Real name: Ororo Munroe
Other aliases: (current) None, (former—in Kenya and Tanzania) "Beautiful Windrider"
Identity: Secret
Occupation: Adventurer, (former) "Goddess" to an African tribe, master thief
Legal status: Citizen of the United States with no criminal record. (She probably has a record as a juvenile offender in Egypt, but not under her true name.)
Place of birth: New York City, New York
Marital status: Single
Known relatives: David Munroe (father, deceased), N'Dare Munroe (mother,
deceased), Ashake (ancestor, deceased)
Base of operations: (current) Xavier Institute, Salem Center, Westchester
County, New York State, (former) Cairo, Egypt; Kenya and Tanzania; X-Men
headquarters, Australian outback
Group affiliation: (current) X-Men, (former) Leader of the Morlocks
First appearance: GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1
History: Storm is the descendant of an ancient line of African priestesses, all of
whom have white hair, blue eyes, and the potential to wield magic. Her mother,
N'Dare, was the princess of a tribe in Kenya. She married the American
photojournalist David Munroe and moved with him to Manhattan, where Ororo was born.
When Ororo was six months old, she and her parents moved to Cairo,
Egypt. Five years later, a bomb destroyed their home. Ororo's parents
were killed, but she survived, buried under rubble near her mother's
body. This traumatizing effect left Ororo with the severe
claustrophobia that still afflicts her today.
Homeless and orphaned, Ororo, came under the tutelage of master
thief Achmed el-Gibar. She became his prize pupil in thievery and in
picking locks.
Years later, feeling a strong urge to go south, Ororo
journeyed alone across the Sahara Desert and finally
reached her ancestors' homeland, the Serengeti Plain,
which lies in the modern nations of Kenya and Tanzania. By this
time her mutant power to control the weather had
emerged, and she used them to help the local tribes, who
worshipped her as a goddess.
Ororo remained with the tribes for years until Professor Charles
Xavier recruited her into the new team of X-Men he was
assembling. She was given the code name "Storm" after her
power to affect the weather.
Except for brief periods away from the team, Storm has
remained in the X-Men ever since and shares leadership of
the X-Men with Cyclops.
Height: 5 ft. 11 in.
Weight: 127 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: White
Strength level: Athlete
Flight speed: Subsonic (when
propelled by winds)
Fighting skills: Excellent hand-tohand combatant, trained by
Wolverine
Special skills and abilities:
Extraordinary ability at picking locks, excellent marksman with handguns
Known superhuman powers:
Storm has the psionic ability to control the weather over limited
areas. She can fly by creating winds strong enough to support her weight.
Storm has limited immunity to extreme heat and cold.
Special limitations: Storm's psionic powers over the weather are
affected by her emotions; hence, if she does not maintain control of
her emotions, a fit of rage might induce a destructive storm. Also,
Storm suffers from severe claustrophobia.
Other accessories: Storm carries lock picks.
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