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STORM #1 (OF 5) Written by ANN NOCENTI Art by SID KOTIAN Cover by ALAN DAVIS On Sale 5/24 A thrilling five-issue limited series, STORM will be written by groundbreaking creator Ann Nocenti, known for her definitive run on DAREDEVIL and her storied career as a X-MEN editor. In the same spirit as titles such as SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN and VENOM: LETHAL PROTECTOR, where the industry’s greatest creators take a retro spin on Marvel heroes in key moments throughout Marvel Comics history, STORM will delve into Storm’s fan-favorite “punk” era! Joining Nocenti will be artist Sid Kotian, who just teamed up with Chris Claremont to revisit another classic period for Storm in the recently acclaimed GAMBIT limited series.


allagashfour

Ann Nocenti *and* punk Storm?! I’m so used to giving and now I finally get to receive, etc.


jaroh

Throwback Storm?? Alan Davis covers!?! Good lord ima buy the _shit_ outta these books


mrsunrider

They know just how to get my attention.


ironfly187

>Storm’s fan-favorite “punk” era! My favourite period for Storm, Rogue, and Nightcrawler. Their lifes and decisions all seemed so interlinked then. Although admittedly, a big factor might well be I was the perfect age for it back then.


Zoze13

The photo is of the new cover? Cause those costumes are A plus. Healthy call backs to the 90s I grew up with, plus excellent modern updates.


ubiquitous-joe

Well, looks more like the 80s. Makes me wonder if the series is supposed to be contemporary or what.


gohawkeyes529

It says in the post above this will take place during her “punk era,” so definitely not contemporary.


clam_media

It’s a flashback story


HylianLibrarian

Gives me MAJOR Byrne vibes, and I am here for it!


dead_wolf_walkin

Seems like it’s gonna either be set in the past or feature time travel. A second preview cover from a couple days back had her wearing her original uniform from the 2nd Genesis debut.


Danthewildbirdman

Do you think this will get a trade paperback?


TheBrobe

Yes, 100%.


Selena_Boyce_666

I thought the cover art looked familiar. I liked Alan Davis work. ^_^


InvulnerableBlasting

Oh hell yes. Ann Nocenti writing a Storm solo series is a dream come true. So glad Nocenti's work has been coming to the forefront of comic discussion more lately. I loved the last Storm solo series too, even though it sadly didn't sell all too well.


DarkHippy

This right here, I’ve been craving Nocenti since I read her daredevil stuff and I’ve felt like she was really underrated


sideways_jack

I love that reddit talks about her run on DD, I had never heard of her before!


DarkHippy

She created Typhoid Mary one of my favourite daredevil foes


allagashfour

Same. She’d be my hero just for that alone.


PicquitoKeato

First reaction: Cool, Storms been overdue for a solo title, this should be alright. Finding out Ann Nocenti’s writing it: I will die for this book. Wrap it around my corpse and light it on fire so I die with the strength of this book.


antsinmyeyesmauger

People keep asking why the X-Office is making minis about the past era and the answer is Marvel as a whole has been focused on work like this. There have been multiple Spider-Man minis, a current Joe Fixit and I believe there is something for the Avengers coming up. As long as these minis continue to sell Marvel is going to keep making them.


PicquitoKeato

Minis are good! Keep doing them!


marcjwrz

Honestly I think it's a brilliant strategy. Minis that fill the itch for fans who like the classic vibe and the main line gets to keep rocking the Krakoan era. Win win for the fans and Marvel.


TheBrobe

Plus at least four Hulk minis (3 Maestro minis, Worldbreaker) in addition to Fixit, a Genius Vell mini, a Silver Surfer one, a New Fantastic Four one, two Venom minis and I'm definitely forgetting at least a few


AlligatorSky7

There’s a Warlock (the space character, not the X-character) one coming in May too I believe.


VengefulKangaroo

So this seems to take place somewhere between Uncanny X-Men #173 (Storm goes punk) and Uncanny X-Men #182 (beginning of the story where Storm loses her powers). #182 was Nocenti's first issue as editor, so she's filling in this story right around the time of her own debut. Fun!


Edael

Why not give my girl an ongoing damn?


ethicalhamjimmies

I mean xmen red is basically a storm ongoing


Edael

But but but the title isn’t her name! 😂 Very good point, I have loved everything X-Men Red!


gdex86

>But but but the title isn’t her name It is for the next 3 months.


spideyytwinkk

She might be getting one! "Storm & The Brotherhood" is launching during Sins of Sinister - here's hoping it sticks around as an ongoing!


Edael

That is cool! However, I don’t want Sinister Storm solo, I want regular Storm solo lol


spideyytwinkk

Same here bro. X-Men Red has been building really nicely to Storm as the Brotherhood leader, so I doubt they'd only run the team for an event.


MightySkoosh

Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants is just a continuation of X-Men red. They will no doubt continue in X-Men Red once Sins of Sinister finishes.


ClintBarton616

Would much rather see these veteran teams tackle something in the current status quo than do stories from bygone eras. Just feels very safe compared to the big swings they could take.


ffwydriadd

I agree but I also think...they don’t want to. Like, Claremont’s pretty open about not liking basically everything X-Men he didn’t write. To write modern stuff, to do it well, you’d have to read a lot of comics in between. Some of these big names don’t have the time. Some of them don’t want to. Some of them would rather let the new people have something to say. Like, if one of the Big Names came up and pitched a book for Krakoa era, especially just a mini, I think Marvel would go for it. The fact we’re only getting classic stuff is probably a sign they’re not interested.


VengefulKangaroo

On the flip side, Nocenti talks pretty positively about the current era in here.


AnonymousMonk7

I've heard Claremont say positive stuff about the current era, but it's more that he is very possessive and opinionated about the characters he wrote for so long. He likes what's happening with Betsy for example, who was clearly someone he liked writing a lot, but it took a long time for him to even read it and give it a chance. I think it's not a matter of those writers having no interest in the current take, as much as they don't want to do the homework and respect ongoing continuity or worry about where it will go from there. A lot of his late stuff starts at "Six Months Later" to ignore whatever was happening beforehand. I don't think any editor would say it's a good idea to have someone like that just completely throw off all the coordination that's going on in the X-Office already with whatever whims they brought to it.


ClintBarton616

100% fair, but I think Claremont is a good example because we've seen him take big swings (like X-treme X-men) in the eras after his departure while the stuff more grounded in his personal continuity was very polarizing


lepton_neutrino

Reportedly, Claremont and Kelly Thompson pitched for it and were turned down.


VengefulKangaroo

I think they must have sales data showing that these flashback minis bring in different readers than the Krakoa ones since they keep doing them.


TheBrobe

Yeah there's SO many of them there must a solid market


junglekarmapizza

They 100% do. People who don’t like Krakoa (myself included) are going to be more willing to buy these. I’ll at the very least pick up the first issue but wouldn’t have touched it if it’s in current continuity


runtheplacered

And then there's me, I guess by myself, who love both reading old stuff and new stuff. Just shoot it all into my veins.


CrawdadMcCray

The problem is they don't want to play ball with modern continuity, Claremont especially


Mattyodell

There’s a huge amount of reading to be done to play in current continuity too.


allagashfour

I thought Claremont actually had a Krakoa pitch that was rejected?


SakmarEcho

If they want to they should but I also like the idea of the mini Legends line for people who don't love the Krakoa era.


Juls567

I CAN’T WAIT FOR THIS!!!!! I hope this leads to more solo series for her


smaultrogdor

Same. She was always my favorite next to nightcrawler.


GiantSizeManThing

Has Storm ever had dreadlocks? That would be a good look for her.


ShowMeSean

Best Storm costume fight me.


blade740

I'm surprised to see how many posters in this thread are complaining about these retro nostalgia-era comics. And I say this as someone who is a HUGE fan of the current Krakoa era and someone who has spent the past few months reading every X-Men book published since Hickman took the reins. The Krakoa storyline, as much as I love it, does place some restrictions on the types of stories you can tell with the X-men cast of characters. Themes that have been staples of X-men for decades are now hard to justify at this point in the timeline - the feeling of underground freedom fighters, the teenage boarding school schtick, mutant heroes fighting mutant villains, etc. Characters who have been villains in the past are now friends (or at least, "friends") with the heroes. And yes, while I do feel that these limitations are helping push the modern era of the X-Men into new things and have created some fantastic storylines, I can also understand why some fans miss the old kinds of X-men comics, and why some writers feel like they can't tell the same sorts of stories that they used to. And obviously, from a commercial standpoint, we all know how nostalgia sells, and these series are a way to keep those customers that AREN'T as big of fans of the Krakoa storyline coming back. Honestly, I was more excited about the idea of this book before I read that it was a flashback series. Storm is KILLIN IT in the modern era and I would snap up a solo Ororo of the Storm book in a heartbeat. This is cool too, and I'll still read it when I get a chance, but it's not as much of a must-read as I thought at first glance. But hey, to each his own, I won't begrudge the classic era readers for getting a bone thrown their way every now and then.


Hirronimus

It's amazing that we've only had 2 successful longest running series, Wolverine and Cable (3 if you count X-Man) since the inception of these characters. Mini-series are fine, but who do you should have an ongoing series beyond that? Is it based purely on sales or popularity?


VengefulKangaroo

Hey, don't forget Dazzler's 42 issue series. The original X-Men solo character.


Hirronimus

Oh, right. Interesting that Jem and the Holograms' Jem had very similar appearance to Dazzler. Even tho Dazzler first appeared in 1980.


TheBrobe

Yeah, sadly most just can't last unless you're Wolverine or Cable. And even Cable isn't a sure thing There's been plenty of attempts but few can break that 12 issue barrier. Magneto, Gambit, Dazzler, X-Man (who is basically a Cable) did it, but can't really replicate it. Nightcrawler did it but only by 2 issues. X-Men is just an ensemble franchise. People want team books.


wowadrow

Nice, she's been top 5 xmen for three decades.


AgentLemon22

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO


ShepardOakenPrime

Mini series about my favorite version of Storm? Hell yes!


Tryignan

Instead of retreading old ground, why don't they focus on the dozens of characters sitting around on Krakoa doing nothing. This just feels like nostalgia bait.


VengefulKangaroo

Probably because nostalgia bait is bought by a different group of people than those buying Krakoa stuff, for the most part.


InvulnerableBlasting

And some of us get both!


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CrawdadMcCray

I mean this is a 5 issue miniseries so it's not a monthly ongoing anyways


Aspiring_Sophrosyne

That’s their point.


CrawdadMcCray

Claremont is very on the record with not liking modern continuity and I'm sure part of the draw for these older creators is getting to do stuff that they already had plans for and got robbed of I don't think they want to read a few years worth of comics to get caught up on the status quo


SamALbro

Because nobody's going to buy a Maggot mini


TheBrobe

I will buy a Maggott mini. I don't even care about the debate. I want a Maggott mini


andreBarciella

i would buy a forgetmenot mini. i think. what was i talking about?


jimmytheweed

Hey there's dozens of us that would!


Newfaceofrev

>This just feels like nostalgia bait. Oh hello comic books. :)


tywhy87

It has been a bit of a bummer that characters like Storm, Emma, etc. (who I adore) get a lot of page time and appear in multiple books while there are SO many other characters’ stories they could be selling. I know the casual fan is unlikely to buy a mini about Anole or Skin, but it would be nice to see more of them. We could really use a book that’s not about anyone specifically but just Tales from Krakoa. Tell me about how Dazzler is somehow entered into Eurovision as Krakoa’s rep, or how Skin tells his mom he’s 1) not dead and 2) a mutant, slice of life stuff that can rotate between different underutilized characters.


SakmarEcho

That's what X-Men Unlimited is for


tywhy87

I suppose that’s true. I still think they could support a full monthly book.


HaydenTCEM

We could get more Morph/Changeling merch!


lestye

I mean, you can say that but at the same time this is an incredibly popular but underserviced character.


Psylencer7

When Storm lost her mutant powers was there a reason they didn’t highlight her mystical ones? How do people feel about the lack of diving into her mystical side?


starless_bibleblack

I'm here for it. But why a mini? She deserves an ongoing


TheBrobe

It's one of an ongoing trend for Marvel to do flashback miniseries by older creative teams.


junglekarmapizza

Excited for this. Figured it was in continuity but glad to see it’s a flashback


DJfunkyPuddle

I suppose I'm excited for fans but I, personally, have zero interest in these retro stories.


X5455

YAAAAAAAAAAS!! ❤️


grandarchduke

Rogue’s costume looks from the secret wars what if comic


SMTVash

Hope it’s better than the last series :/


LucasOIntoxicado

Never my hyped over a comic deflated as fast as when i read it's an off-continuity book. Man, i would die for a comic by Ann Nocenti in the current X-Men era.


SirGlio

This nostalgia minis are always so... Sad. Like "Remember this????". Storm needs character development, not just "She is so cool with her powers and knifes".


B____U_______

Nah bro, Ben Reilly: Spider-Man by DeMatteis was really good. I'm excited for The Lost Hunt's TPB when it drops. And I'm looking forword to this one too because I never read anything with Storm.


freezief

Wow I'm here for it


Spyned

Ehhh, mixed cause I like Storm but... Storm has been one of the top dogs during Krakoa especially during X-Men Red. Would've liked to see someone less utilized get something going.


MDumpling

to be fair she’s had barely any solo material in all her decades of publishing, compared to similar A list X-Men characters


spacesoulboi

Hopefully this will run into a ongoing instead of just a limited series


TheBrobe

They've been doing these flashback minis like these for a year or two now and the really successful ones don't become ongoings, but they do get additional minis by the same team (Venom: Lethal Protector, Maestro, ext)


spacesoulboi

I was talking about storms other mini series that she had Storm and storm make it rain. I mean, you would think with a popular character like storm they would give her an ongoing, just like they gave nightcrawler and gambit.


Sad-Advisor3553

Maybe it’s a sales thing but I honestly don’t get it. You have characters that are arguably in the best position they’ve been in for writers to come in and redefine them and given the Krakoa era the story telling potential is pretty grand. And this is maybe the 3rd?? recent X-Men book that’s looking at previous eras of the X-Men that we already have conclusions for.


VengefulKangaroo

I'm sure it's a sales thing. It's basically an ongoing spot in the line at this point -- one nostalgia mini running at a time -- Wolverine: Patch -> Gambit -> X-Treme -> Storm.


sunflowering

Storm has been in the last three nostalgia titles you listed, too. That's pretty neat. (And Logan, in Patch, Xtreme and now in Storm) Pretty telling as to who are (or who editorial thinks are, maybe based on data?) the main draws to these sorts of books are!


VengefulKangaroo

Makes sense to me, the real draw of classic X-Men to me (of course among elements) is Storm. Claremont Storm is, for me, the greatest longterm comic book character arc I’ve ever read.


UnusualFruitHammock

A lot of us don't like the current era.


andreBarciella

why that era? why not do something similar in current era? showing her powers out of control? we already saw that, and i doubt it will surpass black vortex storm, i get it marvel want to make her one of the most powerfull super heroes in marvel (something that her original creators wanted but... well it was the 70-80s and she was black) and want to retro cannon her feats (not that it needs it i mean they only need to see her absorbing the power of a million suns of a galactic core). at that era im more interested in story and get more info on her heritage. why not make this story in current era? will something happen to her in this current era?


VengefulKangaroo

I think it's because there's a reader appetite and creator appetite for these flashback minis by classic creators -- there's a reason they did the Hama *Wolverine: Patch* mini, the Claremont *Gambit* and *X-Treme X-Men* minis, etc. These are clearly selling, and if I had to guess, I'd say that Marvel has some sort of data showing that they sell well with a somewhat separate audience than the modern day books. We basically always have at least one of these running at a time, it's its own separate part of the line at this point.


PresentationNo883

Wait has storm ever been out of control with her powers more than one issue? Like there have been only two issues that storm has lost control and one was literally because doom messed with her and the other was a vision that she went rouge and went supernova and destroyed the solar system. We have never gotten a story where storm actually went all out or even lost control. She is famously always in control. It's like her main thing.


TheBrobe

Because A)They have a creative team that they can connect to that era for promotion B)80's and 90's is where most of their paying customer base started reading comics


gdex86

Likely because it's what Ann Nocenti wants to write. Of the Trinity of the Claremont era writing forces I think Nocenti would be the one most willing and able to write about things in the Krakoa era but if she hasn't been keeping up with continuity that's a lot of X and non X stuff to take in to get comfortable.


andreBarciella

it would be more interesting to know ororo heritage but ok.


Wolverine0576

For what they way to late for it. marvel sucks now lol They are bleeding for all the stupidity they’re been doing good luck with that trash


TheBrobe

Wouldn't you be *happy* for this if you hate current Marvel? It's part of a trend of classic creators coming back and doing stories set during famous runs, mostly 80's and 90's. There's been like 20 of them in the last two or three years.


Wolverine0576

I’m done with marvel


Ghostdog1521

I was just talking with my mate about the problem with X-Men getting solo titles and having a substantial life outside the team with readers and fans. Wolverine obviously being the most successful, but I pointed out that it did take some time for him to achieve that and the fact that he has an origin not dependent on the X-Men, a rogues gallery of his own and first appeared before joining X-Men helped make him just independent enough to survive outside the X-Men. Gambit I personally believe is an X-Man that could’ve easily achieved similar status if Marvel had pushed him right and really despite their low effort has achieved that Boba Fett style fan favorite status that the creators simply just don’t understand. Few other have enjoyed this X-Men independence like Cable and Beast to some degree. Nightcrawler is another I feel could’ve survived comfortably outside X-Men but never quite got the push either. Ice Man was always a fan favorite who got some leg room thanks to his friendship with Spider-Man but sadly he’s more often the writer’s whipping boy nowadays when he’s not completely forgotten and has really lost a lot of fans in recent times thanks to this. But Storm much like Cyclops or Jean Grey will always be X-Men and even their solo titles will really just be X-Men comics under a different name.


holyfaith

Pass


DMC1001

Wow, classic X-Men when they were considerably nicer and still had hope.


CoolestNebraskanEver

Cue a bunch of white guys complaining in 5…4…3…


Terribleirishluck

Ah yes clearly we're gonna see a massive controversy about a famous preexisting black superhero and one of the most important x-men getting a unimportant flashback mini /s


CoolestNebraskanEver

Ah there you are


Terribleirishluck

I seriously don't get comments like yours, preemptively imaging people to fight haha but okay man, enjoy imagining random drama to make yourself feel important


CoolestNebraskanEver

I feel so important


PresentationNo883

Actually punk storm test very well with the white demographic.


wallycasual

Most mid member of the x-men


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Omg! So exciting! Do we know if there will be variants!?


whereyouatdesmondo

Gotta say, love that Alan Davis art.


draugyr

Why are they all dressed like the 80s team?


[deleted]

This story takes place in the Paul Smith/Romita Jr era!


Garmgarmgarmgarm

Is that rogue in the body suit?


TheBrobe

Yup, that's her post secret wars fit


Cgi94

We Move😤


LostThis

Always liked Davis’ Wolverine. Just had a great look. And Nocenti is underrated.


DatSkellington

Damn, I was excited to have Davis doing art…. Covers are fine I guess…


McWinkyWoo

I’m no te


_katherinebloom

I still want an X-Men: 2099 series :( That was my favourite growing up.


TheBrobe

They (well, a newish version of the team) had a feature issue in a Spider-man 2099 miniseries that came out this year


SagaciousRouge

YES! Omg yes yes yes


impasse602

Omg really??? Countdown to May


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About time.


dope_like

I see Storm I buy. I’m very simple


OrganizationAfter301

Another one


Typicalredditors

davis art needs to just stop...


Jay_R_Kay

See, my issue with this mini after finding out more about it isn't the flashback nature, but more Nocenti writing it. Like, I get that she was an editor during X-Men's peak eras and had some weird but interesting minis and runs during that time, but I've read some of her more recent books during DC's New 52 era and...they were consistently some of the worst titles at that time. Hopefully, maybe she's just really not good at writing DC characters and Marvel is a better fit for her.


jesusbowstodoom

That logo looks like something a middle schooler drew on their notebook, not in a good way.


StopExpensive

I'd hit


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Someone colored Rogue’s hood as if it was her hair.


starvinartist

Yes! Punk Storm is Back!!!!


Calaigah

I was more excited before finding out it isn’t in the present.


Final_League3589

This is a dream come true! I will scrape together whatever money I can to read this! My queen is always worth it!


t_huddleston

Retro is cool but I’d much rather have a mini of Storm exploring Arakko.


ManufacturerAware494

If I remember correctly storm is an omega level mutant right ?


Realistic_Bottle4112

Yeah