Storm from her Sanctuary in Atlanta—and into a moral conflict that will test her iron resolve!
No ma'am. The cover says Earth's Mightiest Mutant and then we never get to see her be so. First they give her radiation poisoning, then she's filled with a voodoo demon, and then she's modeling lingerie for Dr. Doom. The randomness might work on another character, but not Storm So, really bad art. A fail.
One of the better books in the From The Ashes Relaunch. It’s actually doing something new and interesting while acknowledging what came before. The art is solid, but it did feel a little rushed at times.
rounded down from a 3.5 ⭐️ of the x-men solos this definitely is not my least favorite (hello mystique and phoenix), but GORGEOUS TRULY STUNNING AND BREATHTAKING artwork can only take you so far when the story just isn’t giving. the heart that we did get i really enjoyed, but those moments are few and far between. i’ll be dropping this series for now
The best of this from the ashes era. Story is very good. Art and colours immaculate. At least twice an issue there are pages that take my breath away or make me physically and outwardly react. Read this if nothing else from the Brevoort dictatorship.
4.5 Gorgeous book. Interesting, too. Enjoying it. But the Superman problem concerns me. This seems something that happens to X-Men characters fairly often. Jean Grey is a good example. How to make a character relatable if powered up so much? How can their obstacles and tribulations even matter? How can Storm rejoin just a normal X-Men team again? If they keep making the best X-Men to powerful it almost drowns their character as a normal person in the world out. I am liking this for now, but I also hope they can bring Storm back to "Earth".
Earth's Mightiest Mutant is a whiplash inducing volume for Storm that sees her both killed (and resurrected) and turned into some kind of galactic force? There's quite simply too much going on.
Storm has created some kind of floating city, but she's also randomly saving lives in Oklahoma. Then, when she gets radiation sickness from that Oklahoma battle, she needs to be restored to health by Doctor Voodoo - but she can't use her powers for seven days or Voodoo's witches will get her!
Of course, this is exactly when new God Emperor Dune, er, Doom invites her to Latveria to parlay regarding the fate of mutants. When she's forced to use her powers, some cosmic battle between Eternity and Oblivion kicks into gear - and, inexplicably, this somehow involves Storm. It all feels like Al Ewing levels of "Marvel lore is weird and fun!" but without the fun part.
I guess I'm somewhat intrigued by just how many plates Murewa Ayodele is spinning at this point, but I'm also not at all confident that future volumes will make much sense. A clear narrative line would be appreciated.
I enjoyed this but found the primordial/conceptual parts a bit confusing and uninteresting. I want to read about Storm, not about really really old god things.
a fun time with plenty of interesting themes and promises of places to take Ororo's character.
feels different from a lot of contemporary western comics in that each issue takes Storm on a new adventure in new places fighting new threats and yet hovering above it always are the cosmic stakes (death, the presence of Eternity and Oblivion) that tie the arc together and mean said issues are never just disconnected one shots.
in the first, i like the simplicity of the mission as a hook to remind us what the X-Men are about (protecting a world that hates and fears them) with the added wrinkle of how temperamental people's predilections can be, loving mutants when Storm saves them then going straight back to hating them when they learn a mutant kid caused the problem (also an interesting look at divide and conquer, since while celebrating their mutant saviour, the people hated aliens, who they briefly blamed, instead). it also sets up the way the series loves to contrast Ororo at her most powerful and most vulnerable, with the two states often being simultaneous.
the rest takes it in a very different direction, with plenty of great ideas, like making a character often erroneously called a witch interact with a real spiritualist/magic user like Doctor Voodoo and subsequently revisiting the ground of stories like Life/Death (with the twist that she can still use her powers - rather than having lost them - she'll just die if she does, so resisting the temptation is also a factor). speaking of Voodoo, his scenes and those featuring the cosmic abstracts are a great showcase for Werneck's art, which i've always found the perfect fit for the dynamic action and varied characters of X books, and these moments take it into dreamlike territory, rendered in luscious, flowing vividity.
great start, just hope the power creep doesn't inhibit the story and we're not taking on too many plot threads at once.
Boy, do I regret buying this Storm TPB. I bought it because of the gorgeous art by Lucas Wernick, but the writing is lacking.
My main complaint is that Storm is written without flaws. It has been said about Ororo since Claremont's days on X-Men, that she is akin to a Godess. Well, here she is written as a Goddess who can do everything, pretty much, and it is fairly boring.
The final story selects Storm for Cosmic Ascension. Why? Because she's so noble and is such a Goddess, that there is no other individual that possibly could do it successfully, and the universe picks Storm. That is so bad, and the stories just prior to that each play variations on that theme. It revels in Storm's glory.
This is not a deep exploration of character. It is as though a fan familar with the major beats of Ororo's life is writing and representing them to us here. It's not showing me anything deeper, or fresh. And, just by virtue of her identity as a hero, she succeeds, always. This is not good. I would prefer to see more grounded and earned character work, and conflict (mistakes on Ororo's part, even, because she's human).
As it is, with this first volume, what we get is a bit of a tour of the Marvel Universe (with Storm interacting with Dr Doom and, later, Eternity), and it's simply not enough. I won't be following in future volumes, sorry to say.
How long has it been since Storm had her own solo title? Constantly proving to be phenomenal in every way, the goddess has returned... Highlights: - Storm sets up a sanctuary in Atlanta for animals and really all forms of life. - Getting called away from it, she goes to Oklahoma City to help shut down a nuclear accident, which turns out to be a mutant awakening to their powers. Unfortunate side effect: radiation poisoning that will kill her quickly! - Eventually, Storm ends up in the care of Doctor Voodoo, who brokers a deal with the spirit Eegun for her to be cured, but she can't use her powers for 7 days, which she takes the first 6 with her X-Family (and hooks up with Logan!) - Storm is summoned to Latveria by Doom (in the midst of taking over everything as the new Sorcerer Supreme) and to defend herself must use her powers. Eegun shows up and takes her life immediately... - ... which draws the attention of Eternity, who resurrects her as Eternal Storm. Storm "eats" Eegun and finds herself involved in a battle between Eternity and Oblivion.
The next Volume is going to be even better than this one! Jump on this now. You don't need tons of knowledge about current X-Events. Recommend.
I reread this first part after finishing up the series, and I realized the first issues were fine. The art is mostly beautiful (sometimes oversexualized for no plausible reason other than serving the male gaze, which is disappointing) and the story is presented well. Pros: -Connections to character history -Wolverine fight sequence - good throwback to first time she lost her powers -More African elements in styling Storm -Cloud-like hair art Cons: - How did the animals end up in the floating sanctuary? Being bottle fed by a human far from their natural habitat does not really seem like a good idea. I also worry about them in all fight scenes. Why not stick to plants which Storm has a history with? - Over-sexualization - No connection to Kraoka: What happened to Ororo's connection to Arakko? Her friendships there? Her relationship? - Crying on the way to Dr. Doom because she is also a woman: Cringe moment. She and Logan have too much history, leaving a note and going about her day would be more natural.
Murewa Ayodele captures Storm's voice wonderfully, and manages to take her from street level kicking bad guys in the face, mystical fighting monsters with Doctor Doom, to Eternity and Oblivion level brawls, making her fit in each and every world easily, because that's just the goddess that she is. Each issue is a great character study for Ororo, as well as furthering a larger story and honouring the history of the character all at once.
Lucas Werneck's artwork has been great since he hit the Marvel scene, but I think he's really leveled up with this series. It might be the colours from Alex Guimares, but whatever it is, the visuals here were really, really good.
A nice surprise as part of From The Ashes. Very much looking forward to what comes next.
These solos are always hard. They are constantly fighting to justify their existence, which is borne more out of editorial push than a creator coming to Marvel and exclaiming, "I have a great idea!" The best writers make something of these projects, and I see what Ayodele is trying to do.
Storm is a great character. She's the most published female Marvel character and she deserves it. But converting a character to a solo book is always a challenge. You need to create a little world around the character and make the reader care about that new world.
I have certainly seen worse than this. Though it does feel like this project won't last too long. It is better than most of the From the Ashes initiative thus far.
storm is hands down the coolest x-man. she's such a fashionista!! so powerful !!!! her one and only flaw is that her moral compass is always pointing true north so she always makes the right choice and makes the rest of us look bad
the art in these issues is stunninggg, there are multiple pages that i want as posters
the only reason i'm giving this 4 stars not 5 is cos the fifth issue super lost me with whatever the big cosmic battles are?? i don't care about the concept of oblivion i want to see electricity coming out of storm's eyes when someone does something stupid and makes her maddd
(also omg cutie pie baby storm with her dad??? protect her)
Storm is a powerful character, both narratively and in terms of her powers, that every now and then gets a solo book that I try hoping that it stands on its own as a well-written exploration of the hero. What I typically find is that they only work to highlight how her role in the X-Men mythos feels heavily based in her relationships with those around her and how she inspires and supports the important people in her life. This book reconfirms that hypothesis for me, as it feels relatively flat and overly familiar, simply reinforcing what we already know about the character.
I mean, Storm is a great character, and she was magnificent in X-Men Red. But these volume long story is mainly a setup to create Eternal Storm or something like that, and once we get there, it doesn't even make a lot of sense.
I like the characterization of Storm, but the meandering story, headed in a weird cosmic direction doesn't necessarily fit that.
3.5 stars. This isn't atrocious like the new Phoenix comic but it's also no X-Men Red.
Not sure if I want to rate this 3 or 3.5 stars. The art was really good and I'm excited to see what comes next for this book. You can tell while reading this that Murewa Ayodele is setting up future storylines and I'm excited to see what comes of Storm becoming the Eternal Storm. This volume though felt a bit all over the place though
There's some pretty radical stuff here (Ororo sleeps with Logan?) that doesn't really add up to much. A few wild concepts does not a story make. The art's not bad, but this has a long way to go to become readable.
Having heard excellent reviews about Storm’s ongoing series as the solo issues came out, Earth’s Mightiest Mutant takes a cosmic turn that feels like a natural extension of Storm’s time on Mars in X-Men Red.
Insane art, the storyline is top tier and we see Storm being OP as per usual. Did I mention the art? Cloud hair is what she should always have. Be gone Mohawk!!
This probably reads better issue to issue rather than as a larger story arch but I really enjoyed the art and Ayodele has a very solid handle on the character.
A game changing story for Storm. One that has totally transformed the characters mythos and is redefining and reaffirming all that we love about Ororo! This series is THEE definitive Storm story.
Storm, Vol. 1 is a fierce, stunning spotlight on one of Marvel’s most iconic heroes. Ayodele delivers depth, power, and heart proving Storm stands tall on her own.