My Frustration with Storm Being So Underused

I continue to be astonished by Marvel, 20th Century Fox and director Bryan Singer's terrible treatment and misuse of Storm (Ororo Munroe). She's treated like a secondary or supporting character instead of as the top tiered character she is. I always wonder why she isn't marketed more? Why isn't there more official merchandise for her? I've found a lot of really cool yet unofficial stuff out there but surprisingly not a lot of licensed official products. You can't tell me there is no interest nor an audience for her because if you search online fans are asking for more Storm.

With Marvel going out of their way to give more female characters solo ongoing comic book series it makes me wonder why Storm didn't get a book? She had a series a few years ago written by Greg Pak but it stands to reason why not give her another one. Storm is a popular character but she needs more marketing. With a new book, she would get more exposure and be seen away from the X-Men because there is more to her than that.

I also wonder why there isn't a solo movie being announced for her? Storm should have had a movie by now but she continues to be featured in X-Men movies where her powers are diminished and she barely has a presence with the exception of X-Men: The Last Stand, which was directed by Brett Ratner. Storm thankfully received more screen time and along with Logan were the leads (on the X-Men side) in that one.

Storm has an interesting backstory and a solo movie would be a great way to delve more into her character while also showing how truly powerful she is. What I love about Ororo is not only is she smart, she doesn't need to use her powers to stop a villain, she's well skilled in hand-to-hand combat. I think her experience of being an orphan, living on the streets and a mutant increased her desire to care. She's always looking out for others and not to mention her willingness to help. The movie could also focus a bit on how her god like abilities caused her to be worshiped as a goddess. Can you image people thinking you're a god because you can control the weather, that's interesting. I can also image the beautiful visuals of Africa that could be shown (although I'm sure the upcoming Black Panther movie will probably have amazing visuals too).

I'm not entirely confident Fox can make a good Storm movie. However from what I hear Logan, which was directed by James Mangold, is a very good movie. And I've been hearing this first hand from fans that have seen it. I think that's good because it shows that it can be done. And to make sure a Storm movie would be good is to first have a well-written script and second for Bryan Singer to have absolutely nothing to do with it. I feel like he has no idea what to do with her (nor any of the other X-Men characters) and it shows in each X-Men movie he has directed. When Ororo is not being underutilized she's simply there as a filler and that's not what Storm fans want.

I would love for Storm to break out of the secondary status that Marvel seems to have her stuck in but who am I kidding Marvel is the company that continues to bring us Hydra Captain America. Instead of returning Cap to being a hero they decide to further his immersion into the world of Hydra. They are also the company that has not given Black Widow a movie yet. Until Marvel sees fit to give Storm her due I will continue to promote her as much as possible.