Rogue Storm #2: Gods Made from Monsters

Rogue Storm is a book that at times feels like it would be better served doing its own thing outside of this event. At times it feels a bit disconnected to everything else going on in this dystopian world, and that can be to its detriment. Here is where that disconnect begins to show itself just a bit. We learn a few key revelations in this book told by Storm to Gambit as he hunts her down to find out what happened to “Rogue Red” five years into the Age of Revelation. While we learn along with Gambit exactly why Storm was imprisoned in the beginning of the story, as well as the tragic fate of Rogue Red and her X-Force team, it can be hard to parse just how much we are meant to feel for them. Storm is clearly the protagonist of this story and her main goal couldn’t have less to do with Rouge Red or her team. 

Murewa Ayodele’s script continues to do what it is setting out to do, but the book’s secondary protagonist feels a bit more disconnected from the story than before. Issue one filled out her ties to Storm, but that which was told in hindsight doesn’t make up for actual time spent living with these characters. Rogue Red feels like she should be important, and she is to an extent, but only as an agent for certain characters to do things. Not because she herself holds that much importance to the plot. 

Roland Boschi’s art also continues to stand out here. The depictions of demons and gods are as wondrous as they are frightening, but a few off model moments and some padded panel space can weigh down an other wise well drawn story.