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Miss Ororo Monroe, one of my favorite characters ever, as I’ve blogged about on other forums incessantly. Smart, Sexy and Exotic, she also sports my favorite Super Heroine costume ever!
Originally created by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, Ororo blossomed into the gorgeous Goddess she would be known for when writer Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne took over the strip starting from Uncanny X-Men #108.
This seminal issue run would feature Ororo at her most fetching; strong and powerful in her element, but also young and naïve about life in the city and living with her fellow X-Men in domestic settings.
Ororo always looked great and was always an interesting character during Dave Cockrum’s reign, but it wasn’t until John Byrne came around that I was totally taken for a loop with Storm.
Under Byrne’s penciling, she became one of the hottest commodities comics had, with a tight curvy figure, billowy snowy white hair, and lush, exotic eyes. It was fascinating to watch her in costume OR in street clothing, both of which John Byrne had a fair for drawing. It became the main focus of these early issues to see what Storm would reveal to us next! Under Byrne’s eye, Ororo became HOT, HOT, HOT!
Someone at work once pointed out to me that it seemed to him that in almost EVERY issue of the Byrne/Claremont X-Men run, Ororo would be either
1) scantily clad 2)undressing or 3) nude.
Looking back over the run, I find this statement to be pretty accurate! He also added, “Not that I blame them…if it was up to ME, I’d have her in the same state of semi-undress, too!
First Appearance: Giant Size X-Men #1, Illustrator: Dave Cockrum
Favorite Artists:
•Dave Cockrum, Uncanny X-Men , epsecially the Juggernaut arc, which also featured Ororo's origin. (#101-103)
•John Byrne in Uncanny X-Men #108-141, Iron Fist #15, etc…. Personally, no one will ever match John Byrne’s rendition of Ororo! And BTW, expect to see Mr. Byrne listed here a LOT under "favorite Artists" for any particular heroine!
