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Storm (2014)
Storm #11
Storm has traveled the globe on a mission to better the world for man and mutant alike. But when one of her failures resurfaces in the form of a new threat, will Storm be able to right the wrong, or will she be doomed to relive history?
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2015
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Greg Pak
1,659 books587 followersGreg Pak is an award-winning Korean American comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing "Lawful" for BOOM and "Sam Wilson: Captain America" (with Evan Narcisse) for Marvel. Pak wrote the "Princess Who Saved Herself" children's book and the “Code Monkey Save World” graphic novel based on the songs of Jonathan Coulton and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) the acclaimed “Make Comics Like the Pros” how-to book. Pak's other work includes "Planet Hulk," "Darth Vader," "Mech Cadet Yu," "Ronin Island," "Action Comics," and "Magneto Testament."
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May 22, 2020
This is a review of the entire series so keep that in mind!
In February this year I decided I wanted to read a bunch of comics lead by black characters as a themed month. During that time I read both Sam Wilson: Captain America and Storm, which is something I only want to bring up because they remind me so much of one another.
And how Storm is so infinitely superior with the main thing that Captain America works with for its entire length. Sam Wilson is continually confronted with societal problems that he may not be able to fix on his own, but he could make use of his platform to aid with. In the first issue of Storm, the titular character has a similar problem, wherein she's visiting an African nation that has been ravaged by harsh weather. She wants to help the people there but anti-mutant racism in the region makes it so that the local government officials (who clearly don't care for the people they're supposed to be helping) shoo her away. Hank (Beast) tells her she should follow orders as pro-mutant groups and the X-Men are doing work there politically to make things better for mutants and if she acts too harshly then she could torpedo those efforts.
So she walks away. Those people need help, she knows the military isn't going to offer it, but it's the right thing to do on paper. This is what I would call a Sam Wilson-styled response. She walks away from the problem (Though at least in this instance there's a justification for it). Later in the issue she returns, and decides she's going to help rebuilding efforts. The military returns, demands she leaves, and Storm happens to notice that a land developer is trying to force these people off their homes to build a resort there.
A Sam Wilson response would be to walk away. Instead Storm engages with them, rescues the people, stops the military, and immediately sets the tone for the entire series. That being that justice is hard. Something can be legally in the wrong, but morally in the right. And doing the right thing isn't always easy. Storm is constantly belittled because of her status as a mutant, but still chooses to do what's right. There's even occasion where Storm's initial reaction to something is just wrong, and she's forced to reexamine her actions and work to correct what she's done.
Sadly at only eleven issues this is one ride that ends far too quickly. That doesn't diminish what it accomplishes during that time in my eyes, only makes me sad that there wasn't more to it. Definitely one of my new favorites ever and a 5 out of 5 in my book.
In February this year I decided I wanted to read a bunch of comics lead by black characters as a themed month. During that time I read both Sam Wilson: Captain America and Storm, which is something I only want to bring up because they remind me so much of one another.
And how Storm is so infinitely superior with the main thing that Captain America works with for its entire length. Sam Wilson is continually confronted with societal problems that he may not be able to fix on his own, but he could make use of his platform to aid with. In the first issue of Storm, the titular character has a similar problem, wherein she's visiting an African nation that has been ravaged by harsh weather. She wants to help the people there but anti-mutant racism in the region makes it so that the local government officials (who clearly don't care for the people they're supposed to be helping) shoo her away. Hank (Beast) tells her she should follow orders as pro-mutant groups and the X-Men are doing work there politically to make things better for mutants and if she acts too harshly then she could torpedo those efforts.
So she walks away. Those people need help, she knows the military isn't going to offer it, but it's the right thing to do on paper. This is what I would call a Sam Wilson-styled response. She walks away from the problem (Though at least in this instance there's a justification for it). Later in the issue she returns, and decides she's going to help rebuilding efforts. The military returns, demands she leaves, and Storm happens to notice that a land developer is trying to force these people off their homes to build a resort there.
A Sam Wilson response would be to walk away. Instead Storm engages with them, rescues the people, stops the military, and immediately sets the tone for the entire series. That being that justice is hard. Something can be legally in the wrong, but morally in the right. And doing the right thing isn't always easy. Storm is constantly belittled because of her status as a mutant, but still chooses to do what's right. There's even occasion where Storm's initial reaction to something is just wrong, and she's forced to reexamine her actions and work to correct what she's done.
Sadly at only eleven issues this is one ride that ends far too quickly. That doesn't diminish what it accomplishes during that time in my eyes, only makes me sad that there wasn't more to it. Definitely one of my new favorites ever and a 5 out of 5 in my book.
March 22, 2024
4 stars. Really good conclusion to this series. I was up and down with this series but as a whole I thoroughly enjoyed it.
January 12, 2016
I finally finished this, and oh oh oh, have I enjoyed the ride. Pak is a great writer, the art is fantastic, and this was just all around fun.
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