OCT 27, 2026
WITH NO POWERS AT ALL, STORM BEAT CYCLOPS IN A DUEL — AND TOOK HIS TEAM!
No lightning, no wind, no rain — just a mohawk, a stolen visor, and the best poker face in the Danger Room.
Uncanny X-Men #201 (1986), “Duel,” by Chris Claremont, Rick Leonardi & Whilce Portacio — a depowered Storm challenges Cyclops for leadership of the X-Men, rips his visor away in the Danger Room, and he concedes rather than risk an uncontrolled blast.
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STORM'S FIRST MEETING WITH PROFESSOR X WAS THE DAY SHE PICKED HIS POCKET IN CAIRO!
She lifted a wallet off the world's strongest telepath — for about three seconds. Best first impression in mutant history.
X-Men #117 (1979) recounts it: Cairo pickpocket Ororo, trained by master thief Achmed el-Gibar, lifts Charles Xavier's wallet and is stopped by a psychic bolt; Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975) brings him back to recruit her.
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