Storm superhero biography

Of the dozens of Marvel Comics characters who can claim membership in the X-Men, there are very few who possess the sheer power that Ororo Munroe commands as Storm.

She wields absolute power over the weather itself, with the ability to do everything from targeting pinpoint lightning strikes to creating full-on hurricanes to just making sure that it's sunny with a light breeze on Jean Grey's wedding day.

But while most mutants' stories begin when their mutant powers manifest and hit their high point when they join up with Charles Xavier's slightly culty team of feared and hated heroes, Storm has the kind of life that even Wolverine would think is pretty complicated.

From her childhood journey as a street urchin to becoming a superhero and street fighter to the times (yeah, more than once) that she's become a god, here's the entire backstory of Storm, one of Marvel's greatest characters.

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