Marvel has been doing a lot of things right lately, with huge hits like Avengers: Endgame and the recent Spider-man films. The Marvel universe is now more popular than ever. But what if it were to go back in time?
The “when was marvel created” is a question that has been asked for a long time. Marvel renewed their love story in Dark Ages #1, which was released on November 15th.
WARNING: Spoilers for Dark Ages #4 follow. Even though it may appear that marriages have been frowned upon in superhero comics, one that fans have been eager to see revisited is the relationship between Black Panther and Storm. Their union brought together the Avengers and X-Men franchises, even though it ultimately didn’t last. X-Men writer Jonathan Hickman recently noted in an interview with Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men how he planned to reveal that Storm was pregnant with Black Panther’s child. The most recent issue of Dark Ages showed Ororo Munroe and T’Challaback together again in an alternate multiverse reality.
Storm and Black Panther are on two different continents as Dark Ages #4 by Tom Taylor, Iban Coello, Brian Reber, and VC’s Joe Sabino starts. Storm is utilizing her mutant talent to manipulate the wind to assist propel a helicarrier across the sea, while Black Panther reigns supreme over Africa. The Marvel Universe is plunged into darkness as the Earth loses electricity in Dark Ages. Over the previous seven years, society has managed to endure, despite the presence of classic dangers such as the Apocalypse. A group of heroes is fleeing from Europe, where the Apocalypse rules, to Africa in search of freedom. This is where King T’Challa and Storm are reconciled once again.
While it’s lovely to watch the couple in love, it’s also surprising to learn that they have a small daughter called Nkosazana. She’s overjoyed to see her mother, and she rushes up to give Storm a huge embrace. Storm reminds T’Challa that he can’t complain since Storm just finished pulling a helicarrier over the water from Portugal, and the family makes brief banter about how Nkosazana woke her father up very early. When Storm inquires about Okoye, we’re reminded of how she was kidnapped by a mind-controlling Quicksilver in Dark Ages #3.
Sue Storm and Pepper Potts lead a group of heroes determined to return to Europe to rescue Tony Stark, who is held captive by Apocalypse. Storm decides to accompany them when they persuade Admiral Nick Fury to let them utilize his helicarrier for the rescue operation so they won’t have to depend on its slower steam engine. Former S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury is slain when the helicarrier is assaulted by a squad of pirate Ghost Raiders, thus their return voyage isn’t without its own fatalities.
Storm looks to be taking T’Challa’s position as Black Panther in the main Marvel Universe at some time in 2022. Kang the Conqueror glimpsed a future where a lady with long white hair wore the Black Panther suit in the Timeless one-shot. Storm is thought to be the person hiding behind the mask, however this has yet to be proven.
What are your thoughts on Black Panther and Storm reuniting in Dark Ages? Let us know what you think in the comments section!
Refugees are welcomed to Africa by a storm.
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Storm and Black Panther Remarried
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Nkosazana is their daughter’s name.
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They’re all part of one big happy family.
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Storm Becoming the Black Panther was teased in Timeless #1.
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