The thing about revenge is sometimes it leaves you shortsighted. The vengeance becomes your drive and anger takes you to certain places. More often than not, that deep hate that you have in your gut is never really sufficed once you get your revenge. It often leaves you hardened and distrustful.

This is often how people who have been wronged hurt other people. As it has been said a thousand times, hurt people hurt people. Time does not make any of this easier. In the debut issue of Storm and The Brotherhood Of Mutants, we find Storm and her band of mutants as they carry out a trail of vengeance across Hell.

We find Storm on her planet of Arrako, which was another place where mutants could live and thrive, but ten years after what Mister Sinister had unleashed on Krakoa, as her legions had been depleted because of war, the planet destroyed, leaving her people scattered but she is not ready to bow down to anyone especially  Mister Sinister. Hope shows up at Storm’s court in the form of Mystique who offers a way to even the odds and restore Arrako. This leads her and the Brotherhood Of Mutants to Muir Island, to destroy the clone of Moira Mctaggert, By the issue’s end, they are double-crossed by Mystique, but she is double crossed by her wife, not knowing she was only a pawn  that got sacrificed.

Overall, Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 is an excellent debut which shows what happens when everything goes wrong. The story by Ewing is a class in world building. The art by the creative team is wonderful. Altogether, a great story that shows our heroes when they have their backs against the wall.

Story: Al Ewing Art: Paco Medina
Color: Jay David Ramos Letterer: Ariana Maher
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy

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Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed – and now Storm wants revenge! Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 is the first series to launch out of “Sins of Sinister,” focused on Storm and her resistance to the nightmare world.

Written by Al Ewing, the debut issue is an interesting one. It does a dance balancing the various needs it must fill and all together it does a great job of spotlighting each aspect.

Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 introduces the world of “Sins of Sinister” catching up readers who might not have read the event’s debut issue. It does that quite well delivering the info that’s needed and catching up readers. It also fills in some of the history and background for those who have already read that debut even issue as well. Ewing does an excellent job of making it more than a simple repeat of what we already know, there’s more information that further fleshes out the story.

The issue itself then delivers action with twists and turns that not only drive home Storm’s mission but adds in massive new wrinkles to the story itself. If Sinister’s trick is discovered, will everyone want things to change and be “fixed”?

Paco Medina‘s art is solid with an interesting shift as it’s narrative changes. With color by Jay David Ramos and lettering by Ariana Maher, the issue goes from one of recounting history to telling the action in the present. Each narrative section has a slightly different feel as if one is a story being told and the other is a story as its acting out. It’s subtle but also fits how the issue is told quite well.

Storm & the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 is a good piece of the puzzle overall. While it doesn’t totally stand on its own, the issue presents an event that’s not quite as straightforward as a bad guy and those fighting against him. It adds yet another layer to the already complicated mess that was revealed in Sins of Sinister #1. As a part of the overall narrative, it’s a solid addition.

Story: Al Ewing Art: Paco Medina
Color: Jay David Ramos Letterer: Ariana Maher
Story: 7.75 Art: 8.15 Overall: 7.95 Recommendation: Buy

Marvel provided Graphic Policy with a FREE copy for review

Purchase: Zeus Comics – comiXology/Kindle