Summary

• Avengers #17 reveals the team's new mission to save lives without casualties, recruiting Storm as their X-Men MVP.
• Storm's ultra-powerful abilities make her a perfect fit for the Avengers, ensuring mutant representation and a powerful voice.
• With Storm's return, the Avengers renew their duty to save lives, recognizing the importance of mutant advocacy and inclusion.

Warning: Contains spoilers for Avengers (2023) #17!As the Storm, when they need her most.

Avengers #17 – written by Jed MacKay, with art by Valerio Schiti – features Captain America having a meeting with Storm about the state of the team, and what their goals are for a brighter future. During this meeting, Sam Wilson officially offers Ororo Munroe a spot in the new-and-improved Avengers lineup.

Though it was announced previously that Storm would Earth’s mightiest heroes in their next arc, details on why she has been brought into the lineup remained scarce. It’s now been revealed that the heroes recognize that having a strong mutant advocate on their team is necessary.

Storm’s Bold New Era Begins with An Electrifying Return To The Avengers

The Avengers #17 – Written By Jed MacKay; Art By Valario Schiti; Color By Bryan Valenza; Lettering By Corey Petit

Sam Wilson’s Captain America...sets out to find Storm to recruit her to the team with their renewed mission to fight for all, without casualties.

With the Avengers finally acknowledging that mutant representation is important for the team, she tells the team that they’ve failed due to the cataclysmic loss of lives despite them eventually stopping the attack. Compounding the vampire attack with other unavoided travesties, Sam Wilson’s Captain America agrees with Carol and sets out to find Storm to recruit her to the team with their renewed mission to fight for all, without casualties.

The Avengers’ new mission and new recruit help them earn their avenging title, renewing their duty to save as many lives as possible with Storm fighting for the mutants lost to Orchis’ myriad of attacks. Though end of the Krakoa era, battling Orchis and freeing up the X-Men’s new main team base in Alaska, Captain America feels they didn’t quite do enough. With Storm on their side as a powerful voice for mutants on the roster, the Avengers can help ensure they won’t leave mutants behind again.

Storm Is Vital To The Avengers' Revamped And Renewed Mission

Mutant Representation & Omega-Level Power

Though Storm is recruited to the team after Captain America realizes they need the mutant representation, she is an ultra-powerful hero worthy of being on or even leading any team she chooses.

Though Storm has been an Avenger previously, her stint on the team was cut short during the Avengers vs. X-Men event. With Ororo long revered as one of the most powerful X-Men and certainly one of their greatest leaders over the years, her being on Marvel’s premier team is only natural and well-earned. Receiving a revitalized and deserved spotlight again in the pages of Marvel Comics, Storm levels up not only by reing the Avengers but by finally getting a new ongoing solo series by Murewa Ayodele and Lucas Werneck.

Though Storm is recruited to the team after Captain America realizes they need the mutant representation, she is an ultra-powerful hero worthy of being on or even leading any team she chooses. With the extremely formidable Hyperion looking to be Earth’s mightiest heroes’ next big bad, they’re going to need Ororo and her godlike abilities on their side. Although she s because of the Avengers recognizing that they need to be more inclusive in their lineup, Storm has more than earned her spot on the roster by being one of the X-Men's, and Marvel’s, mightiest mutants and heroes overall.

Avengers (2023) #17 is out now from Marvel Comics.