Storm #5 Review

Writer: Greg Pak, Artist: Victor Ibañez This issue demonstrates why Storm is a hero I actually fantasize about being. Of all the other comics I read or the other superheroes I think are great, Storm is the only one I’d be if you gave me half a chance. (That maybe because the rain has finally come to California and if I could control the weather my commute would improve 10-fold, but that’s not the point.) I love how she never breaks character – she’s never less than a queen but she’s always human, torn between what others want from her power and what she thinks is right.   From the jump, let me say I currently hate Yukio with a deep passion. Her brand of pragmatism just makes me want to slap a person. Further, in the first few pages, she reminds us all why she’s got the reputation she has by putting a little blackmail on Storm to get her to play by her rules. This issue is very much about rules, who sets them and who breaks them. And as we know, Storm is too much the queen to let herself get played by someone else’s rules.

Yukio gives Storm the “fine then” treatment. Storm’s mourning for Wolverine continues, with a sensitive sadness that keeps the opening of the comic subdued. Even once the action picks up, the drive to respect Wolverine’s memory permeates all of her actions as she tries to find her way through the outward appearances of Wolverine’s behavior to his intent – the plan he wouldn’t have shared with Yukio or anyone else. She knows it is there, she just has to…