Storm # 11 // Review
Galactus is telling Ororo that nothing controls her now. That’s a little bit intimidating. It’s almost like he’s speaking to her as if she’s an equal. That’s not a very comfortable place for anyone to be. Galactus devours worlds. And he’s telling her that she’s allowing her emotions to control her far more than any abstract entity. And this guy consumes planets. Ororo is going to have to take-in a long moment of self-reflection in Storm # 11. Writer Murewa Ayodele continues a walk with the beloved mutant in an issue brought to page and panel by the art team of Mario Santoro and C.F. Villa. Color comes to the page courtesy of Fer Sefuentes-Sujo and Alex Guimar.
When Ororo was a kid, she wasn’t at all aware of the pwer that she was capable of. When she learned of her pwoer, the Earth suddenly seemed very, very vulnerable. So she held her power in check and made certain that she kept her wits about her. Now she’s embracing the full rality of her power and theres a whole group of storm gods who are taking a closer look at her. That can’t be good...especially with Galactus giving her some kind of insight into who she is. Anyone capable of that kind of power is in great danger.
Great, god-like power has been explored on the comics page from every different angle imaginable. It’s folly trying to bring it to thew page once more with any hope of any rue kind of insight that hasn’t already been provided countless times before. Somehow, though...Ayodele manages something that feels new with an old friend who has been around for a few decades on the comics page. It’s nice to see her given new life in a whole new conflict that comes from within.
The art team is going to have difficulties bringing the full intensity of god-likepower to the page. They handle those difficulties with a deft rendering that taps deeply into the emotinal reality of the situation that’s being played-out on the page. Ororo is allowed a vivid amount of emotional expression even though she’s viewed largely from a distance throughout the entire issue. That’s not an easy thing to bring across, but Santoro, Villa and company manage a vivid emotional. reality for Ororo who s till manages to come across as being vulnerabl in the course of wielding tremendous power. Quite an coomplishment.
Ororo has been through a great deal over the years. The power that she now has is something that seems to be exploring a deeper reality in and within her. More so than nearly any other character in the Marvel Universe, she’s been on just about every edge of the power spectrum imaginable...from completely powerless to superhero to god. It’s an impressive spectrum. And it’s nice to see her holding the kind of power that she does in the latest issue of her own series. Very cool.
