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.