A mutant with the power to control the weather, Ororo Munroe was once worshiped as a wind goddess. She has been a princess of N’Dare, a thief on the streets of Cairo, a member and leader of the Morlocks and the X-Men, a queen of Wakanda, and the headmistress of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. And now: an Avenger. In Storm — the wind-rider’s newest solo series from writer Murewa Ayodele (Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods, I Am Iron Man) and Marvel Stormbreaker artist Lucas Werneck (Immortal X-Men, Monica Rambeau: Photon) — Ororo is Earth’s mightiest mutant in the ongoing series spinning out of current X-Men writer Jed MacKay’s run on The Avengers.
Marvel has released a new trailer (below) to coincide with Wednesday’s Storm #1, the latest comic to thunder into the Marvel Universe as part of the X-Men’s From the Ashes era.
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“As a fan of Storm, her duties to the X-Men, and what she stands forin various real-world communities, I would like to assure the audiencethat Storm is in danger. Extremely so. We love Ororo Munroe, and that iswhy we have crafted a thrilling story that will put the strength of hercharacter on wide-open display,” Ayodele said. “But when you’re an Omega-level mutant, few things can test yourlimits, and even fewer things can shatter those limits. For our Storm series, one thing we would like fans to remember is thatthere are threats that are beyond Omega. Prepare yourselves for anextraordinary display of superheroism that leaves knuckles bloody, kneesbashed in, and mountains cratered.”
“We are building towards gargantuan conflicts that will shake theuniverse from Planet Earth to the Dimension of Manifestations,” he continued. “We are crafting stories filled to the brim with humanity,love, mystery, adventure, heartbreak, and all-out action. Tom Brevoort,the editor behind Marvel’s most universe-shattering events, LucasWerneck, the incredible artist known for his genius-level attention todesign and character work, and I are cooking with supernovas on thisseries. So join us on this journey that promises to be exciting till thebitter-sweet end. Get ready for an ETERNAL STORM.”
The weather-wielding mutant first headlined a four-issue solo series in 1996’s Storm Vol. 1, followed by the Africa-set Storm Vol. 2, a six-issue limited series, in 2006. In 2014, Vol. 3 ran for another 11 issues during the All-New Marvel NOW! relaunch, and Ororo’s most recent solo run, 2023’s Storm, spanned five issues. She then co-headlined the Fall of the House of X tie-in comic Resurrection of Magneto before taking Thor the Thunder God’s spot in recent issues of Avengers.
Ayodele and Werneck’s Storm first issue “ultimately does more to cement Storm’s position as a solo superhero thanperhaps any past effort by drawing on various aspects from her pastlives, setting up a potentially exciting series to come,” writes Jamie Lovett in ComicBook’s review. Guest-starring Iron Man and other members of Earth’s mightiest heroes, Frenzy from Havok’s new X-Factor team, Doctor Voodoo, Rogue’s Uncanny X-Men, and Sorcerer Supreme Doctor Doom, new issues of Storm release monthly from Marvel Comics.
See covers and solicitations below:
Storm #1
EARTH’SMIGHTIEST MUTANT, NOW HEADLINING HER OWN SOLO SERIES! Ororo Munroe haslived many lives. She’s been a thief, a goddess, an X-Man, a queen andnow an Avenger! She is the most prominent, most respected and mostpowerful mutant on the world stage – and in that role, she intends to bea force for positive change! First up: A major meltdown at a nuclearfacility in Oklahoma City draws Storm from her Sanctuary in Atlanta –and into a moral conflict that will test her iron resolve!Guest-starring X-FACTOR’s FRENZY!
On sale: October 2nd
Storm #2
STORMis dying. An unknown form of radiation poisoning from the OKLAHOMAINCIDENT has turned her cells into ticking time bombs. As her finalhours count down, will she find a cure for her illness at NIGHT NURSE’snew super-hero hospital, or will it require enchantments from DOCTORVOODOO to save her life?
On sale: November 20th
Storm #3
GUEST-STARRINGTHE UNCANNY X-MEN! STORM finds her way to NEW ORLEANS with DOCTORVOODOO. The cost of VOODOO’s medical treatment is the loss of STORM’spowers for seven days. STORM seeks refuge with her former teammates, theUNCANNY X-MEN, but it doesn’t turn out to be the relaxing holiday shethought it would be. A secret that aches the heart is born, and it sendsSTORM into the hands of DOOM.
On sale: December 11th
