Storm #9 Review

Writer: Greg Pak; Artists: A. Barrionuevo, T. Palmer, R. Redmond / Marvel Comics After the wrap up of Storm #8, this is a “reset” issue, in which Storm’s attention is focused on matters at home while Pak and the team set us up for the next story arc. The issue opens with Storm and Beast tending to some mundane tasks around the school, when who should show up but Remy Etienne LeBeau, Gambit to his friends. Gambit is the kind of character that when he shows up, you know it is either gonna be really bad or really fun or both. In this case he brings Ororo a welcome break from the ordinary. She jumps at the chance to go off with him on a quick adventure. I’ve got a soft spot for Gambit since my old X-Men cartoon days. I am saddened that the writing staff didn’t bring much of his famous “Cajun” patois to his dialog. I know it is terribly stereotypical and maybe a little silly, but when has that stopped anyone before? Leaving Beast to mind the school, Storm and Gambit run off to steal something from the Temple of Hermes, the God of Thieves. God or no, the thieves aren’t really concerned about their ability to crack it open like a walnut, so they spend quite a bit of time chatting and kidding each other like the old friends they are.One thing that art team goes to lengths to feature in all of their side by side shots is the contrast between their eye color. It really pops off the page to see Gambit with red eyes and Storm with blue ones. I don’t know if it has any symbolic significan…