![]() ![]() Of course, this was at a time when her depowering was wholly unique, an exemplar for Claremont’s theory of what makes a true hero, Storm already having been his favorite character. In this era of personal struggle, her personality developed as never before. And with Jean Grey gone at the time, Storm was the most powerful X-Man, so having her “grounded” for a time allowed her to be viewed as less godlike and more down to earth, literally. The whole point was that her grit and heroism came from a deeper part of her character that she had to uncover without the aid of superpowers. ![]() So, this classic story began Storm’s most revered character arc from being not only depowered but betrayed and cut off from her almost mystical, goddess-like connection to nature itself-to fighting her way into leadership of the X-Men, despite having no mutant powers. ![]() (This obviously speaks to the weaknesses Forge has when it comes to being more of a hero and partner: He’s a tinkerer who’s quite asocial and doesn’t really think about the consequences of his inventions his naivete feels like disingenuous cover for his selfishness.) (Apparently, she was too depressed to contact her teammates, which seems rather unlikely.) However, Forge withheld from her his indirect role in her depowering, and everything of course went sideways when at issue’s end, she accidentally eavesdropped on a conversation between him and Gyrich. The next chapter, “Lifedeath,” opened with Storm coming to in Forge’s palatial high-tech apartment we see her at her nadir, the lowest point in her life to date, but Forge continued to care for, and she developed feelings toward him. But Mystique had earlier informed Forge of Gyrich’s eagerness to test Forge’s prototype in the field enraged, he tracked down the device to the scene just in time to rescue an unconscious Storm from drowning. The man who pulled the trigger was government agent and current Orchis point man Henry Gyrich (though he’d been aiming for Rogue). In 1984, it was Storm who had recently lost powers thanks to a weapon designed by Forge, thoughtlessly working under the auspices of the US security establishment. X-Men #7 is titled “Lifedeath,” which for any longtime X reader immediately brings to mind the classic standalone story of the same title, in Uncanny X-Men #186 (with a later follow-up, in issue #198). Support CBH on Patreon for exclusive rewards, or Donate here! Thank you for reading! When you buy through links on our site, we may earn a qualifying affiliate commission.Ĭomic Book Herald’s reading orders and guides are also made possible by reader support on Patreon, and generous reader donations.Īny size contribution will help keep CBH alive and full of new comics guides and content. At least Hickman’s being honest! □Ĭomic Book Herald is reader-supported. They certainly fueled readers’ hopes for more Kurt content, but it’s Apocalypse and the less humane elements on the Quiet Council-meaning, most of it, then-who win out here, thus allowing the Krakoan project to grow at a more rapid pace, driving up reader enthusiasm, as well. What’s most clear by issue’s end is that Kurt’s doubts and questions, even his spiritual vision of renewal, just don’t carry the day, at all. We start with a literally iconoclastic image of a stained-glass version of the most famous Catholic mutant-Nightcrawler-shattered by Apocalypse wielding a sword (which seemed to both echo what we’d seen recently in flashbacks, of Apocalypse’s last stand on ancient Okkara, and call forward to the impending X of Swords event). Teased with a typically beautiful yet ominous Leinil Francis Yu cover, X-Men #7 set expectations high for raising the bar on internal Krakoan tensions-and the story delivered, along with many burning questions that mostly still haven’t been answered. ![]()
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