Storm #1 reminds us that prequels can be good, actually

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The first issue of Ann Nocenti and Sid Kotian's new Storm book takes a distinctly retro approach to the wind-rider. It's the character's first solo comic in almost a decade, but it eschews the current X-Men era (perhaps partly because, as we know, that's due for some major upheavals in the coming months) in favour of a specific period in X-history. At the same time it uses its prequel status to dig deeper into an iconic character's emotional state.

Storm #1 takes place many years before the current Krakoan age, fitting pretty snugly around 1983's Uncanny X-Men #176 and #177, and featuring a classic mutant line-up. Rogue has recently switched sides, leaving the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to join Xavier's mob, Wolverine has just lost Mariko, and Kitty Pryde is struggling with what she sees as a sudden change in her friend Ororo's attitude. 

Storm #1 delves into the latter, focusing on the title character's inner life and finding a woman who is struggling to reconcile the different aspects of her past - the thief, the hero, the goddess - with the mantle of leadership that has been passed to her.

The issue opens with a classic mutant-on-mutant scrap that sees Mystique's crew defeated. The X-Men head to the beach for a spot of well-earned fun (cue Wolverine popping on the swim shorts), but play just seems to bring out the growing tensions within the crew.

The biggest point of contention here is Storm's new look, which she took on back in Uncanny X-Men #173, partly in response to having used her powers to inflict pain on another for the first time. Kitty didn't react well to the abrupt change in style (in that issue wailing "Your clothes! Your hair! ... How could you!?!" - a slight overreaction, Kitty!) and the new comic uses