Storm's status as a X-Men leader

[jwatson]

The only way Storm can get more development than leading an X-Men team book, is in a well bought, well funded/promoted solo book.


Where is that?


If Storm had a solo book like that, sure, screw the X-Men, she is better off pursuing her own destiny as a global/universally minded goddess of life, transcending the x-gene and Xavier's philosophies. But I don't see current Marvel publishing division having that as a priority. So, with that reality in mind, yes, Storm needs to be in the visionary leader/badass position of an X-Men team book. That gives her the greatest audience, and the greatest opportunity for development. BP #13 sold about 21k in June. Barely in the top 100. Shuri #9 sold barely half that, at 10.7k. Even all of the horrible Age of X-Man series sold better than that. Uncanny #19 sold 51.9k, #20 did 41k, both in the same month. In pure numbers, X-Men comics matter more than BP or Shuri comics.

What developement willl she get leading a book. She can easily be on a team and have her own motivations and her own mission statement and that being a primary reason why she doesn't want to lead a team of X-men. If Storm is leading a team of X-men it's because she is fighting for mutant rights. Been there, done that, still doing it, and don't need to be a leader to get it done. As leader she is worrying about keeping the team together, keeping the team focus, staying in control for the team. Whereas with not leading for all we know she could be the baddest bitch where everyone like "WTF this Storm been?" Come on girl we need to dial this back a notch, please." The fact of the matter is we don't know what we don't know. But this is the most promotion Storm has gotten from marvel in a long time and it's across mediums.

100% agree on a solo book but there's no way to know that isn't happening. This is phase 1. We don't even know the staus quo yet. For all we know they could be going around spreading the word of Storm from coast to coast and building her up as a goddess. We just don't know yet.