Warning: Contains Major Spoilers forX-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1!
A massive new development has just rocked theX-Menfranchise, as a glimpse intoStorm’s future introduces a brand-new character that has the potential to totally shake up the Marvel Universe: her future daughter. It seems that one of the X-Men’s greatest heroes will soon officially welcome her first child in Marvel’s mainstream canon.
An extensive lineup of writers and artists contributed toMarvel’s newX-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1special, with an electrifying segment starring Storm written by her solo series’ creative team, Murewa Ayodele and artist Luciano Vecchio.
In the story,Eternity gives Storm a vision of the future, and the legendary X-Men hero gets to meet her daughter for the first time.
Marvel Officially Debuts Storm’s Daughter, Changing The X-Men Franchise’s Future
X-Men: Hellfire Vigil#1; Furaha’s Debut Written By Murewa Ayodele; Art By Luciano Vecchio; Color By Fer Sifuentes-Sujo; Lettering By VC’s Travis Lanham
Along with some genuinely surprising details about her powers,Storm’s daughter introduces herself as Furaha, a Swahili word meaning joy or happiness. Eternity grants this vision to Ororo to inspire her and give her a future worth fighting for amid a bleak period for mutantkind. Storm seeing her smiling daughter certainly sparks joy, and gives her further strength to fight.
Her first appearance inX-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1is only one page long, but some fascinating details are revealed about Storm’s daughter in the brief vision of the future. Furaha has Ororo’s eyes and powers, but she also has her father’s hair, fangs, and other abilities. Though her father’s identity isn’t stated here, it’s easy to make one wild guess.
With only black hair and fangs to tease his identity, it seems pretty likely that Wolverine could be Furaha’s father. Theiconic X-Men heroes had a steamy hookupinStorm#3, also written by Ayodele, so perhaps the power couple will be solidified in Marvel’s future. However, there are plenty of other options on the table from Storm’s romantic history.
Achild of Storm and Black Pantherwas almost introduced years ago, but ultimately didn’t materialize in the main Marvel Universe. Still, many have eagerly awaited a proper comeback for the Avengers’ royal romance. The reveal of a new child may complicate things in Ororo’s personal life, but the bundle of joy could also see her evolve as a hero.
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X-Men: Hellfire Vigil #1 by Ayodele and Vecchio - Storm comes to terms with becoming a mother
Furaha’s introduction marks an exciting addition for Storm and overall X-Men lore, but since it’s only a vision of the future, her debut can be taken as conditional for now. WhileStorm has been dealing with cosmic entitiesand Thunder Gods, Eternity hasn’t been totally trustworthy. Perhaps Eternity’s vision can’t be trusted either, but it’ll certainly ignite major fan speculation regardless.
Storm does deserve to have some more joy in her life, so hopefully her daughter can stick around and truly become a powerful part of her mother’s X-Men legacy.
In a still somewhat somber mutant landscape, Storm does deserve to have some more joy in her life, so hopefully her daughter can stick around and truly become a powerful part of her mother’s X-Men legacy. By officially introducing a child of one of Marvel’s most legendaryX-Menheroes,Storm’sfuture will never be the same.
