Well it's really hard to give a character a solo book that can last and it's even harder because of the things working against her.
Firstly, she is a female, a black person, a leader figure who need followers, a rogue's gallery of friends and enemies, a reason to be on her own, and a creative team that would do her justice. I would love a proper Storm solo book but right now she is where she needs to be and finally getting the spotlight. We had to put up with two decades of her being underused, overlooked and unimportant.
If there ever was a time in the recent past for her to have a solo book it would have been when she was married off to Black Panther. Even though i didn't like that marriage or what it did for her character and involvement in the x-book post Decimation, i still would have liked her to have gotten some focus over there dealing with all her business. We could have seen her deal with Wakandan matters, become a diplomat and travel across the continent doing some good, or connecting with other Marvel heroes and villains. Sadly Black Panther stole all her stories and she was a supporting character in his book. Marvel couldn't even have been decent enough to have both of them share the title and had both their names on the book. It was so apparent she had no power in that relationship or in the marketing of those stories.
So if we are to see a future X-book just for Storm. I would love an origin book detailing her past better than i ever has been before. And i don't consider her mini-series leading up to the wedding was a farce. I want to finally know and see how see first used her powers, and follow her on her journey from Egypt to Kenya. And if she were to have a book set in the future maybe it would be to connect with her relatives and learn about her mystical heritage. I believe Ashake is still in the present collecting dust somewhere. Let them connect and go on a new journey to uncover their history and develop a new Ororo.
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