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Written by: Murewa Ayodele
Art by: Lucas Werneck
Colors by: Alex Guimarães
Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
Cover art by: Mateus Manhanini (cover A)
Cover price: $4.99
Release date: October 2, 2024
Storm #1, by Marvel Comics on 10/2/24, rides the tide of positivity after she quells a lethal disaster, but will the truth hurt or help her bid for Congress?
Is Storm #1 Good?
Tom Brevoort’s From The Ashes era for the X-Titles started with uncertainty and hasn’t improved much. With every new title that is released, Brevoort has an opportunity to show he’s the right man to right the ship left floundering by Jordan White. Unfortunately, Storm #1 by Murewa Ayodele moves the ship in the wrong direction.
Storm #1 begins with Ororo making an exceptionally aristocratic appearance for a press conference to announce she’s running for Congress. After her actions in a recent incident gave Americans a more positive outlook on mutants, Ororo decides to take advantage of that positive sentiment by stepping into a position of power for positive change.
Murewa Ayodele’s tale starts off on an odd note. Storm has always carried herself with grace, poise, and an air of nobility, but the way she’s presented in the opening pages leans a little too far into an air of royal condescension. Maybe that royal air is an after-effect of her time as the “Queen of Mars,” but regardless of the reason, it’s somehow off-putting.
Through a flashback, we see what led to the positive feelings toward mutants. An explosion at a nuclear plant in Oklahoma devastated the surrounding areas. Worse, the explosive shockwaves aren’t stopping. Storm and Frenzy just happen to be in the area, so Frenzy begins the rescue and evacuation efforts while Storm counteracts the shockwaves on her way to the source.
Odd character presentation now gives way to nonsensical action. Without getting into the physics of shockwaves (which are spikes that move through mediums, not a “push”), Ayodele somehow concluded Storm could block and deflect a shockwave with the wind. Even if you were to go with Storm’s actions as successful, she could only deal with the shockwave portion in front of her, so she misses out on the devastation spreading 360 degrees. In other words, the big rescue that forms the foundation of Storm’s choices for the rest of the comic can’t and won’t work. Ayodele either didn’t do his research or didn’t think much of the reading audience.
When Storm gets to the heart of the explosive shockwaves, she finds a young mutant at the heart of the reactor, and he’s lost control of his powers. Everyone around him is dead, and he begs Storm to kill him. Instead, Storm settles him down with a hug.
Later, Storm continues her press conference while secretly hiding the fact that she suffers from radiation poisoning from the rescue. She announces that her platform is one of sanctuary for anyone who needs it via her flying sanctuary hovering directly over the city like an invading overlord. But Storm has a choice to make – reveal to the public the real cause of the explosion and reverse positive mutant sentiment, or keep the reason a secret and let the dead engineers in the nuclear plant take the fall.
Storm chooses truth, which sets her candidacy back. The issue ends with a cosmic force taking notice of Storm’s choice.
Overall, Storm #1 is a bizarre issue. Storm’s personality comes across as more royal than noble, her rescue scene is nonsensical on multiple levels, and her show of benevolence by placing a floating sanctuary (and animal preserve?) directly over the city couldn’t look more ominous if she tried.
File this one as yet another ‘L’ on the From The Ashes scorecard.
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Final Thoughts
Storm #1 doesn’t need to exist. Murewa Ayodele’s voice for Ororo is somehow off-putting, the action is illogical, and Storm’s bid for Congress gets off to a very bad start through her own actions. This isn’t the worst From The Ashes debut, but it sure won’t help you appreciate or like the titular character.
5.5/10
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