The epic, untold love story between Marvel's two pre-eminent black super heroes - Storm and the Black Panther - is finally told, as only New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey can do it! An orphaned street urchin, living by her wits on the unforgiving plains of Africa as she struggles to harness her slowly developing mutant powers. A warrior Prince, embarking on his rite of passage as he ponders the great responsibility in his future. And a crew of ruthless mercenaries who'll stop at nothing to capture an elusive creature of legend: the fabled wind-rider. What sparks occur when their paths intersect? Don't miss out on this prelude to the wedding of Storm and the Black Panther! Collects Storm #1-6.
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Eric Jerome Dickey is the author of twelve novels, including the bestsellers Genevieve, Drive Me Crazy, Naughty or Nice, The Other Woman, and Thieves' Paradise. Dickey writes full time and is developing a six-issue mini-series of comic books for Marvel Enterprises featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Origin Story for Marvel Comics Premier Super-Heroine!,
By Hype Currie "scholar of pop culture" (Detroit, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Storm (Book Market Edition) (Hardcover)
First, it should be understood that Storm is Marvel comics' premier Super-Heroine, period!
Popular novelist Eric Jerome Dickey, known for his best-selling African-American fiction novels, writes the definitive origin story for "Storm". Born of a Kenyan tribal princess and an African-American photojournalist, Ororo Munroe lived in New York City and Cairo before losing her parents in the aftermath of a terrorist conflict. Forced to live as a vagabond for the next several years, the story opens shortly after Ororo has hit puberty, and her mutant powers begin to manifest. She is currently living with a band of child thieves, mentored by the anonymous Teacher. One fateful day, she snatches the camera of an "American", who turns out to be a South African game hunter. She is nearly caught, but an accidental use of her powers allows her to escape. Intrigued, the hunter realizes that she is a mutant, and instantly becomes obsessed with capturing her. Further conflict develops when the hunter calls in his brother for support, the incredibly strong (and brutal) Andreas, aka the Bull. An observer soon drawn into the conflict is a young man around Ororo's age. He is Prince T'Challa of Wakanda: the only African nation to never have been conquered by an outside force, and whose deposits of the precious mineral vibranium are coveted by men throughout the world. He is on his `walkabout', a coming-of-age ritual where he is to discover the outside world and find out what it means to be a man. The two adolescents are instantly intrigued with each other, and thus begins their journey into friendship, love, and mortal danger that will carry into their adult lives. Dickey's prose captures Storm's personality quite well, delving into the psyche of a girl discovering her womanhood. There is an excellent balance of action and character development. Throughout the story there are several dramatic observations about both African and African-American culture, the legacy of colonialism and modern-day problems in Africa. David Yardin's art is well-suited for this story, the black characters in particular look realistically ethnic, a common concern in comic-book art. The writer and artist should team up for another story, soon. This has the potential to be turned into a movie, perhaps an X-Men prequel.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Storm (Book Market Edition) (Hardcover)
This graphic novel is Wonderful! I bought it at the atlanta airport bookstore, and read it on the plane. It pulls one into the plight of Ororo(storm) and her need to survive in a very realisticly cruel setting of Africa.
Not many women would admit to loving comics but I do! As an artist and black woman, Dickey has done a great job of telling her story. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SECOND ONE.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disturbing.,
By Maxine Shaw, attorney at LOL (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Storm (Paperback)
Not sure what's worse: the complete rewriting of the story to where T'Challa saves Storm (when it's been the other way around since the 1980s), or the explicit, detailed storm of a 16-year-old boy making love to a 12-year-old girl. Absolutely terrible.
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