Storm, Vol. 2: Thunder War

Storm (2024)

by Murewa Ayodele, Lucas Werneck (Artist), Luciano Vecchio (Artist)

Earth's mightiest mutant, now headlining her own series! After a mission to Brazil goes horribly wrong, Ororo faces a a legendary encounter with Thor - and five other gods of thunder! But after she assisted the fugitive Charles Xavier, Storm is put under investigation by the F.B.I.! How much more can our hero endure? Meanwhile, Maggott enjoys having to run the Storm Sanctuary solo - using the opportunity to organize an MMA-style battle of Marvel powerhouses! But when the actions of Eternity kick-start the Thunder War, Ororo must face Hadad - the first storm god! With Eternity absent, she is stripped of the Eternal Storm and is no longer one of the most powerful beings in the universe! Nevertheless, all hope rests on her shoulders. The only way reality as we know it ends is over Storm's dead body! Collecting STORM (2024) #6-12.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, X Men

160 pages, Paperback

Published December 30, 2025

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.75 stars

[Brandon Daniels · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was unfamiliar with Murewa Ayodele before this, but I will be checking out anything else they do for the foreseeable future. This Storm series ends with an arc that feels like the biggest crossover event Marvel has done since Secret Wars. Ayodele is brimming with big ideas and clearly has a deep knowledge of continuity. This reminds me of Al Ewing’s Defenders or Donny Cates Thanos series.

The breakneck pace is a little disarming; it often feels like you missed a tie-in issue of some sort. Several new characters are introduced, some big hitters are brought in for just a few panels, and a few characters die in shockingly gruesome ways.

And the art by series regular Lucas Wernec is fantastic. Some of the new characters are particularly interesting in part because of their character designs. Artists Mario Santoro and Luciano Vecchio have similar enough styles and capabilities that it doesn’t distract when they fill in. Each of them handles the many challenging things the scripts ask of them, including huge, cosmic scenes full of a lot of characters, quite well.

[André Habet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This spotlight series on Storm is fantastic though I personally enjoy Storm as human more than Storm as cosmic god. By the end of this arc, it seems we are in place for more of the former and I’m looking forward to that.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, this is my jam. The first volume of Storm was very impressive, and this second one elevates it to an even higher level, both in terms of storytelling and in terms of the fact that Storm's punching literal gods in the face.

There's a sweeping story here, one that's more involved than even I expected, with callbacks to characters and concepts from all across the Marvel Universe, and yet it still manages to find time for some laughs as well, with Storm and Maggott's dialogue especially hilarious. It's a fine balancing act, trying to tell a cosmic level story at the same time as you're having a wrestling tournament, and yet, this book manages it.

I was a bit worried when I saw so many artists on the title as well, but it actually works really well - I could barely tell when the artist shifted in the final three issues which all share artists, and they all do an impressive job with the insane ideas thrown their way.

[Chad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty, pretty good as Larry David would say. Storm merges with Eternity to become the Eternal Storm and fights a bunch of other thunder gods. Looking forward to see what Ayodele has cooked up for vol. 2 once X Years from Now finishes.

[Nate Deprey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe a little too epic? Awesome for Storm to have her own series but boy is this story a little too reality spanning.