If the X-Men met Storm before GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1, how come they don recognize each other in GSX #1?
I have a friend who insists that GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 must be the first meeting between Storm and the X-Men. JB: The argument — flawed at every step — is that since Jean and Ororo did not “react” as if they had met before in GIANT-SIZE X-MEN 1, they therefore could not have met before. What this overlooks (deliberately, I am sure) is the fact that there was no occasion for them to react. At least, not on camera. But there were the hours of the flight back to Westchester, which were off camera, plus however much time elapsed between the end of GSX 1 and the beginning of UNCANNY X-MEN 94. Plenty of time for Jean and Ororo to recognize each other and reminisce about old times. When I decided to have one of the “new” X-Men appear in the early issues of HIDDEN YEARS I came quickly to the conclusion that there were two likely “candidates” — Ororo and Nightcrawler.
I have a friend who insists that GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 must be the first meeting between Storm and the X-Men. JB: The argument — flawed at every step — is that since Jean and Ororo did not “react” as if they had met before in GIANT-SIZE X-MEN 1, they therefore could not have met before. What this overlooks (deliberately, I am sure) is the fact that there was no occasion for them to react. At least, not on camera. But there were the hours of the flight back to Westchester, which were off camera, plus however much time elapsed between the end of GSX 1 and the beginning of UNCANNY X-MEN 94. Plenty of time for Jean and Ororo to recognize each other and reminisce about old times. When I decided to have one of the “new” X-Men appear in the early issues of HIDDEN YEARS I came quickly to the conclusion that there were two likely “candidates” — Ororo and Nightcrawler. I decided Ororo had the least baggage and, just to be sure, went to one of the X-Men message boards on AOL and announced my pla
