However, considering Immortal X-Men Issue 11 was supposed to be Ororo’s chapter, I was expecting a bit more insight. And I understand that there’s nothing wrong with having personal preferences as a creative when telling certain stories. Gillen likes playing with shades of grey. I think he “respects” Storm as the iconic character that she is, but he has more fun when writing scenes that involve Mystique, Emma Frost, Hope, etc… basically, the kind of characters that don’t easily fit the “good guy” category.

In my opinion, even though the current issue, with very stunning art from Lucas Werneck and David Curiel, was from Ororo’s perspective, it continues to be clear to me that Gillen didn’t really enjoy writing her.

You just can’t change someone like Charles Xavier. Of course, things didn’t pan out the way she intended. She wanted her fellow X-Men to learn and hopefully do better this time around. I liked that even though Forge created a way to prevent Charles, Emma, Hope, and Emma from turning into Sinister in the near future, Ororo still wanted to teach them a lesson about what they did during SoS. While the timeline had been reset, Charles, Hope, Exodus, and Emma were still compromised. With the current comic book series focusing on a different character in each issue, the latest chapter was about Storm making certain decisions regarding the Quiet Council after the events of Sins of Sinister. Let’s begin by talking about Immortal X-Men by writer Kieron Gillen. I will be covering Immortal X-Men Issue 11, I Hate This Place Issue 8, and MMPR/TMNT II Issue 5. Immortal X-Men Issue 11 (Image: Marvel Comics) Welcome to my comic book reviews for this week (May 3, 2023).

Once & Future, Vol. 1 by Kieron Gillen