Storm

Super Name: Storm
Real Name: Ororo Munroe
Publisher: Marvel
Creators: Len Wein, Dave Cockrum
Gender: Female
Citizenship : American
Place of Birth : New York City, New York
Marital Status : Divorced
Occupation : X-man, Adventurer; former Former Queen of Wakanda, gladiator, thief, tribal patron
Gender : Female
Height : 5'11"
Weight : 145 lbs.
Eyes : Blue, glowing white when utilizing her powers.
Hair : White
Character Type: Mutant
First Appearance: Giant-Size X-Men #1 - Deadly Genesis
Appears in: 6836 issues
Birthday: n/a
Died: The Uncanny X-Men #227 - The Belly Of The Beast!
Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #11 - ...And Dust to Dust!

          Origin:


Storm (Ororo Munroe) is a descendant of an ancient royal line of white-haired, blue-eyed sorceresses (possibly mutants), who get their defining features every five generations. Her royal heritage can be traced back since the dawn of humanity and her family's kingdom lies hidden in the Great Rift Valley of Africa, the valley that spawned the human race itself. The power in her family is transferred from mother to daughter. Her mother, Princess N'Dare, rebelled against their tradition as she felt that she was forced to do the role that was given to her. She then married an American photojournalist, David Munroe, and they lived in Manhattan. They moved to Cairo, Egypt when Ororo was still an infant. When Ororo was five, she and her family were caught in an Arab-Israeli conflict. Her parents were killed and Ororo ended up buried under rubble next to her mother's body. Because of this, Ororo has a life long struggle to overcome her severe claustrophobia. Ororo was never sought after by her own people in fear of her safety as her own uncle, Shetani, who felt left out and wanted to rule, threatened that he would kill Ororo should her people even try to find her. Storm, by birth, is the rightful heir to her family's kingdom and to the oldest royal family on the face of the Earth.

Creation:

Storm was created by the writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum and made her first ever appearance in Giant Size X-Men # 1 in May 1975. Storm was created using different characters that were originally intended to be used in the Legion Of Superheroes comic book. During an interview in 1999, Len Wein explained that the original black female character of Legion would have been named The Black Cat and wore a similar costume to Storm but without the cape and sported cat-like haircut and ears. However, due to other female cat-like characters like Tigra appearing, Dave Cockrum decided to re-design the new character and give her white hair and a black cape and the name Storm.

Major Stories:


Orphan in Cairo
Joining the X-Men
Deadly Genesis
Asgardian Wars

Doom
Quest for Magik
Mutant Massacre
Fall of the Mutants
Inferno
X-Tinction Agenda
Muir Island Saga and X-men Gold Team
Return to the Morlocks
X-Treme X-Men
The X.S.E.
Wakanda and Marriage
Civil War
Dark Reign
Doom War and Loss of Husband
Astonishing X-Men
Second Coming
Regenesis - X-Men
Regenesis - Uncanny X-Men
Joining The Avengers
Avengers Vs X-Men
Uncanny X-Force Now
All-Female X-Men Team

Powers:

Attractive Female

Electricity Control

Flight

Heat Generation

Ice Control

Intellect

Leadership

Unarmed Combat

Water Control

Weapon Master

Weather Control

Wind Bursts

Weather Manipulation

Air and Pressure

Lightning

Moisture

Temperature

Adaptation

Energy Sight

Resistance To Temperature Extremes

Resistance to Telepaths

Potential