Alternative versions of Storm

In addition to her mainstream incarnation, Storm has had been depicted in other fictional universes.

Age of Apocalypse

In the hellish reality known as the Age of Apocalypse (created 1995, various writers), Storm is a member of the X-Men, but more streetwise and tough, and her romantic interest is Quicksilver. Her appearance differs in the fact that she has a black lightning tattoo over her left eye.

Zombie

Alongside Thor, Dr. Strange, Colossus, and Nightcrawler, Storm was one of the last superhumans on her world to be zombified. As a zombie, like all other heroes of the alternate reality, she was overcome with an insatiable hunger for human flesh and died when a small group of former hero zombies gained the powers of the Silver Surfer and attacked them.

Marriage to Forge

In New X-Men, in an alternate future, Ororo married Forge and lived a happy married life in his building Eagle's Plaza in Dallas, Texas. They had two children, a girl, Orora and baby boy Naze. Nimrod traveled from the future, but his time-traveling systems were damaged and needed repair. He sought Forge and in order for him to comply, he viciously killed Storm and threatened to kill their daughter and then their son if he did not help. Forge helped Nimrod, sending him to Earth 616 where he fought the "New X-Men", who managed to send him back in time to the past of Earth 616 (original Uncanny Nimrod issues).

DC vs. Marvel

Storm faced off against Wonder Woman and emerged victorious.

Days of Future Past

In the dystopian Days of Future Past storyline of Chris Claremont (1981), Storm is one of the last fighters of the mutant resistance and gets killed by a horde of robot, mutant-hunting Sentinels.

Earth X

In a contemporary alternative universe, the Earth X series (started 1999 by Jim Krueger), Storm is known as "Queen Storm" and is married to Black Panther, something that happens in the mainstream universe seven years later.

House of M

When a crazed Scarlet Witch remade the world into the world of the House of M by Brian Michael Bendis (2005), Storm is a Kenyan princess.

Mutant X

Bloodstorm is a fictional mutant/vampire hybrid from an alternate universe within the Marvel Comics multiverse. She is an alternate reality version of the X-Men's Storm. In this reality she leaves the X-Men and with fellow teammates forms the team The Six.

Publication history

Bloodstorm co-starred in Mutant X #1-32 (Oct. 1998 - June 2001) and the Mutant X 2000 Annual. She crossed over into the "Earth X" alternate universe in the miniseries Paradise X #1-2 (May-Aug. 2000).

Fictional character biography

In the main Marvel Universe, the X-Man Havok found himself transported to an alternate reality where he was the leader of a hero group called The Six. There he met alternate versions of friends, family and teammates, including of fellow X-Men member Storm (Ororo Munroe), who was differently mutated and called Bloodstorm in this reality.

In the main Marvel Universe, Storm had survived the bite of Dracula. In this reality, she was transformed into a vampire. She quit the X-Men for a time, trying her best not to succumb to bloodlust, and sought help from her lover, Forge. He voluntarily became her food source so that she would not have to kill. In addition, she also fed on Kitty Pryde from time to time, destabilizing their previous relationship of parent-figure and child.

On a mission with her to steal from the group the Thieves Guild, teammate Gambit was critically wounded. He begged Bloodstorm to grant him eternal vampiric life; when she reluctantly performed the task, Gambit nonetheless ran away in anger. Around the time Havok had split off from this reality's X-Men to form his own group, Bloodstorm returned and became one of the founding members of The Six.

When Havok of the main Marvel Universe had initially appeared, he and Bloodstorm had had a hard time adjusting, but over time formed a strong bond. However, that would not stop her from being influenced by other forces. When a despot known as the Goblyn Queen ascended to power, she manipulated the Six into serving her (with Fallen joining willingly). However, the team broke free of her influence and was able to defeat her, choosing to remain with Havok and reform the team with the new goal of saving mutants from this reality's crazed espionage chief Nick Fury and his organization, S.H.I.E.L.D.

On a side mission, Bloodstorm fought the leader of the Outsiders — this reality's version of the Morlocks— to free captive friends. As in main Marvel continuity, she was successful, thus becoming the underground group's leader.

Havok eventually found a means to cure some to the side-effects of Bloodstorm's and Gambit's vampirism, granting the two a serum which helped to satiate their bloodlust and allowed them to walk in sunlight. Later, upon Dracula's reawakening, Bloodstorm battled him and victoriously staked her sire through the heart.

Bloodstorm later appeared in a different parallel universe, helping to save it. In reward, she was given a blood transfusion from her counterpart in that reality, effectively ridding her of her vampirism.

Powers and abilities

Aside from her control over the weather, Bloodstorm is also able to transform into a mist, summon, control, and transform into vermin and other animals such as wolves and bats, and drain blood through her fangs. Also, like any vampire, Ororo has the ability to turn others into vampires, but has only used this ability once.

Limbo Storm

A year later, in Uncanny X-Men #160 (August 1982, writer Chris Claremont) and in the Magik (Illyana and Storm) limited series (December 1983 - March 1984, writer Chris Claremont), an alternate Storm is introduced, who lives the remaining years of her life in the demonic realm of Limbo. This Storm turns to her heritage of sorcery in old age as her power over the elements waned. She tutors Illyana Rasputin in the use of good magics and battles the demon Belasco over control of Limbo. She is killed by a demonically altered version of Kitty Pryde named Cat.

Ultimate Storm

In the Ultimate Marvel continuity, Storm a.k.a. Ororo Munroe is a founding member of the "Ultimate X-Men," created by Mark Millar and Joe Quesada on February 2001. Millar, who wrote for the series until July 2003, established Storm as an illegal immigrant from Morocco who lives in Harlem and steals cars before joining the X-Men. In contrast to her mainstream counterpart, Ultimate Storm initially has trouble controlling her powers. For example, she once passes out after reluctantly summoning a lightning squall in order to destroy a fleet of Sentinels. Another notable departure from the mainstream Storm is her troubled relationship with fellow X-Man Beast, whom she has an intellectual attraction to, despite his ape-like appearance. Beast, who because of his appearance, suffers from an inferiority complex, cannot understand why the highly attractive Storm has an interest in him. When later writer Brian Michael Bendis killed Beast off in April 2004, a grief-stricken Storm drastically alters her appearance. This change parallels the transformation her mainstream counterpart goes through under Claremont and Smith. Ultimate Storm cuts her hair, which had reached her thigh, wears a shorter, edgy punk style, and replaces her conservative clothing in favor of revealing leather mini-skirts and dresses, black heels, trench coats, and studded belts. Subsequent writer Brian K. Vaughan wrote Storm to act as the team's conscience and started a relationship between her and Wolverine. In the "Ultimate X-Men: Shock and Awe" arc (2005), Vaughan inserted new elements into her back story by establishing Yuriko "Yuri" Oyama a.k.a. Lady Deathstrike as Storm's archenemy. Storm and Yuri are fellow thieves, but Yuriko eventually grows envious of her colleague. Their friendship ends in a motorcycle chase which Ororo halts with a sudden rainstorm. Yuri loses control and has a seemingly fatal collision with a truck, but she is rebuilt into a cyborg by amoral Dr. Cornelius of the mutant superweapon project Weapon X As of 2007, UXM writer Robert Kirkman has continued establishing a friendship between Storm and Wolverine in Ultimate X-Men: Date Night (2006). With the return of Beast, Storm is confused but the two rekindle their relationship.

Storm is the only mutant in the primary cast to appear in every Ultimate X-Men comic.

What If?

• In issue #12, Storm has been portrayed as a goddess of Asgard;
• In issue #40, she stays a thief and refuses to join the X-Men;
• In issue #74, she is a potential X-Men recruit targeted by Mister Sinister, written as the shady leader of the X-Men.
• In issue #79, she is the wielder of the Phoenix force, calling herself Stormphoenix and being the ruthless tyrant of Earth, freezing every opposition in the atmosphere; in the end she died.
• In issue #114 finally, Storm marries a fellow X-Man, the feral Wolverine and bears his daughter Kendall Logan. Kendall becomes the hero known as Torrent, having some of her mother's control over weather as well as her father's feral abilities. As a side note, a relationship between Wolverine and Storm was also shown in the X-Men animated series episode "X-Men: The Animated Series: 'One Man's Worth'" (1995).