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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody. This is Chandler, and this is Chris, and

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<v Speaker 1>this is Moriwa. And you're listening too, and it creates

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast Welcome on in Everybody. For episode one two,

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<v Speaker 1>we are so excited to have writer Morewa Iodeli. You

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<v Speaker 1>are the current author of the solo Storm series and

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<v Speaker 1>we are so excited welcome Morewa.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thanks, thank you for having me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, such a pleasure. We love Storm, Chris and I

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<v Speaker 1>Chris can express how much you love Storm.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I love Storm ever since her fight with Calisto, the

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<v Speaker 3>leader of the Morlocks. That was one of the first

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<v Speaker 3>issues that I read of her, and I just was

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<v Speaker 3>so entranced by her power, her ability to take on

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<v Speaker 3>any enemy even without her powers and be Victoria. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>like she is a goddess.

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<v Speaker 2>And the ads in that comic was very very good.

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<v Speaker 2>I like how she's portrayed heights and everything. Mm hmmm.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. The thing about Storm, which I always kind of

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<v Speaker 1>make fun of her in the sense is that she

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<v Speaker 1>can do anything she can like if there is if

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<v Speaker 1>there's a problem, she can be a pickpocket, she can

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<v Speaker 1>pick a lock, she can do whatever. If she needs

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<v Speaker 1>to be a martial artist, she can be a martial art,

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<v Speaker 1>Like she just can do anything you need her to

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<v Speaker 1>do in the moment because she is the She is

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<v Speaker 1>the every woman for the X Men. She always gets

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<v Speaker 1>them out of trouble, she always fixes it for them.

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<v Speaker 1>And I always feel like with Storm, I always look

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<v Speaker 1>forward to stories where she fails or she doesn't succeed

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<v Speaker 1>because she's such an amazing character, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>your stories are going to get us there. I feel

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<v Speaker 1>like we're going to see Storm, you know, in some

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<v Speaker 1>dangerous situations where she can't just be incredible and powerful

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<v Speaker 1>and make get her way out of it. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>very much looking forward to your entire Storm series.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was about to make a joke of that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, she can't do everything anything on the stick

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<v Speaker 2>show up.

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<v Speaker 3>I personally have always loved the fashion of Storm. She

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<v Speaker 3>is a fashion icon, and I love your series because

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<v Speaker 3>with Lucas's art, you know, we get to see a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of her iconic outfits. I look forward to diving

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<v Speaker 3>into this issue because we see a lot of them

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<v Speaker 3>in this issue too, and that's number one.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think about five different looks and we keep

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<v Speaker 2>that up for every single issue. An issue too, she

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<v Speaker 2>has a new superro costume where she wears that is

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<v Speaker 2>all White's called brutal Storm. Look, you know, we keep

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<v Speaker 2>doing that for different looks. Very so she's going to

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<v Speaker 2>get a vibranium almal, you know, different stuff. So I

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<v Speaker 2>guess we're playing around with a costume, a look, playing

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<v Speaker 2>around with fashion of different characters. It was supporting characters

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<v Speaker 2>like Frenzy. We see how wearing a Golden Brooks for

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<v Speaker 2>our shoes, you know, so fashion is going to play

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<v Speaker 2>very big growth in the story as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. I love that, and I love that

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<v Speaker 1>we have Eternal Storm, which is very Sailor Moon. Chris

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<v Speaker 1>and I love Sailor Moon. We all know Tailor Mountain

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<v Speaker 1>goes through these transformations to super sailor Eternal Sailor Moon.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I saw that at the end of this issue,

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<v Speaker 1>I was like, we're going there. I love that.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we have an only issue where she does the

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<v Speaker 2>full transformation, like she turns to lights and everything before,

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<v Speaker 2>so we get a full sale Moon like transformation.

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<v Speaker 3>As big fans of storms, there are different types of

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<v Speaker 3>names for fan groups for storm They're called stormcasters. So

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to know who came up with the term stormcasters.

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<v Speaker 3>And how many of their ideas were explored Around the

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<v Speaker 3>naming of the fan group.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I've seen a couple. I think I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>wind Riders and say stomp Casters. I wanted to name

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<v Speaker 2>the letters page a dariyao Alta, but I think Marve

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't buy that. They just put Storm on the letters page.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just like stomp castercase. I think I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's the name of one of our weapons when Loki

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to rival or something. So I just loved Stompcast

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<v Speaker 2>and I just put that name in the letters page.

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not even sure where I edit from, but

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<v Speaker 2>that is the one that kind of like stock with

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<v Speaker 2>me the most because it's had Storm in its compared

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<v Speaker 2>to like wind Rider. So that's that's why it's that's

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<v Speaker 2>the letters page and and the letters page so far,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what I've been using. Their Stompcasters. That's our Each

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<v Speaker 2>letters page has been starting very fun.

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed in those letter pages they asked all of

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<v Speaker 1>the new writers of the X Men books, who your

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<v Speaker 1>favorite X character is? And you said, Nimrod, explain.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, why, Okay, it's it's a supposed to be a joke,

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<v Speaker 2>but I don't think anybody cuts onto so that it's

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<v Speaker 2>sort of like a dark joke kind of thing. It's

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<v Speaker 2>I think they asked what character do I, uh do

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<v Speaker 2>we like most related to? And I feel if I

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<v Speaker 2>say Storm, it feels like a chip answer. Every creator

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<v Speaker 2>is got to like name the characters they like most

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<v Speaker 2>related to. And I also felt like, because I'm a dude,

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<v Speaker 2>people who think you most relate to a chick, it's

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<v Speaker 2>like you're kind of stretching. It's a little and if

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<v Speaker 2>I name any other character to be like, then go

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<v Speaker 2>and write a character and leave Storm alone. There were

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<v Speaker 2>different things going through my head, so I decided to

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<v Speaker 2>choose Nimrod because it's what I actual kept to me

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<v Speaker 2>at a point where I was still writing this story

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<v Speaker 2>and I was still scared. So at the time that

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<v Speaker 2>I was still contemplative, I was going to probably haven't

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<v Speaker 2>drop the series and everything. So I chose Nimrod because

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<v Speaker 2>at that time, I felt Storm was going to defeat me.

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<v Speaker 2>Like Storm the series and in the current story, Storm

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<v Speaker 2>is the one that defeats nime Rod. So it's I

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<v Speaker 2>think I explained it on Twitter where I gave this

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<v Speaker 2>full explanation of our nime Road represented me at that

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<v Speaker 2>moment facing Storm and everything. So yeah, and the the

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<v Speaker 2>artist also illustrated that about to where Storm fats Name

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<v Speaker 2>Road was also Lucas was also the artist on the project,

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<v Speaker 2>so there are lots of circumstances around that relationship between

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<v Speaker 2>Storm and Name Roads that I was like, I'm Neimerod

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<v Speaker 2>at this point makes sense.

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<v Speaker 1>I see, I see your point. I will accept the answer. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>you mentioned Lucas Vernec. Lucas is the artist of the

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<v Speaker 1>current series of Storm, but he was a previous guest

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<v Speaker 1>on our podcast, so we always like to call back

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<v Speaker 1>to previous episodes in case those listening want to go back.

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<v Speaker 3>That's right, So listeners, if you want to hear that

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<v Speaker 3>podcast episode of X reads, go back to where we

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<v Speaker 3>cover New X Men number one twenty one.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, now in Storm, we'll get into it in deeper

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<v Speaker 1>discussion when we're going into the show or the actual issue.

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<v Speaker 1>But you really foreshadow that Storm is going to die,

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<v Speaker 1>you say like kind of just basically say it an

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<v Speaker 1>issue one, and I'm am a little scared for her.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm scared for you writing this because people love Storm.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't even imagine, So I don't want you to

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<v Speaker 1>spoil anything. I just want to lay it out for

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<v Speaker 1>the audience early that we know, or at least you've

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<v Speaker 1>foreshadowed that she's going to die in this series, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm very, very curious how this is going to happen.

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<v Speaker 1>But now the Watcher has made her a turn, we'll see.

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<v Speaker 1>But one of the questions that came from our fans

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<v Speaker 1>as we ask them online if they had in questions

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<v Speaker 1>for you, and she gets radiation poisoning in this first issue,

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<v Speaker 1>and their question was how much time is going to

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<v Speaker 1>pass between issue one and two and does the radiation

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<v Speaker 1>poisoning affect her into the second issue?

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<v Speaker 2>This second issue basically takes place almost like the next day.

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<v Speaker 2>This story flows in the very almost make it almost

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<v Speaker 2>with each issue like a diary, you know. We kind

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<v Speaker 2>of almost follow out like a day to day kind

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<v Speaker 2>of thing, you know, like we were seeing issue one

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<v Speaker 2>to see like three days later, five days ago, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so you kind of see, you feel the impacts because

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<v Speaker 2>I think Superrus leave these extraordinary lives that each day

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<v Speaker 2>is so interesting, it's so fun to covide, So there's

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<v Speaker 2>no serious time jump, and it should so we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to see the effects of radiation poisoning as she continues

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<v Speaker 2>superheroactivities an issue too, So we're stilling to see the effects.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't say how long it will last without it's

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<v Speaker 2>being a spoiler, but we're going to see ar go on,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, trying to issue too, especially focuses on are

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<v Speaker 2>trying to ignore it, but say that it's she can't

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<v Speaker 2>ignore it. She's basically dying and then she has to

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<v Speaker 2>look for means of solution, means of solving this problem.

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<v Speaker 2>And her first attempt is to go to night Nurses

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<v Speaker 2>new Superhero hospital. There's got to be in actinsas so,

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<v Speaker 2>and so we're going to see what the new super

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<v Speaker 2>hospital looks like and some adventures are get to happen

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<v Speaker 2>because of that visits. So we've got to say that

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<v Speaker 2>doctor Voodoo is going to come into the play because

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<v Speaker 2>it's both a doctor and the master of the mystic art,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, and will they be able to solve this problem?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, if they solve it, does that mean she

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<v Speaker 2>she will still survive or she still die, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>different things like that. So it's something that will still

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<v Speaker 2>continue in this first few issues, That's what I can say.

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<v Speaker 2>But the fact that when she died or not, she

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<v Speaker 2>will die. That's inevitable. Like I've said, it's an issue one.

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<v Speaker 2>It's inevitable at this point. So but how is it

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen? What are the consequences? Is yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>think it's one of the adverts in the Marvel books.

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<v Speaker 2>Marvels made a joke like, oh, maybe we should have

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<v Speaker 2>made it a mini series.

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<v Speaker 1>Another question for you was what is the what is

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite element? That storm can wheeld? Is it lightning? Wind?

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<v Speaker 3>Is it hurricanes?

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<v Speaker 1>Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>What's your favorite?

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<v Speaker 2>How to say temperature? The fact that she can suddenly

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<v Speaker 2>freeze you or defrost or heat and you know it's

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<v Speaker 2>the temperature manipulation is my favorite, and second is wind

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<v Speaker 2>and then lightning. Those are my top three.

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<v Speaker 3>We did have another question from our listeners and audience,

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<v Speaker 3>how is it working with Lucas Warneck.

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<v Speaker 2>When I was writing the script, I didn't know who

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<v Speaker 2>the artist was going to be, So I was trying

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<v Speaker 2>as much as possible to just like write as generic

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<v Speaker 2>as possible, just be true to myself, because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>usually as a writer you're told to like try to

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<v Speaker 2>write to the strength of your artists, like, oh, if

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<v Speaker 2>the artist is better at drying machineries and landscapes, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you write stuff to that if it's more of character dynamics,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. But I was writing these scripts just for

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<v Speaker 2>me because I didn't know who the artist was going

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<v Speaker 2>to be. And when I found out it just Lucas Warnick.

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<v Speaker 2>I got a little scared and worried because I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>oh man, it's going to eat all my scripts and

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<v Speaker 2>you'll probably just like quits in the middle. Because this

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<v Speaker 2>is someone that has worked with Jerry Dougan. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>Kieren Galen is going to just catch a with of

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<v Speaker 2>my scripts and be like, like you probably asked Marth

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<v Speaker 2>like did I do something wrong? Why did you have

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<v Speaker 2>Imagine you're getting stuff like that every issue by Lucas

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<v Speaker 2>We're both very visual, we both gravitate towards beauty. And

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<v Speaker 2>So it's just been beautiful walking together in this series.

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<v Speaker 2>It issue looks better and.

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<v Speaker 1>talent because he's so incredible. So we love Lucas. We

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<v Speaker 1>going to start diving into storm. So this is going

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<v Speaker 1>to set the era.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Normally Chris and I we talk about comics from the eighties,

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<v Speaker 1>from the nineties, a long time ago. I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>feel like it's so rare where we're like the issues

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<v Speaker 1>came out October second of twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 3>The top song at the time was called a bar

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<v Speaker 3>Song by Shaboozie, and.

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<v Speaker 1>That song is everywhere. I hear it on TikTok, I

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<v Speaker 1>hear it on Instagram, I hear it in shopping malls.

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<v Speaker 1>That song is everywhere, So I can understand why I'd

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<v Speaker 1>be number one on October second. The top film is

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<v Speaker 1>a film that I really want to see. I haven't

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<v Speaker 1>seen it yet. It's called The Wild Robot.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a Jeeps animated film, and this is about a

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<v Speaker 3>robot that a shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, and the

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<v Speaker 3>robot must learn to adapt to their harsh surroundings, gradually

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<v Speaker 1>And it looks very sweet, so but what's really fascinating

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<v Speaker 1>about October second, the day that your book came out,

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<v Speaker 1>is that there was an annular solar eclipse.

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<v Speaker 3>That had an anular solar eclipse.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, not a total solar eclipse total blocks out the sun.

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<v Speaker 1>Annular there you still see the ring of fire around

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<v Speaker 1>the sun. But still that is a very auspicious thing

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<v Speaker 1>to happen on the day, the first day of your

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<v Speaker 1>first issue of Storm. So I just thought it was

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that was a cool coincidence.

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<v Speaker 2>Very cool.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let's do this all right. We're doing Storm number one,

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<v Speaker 1>as you said, published October two, twenty twenty four, written

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<v Speaker 1>by yourself morewa Iodeli art by Lucas Vernick, and it's

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<v Speaker 1>titled Grand Opening. And on the cover, we'll just do

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<v Speaker 1>the cover a you know, there's many many beautiful covers

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<v Speaker 1>of Storm number one, And on the cover, tell us

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<v Speaker 1>about putting this cover together. Did you have any direction

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<v Speaker 1>or how did this come together?

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<v Speaker 2>Out of the directions for each issue, what's for issue one?

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<v Speaker 2>I think the editors like taking control because they all

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<v Speaker 2>is that at tense to be for you want to

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<v Speaker 2>not be plots specific, for it to be character specific,

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<v Speaker 2>almost like peanut like pinups. So that anyone can like

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<v Speaker 2>approach the story and give it a shot, because, for example,

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<v Speaker 2>this story is good to gradually move towards like cosmic thrilla.

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<v Speaker 2>But if the issue should give you that from the beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>some people might not be willing to try it out.

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<v Speaker 2>But if it's more a little like generic and something

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<v Speaker 2>that anybody can approach, you get to fall in love

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<v Speaker 2>with it before you find out what it's really about.

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<v Speaker 2>So the editors usually give more of the directions for

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<v Speaker 2>issue on covers understood.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this this cover cover aids by an artist named

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<v Speaker 1>Matthaeus Menjannini. I'm going to take a shot at that name,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's gorgeous. It is Storm in her new outfit

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<v Speaker 1>that she's wearing for the Avengers. She's, you know, skyrocketing

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<v Speaker 1>across the ocean. There's a sunset or sunrise behind her,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's quite dynamic. It's it's a wonderful pinup and

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<v Speaker 1>it does attract the eye. Of course they want to

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<v Speaker 1>pick it up because it's so cool looking.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I really feel her force and she's moving at

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<v Speaker 3>great speed with a lot of power.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing. Mm hmm.

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<v Speaker 2>Is that style is very recognizable when Tomby what sends

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<v Speaker 2>me to Cova. I knew it was the one street

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<v Speaker 2>because it was is the cob artist on Wakanda series

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<v Speaker 2>and also on God Spike Jonathan Aikman. So I was like, oh, man,

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<v Speaker 2>I love this guy. What is very very good.

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<v Speaker 1>I love those covers of God. I did not even

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<v Speaker 1>make the connection that that was the same cover artist,

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<v Speaker 1>but yeah, that's that's beautiful stuff. But yeah, like diving

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<v Speaker 1>into this issue, we are really excited because our very

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<v Speaker 1>first page, we get Storm's Closet.

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, the fashion looks. I love it, love love it.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so cool, it's giving Clueless. Yes, you know, at

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<v Speaker 1>this movie Clueless, there's a character named Chare and she

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<v Speaker 1>has a computer with all of her outfits and she

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<v Speaker 1>gets to go through her outfits and then the closet

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<v Speaker 1>is mechanized to bring it out. And so to me,

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<v Speaker 1>this is the you know, the twenty twenty four version

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<v Speaker 1>of Cluelyst's Closet, And we get, yeah, all of these

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<v Speaker 1>amazing Storm looks. What's your favorite, Chris, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>of the ones that we currently see, which one is

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<v Speaker 1>your favorite?

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<v Speaker 3>So, you know, the bathing suit look in the center

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<v Speaker 3>is so reminiscent to me, of the Arcade video game,

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<v Speaker 3>which we're obsessed with. That Arcade game brought back so

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<v Speaker 3>many nostalgic memories for me, So anytime I see that outfit,

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<v Speaker 3>I always feel like it's my favorite. But ah, that

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<v Speaker 3>punk rock Storm so good, Mario.

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<v Speaker 2>My favorites is My favorites is to jumpsuits to Jim Lee.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, now is it an Now? I know that

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<v Speaker 1>it changed because there was the one when she has

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<v Speaker 1>the short hair on the next page, and then there's

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<v Speaker 1>the one that she wears that is also in the

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<v Speaker 1>animated series. I think Jim Lee did both of them.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe I'm wrong, But do you have a preference between

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<v Speaker 1>the two of the jumpsuits?

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<v Speaker 2>No, they won't buy jim Lee. I think the other

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<v Speaker 2>one is extreme x men, I'm not sure that the artist.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not sure. Well, I prefer the one like that

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<v Speaker 2>we see in x N ninety seven in the Phosophew episodes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, that is that is a classic iconic outfit. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>gonna choose my favorite. You know, I might Chris, I

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<v Speaker 1>might have to go with you because I think the

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<v Speaker 1>original John Cockrum might be But I love the design

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<v Speaker 1>of the as Guardian Storm, the thor when she wields

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<v Speaker 1>Thor's hammer. It's one every time I see anybody cosplay

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<v Speaker 1>this look or I see it drawn. It's so dynamic

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<v Speaker 1>and so cool looking. And I know it's very short

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<v Speaker 1>lived in her comic life, but I love seeing it

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<v Speaker 1>so every I'm so glad it gets featured in the comic.

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<v Speaker 3>And it's such a wonderful trip for us down memory

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<v Speaker 3>lane here on Read's podcast, because I feel like we've

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<v Speaker 3>covered so many of the issues where these outfits appear.

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<v Speaker 3>So yeah, I'm loving it, and I do. I do

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<v Speaker 3>love that as Guardian looks so much too.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's mixing retten appearance in Immotal though by

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<v Speaker 2>Alio and Matt and Cocolo the ask Guardian look.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes. I do like in the closet how she has

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<v Speaker 1>all of her head dresses on mannequin heads, because she

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<v Speaker 1>wears all sorts of different crowns and it's been drawn

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<v Speaker 1>different ways by many different artists, and so I love

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<v Speaker 1>that that also gets a moment in the closet.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, while we're still in the closet, I need to

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<v Speaker 3>know what is on the right on that page where

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<v Speaker 3>we see her looking at the holograms and you see

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<v Speaker 3>the Hellfire Gala on the left in the background. But

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<v Speaker 3>what's that dress on the right.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a dress where she she why, it's

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<v Speaker 2>where she was having It's a comic where she was

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<v Speaker 2>dance with Night's Crolla, and I think they danced into

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<v Speaker 2>the clouds. It's it's it's a look from a comic.

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<v Speaker 2>Forgot where the public is from bods, it's it's it's

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<v Speaker 2>a it's a popular distance. It's a dinner gout where

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<v Speaker 2>she wore and she was dancing with Nightcrala. So it

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<v Speaker 2>does exist in the comments.

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<v Speaker 1>Cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, you know, Chandler, I think we just found another

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, absolutely, it would cover that one. Uh. And then

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<v Speaker 1>we see this gorgeous door and it's kind of engraved

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<v Speaker 1>with her upbringings as being well, this is when she

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<v Speaker 1>her her origin of being in the rubble and losing

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<v Speaker 1>her parents all the way to becoming a goddess of

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<v Speaker 1>the weather. And the way that this mural is done

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<v Speaker 1>is incredible. Now there's two other murals. I see. There

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<v Speaker 1>is the bottom left, which to me, is this the

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<v Speaker 1>moment where she stabs Callisto in the heart.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the morlocks right, more when she comes to live

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<v Speaker 2>the Morlocks.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yes, after and she says, Morlocks listen to me. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>And then I see in the bottom right she's Queen

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<v Speaker 1>of Kanda. Yes. I love the detail. You guys like

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<v Speaker 1>really obviously love this character and you, you know, really

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<v Speaker 1>pull from all sorts of interesting elements. I chose.

420
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<v Speaker 2>Are on that rubble and when she was the goddess

421
00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:33.599
<v Speaker 2>of the office in Kenya where she was mostly nude,

422
00:24:33.960 --> 00:24:37.599
<v Speaker 2>and Lucas chose Queeno Wakanda and the Morlocks.

423
00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:40.160
<v Speaker 1>I love how then Storm comes out the door and

424
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<v Speaker 1>she doesn't just walk out the door, she louts out

425
00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:43.920
<v Speaker 1>the door.

426
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yes, this is probably like Lucas, just look at

427
00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:53.799
<v Speaker 3>that hair or just the and the color is too on.

428
00:24:53.839 --> 00:24:55.440
<v Speaker 3>This knocked it out of the park.

429
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no good.

430
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<v Speaker 1>We'll give a shout out to the color artists. Uh

431
00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:09.559
<v Speaker 1>Alex I see Guemares and uh fair Cefuentes souh, so

432
00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:14.160
<v Speaker 1>big shout out to those two. We get our title page,

433
00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:18.759
<v Speaker 1>which is a gorgeous, giant full page of Storm, and

434
00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:21.759
<v Speaker 1>it's half in the light, half in the dark. A

435
00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:24.000
<v Speaker 1>little bit of foreshadowing is that we are going to

436
00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:27.279
<v Speaker 1>be going to dark places styled grand opening.

437
00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and this is something we're going to be saying

438
00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.880
<v Speaker 2>in every issue of Storm. We're going to be seeing

439
00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:36.279
<v Speaker 2>title pages with like different unique at walk. But I've

440
00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:38.319
<v Speaker 2>got to be repeating art walk, so you're not going

441
00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:40.720
<v Speaker 2>to be saying this particular image like every issue like

442
00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:42.960
<v Speaker 2>you're saying some books. It's going to be. It's going

443
00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:45.839
<v Speaker 2>to be unique artwalks every single time that's going to

444
00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:50.039
<v Speaker 2>representage title. So like initial two is death by Voodoo,

445
00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:53.440
<v Speaker 2>and I got to see a page of Storm being

446
00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:56.400
<v Speaker 2>sick in our bedroom in the Storm Sanctuary, you know.

447
00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:59.880
<v Speaker 2>Initial three, it's going to be another title in pen

448
00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.519
<v Speaker 2>in Doom. I got to see a shot of a

449
00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:08.000
<v Speaker 2>Gothic statue in the cemetery, you know. In the issue four,

450
00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:12.200
<v Speaker 2>Storms and Dead in a pool of water are in

451
00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:15.279
<v Speaker 2>the rain, you know, and I think it's a flaming.

452
00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:18.759
<v Speaker 2>The wind is tied too, you know. And in issue

453
00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:22.440
<v Speaker 2>five it's good the tytoo is going to be Oblivion

454
00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:26.359
<v Speaker 2>weights no longer, you know. So I get to say

455
00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:28.839
<v Speaker 2>different at walks that represents each of those titles. So

456
00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:31.720
<v Speaker 2>we're going to be having fun those types of pages

457
00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.160
<v Speaker 2>as well.

458
00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:37.240
<v Speaker 1>Incredible. I love it. We I can't wait to see

459
00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:39.839
<v Speaker 1>all these. By the way, we then turned into this

460
00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:44.319
<v Speaker 1>Storm Sanctuary and we learn all about this incredible place

461
00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:48.880
<v Speaker 1>that she is built in Atlanta, and I think it's hilarious.

462
00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:51.359
<v Speaker 1>By the way, how the internet got mad that Storm

463
00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:55.400
<v Speaker 1>has her own sanctuary. She probably saw that and it

464
00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.839
<v Speaker 1>was so silly that fans were just like, how does

465
00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:59.799
<v Speaker 1>she have this? It's just like, how does Superman have

466
00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:03.400
<v Speaker 1>a fortress of solitude? Exactly? It just it just happens.

467
00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:07.279
<v Speaker 1>It's comic books, and so why not? And I love this.

468
00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:13.599
<v Speaker 1>I'm curious on creating the Storm Sanctuary, what was your direction?

469
00:27:13.799 --> 00:27:16.279
<v Speaker 1>What did you really want to kind of have us

470
00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:18.119
<v Speaker 1>know about the sanctuary.

471
00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:24.759
<v Speaker 2>When it comes to the design, like the look of

472
00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:27.799
<v Speaker 2>the sanctuary, I wanted some I wanted a place that

473
00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:32.079
<v Speaker 2>was very massive, like the size of like four city

474
00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:36.960
<v Speaker 2>like four to five city blocks, extremely massive, and she

475
00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:42.480
<v Speaker 2>was alone there with her animals, but in case of emergencies,

476
00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:47.319
<v Speaker 2>the place to fill up with people instantly. So it's

477
00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:49.559
<v Speaker 2>so it's it's we we see a lot of all

478
00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:53.279
<v Speaker 2>these superhero fights where you know, there's all these dangerous situations.

479
00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:56.279
<v Speaker 2>You know, you're fighting a bad guy. Buildings are collapsing

480
00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:59.079
<v Speaker 2>and all the like where do the people go, like

481
00:27:59.640 --> 00:28:03.079
<v Speaker 2>in during times of war like the Cold War, if

482
00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.559
<v Speaker 2>they were like bonkers and stuff like superhero shaft things

483
00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:10.440
<v Speaker 2>like that. That's what there's there's superhero bases that are

484
00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:13.200
<v Speaker 2>massively before things like that, like oh, there's this great

485
00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:16.759
<v Speaker 2>battle you know, stay in Justice happening. She goes there.

486
00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:20.880
<v Speaker 2>Other people are evacuated to this place, so she was

487
00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:24.079
<v Speaker 2>good to have like backup food and stuff, adjusting Ma

488
00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:27.880
<v Speaker 2>Jessy purposes and outside everywhere safe. Yeah, pack your loads

489
00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:31.960
<v Speaker 2>and go. But I wasn't super sure where I was

490
00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:34.720
<v Speaker 2>going to look. I know I wanted a lot of plants.

491
00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:36.839
<v Speaker 2>I know I wanted a lot of animals because that's

492
00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:40.799
<v Speaker 2>reflects storm. But I was looking for I was looking

493
00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:44.799
<v Speaker 2>at images of like this incredible I don't know if

494
00:28:44.839 --> 00:28:48.359
<v Speaker 2>they were fake or not. Incredible, like shopping malls kind

495
00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:51.279
<v Speaker 2>of thing in China where they have like big screens

496
00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:55.440
<v Speaker 2>where you just see like wheels almost like swimming, crazy

497
00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:59.319
<v Speaker 2>stuff like that kind of thing. So I just sent

498
00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:03.319
<v Speaker 2>a couple of images and stuff. So and Lucas took

499
00:29:03.400 --> 00:29:07.240
<v Speaker 2>that and was like, okay, okay, this is to non

500
00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.799
<v Speaker 2>naturalal So I decided to like make it look more natural,

501
00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:16.480
<v Speaker 2>So I think it took expressure from like the Korean

502
00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:19.839
<v Speaker 2>super trees, you know, and different things, so it made

503
00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:25.160
<v Speaker 2>it look more natural, more nature friendly, and made it work.

504
00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:26.880
<v Speaker 2>So really happy about that.

505
00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:31.000
<v Speaker 3>He definitely looks so peaceful and serene. And we see

506
00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:34.519
<v Speaker 3>Storm flying through the sanctuary and approaching, you know, the

507
00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:37.640
<v Speaker 3>front gates. I'm assuming those are the front gates, and

508
00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:42.160
<v Speaker 3>she has a big inhale and then next hale because

509
00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.440
<v Speaker 3>she opens the doors because she has to now do

510
00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:49.359
<v Speaker 3>a press conference, and she is surrounded by reporters.

511
00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:52.400
<v Speaker 1>We basically get a little bit of a story from

512
00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:54.640
<v Speaker 1>the reporter. But we're going to go back in time.

513
00:29:54.640 --> 00:29:56.559
<v Speaker 1>We're going to go back seven days ago to Oklahoma

514
00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:59.640
<v Speaker 1>City where there was a disaster, and of course Storm

515
00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:02.279
<v Speaker 1>is the scene. And I love that she brings Frenzy

516
00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:05.240
<v Speaker 1>with her. You know, I think I don't really see

517
00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:08.359
<v Speaker 1>those two often together, but I think they work very

518
00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:12.319
<v Speaker 1>well together because Frenzy is just brute strength, is able

519
00:30:12.400 --> 00:30:16.200
<v Speaker 1>to accommodate storms. You know, she doesn't have physical strength,

520
00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:19.559
<v Speaker 1>she just has incredible strength overall them. But I do

521
00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:24.079
<v Speaker 1>love that having somebody impervious to help with this kind

522
00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:28.119
<v Speaker 1>of disaster situation. I thought Frenzy is a good choice.

523
00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:32.480
<v Speaker 2>And very much. Yeah. And I think because Storm has

524
00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:37.359
<v Speaker 2>this very sad story that has to do with like

525
00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.319
<v Speaker 2>building collapse, that's how she lost appearance, you know. And

526
00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:44.240
<v Speaker 2>you know she also got injured on so many things.

527
00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:47.200
<v Speaker 2>I think it's a scenario that would have been plain

528
00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:51.319
<v Speaker 2>in height so often. So she probably has like a

529
00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:54.079
<v Speaker 2>list of people that she knows that are perfect for

530
00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:58.880
<v Speaker 2>this scenario. You know, was the person that as impenetrable

531
00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:02.240
<v Speaker 2>skin that when not get hurt with the persons super

532
00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:06.519
<v Speaker 2>strengths that can go into tight spaces and lifts big

533
00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:09.000
<v Speaker 2>rubbles up. You know, it would be good to have

534
00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:13.200
<v Speaker 2>someone like callous strength and impervious skin, but is so

535
00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:15.079
<v Speaker 2>big and huge, might not be able to get into

536
00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:17.319
<v Speaker 2>nooks and cranies. You know. I think you would have

537
00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:20.319
<v Speaker 2>she would have thought of all these things, and she

538
00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.440
<v Speaker 2>was able to just pick the perfect person Frenzy. Yes, Yeah,

539
00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:26.160
<v Speaker 2>the perfect person for this, for this thing. So it's

540
00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:29.640
<v Speaker 2>so besides the fact that she has history with h

541
00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:32.359
<v Speaker 2>and so many things, I also think she would pick

542
00:31:32.599 --> 00:31:36.279
<v Speaker 2>up because it's something that she would have constantly been

543
00:31:36.759 --> 00:31:40.839
<v Speaker 2>in her mind because she's she's the perfect hero for

544
00:31:40.960 --> 00:31:43.880
<v Speaker 2>this kind of rescue Storm and arcause Storm would have

545
00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.279
<v Speaker 2>always been taken about this. Who's the perfect person for this?

546
00:31:46.799 --> 00:31:48.960
<v Speaker 1>That's great. I love the thought that goes into that.

547
00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:51.599
<v Speaker 1>And of course I love Frenzy's outfit. We talked about

548
00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:53.799
<v Speaker 1>this a little bit at the front, but you know,

549
00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:58.640
<v Speaker 1>she has these very cool gold shoes, purple high waisted pants.

550
00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:01.839
<v Speaker 1>She's got a white blouse on with suspenders and these

551
00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:05.000
<v Speaker 1>really actually have a pair of these these gold tips

552
00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:08.640
<v Speaker 1>that you screw onto the onto the lapel of your shirt. Yes, yes,

553
00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:10.640
<v Speaker 1>I have a pair of these, so I know exactly

554
00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:13.799
<v Speaker 1>what these were. And then she has amazing around purple

555
00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:18.200
<v Speaker 1>glasses with gold rims glasses. Yeah, yeah, this is great.

556
00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:21.359
<v Speaker 1>And of course Storm looks incredible as always. She has

557
00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:25.519
<v Speaker 1>like a pantsuit on and her her blazer is actually

558
00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:30.119
<v Speaker 1>a coat, I guess, a big, big, giant billowy coat,

559
00:32:30.599 --> 00:32:35.359
<v Speaker 1>and it's got like some sort of Paisley design type inside.

560
00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:38.440
<v Speaker 1>On the outside it's just a flat black look, and

561
00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:41.839
<v Speaker 1>she's got black heels on, a gold head wrap and

562
00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:46.680
<v Speaker 1>gold bracelets and kind of a bunch of necklaces around

563
00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:48.440
<v Speaker 1>her neck and no shirt on. Of course, you know,

564
00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:53.079
<v Speaker 1>she because she's very comfortable being naked.

565
00:32:53.240 --> 00:32:58.599
<v Speaker 2>So I wanted, I wanted, desperated to bring back the

566
00:32:58.640 --> 00:33:03.000
<v Speaker 2>head wraps. It's a very it's a very popular thing

567
00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:07.480
<v Speaker 2>in Africa, and it's also something that should walk very

568
00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:12.839
<v Speaker 2>often in Chris Clement's era, but we've not seen that

569
00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:16.079
<v Speaker 2>in head drops for a while. Yeah, I understand that

570
00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:17.640
<v Speaker 2>it doesn't want that to be very proud of that,

571
00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:20.359
<v Speaker 2>but air drops are also very important to us, so

572
00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:23.920
<v Speaker 2>that balance. So we're like, okay, we's she's going to

573
00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.240
<v Speaker 2>have some things where I got to see out with

574
00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:28.640
<v Speaker 2>the head wraps, so I just had to bring it

575
00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:30.119
<v Speaker 2>back because I have to bring it back.

576
00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:33.880
<v Speaker 1>Well, I think it's great, you know, I as as

577
00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.319
<v Speaker 1>a design style and as a cultural style, Like I

578
00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:39.000
<v Speaker 1>think it's really cool to see the head ramps, you know.

579
00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.319
<v Speaker 1>I've definitely in the Twin Cities where I live. We

580
00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:47.480
<v Speaker 1>have many Somali people here, we have the second largest

581
00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:49.640
<v Speaker 1>Somali population, and so we see a lot of head

582
00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:55.079
<v Speaker 1>raps here as well. And I feel like we storm,

583
00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:57.640
<v Speaker 1>like you said, used to wear that and and I

584
00:33:57.680 --> 00:34:00.279
<v Speaker 1>love the design in the style of it. I'm so

585
00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:02.400
<v Speaker 1>glad that you pushed for that because it's so cool

586
00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:04.720
<v Speaker 1>looking and of course it comes into play when she

587
00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:07.079
<v Speaker 1>gets a little bit more dynamic at the end because

588
00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:10.880
<v Speaker 1>it has to fly off. You see the action of

589
00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:14.599
<v Speaker 1>it actually because those are you know, tied pretty tight

590
00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.400
<v Speaker 1>for it to come off.

591
00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:17.840
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of yeah, yeah, like one of my favorite

592
00:34:17.840 --> 00:34:21.039
<v Speaker 2>cartoons growing up, or Samurai Jack. And one thing I

593
00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:23.679
<v Speaker 2>like about sam Right Jack, is because you know he

594
00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:25.800
<v Speaker 2>was on his baggy clothes, like I'm so restrictive at

595
00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.960
<v Speaker 2>the time, so fight, well, you know when the clothes

596
00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.119
<v Speaker 2>come off, you know ye're in for a lot of action.

597
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.119
<v Speaker 2>You're in trouble now, that kind of thing. So that

598
00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:37.480
<v Speaker 2>kind of thing for the head dropped, like, oh man,

599
00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:39.960
<v Speaker 2>some lets ahead go. You're in trouble now, you know

600
00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.760
<v Speaker 2>that kind of thing.

601
00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:48.360
<v Speaker 3>Well, well, we see a lot of destruction and rubble

602
00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:51.800
<v Speaker 3>as are flying overhead, and they are there because they

603
00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:55.280
<v Speaker 3>have the ability to perform miracles and help the situation.

604
00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:59.360
<v Speaker 3>As they're surveying the area, you know, Storm is just like,

605
00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:01.800
<v Speaker 3>where are the reads so empty? Surely not everyone in

606
00:35:01.800 --> 00:35:05.199
<v Speaker 3>the city is trapped under rubble, but guess what, A

607
00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:11.119
<v Speaker 3>lot of people are so frenzy. She senses that shockwaves

608
00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:15.280
<v Speaker 3>are going to be incoming. But Storm's got it. She

609
00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:19.159
<v Speaker 3>can handle that she can handle almost anything, and she

610
00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:24.280
<v Speaker 3>lifts rubble and she finds some survivors. It looks like

611
00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:27.679
<v Speaker 3>a family there with a poor child that is just

612
00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:29.320
<v Speaker 3>you know, crying her eyes out.

613
00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:32.559
<v Speaker 1>The rescue sequence is really really cool and dynamic, and

614
00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:36.920
<v Speaker 1>with the constant threat of these shockwaves coming out of

615
00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:41.119
<v Speaker 1>the nuclear plant, we should we should preface that what's happened.

616
00:35:41.119 --> 00:35:43.239
<v Speaker 1>If if you have not read this, please go read

617
00:35:43.239 --> 00:35:44.920
<v Speaker 1>the issue. But if you're just reading along with us,

618
00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:48.199
<v Speaker 1>There's been a nuclear meltdown at the plant and is

619
00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:51.960
<v Speaker 1>sending shock waves into the city, and Storm is able

620
00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:55.079
<v Speaker 1>to neutralize these shockwaves with her air pressure powers of

621
00:35:56.119 --> 00:36:00.760
<v Speaker 1>creating counter waves to block the press. Sure that's coming

622
00:36:00.800 --> 00:36:04.360
<v Speaker 1>out of the of the nuclear plant. But yeah, there's

623
00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:06.639
<v Speaker 1>this beautiful sequence of all these people being rescued. And

624
00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:10.519
<v Speaker 1>then of course Frenzy rescues somebody from Orcus and they're

625
00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:14.760
<v Speaker 1>wearing an Orcus T shirt. She I love the coloring

626
00:36:14.800 --> 00:36:17.360
<v Speaker 1>of making her panel red because it shows the shock

627
00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:21.480
<v Speaker 1>of her anger that she has and the indecision that

628
00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:23.440
<v Speaker 1>she has in this moment, because she's like, I don't

629
00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:26.719
<v Speaker 1>want to rescue this person. But Storm of course snaps.

630
00:36:26.760 --> 00:36:31.519
<v Speaker 2>There's Pittis did mixed up with Anga with so many things.

631
00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:35.199
<v Speaker 3>Just like one of the reasons why I love Storm

632
00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:40.440
<v Speaker 3>is this moment here because she says, we save everyone,

633
00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:44.320
<v Speaker 3>you know, and and the next panel is just you see,

634
00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:49.280
<v Speaker 3>you see love and compassion of Storm. You see, you know,

635
00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:53.320
<v Speaker 3>all of these beautiful moments of her helping people and

636
00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:56.480
<v Speaker 3>Frenzy helping people, and that's just you know, it's wonderful

637
00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.000
<v Speaker 3>to see mm.

638
00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:02.199
<v Speaker 2>Hmm it up in a dog, you know, puts it out,

639
00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:06.320
<v Speaker 2>fires up in old ladies. Yeah, yeah, things like that.

640
00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:10.199
<v Speaker 1>But this next shock wave sends a little bit of

641
00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:13.480
<v Speaker 1>debris that Storm does not catch. She's not perfect. She

642
00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:16.960
<v Speaker 1>cannot stop everything in the tracks. So a piece of

643
00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:20.960
<v Speaker 1>branch or a piece of a tree lodges itself into

644
00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:25.920
<v Speaker 1>her shoulder, causing her to bleed, and you know, it

645
00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:28.000
<v Speaker 1>looks pretty bad, but you know, she does not let

646
00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:30.800
<v Speaker 1>it slower down. She's like, we have to say, these people,

647
00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:33.679
<v Speaker 1>this is just a flesh wound, as they say, and

648
00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:36.360
<v Speaker 1>she is not having it. And this is when the

649
00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:41.079
<v Speaker 1>head wrap comes off. But she's like, enough with these shockwaves.

650
00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm going into the heart of this and figuring out

651
00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:47.400
<v Speaker 1>how to make this thing stop. Because you know, she

652
00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:53.119
<v Speaker 1>figures her cold powers, her temperature powers can freeze the

653
00:37:53.199 --> 00:37:56.760
<v Speaker 1>reactor and make it stop, and so she starts making

654
00:37:56.800 --> 00:38:02.159
<v Speaker 1>it snow in Oklahoma of all places, down on this

655
00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:06.400
<v Speaker 1>nuclear plant. And in the sequence, what I love is

656
00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:10.519
<v Speaker 1>that you remark on how the plant has destroyed the fish,

657
00:38:10.760 --> 00:38:13.280
<v Speaker 1>it has destroyed the animals, and she does not like

658
00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:16.599
<v Speaker 1>this plant. She's very, very against the nuclear power.

659
00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:19.320
<v Speaker 2>There's so many things that apples in that sequence that

660
00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:22.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to recollect everything that happened in my head.

661
00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:26.519
<v Speaker 2>First of all, I wanted to show the fact that,

662
00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:29.360
<v Speaker 2>like the way some people say, like, oh storms like

663
00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:32.880
<v Speaker 2>a glass cannon, that even though she's this super powerful being,

664
00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:37.079
<v Speaker 2>you know, like Frenzy, she's not vulnerable. You know, just

665
00:38:37.119 --> 00:38:39.639
<v Speaker 2>a little debris moving at eye speeds its capable of

666
00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:43.440
<v Speaker 2>hurting her. You know, there's this power move that she

667
00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:46.000
<v Speaker 2>makes that I saw in a classic comedy that she

668
00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:50.760
<v Speaker 2>doesn't do so often anymore, where she can quickly almost

669
00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:55.320
<v Speaker 2>like teleports, or move at incredible speeds by riding lightning

670
00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:59.159
<v Speaker 2>up into the skayats, you know, very eye speeds, you know,

671
00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:03.239
<v Speaker 2>and she is angry. She's always in tune with nature,

672
00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:05.840
<v Speaker 2>which also are from you know, in the opening scene

673
00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:09.559
<v Speaker 2>with in a storm sanctuary where all these plants are

674
00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:14.119
<v Speaker 2>like green and the animals are healthy, and and then

675
00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:18.000
<v Speaker 2>but at the other side of this, it's it's this

676
00:39:18.719 --> 00:39:22.719
<v Speaker 2>nuclear power plant and because of it's going nuclear, it's

677
00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:26.599
<v Speaker 2>killed us all this life. And if we're to note,

678
00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:30.440
<v Speaker 2>it's even though it's happening after this happened before the

679
00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:34.159
<v Speaker 2>storm sanctuary. Is it this that triggered that to say,

680
00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:36.440
<v Speaker 2>you know what, I'm about to do the counter able

681
00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:39.639
<v Speaker 2>to do something about it. You know, if there are

682
00:39:39.639 --> 00:39:42.800
<v Speaker 2>things like this causing arm to the ecosystem, what if

683
00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:47.199
<v Speaker 2>I create something that helps the ecosystem? You know, So

684
00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:50.320
<v Speaker 2>that kind of thing. Just trying to like play around

685
00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:54.960
<v Speaker 2>with a lot of things from from thematic deep things

686
00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:56.920
<v Speaker 2>to cool action moments.

687
00:39:58.719 --> 00:40:04.199
<v Speaker 1>Yes, she gets close to the nuclear power plant, frenzies

688
00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:08.880
<v Speaker 1>protecting the people with an awesome thunderclap, and we see

689
00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:11.639
<v Speaker 1>that Storm has radiation poisoning. This is the first time

690
00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:16.000
<v Speaker 1>I've ever seen Storm throw up on mail. For me too,

691
00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:20.159
<v Speaker 1>it's alarming. I think that you know that this could

692
00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:22.280
<v Speaker 1>happen to her, that she has radiation poisoning, but she

693
00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.960
<v Speaker 1>still soldiers on, you know, she doesn't let this stop her.

694
00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:29.199
<v Speaker 1>She you know, grabs a lead door and she starts

695
00:40:29.239 --> 00:40:31.719
<v Speaker 1>going into the reactor because she's going to stop this

696
00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:34.760
<v Speaker 1>reaction no matter what, even if it kills her. And

697
00:40:35.079 --> 00:40:38.239
<v Speaker 1>as she makes her way down, we see a surprise.

698
00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.920
<v Speaker 1>It's not the nuclear reactor.

699
00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:44.320
<v Speaker 3>It's actually a boy, and it's a mutant boy. And

700
00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:48.000
<v Speaker 3>he is hovering in the center of this room and

701
00:40:48.639 --> 00:40:50.880
<v Speaker 3>with all this energy swirling around.

702
00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.880
<v Speaker 1>Him, this nuclear energy.

703
00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:54.800
<v Speaker 3>It's really sad to see on the bottom below though

704
00:40:54.800 --> 00:41:01.360
<v Speaker 3>of this page, a bunch of dead research scientists. Yeah,

705
00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:05.400
<v Speaker 3>and he says, I'm sorry, I can't stop myself. The

706
00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:07.880
<v Speaker 3>more I try to stop, the worse it gets. Please

707
00:41:08.039 --> 00:41:15.400
<v Speaker 3>please Storm kill me. And Storm is using a door,

708
00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:18.639
<v Speaker 3>a metal door with people in it to just kind

709
00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:21.519
<v Speaker 3>of like soldier on like Chandler was saying, just trying

710
00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:24.679
<v Speaker 3>to get to the boy. But that is a lot

711
00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:27.119
<v Speaker 3>of force. That that boy has a lot of uh

712
00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:29.119
<v Speaker 3>power and energy.

713
00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:32.840
<v Speaker 2>As the great does. How does our super powerful without

714
00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:39.519
<v Speaker 2>child is it's it's it's also something I kind of

715
00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:42.119
<v Speaker 2>like relate to what's on another side of It's not

716
00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:45.960
<v Speaker 2>in terms of power or something. Well, I think there

717
00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:48.559
<v Speaker 2>was this time that I didn't know I was having

718
00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:51.199
<v Speaker 2>like migraines. I didn't know what they were, but I

719
00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:54.599
<v Speaker 2>know I was having like this serious, like else kind

720
00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:59.159
<v Speaker 2>of attack where I'm li like in this so much pain,

721
00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:03.239
<v Speaker 2>like just so much pain, and none of the regular

722
00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:06.960
<v Speaker 2>meds that you use for regular ethiache works, you know.

723
00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:10.400
<v Speaker 2>And there was a time that the pain was just

724
00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:15.280
<v Speaker 2>so much, so so much, so so much that I

725
00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:18.519
<v Speaker 2>closed my eyes and I prayed that God should just

726
00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:22.239
<v Speaker 2>kill me, that maybe if I die, like the pain

727
00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:25.719
<v Speaker 2>would stop. So it's always something I also try to

728
00:42:25.760 --> 00:42:31.039
<v Speaker 2>always put in my stories in that there are things

729
00:42:31.079 --> 00:42:35.880
<v Speaker 2>worse than death, you know, and sometimes it can be

730
00:42:35.920 --> 00:42:39.199
<v Speaker 2>emotional pain, it's can be physical pain, it can be

731
00:42:39.239 --> 00:42:42.800
<v Speaker 2>extreme guilt. You know, there's so much there's so many

732
00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:46.960
<v Speaker 2>things that are worse than death. And that was what

733
00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:48.880
<v Speaker 2>that boy was experiencing at that moment.

734
00:42:52.280 --> 00:42:56.760
<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, the mutant metaphor of the kind of

735
00:42:56.960 --> 00:43:01.599
<v Speaker 1>puberty of it, of discovering your powers, and and you know,

736
00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:06.079
<v Speaker 1>we've seen many of those stories told over time and

737
00:43:06.159 --> 00:43:10.840
<v Speaker 1>where we see mutants going through their puberty awakening of

738
00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:12.960
<v Speaker 1>mutant powers, and this is probably one of the most

739
00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:15.559
<v Speaker 1>cataclysmic ones that we've seen on page in a while.

740
00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:18.320
<v Speaker 1>But it of course can happen, and it's not their fault.

741
00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.920
<v Speaker 1>It's just something that has triggered and started. And I

742
00:43:21.960 --> 00:43:25.119
<v Speaker 1>think the empathy that you know gets told in this

743
00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:28.800
<v Speaker 1>story is so fantastic to kind of, you know, say,

744
00:43:28.840 --> 00:43:31.159
<v Speaker 1>it's not their fault. It's just kind of something that happened,

745
00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:33.880
<v Speaker 1>and we can't hold them accountable for it. We just

746
00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:35.800
<v Speaker 1>have to learn from it and try to, you know,

747
00:43:35.880 --> 00:43:38.400
<v Speaker 1>stop it from the future in a way of you know,

748
00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:42.800
<v Speaker 1>nurture and identifying and all that sort of stuff. But

749
00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:47.800
<v Speaker 1>what's really fascinating in your storytelling, which I was. It

750
00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:50.039
<v Speaker 1>took me kind of a couple of times just to

751
00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:53.639
<v Speaker 1>kind of really lock in on how interesting this is

752
00:43:53.639 --> 00:43:57.840
<v Speaker 1>is that we see that there's the giant alien Kaiju

753
00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:02.920
<v Speaker 1>thing in the plant diversion. People think, oh, that's what happened,

754
00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:06.800
<v Speaker 1>and all of the public opinion is surrounded on fear

755
00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:10.400
<v Speaker 1>and hatred of alien and alien technology and not this

756
00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:15.599
<v Speaker 1>mutant boy. And you're so used to seeing the other

757
00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:18.800
<v Speaker 1>narrative of it's a mutant and all the people hate

758
00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:21.559
<v Speaker 1>the mutants. We've seen that story all the time, So

759
00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:26.239
<v Speaker 1>to twist it on this weird alien Kaiju technology. I

760
00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:28.960
<v Speaker 1>thought was a really interesting angle to take on this

761
00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:32.519
<v Speaker 1>because it just shows how the public opinion just sways. However,

762
00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:34.559
<v Speaker 1>it's going to sway whether it's true or not.

763
00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:37.199
<v Speaker 2>Especially in politics.

764
00:44:37.280 --> 00:44:37.519
<v Speaker 1>Now.

765
00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:44.119
<v Speaker 2>You see when it's sampful campaign, you know, you see

766
00:44:44.119 --> 00:44:48.920
<v Speaker 2>everybody say, oh, yeah, the current ruling party, you know,

767
00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:52.159
<v Speaker 2>the lights to you. They try to so distrust like

768
00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:56.039
<v Speaker 2>this is the generation where we've had the most distrust

769
00:44:56.119 --> 00:44:59.280
<v Speaker 2>for the Government's rightfully so by the way, you know,

770
00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:04.199
<v Speaker 2>even even the defending party, you know, when they want

771
00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:07.599
<v Speaker 2>to want to talk, they won't talk bad about the

772
00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:10.960
<v Speaker 2>government that they were part of and try to win

773
00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:14.239
<v Speaker 2>your votes, you know. So it's sometime I wanted to

774
00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:21.159
<v Speaker 2>like explore that general distrust for the government and you know,

775
00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:25.119
<v Speaker 2>distrust in the media that we keep saying over and

776
00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:29.880
<v Speaker 2>over again, like if something is going to rival bigotry,

777
00:45:30.920 --> 00:45:34.639
<v Speaker 2>I think that would come close. And someone said so

778
00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:37.599
<v Speaker 2>as someone said something very interesting online, which was also

779
00:45:37.880 --> 00:45:41.400
<v Speaker 2>part of what I was going for about The thing

780
00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:47.079
<v Speaker 2>about bigotry sometimes is it's for a lot of people

781
00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:51.760
<v Speaker 2>you can't necessarily cure it. You just changed the direction,

782
00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:56.480
<v Speaker 2>like oh, they et mutants now, but why do they

783
00:45:56.480 --> 00:46:00.000
<v Speaker 2>certainly love mutants quotes unquote, you give them another enemy

784
00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:03.599
<v Speaker 2>to eight. Oh now it's the aliens. Oh now it's

785
00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:08.480
<v Speaker 2>those you know. Now it's those engineers and all those

786
00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:11.199
<v Speaker 2>this things. You know, I already start saying, like, oh,

787
00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:14.559
<v Speaker 2>they're attacking some in their school. The teachers are not

788
00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:17.400
<v Speaker 2>defending the kids. You know, all the things you hear

789
00:46:17.400 --> 00:46:19.360
<v Speaker 2>that they do to mutants, they are certainly doing it

790
00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:23.639
<v Speaker 2>to this other group of people, you know, And that's

791
00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:28.400
<v Speaker 2>that's that's what they do. So sometimes when they stop

792
00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:32.679
<v Speaker 2>criticizing one party, it's not because they're now better people.

793
00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:36.480
<v Speaker 2>They just find their new targets, you know, almost like

794
00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:38.519
<v Speaker 2>the old Watchman thing of you know, give them become

795
00:46:38.559 --> 00:46:42.000
<v Speaker 2>an enemy, that kind of thing. So yeah, so it's

796
00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:44.559
<v Speaker 2>also one thing I wanted to play with.

797
00:46:46.199 --> 00:46:50.000
<v Speaker 1>Well, you know, it was really fascinating and I really

798
00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:53.800
<v Speaker 1>appreciate that storytelling because what it does is, of course,

799
00:46:53.800 --> 00:46:57.119
<v Speaker 1>it forces your main character to make a decision. And

800
00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:59.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, before we get to her conversation with iron Man,

801
00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:03.440
<v Speaker 1>I just I love that you have a target and

802
00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:05.239
<v Speaker 1>it says storm shopped here one.

803
00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:08.719
<v Speaker 2>Yes, I just.

804
00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:10.599
<v Speaker 3>Noticed that that's a great Easter egg.

805
00:47:11.599 --> 00:47:16.360
<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, So anyways, I love that.

806
00:47:16.840 --> 00:47:19.119
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I really wanted to have phone. I really wanted

807
00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:22.239
<v Speaker 2>to phone without full spread. The thing is Storm doesn't

808
00:47:22.280 --> 00:47:26.159
<v Speaker 2>talk much, so and I might not get to show

809
00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:29.920
<v Speaker 2>off on the fact that I know to like write characters.

810
00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:32.320
<v Speaker 2>And because I'm not an American, I also want to show

811
00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:35.920
<v Speaker 2>off that I think I can write a few American

812
00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:39.840
<v Speaker 2>accents and stuff. So and as a new writer, you

813
00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:42.480
<v Speaker 2>get a lot of criticisms that this person is not

814
00:47:42.639 --> 00:47:45.039
<v Speaker 2>just good in dialogue and some some something. So I

815
00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:47.239
<v Speaker 2>also wanted this play to kind of show off that, yeah,

816
00:47:47.360 --> 00:47:50.679
<v Speaker 2>Storm doesn't talk much, but if I was writing like

817
00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:53.760
<v Speaker 2>a story where the characters talk much, I can handle it,

818
00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:56.400
<v Speaker 2>don't worry. But yeah, so it's also you need to

819
00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:59.360
<v Speaker 2>show off there to like just writing people from different

820
00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:03.920
<v Speaker 2>sets with friends, accidents, with different personalities and everything like that.

821
00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.880
<v Speaker 1>Yeah that's great. But yeah, we go to the scene

822
00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:12.079
<v Speaker 1>with Tony Stark and she's asked him to analyze was

823
00:48:12.119 --> 00:48:14.559
<v Speaker 1>it the alien technology that did this or was it

824
00:48:14.559 --> 00:48:19.800
<v Speaker 1>the mutant you know, child? And after a lot of analysis,

825
00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:24.199
<v Speaker 1>if I'm going to count the times, it's eight hundred

826
00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:31.239
<v Speaker 1>sixty six million, nine hundred seventy eight thousand, two hundred

827
00:48:31.280 --> 00:48:32.519
<v Speaker 1>and seventy five times.

828
00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:37.559
<v Speaker 3>That's right on multiple machines through various content processing you

829
00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:40.920
<v Speaker 3>and it's using several algorithms, including some design by Reid

830
00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:46.320
<v Speaker 3>Richard's Lunella Lafayette Forge, Rebe Williams, and Storm's former sister

831
00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:47.320
<v Speaker 3>in law SuRie.

832
00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:53.400
<v Speaker 1>Yes, so this is red Bull quadruple million. Time to check.

833
00:48:56.119 --> 00:48:57.320
<v Speaker 2>No doubt about.

834
00:48:57.079 --> 00:49:01.159
<v Speaker 1>It's no doubt about it. And know Storm is faced

835
00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:04.079
<v Speaker 1>with that choice. And like you know, as as as

836
00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:06.440
<v Speaker 1>a writer, you've got to You've got to put your

837
00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:09.519
<v Speaker 1>characters through hard decisions. And you really give Storm a

838
00:49:09.559 --> 00:49:13.360
<v Speaker 1>hard choice because she could stay silent, let people stay

839
00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:18.880
<v Speaker 1>angry at this distant thing, you know, or making.

840
00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:22.719
<v Speaker 2>Is already dead. You know, yeah, that I'm not here.

841
00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:26.639
<v Speaker 2>You know something? Well, well why you know?

842
00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:31.679
<v Speaker 1>Yeah? And she she does what she feels is correct.

843
00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:35.280
<v Speaker 1>But before she tells everybody. I love how she introduces

844
00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:39.039
<v Speaker 1>herself as I am Storm, Mistress of the Elements, because

845
00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:41.719
<v Speaker 1>we know that that's the very first thing she says

846
00:49:41.760 --> 00:49:43.440
<v Speaker 1>in X Men, the animated series.

847
00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:48.280
<v Speaker 2>Yes, because I was. I was also watching the animated

848
00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:50.880
<v Speaker 2>series at the time when I was writing. That's because

849
00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:52.760
<v Speaker 2>you know, I was still pitching, I was still doing

850
00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:55.519
<v Speaker 2>different things, you know. So I was when I was

851
00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:58.840
<v Speaker 2>also watching the series, and that was part I was like, man,

852
00:49:58.840 --> 00:50:01.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to put that line in there. Yeah, Mistress

853
00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.800
<v Speaker 2>of the Elements.

854
00:50:03.920 --> 00:50:07.519
<v Speaker 1>It's so good, it's so good. But yeah, we get

855
00:50:07.519 --> 00:50:09.280
<v Speaker 1>this big speech from her. Go ahead, Chris.

856
00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:13.159
<v Speaker 3>Unfortunately, though, she is feeling those effects of that radiation poisoning,

857
00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:15.400
<v Speaker 3>and she is on stage in front of the world,

858
00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:17.880
<v Speaker 3>in front of all these reporters at the podium, and

859
00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:21.840
<v Speaker 3>she coughs and she says, Goddess because on her hand

860
00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:26.480
<v Speaker 3>is blood. So we know that, you know, she's in trouble.

861
00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:31.480
<v Speaker 1>Yes, we get glimpses of where everybody else is at

862
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:34.960
<v Speaker 1>over at Haven, which is Gail Simone's book friend Kenny

863
00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:39.920
<v Speaker 1>x Men. We have that cast up characters of Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Jubilee,

864
00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:45.519
<v Speaker 1>and this is Ransom, one of her outlayers, Yeah, sitting

865
00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:48.679
<v Speaker 1>in the kitchen of their New Orleans home. And then

866
00:50:48.719 --> 00:50:53.800
<v Speaker 1>we have some Avengers up in their Earth's orbit each

867
00:50:53.920 --> 00:51:00.159
<v Speaker 1>Q And And what I didn't realize until just now

868
00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:05.039
<v Speaker 1>is that Storms Sanctuary is actually like applying saucer. It's

869
00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:08.280
<v Speaker 1>not actually built in Atlanta. Because I was gonna ask

870
00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:10.079
<v Speaker 1>you why did you build it in Atlanta? But I

871
00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:12.920
<v Speaker 1>see it doesn't it's not doesn't exist in one place.

872
00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:15.079
<v Speaker 1>It moves around like a like.

873
00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:20.079
<v Speaker 2>A yeah boy, it's in Atlanta, boy, it can move around. Yes, yes,

874
00:51:21.039 --> 00:51:26.679
<v Speaker 2>quick behind the scenes notes, yes, I think Lucas. Lucas

875
00:51:26.679 --> 00:51:31.960
<v Speaker 2>really wanted Cyclopes to be there, so he already framed

876
00:51:32.280 --> 00:51:38.119
<v Speaker 2>the characters where Rumsome is, that's where Cyclopes does Cyclopes.

877
00:51:38.760 --> 00:51:42.760
<v Speaker 2>You could see when the post everything it feels very Cyclopes. Yeah.

878
00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:46.119
<v Speaker 2>So but we're like, ah, so I I liked it,

879
00:51:46.159 --> 00:51:48.639
<v Speaker 2>but to was like, it's getting to confuse lots of people.

880
00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:50.960
<v Speaker 2>I was like, boys, it could be like Cyclopes came

881
00:51:50.960 --> 00:51:53.599
<v Speaker 2>over to like ask some discussions or something with the

882
00:51:54.159 --> 00:51:57.920
<v Speaker 2>like no, so okay, let's make it Ransom because Ransom

883
00:51:58.000 --> 00:52:03.760
<v Speaker 2>has the is the most physically like physical like Cyclopes.

884
00:52:04.039 --> 00:52:06.519
<v Speaker 2>He's tall, he's a little bulky and stuff like that.

885
00:52:06.840 --> 00:52:09.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it makes sense, and and he's there in that

886
00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:12.960
<v Speaker 1>storyline at that time. So but yeah, she she tells

887
00:52:13.039 --> 00:52:16.639
<v Speaker 1>the people the truth. She said that it wasn't alien technology,

888
00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:19.239
<v Speaker 1>it wasn't the engineers. It was a young Muton boy

889
00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:24.519
<v Speaker 1>whose hour came to fruition and the way that it's

890
00:52:24.719 --> 00:52:28.559
<v Speaker 1>illustrated as far as people's faces turning to you know,

891
00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:32.679
<v Speaker 1>their their hatred is now moved from aliens onto the mutants,

892
00:52:33.639 --> 00:52:37.119
<v Speaker 1>and you know, the way that the people react around

893
00:52:37.119 --> 00:52:41.079
<v Speaker 1>the kitchen table is a great dynamic of seeing Wolverine

894
00:52:41.159 --> 00:52:42.880
<v Speaker 1>walk out of the room and like you could tell

895
00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:48.840
<v Speaker 1>that they're just like No, though, I will say, I

896
00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:54.960
<v Speaker 1>feel like in this situation, Rogue or night Crawler, you know,

897
00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:56.559
<v Speaker 1>or I don't know, some of these characters would have

898
00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:58.639
<v Speaker 1>would have done the same thing as Storm. I feel

899
00:52:58.639 --> 00:53:00.760
<v Speaker 1>like their hearts would have been aligned to that decision

900
00:53:00.840 --> 00:53:03.280
<v Speaker 1>making Wolverine maybe, I mean, he's a secret keeper.

901
00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:07.239
<v Speaker 2>So in the in the original one, Wolverine walks away,

902
00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:12.800
<v Speaker 2>Cyclops also walks away. Okay, yes, kept the secret to

903
00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:16.079
<v Speaker 2>both of them. Both of them would keep the secret.

904
00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:19.280
<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, both.

905
00:53:19.079 --> 00:53:21.000
<v Speaker 2>Of them are the ad two that walked away. So

906
00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:24.400
<v Speaker 2>we had to cut Cyclops from walking around. Then Ransom

907
00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:26.920
<v Speaker 2>would not walk away. Some would just be like, oh, man,

908
00:53:27.000 --> 00:53:30.559
<v Speaker 2>you know, yeah, yeah.

909
00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:32.079
<v Speaker 3>And what are your thoughts about the reactions of the

910
00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:33.119
<v Speaker 3>Avengers to this.

911
00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:42.480
<v Speaker 2>Yes, it's mostly it's mostly it's mostly like, man, she's

912
00:53:42.480 --> 00:53:45.280
<v Speaker 2>going to be in a lot of trouble and you know,

913
00:53:45.559 --> 00:53:49.480
<v Speaker 2>that's also extra responsibilities for us. If your team meets

914
00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:52.960
<v Speaker 2>is going through a lot, that's also something like how

915
00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:56.400
<v Speaker 2>much can you rely on that person too if they're

916
00:53:56.400 --> 00:53:58.679
<v Speaker 2>going through like so so so so much, you know,

917
00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:03.960
<v Speaker 2>so different stuff like that. So yeah, so there's that's too,

918
00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:09.719
<v Speaker 2>There's there's it's mostly worry and fear, not feel hap,

919
00:54:10.159 --> 00:54:12.760
<v Speaker 2>but there are percussions of what she had just done.

920
00:54:13.199 --> 00:54:16.559
<v Speaker 3>Well, Storm, on her first day of declaring herself Earth's

921
00:54:16.719 --> 00:54:21.039
<v Speaker 3>protector and nurturer, had fueled prejudice within its humans and

922
00:54:21.199 --> 00:54:24.960
<v Speaker 3>made its mutants the target of public disdain. And we

923
00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:27.559
<v Speaker 3>see a more wide shot of this panel of Storm

924
00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:30.639
<v Speaker 3>alone at the podium, but now the audience is empty

925
00:54:30.880 --> 00:54:33.000
<v Speaker 3>and there are a few stragglers that are leaving, but

926
00:54:33.039 --> 00:54:36.000
<v Speaker 3>there's overturned chairs, and it just feels as if the

927
00:54:36.119 --> 00:54:38.039
<v Speaker 3>public has abandoned her, which is.

928
00:54:38.039 --> 00:54:43.039
<v Speaker 2>A ton on you know, because there was news about

929
00:54:43.480 --> 00:54:47.599
<v Speaker 2>the Storm series even before I was contacted Run to

930
00:54:47.960 --> 00:54:52.519
<v Speaker 2>work on the series, So there was already rumors about, oh,

931
00:54:52.679 --> 00:54:56.639
<v Speaker 2>Storm is going to run for Congress and other stuff.

932
00:54:56.960 --> 00:54:58.480
<v Speaker 2>So that's why I put this in the story. I

933
00:54:58.519 --> 00:55:02.519
<v Speaker 2>wanted to like kind of throw people off, so add

934
00:55:02.599 --> 00:55:04.920
<v Speaker 2>this story independently. But I also wanted to play with

935
00:55:05.079 --> 00:55:08.039
<v Speaker 2>that too. That Yeah, your thought she was going to

936
00:55:08.119 --> 00:55:11.480
<v Speaker 2>run for office because she's popular and stuff. Yeah, now

937
00:55:11.719 --> 00:55:14.800
<v Speaker 2>she isn't so popular. If she tries running for an election,

938
00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:17.719
<v Speaker 2>she probably gets zero votes or something. It's that bad,

939
00:55:18.239 --> 00:55:18.920
<v Speaker 2>that kind of thing.

940
00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:24.320
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And then on the final page we get a

941
00:55:24.800 --> 00:55:29.800
<v Speaker 1>brush with Eternity, the being with no end, and they

942
00:55:29.880 --> 00:55:34.559
<v Speaker 1>have found Storm worthy and they transform her, and I

943
00:55:34.639 --> 00:55:37.760
<v Speaker 1>guess in reality or in their mind to eternal Storm.

944
00:55:38.199 --> 00:55:40.239
<v Speaker 1>I don't. I can't tell if this is happening to

945
00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:42.599
<v Speaker 1>Storm on planet Earth or if this is just happening

946
00:55:42.880 --> 00:55:45.880
<v Speaker 1>in the ethos of Storm.

947
00:55:46.519 --> 00:55:48.119
<v Speaker 3>Is this an astral version of her?

948
00:55:50.679 --> 00:55:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Yes, this is this is not happening to our This

949
00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:56.119
<v Speaker 2>is just happening like it and it's mind because the

950
00:55:56.199 --> 00:55:59.440
<v Speaker 2>narration says, but beyond that planet, beyond that Solar's system,

951
00:55:59.480 --> 00:56:01.960
<v Speaker 2>beyond that you rest, like this is a realm that

952
00:56:02.719 --> 00:56:08.480
<v Speaker 2>is in like the manifestation of I think dimension of manifestations. Yes,

953
00:56:08.599 --> 00:56:11.039
<v Speaker 2>that's the name of the realm. We're going to get

954
00:56:11.039 --> 00:56:14.320
<v Speaker 2>to see that place in Storm five. So like this

955
00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:16.320
<v Speaker 2>is just like it turn it's his mind of yeah,

956
00:56:16.360 --> 00:56:19.760
<v Speaker 2>this is my this is my plan for this check

957
00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:22.679
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to turn it into this cosmic being.

958
00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:23.639
<v Speaker 1>Wow.

959
00:56:23.880 --> 00:56:25.880
<v Speaker 2>So and now, so the story's going to be how

960
00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:30.119
<v Speaker 2>will this happen? You know? And what does that mean?

961
00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:33.079
<v Speaker 2>Like is she got to imbue Storm with this power

962
00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:36.880
<v Speaker 2>or is she going to take over Storm's body and

963
00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:40.039
<v Speaker 2>kill Storm? And you know, it's like, what's going to happen?

964
00:56:40.719 --> 00:56:42.679
<v Speaker 2>Is this a good thing or a bad thing? You know,

965
00:56:42.800 --> 00:56:45.599
<v Speaker 2>we don't know yet, And so some people celebrate in

966
00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:49.000
<v Speaker 2>ups like how sure is going to be a good thing?

967
00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:52.760
<v Speaker 2>You know, it's might be a bad thing. So like

968
00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:56.519
<v Speaker 2>you had Dark Phoenix, like you know, he add Dark

969
00:56:56.559 --> 00:56:59.400
<v Speaker 2>Phoenix saga and online I kept saying this is the

970
00:56:59.559 --> 00:57:03.559
<v Speaker 2>turn saga. How are you sure like this is a

971
00:57:03.639 --> 00:57:06.840
<v Speaker 2>good thing? Yeah, well, let's see, this might be a

972
00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:10.280
<v Speaker 2>good thing too, you know. And if you notice the

973
00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:16.159
<v Speaker 2>the look and the design on the faces like African

974
00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:21.280
<v Speaker 2>war paints kind of thing, that's cool. The crown is

975
00:57:21.400 --> 00:57:24.400
<v Speaker 2>back and of the crown from the David Cockroom design.

976
00:57:25.199 --> 00:57:30.159
<v Speaker 2>It symbolizes a goddess form and everything. But also the

977
00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:36.679
<v Speaker 2>clothes she's wearing is a little similar to rogue storm.

978
00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:41.400
<v Speaker 2>It's it's it's a form of storm that shows up

979
00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:47.199
<v Speaker 2>when Storm was first met Doctor Doom and she transformed

980
00:57:47.239 --> 00:57:52.599
<v Speaker 2>into this terrible form that would control all the weather

981
00:57:52.679 --> 00:57:55.880
<v Speaker 2>on the planets at you know, and in the narration,

982
00:57:56.000 --> 00:58:02.039
<v Speaker 2>Generation says that this form of Storm is as powerful

983
00:58:02.119 --> 00:58:06.840
<v Speaker 2>enough to rive out the Phoenix. So and you can

984
00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:10.159
<v Speaker 2>see that similarity with this form too, like as there

985
00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:14.119
<v Speaker 2>always been this connection with Eternity that we didn't know

986
00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:18.480
<v Speaker 2>was that what was happening then, was that eternal Storm

987
00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:20.880
<v Speaker 2>form coming out then that we didn't know, you know.

988
00:58:21.480 --> 00:58:24.559
<v Speaker 2>In the Narration, in the first appearance of Storm, you know,

989
00:58:24.719 --> 00:58:27.199
<v Speaker 2>it says our eyes are blue, you know, and as

990
00:58:27.280 --> 00:58:29.880
<v Speaker 2>old as time, or say older than time, you know,

991
00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:34.639
<v Speaker 2>something like that. And it's like, how can someone's eyes

992
00:58:34.719 --> 00:58:39.639
<v Speaker 2>be older than time? Like she's what really teenager? How

993
00:58:39.679 --> 00:58:45.760
<v Speaker 2>could you get so as so's It seems like there's

994
00:58:45.760 --> 00:58:48.880
<v Speaker 2>always been this foreshadow of a relationship with Eternity for Storm,

995
00:58:49.320 --> 00:58:51.480
<v Speaker 2>and we're finally going to say it's coming into fruition,

996
00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:58.360
<v Speaker 2>you know. In Fantastic four where T'Challa and Storm replaced

997
00:58:58.400 --> 00:59:02.559
<v Speaker 2>Sue and Read, you see where they're trying to save

998
00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:06.719
<v Speaker 2>the universe and doctor Strength able to save the universe,

999
00:59:06.800 --> 00:59:11.239
<v Speaker 2>how to move Eternity into Storm's mind because I and

1000
00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:14.000
<v Speaker 2>Storm are the only two people in the entire existence

1001
00:59:14.079 --> 00:59:17.880
<v Speaker 2>that would house that much power, that could alse eternity

1002
00:59:17.920 --> 00:59:20.719
<v Speaker 2>in their mind, you know, So why is that?

1003
00:59:21.320 --> 00:59:21.480
<v Speaker 1>You know?

1004
00:59:22.599 --> 00:59:24.519
<v Speaker 2>Why are they do only to that can do that?

1005
00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:29.079
<v Speaker 2>You know, so things like that. So there has always

1006
00:59:29.119 --> 00:59:32.280
<v Speaker 2>been this connection, and we're finally bringing it to the forefront,

1007
00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:34.840
<v Speaker 2>and we're going to see what that means for Storm

1008
00:59:35.719 --> 00:59:39.480
<v Speaker 2>in this series. But be bad bats very cool.

1009
00:59:39.760 --> 00:59:44.840
<v Speaker 1>Well I can't wait. Yeah, so much. Or for first

1010
00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:47.599
<v Speaker 1>of all being on the show, and also for giving

1011
00:59:47.800 --> 00:59:51.960
<v Speaker 1>us some insight into the making of this book and

1012
00:59:52.159 --> 00:59:54.719
<v Speaker 1>what we can expect, because you know, I really hope

1013
00:59:54.760 --> 00:59:58.239
<v Speaker 1>that the series is very successful and you know, sells

1014
00:59:58.239 --> 01:00:01.840
<v Speaker 1>a bunch of copies. So you know, this is a

1015
01:00:01.920 --> 01:00:04.639
<v Speaker 1>great little teaser for people if they are listening and

1016
01:00:04.920 --> 01:00:08.320
<v Speaker 1>they are debating if they're going to collect the Storm series.

1017
01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:11.159
<v Speaker 1>I'm definitely convinced. I'm definitely collecting the whole thing. So

1018
01:00:11.760 --> 01:00:12.679
<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate that.

1019
01:00:13.239 --> 01:00:17.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thank you, Adam. This is basically the first time

1020
01:00:17.639 --> 01:00:22.440
<v Speaker 2>that Storm is becoming a solo hero. So because we're

1021
01:00:22.480 --> 01:00:25.679
<v Speaker 2>creating a lot of new things for us, this series,

1022
01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:28.000
<v Speaker 2>especially for collectors, is going to be having a lot

1023
01:00:28.079 --> 01:00:31.920
<v Speaker 2>of bunch of first you know, first appearance of Storm's

1024
01:00:32.000 --> 01:00:35.079
<v Speaker 2>new bees, you know, first appearance of it's a no Storm.

1025
01:00:35.199 --> 01:00:36.920
<v Speaker 2>You know, So you're going to be having a lot

1026
01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:39.800
<v Speaker 2>of frost first first, because we're going to be creating

1027
01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:42.800
<v Speaker 2>a lot of new things, adding a lot of new things,

1028
01:00:42.880 --> 01:00:47.719
<v Speaker 2>you know, an issue to in text form anyway, we're

1029
01:00:47.760 --> 01:00:51.159
<v Speaker 2>going to be saying, what is the link between Storm

1030
01:00:51.719 --> 01:00:57.320
<v Speaker 2>and you know Agamoto fo so supreme? You know, so

1031
01:00:57.440 --> 01:01:00.000
<v Speaker 2>we're good to see things. You know. There's the first

1032
01:01:00.039 --> 01:01:01.960
<v Speaker 2>time stops with to meet doctor Voodoo. You know, what

1033
01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:05.679
<v Speaker 2>does it mean? You know? And so it's it's it's

1034
01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:08.440
<v Speaker 2>an exciting time to be a Storm fan, the second

1035
01:01:08.519 --> 01:01:09.880
<v Speaker 2>time to be a fan of comics.

1036
01:01:11.039 --> 01:01:14.559
<v Speaker 1>Yes, and I understand next year is her fiftieth anniversary.

1037
01:01:14.679 --> 01:01:17.800
<v Speaker 1>I think so, yes, yes, yes, this is a great

1038
01:01:17.840 --> 01:01:22.800
<v Speaker 1>time to be a Storm fan. So wonderful. Well, thank

1039
01:01:22.800 --> 01:01:24.360
<v Speaker 1>you so much for being on the show. We really

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<v Speaker 1>appreciate you being here. Somebody wanted to follow you on

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<v Speaker 1>social media? How would they find you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm available on Instagram and on Twitter on threads, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm usually easy to find on Twitter. I reply to dms,

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<v Speaker 2>to tweets, and I give a lot of information about

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<v Speaker 2>the series when new issues are coming out, plots, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>czs and stuff on Twitter at Moria so yeah, or

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<v Speaker 2>just if you we finally get to it. Any time

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<v Speaker 2>a new issue comes out, we got we get ashtab

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<v Speaker 2>urus spoilers to trend, you know, and sometimes you know,

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<v Speaker 2>we have like I one of both Sweet Sweets X spoilers.

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<v Speaker 2>So if you're finding it difficult to expel my name

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<v Speaker 2>or find it, if you go to a roal spoil

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<v Speaker 2>as you probably see it a couple of tweets by me.

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<v Speaker 3>All right, awesome, Well, thank you, thank you so much.

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<v Speaker 3>This has been amazing.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you for having me it. It's a pleasure and

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<v Speaker 2>I really add a lot a lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 3>X read is recorded in the United States.

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