History is only made by the masses of the people (Part 25)...

Black Super Hero History Month

Storm

Marvel Comic's Storm first appeared in Giant Size X-Men #1 in July 1975.  Ororo Munroe was born to a Kenyan mother and an American journalist.  She was born in Harlem.  Later they moved to Egypt, where her parents were killed, leaving Ororo orphaned at six years old.  She learns to live on the streets, becoming a skilled thief in the process.    She ends up wandering into a desert, where she lives with a tribe of people.  Once her powers reveal themselves at puberty, she is worshiped as a goddesses by the tribe.

Until she is recruited by Professor X for his team of new X-men he's gathering to go rescue the old group.  Storm remained with the X-Men for many years, even leading them on several occasions.

Storm has the ability to control and manipulate the weather.  It's not a magical way of doing it, like Thor has. She can't create a snowstorm at the snap of her fingers.  She can manipulate the weather patterns around, though, to do most anything she wants.

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