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val_z's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ailed's review
2.0
I love the idea of Storm and Black Panther together, they are both bad-asses and look really hot together. Unfortunately they rushed their relationship too much. In fact there is barely any relationship at all, they fell in love when they were young but T'Challa broke her heart, then they met over the years, and now out of the blue he asks her to marry him because his mother has pushed him to it. At first Storm is reluctant -with good reason- but he claims that he is ready to love her like she deserves. And in my opinion that's perfectly fine, but he should prove it. Ororo being the strong woman she is should have asked him to date for awhile before giving him an answer, get to know each other all over again since they have both grown up and changed, see if they can be together despite their busy lives and various commitments. Ororo is not the kind of woman who turns her life upside down because of a man, not matter how much she loves him, but no, she accepts the proposal in the span of a day, which it's very out of character if you ask me.
At some point some Wakandan youths point out they should date first and one says that true love doesn't wait, and perhaps that could apply to their case if it weren't for how hurt Ororo still is over their break up all those years back which she herself alludes to in the first issue of this story arc. All in all it's a very unsatisfactory execution of what could have been one of the best couples of the Marvel Universe. They deserved better!