@PhoenixoftheTides said:
I'm excited that Monica Rambeau is going to be in this story. She is rarely used.
I had no problems with Valkyrie beating Storm. If you want to be technical, Storm has lost to enemies with "lesser" powersets before: Super Sabre has taken her out with his super speed (if I recall correctly, he snapped his fingers generating a sonic boom that knocked her out), Pyro was able to defeat her and the X-Men when Mystique was not on the field with Freedom Force (he's usually not shown to be particularly strategic minded), and there were other enemies who took her out with minimal effort. Most Asgardians have extremely well-developed strength and speed - combine those with Valkyrie's centuries of combat experience fighting various demons and Storm was somewhat outclassed stats-wise. The Enchantress doesn't have combat experience, but she was able to beat Storm and Human Torch in less than a panel with a single spell. Thor didn't even have to exert an effort to overwhelm her. I know many of y'all are hardcore Storm fans, but Asgardians in general are in another physical tier not even to speak of their greater experience dealing with more powerful mystical opponents. Storm survived because Valkyrie respected her too much to kill her. Heck, Valkyrie has fought Hulk to a standstill, so we aren't talking about some minor character needing PIS to beat Storm.
We'll really have to see how the Age of Ultron goes because the X-Men have never confronted him and to be fair to all parties, Ultron has defeated and held his own against The Avengers, who are much more powerful individually and as a team than the X-Men. I'm not sure if any of the characters on that lineup, except Monica, Susan or Red Hulk, actually have the capacity to damage the adamantium armored circuity Ultron Prime usually has!
I'm glad they are using Monica as well. She is a really powerful character.
As far as Valkryie being able to beat Storm, I highly disagree. All Storm had to do to end that match was removed the air that her horse was using to fly and the battle would have been over. It was clearly PIS that allowed for her to win. In those other instances, both Enchantress and Thor has the range with their powers that allow them to effectively combat Storm. Valkryie on the other hand does not have this, and any battle with the two (save H2H only) should have resulted in a win for Storm.
It will be interesting to see how the Ultron war goes. Seeing that I don't read anything Bendis I will have to wait on the community to give the overview on what occurred.
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