Bloodstorm Appreciation

[RLAAMJR.]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/80171-9016-bloodstorm.jpg

I have always wondered if Bloodstorm could be part of the 616 universe.

Well, Bloodstorm has been able to travel to another universe.

I firmly believe it would be cool to see Bloodstorm and Storm meet.

What do you guys think?

[Personal]

I think were a minority but I LOVED Bloodstorm.

Mutant X is the only run were I have every single issue.
my favsies issue was when Kitty goes to kill Storm and it's narrated through her letter to Colossus - because of course she fails at it and ends up getting eaten.

[xfiend82]

loved how Forge was one of her snacks

[Imraith Nimphais]

I LOVE BLOODSTORM!!! (and all of the Mutant X run)
...but I don't know if She would work in the 616 universe...but my scepticism has more to do with how the MU (esp. X-Men) have been utilising Vampires of late. Unless she hops across to our Universe and dethrones Dracula as the Lord of Vampire and takes his place...:-))

As an AU character, She is certainly one of the more interesting and quite singular, much like Ororo in the 616...but I don't think I would like to have them meet face to face, though. It just would not seem "right".

[RLAAMJR.]

I LOVE BLOODSTORM!!! (and all of the Mutant X run)
...but I don't know if She would work in the 616 universe...but my scepticism has more to do with how the MU (esp. X-Men) have been utilising Vampires of late. Unless she hops across to our Universe and dethrones Dracula as the Lord of Vampire and takes his place...:-))

As an AU character, She is certainly one of the more interesting and quite singular, much like Ororo in the 616...but I don't think I would like to have them meet face to face, though. It just would not seem "right".


I actually just wanna see how Storm and Bloodstorm would react when they meet face to face.",)


It would have been cool if Bloodstorm showed up during Curse of the Mutants.

[xfiend82]

It would have been cool if Bloodstorm showed up during Curse of the Mutants.

would have been so much better than getting Jubleeding

[brundlefly]

Whoops. I thought you meant this guy:

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/10069/469652-bloodscream_00_large.jpg

[xfiend82]

Whoops. I thought you meant this guy:

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/10069/469652-bloodscream_00_large.jpg

nope that would be Bloodscream a character IMO that would be better off dead

[RLAAMJR.]

Does anybody have a beautiful image of Bloodstorm?

[brundlefly]

a character IMO that would be better off dead

I think that he's one step ahead of you there. (Although he does tend to get resurrected a lot.)

[Omegastorm]

Gothed out vampire Storm = super sexy. I loved her. Mutant X was good until the last year of stories then it ran out of steam. But Blood Storm was awesome. I too loved that Forge was a snack and that Storm killed Kitty.

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[RLAAMJR.]

Is this Bloodstorm?

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/8/80241/1470562-bloodstorm_super.jpg

[LordAllMighty]

Probably

Actually, I always thought she would have been a cool member of the Exiles.

[witchboy]

Bloodatorm's eyes were always red though.
I'd love to see more of Bloodstorm. Her story continued in the Paradise X series, which was a sequel to Earth X. Bloodstorm travels to that alternate reality where she does meet the Earth X Storm who is pretty much just an older version of 616 Storm.
I have the Bloodstorm and Goblin Queen action figures, really need to track down the Havok and Fallen figures someday. They're really good looking figures.

[TanGent]

LOVE Bloodstorm.

Mutant X was such a good thing and she was one of the main reasons why.:biggrin:

[RLAAMJR.]

Bloodatorm's eyes were always red though.
I'd love to see more of Bloodstorm. Her story continued in the Paradise X series, which was a sequel to Earth X. Bloodstorm travels to that alternate reality where she does meet the Earth X Storm who is pretty much just an older version of 616 Storm.
I have the Bloodstorm and Goblin Queen action figures, really need to track down the Havok and Fallen figures someday. They're really good looking figures.


indeed. Hope she could travel and appear to 616 continuity for at least a year.

[jeansbff]

nope that would be Bloodscream a character IMO that would be better off dead

I liked Bloodscream... :frown:

[Greg Anderson]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/3/31566/705148-bloodstorm.jpg

[Greg Anderson]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/615341-bloodstorm_steve_pugh.jpg

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/6179/151190-6366-bloodstorm.jpg

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/1/13347/281611-126869-bloodstorm.jpg

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[RLAAMJR.]

So Bloodstorm's lover is Gambit?

[RLAAMJR.]

Is it true that Bloodstorm killed Dracula?

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/6179/151194-40949-bloodstorm_super.jpg

[Ex_]

I just read the first 12 issues + annual of Mutant X. I finally appreciate Bloodstorm the way you all do. This needs to become 616.

[RLAAMJR.]

LOVE Bloodstorm.

Mutant X was such a good thing and she was one of the main reasons why.:biggrin:

Me too. The reason why I crave for Mutant X was because of her. :smile:

[motherofpearl1]

http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/77/80171-9016-bloodstorm.jpg

I have always wondered if Bloodstorm could be part of the 616 universe.

Well, Bloodstorm has been able to travel to another universe.

I firmly believe it would be cool to see Bloodstorm and Storm meet.

What do you guys think?

Damn right. And as for the writer who thinks they're a minority, I also thought Bloodstorm a terrific character. Better in fact than the holier than thou original!

[RLAAMJR.]

I just realized i like her red glowing eyes

[Windrider]

Bloodstorm was a great character and had cool vampiric abilities on top of her elemental powers. Though I love 616 ororo I would not mind at all if Bloodstorm sat in for her a bit in canon. She kicked ass in Mutant X (loved how she beat Dagger, killed Dracula, turned Gambit, and had Kitty and Forge under her vampiric thrall).

[motherofpearl1]

Bloodstorm was a great character and had cool vampiric abilities on top of her elemental powers. Though I love 616 ororo I would not mind at all if Bloodstorm sat in for her a bit in canon. She kicked ass in Mutant X (loved how she beat Dagger, killed Dracula, turned Gambit, and had Kitty and Forge under her vampiric thrall).

she sure as hell would walk all over Scott and Emma:biggrin:

[RLAAMJR.]

I love her ability to turn into mist.

[Windrider]

I love her ability to turn into mist.

yes, and her ability to shape shift into a wolf.

[RLAAMJR.]

yes, and her ability to shape shift into a wolf.

I didn't know that she can turn into a wolf. I thought she can only turn into a bat if i am correct.

what else can she turn into by the way?

[witness]

Ah Bloodstorm, my favourite AU Ororo.

Favourite moment? Her proving yet again that she is a true friend.

http://worldofblackheroes.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/mutantxscan2.jpg

[RLAAMJR.]

She's fierce!

Bloodstorm is.

[Ex_]

I just finished Mutant X.

What the hell happened to Howard Mackie? The first twelve issues were golden, everything else was distilled diarrhea.

[RLAAMJR.]

I just finished Mutant X.

What the hell happened to Howard Mackie? The first twelve issues were golden, everything else was distilled diarrhea.

did you read it online or you have comics?

[BBeeryan]

Pubilee is totally riding BloodStorm's coattails. This is nothing new for Ro'. ALL X-women tend to follow in her footsteps.

[motherofpearl1]

she sure as hell would walk all over Scott and Emma:biggrin:

Oh how I'd love to see that.

Let's see Emma try to use her mind control on a vamp as powerful as Bloodstorm.

[Ex_]

did you read it online or you have comics?
I have comics. Why?

[RLAAMJR.]

I have comics. Why?


i don't have even just one of them (for mutant x)

[Ex_]

well, you should rectify that.

[RLAAMJR.]

Storm fans, there is also a Bloodstorm action figure if in case you didn't know.

http://www.figurerealm.com/Galleries/marvel/Bloodstorm-MutantX-Front.jpg


and another one:
http://thecomicbookshoppe.com/images/products/discount/bloodStorm_packageFront.jpg



and here's Bloodstorm showing her ability to turn into mist/air/smoke or whatever it is.

http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080201171861/marveldatabase/images/thumb/0/04/Doctor_Strange_and_Bloodstorm_(Earth-1298).jpg/109px-Doctor_Strange_and_Bloodstorm_(Earth-1298).jpg



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[Chase_Stein]

This Storm is better than the present Storm. Bite her now Jubes, bite her!

[blackphoenix]

I loved Bloodstorm! I was finally able to track down the first 12 issues of Mutant X, the best ones, IMO, and she pretty much stole the show! I didn't like her wearing a burlap sack in Paradise X, and I hate how her final fate was left up in the air due to Marvel cutting Paradise X's ending short. I wish she'd crossover to Earth 616 and join X-Force or something. Maybe she could replace "our" Storm for a bit , take command of both teams of X-Men, and behead Emma and Cyclops! :evilsmile:

[motherofpearl1]

Considering how lame 616's Storm is now, I wish they'd kept Nightcrawler and exchanged Storm for Bloodstorm.

Bloodstorm/Rogue/Gambit

That is what you'd call a love triangle

[RLAAMJR.]

Considering how lame 616's Storm is now, I wish they'd kept Nightcrawler and exchanged Storm for Bloodstorm.

Bloodstorm/Rogue/Gambit

That is what you'd call a love triangle

I still prefer 616 Storm but I want to see a team-up between Bloodstorm and Jubilee against Dracula

[LordAllMighty]

This Storm is better than the present Storm. Bite her now Jubes, bite her!

No, if she gonna be turned it must be by Dracula. No half-ass I just became a vampire bite form Jubilee will work for Miss Monroe.

[RLAAMJR.]

question: if Bloodstorm is able to turn into mist or a creature, does that mean Jubilee had those abilities too?

[Chase_Stein]

Jubilee can change into mist form.

[LordAllMighty]

question: if Bloodstorm is able to turn into mist or a creature, does that mean Jubilee had those abilities too?

Marvel's Vampires:

A vampire is a human being who has died and been resurrected by certain supernatural means and endowed with certain supernatural abilities and limitations, most notably a need to drink blood in order to sustain his or her existence. Vampires are also called the "undead," inasmuch as, even when active, they are not truly alive in the same sense that ordinary human beings are; indeed, they can be described as being technically dead. (There are also so-called "living vampires," who resemble true vampires in various respects, including their craving for blood, but who did not die before becoming vampires and did not gain their vampiric traits through supernatural means. The most notorious "living vampire" was Michael Morbius.

Vampires were first created about 15 thousand years ago when a small band of pre-Cataclysmic Atlantean sorcerers discovered the Darkhold, a collection of arcane knowledge scribed by the primevil demon Chthon, and used one of the spells contained therein to cause their enemies to return from the dead in vampiric form. The vampires were more powerful than the sorcerers predicted. Slaying their creators, they escaped from Atlantis before the continent sank. The first vampire may have been Varnae, formerly an Atlantean sorcerer, who ruled Earth's other vampires until ceding his position to Vlad Dracula, who remained the lord of Earth's vampires in a nearly unbroken reign from that time until the vampires of Earth were finally destroyed by the sorcerer Doctor Stephen Strange.

Vampires required the fresh blood of living beings, preferably human beings, in order to sustain their existence, and usually procured it through biting their victims, usually on the neck, and draining their blood. The vampire's bite deposited an enzyme found in the vampire's saliva into the bloodstream of the victim. If the vampire drew enough blood to cause the victim to die, the enzyme triggered a metabolic change in the dead victim's body, beginning with the production of a green liquid called ichor in the bloodstream. In approximately three days there was sufficient ichor to nourish the victim's body in the same way that blood once did. The victim then returned to "life" as a vampire, capable of all the basic functions of life (except for procreation) plus a number of supernatural feats such as transforming into a bat. If the victim's blood loss was not severe enough to cause death, the victim would show signs of anemia because of the effects of the enzyme in his or her bloodstream (as well as the debilitating effects of blood loss), but will not die. Until the enzyme was fully metabolized (a process that could take anywhere from two weeks to several months), the victim would be weak and sickly as well as susceptible to hypnotic commands, conveyed verbally or through long-range mental contact, by the vampire who attacked him or her. The victim would also develop a perverse erotic attraction to that vampire. Most vampires preferred to attack victims of the opposite sex, since the vampire's own sexual drives were linked to his or her lust for consuming blood.

Most vampires possessed superhuman strength anywhere from ten to twenty times as great as the strength they had in mortal life.

The extent of the supernatural abilities of vampires depended on the strength of the vampire's will. Particularly strong-willed vampires such as Dracula, for instance, could summon thunderstorms, although the mystical concentration needed to do so left them quite weakened for a time. The vampire's strength of will also determined the extent to which he could master his craving for blood and maintain the same personality he or she had in life. No vampire could prevent himself from giving in to his craving for blood for more than a week, but Dracula and Hannibal King maintained their normal personalities even in vampiric form. On the other hand, most people who became vampires found themselves so unable to resist their new cravings for blood that they became cruel and even animalistic hunters of normal human beings, even if these new vampires had been kindly, sensitive individuals in their mortal lives.

Vampires can summon and control certain creatures such as bats, wolves, and rats. Vampires can also transform themselves into bats, and in the case of some vampires, wolves, while retaining their human intelligence in these forms. Some vampires can even become human-sized bats. Vampires can also transform themselves into mist at will, while still retaining their normal consciousnesses in that form.

A vampire can make any human being into his or her temporary slave if he or she could catch their gaze for a sufficient amount of time, usually only a matter of seconds. The exact length of time needed to mesmerize the victim depended on the strength of will of the vampire and that of his or hey victim.

Vampires had several limitations upon their supernatural powers and existence. The first was their all-consuming craving for blood, Unless a vampire drank approximately one quart of fresh blood every other night, it would weaken and either fall comatose or perish. Some vampires of great power, like Dracula, were able to resist their bloodlust for up to a week before their hunger became unbearable.

Vampires are limited by their supernatural dependence upon the soil of the land of their birth. Vampires can not travel for more than one hundred miles from the place where they were born unless they had taken along at least a pound of their native soil with which to line their coffin or sleeping area. Vampires fell into a comatose state during daylight hours and could only spend them safely when in contact with their native soil. Otherwise, the vampire would be endangered by another weakness; vampires are unable to withstand the direct rays of the sun. Due to the vampire's altered metabolism, sunlight caused the ichor to congeal in the vampire's veins and the skin to decay rapidly. Direct exposure caused a vampire to dehydrate completely and turn to powder. (Through scientific means, the body of the vampire Baron Blood was made capable of resisting these harmful effects of sunlight for limited periods, and he did not necessarily fall comatose during the daylight hours.)

Vampires had a mystical aversion to garlic plants. The wearing of at least one clove around one's neck was sufficient to ward off a vampire. Furthermore, a vampire could not use his or her shapechanging abilities while within about twenty feet of a garlic clove. Vampires also had an aversion to any religious symbol (such as a crucifix, cross, Star of David, or holy water) wielded or placed by anyone who believes in the religious significance of the symbol. The size of the symbol was not a consideration on its ability to repel vampires, only the strength of belief: for example, a believing Christian wielding a small cross could hold a vampire at bay with it and even sear the vampire's flesh simply by touching him or her with it. Vampires also had a mystical aversion to entering any human dwelling place to which they were not verbally invited. Once invited, they could enter the place at any time thereafter. Vampires cast no reflections, and their images could not be captured on film.

Vampires did not age, except on some but not all occasions when they had been deprived of blood for lengthy periods of time. Then a vampire might develop some signs of age (for example, his or her hair might turn white), but upon ingesting fresh blood he or she will revert to the age ha or she was at when he or she died as a human being.

In the case of some vampires, minor injuries they received would heal within moments. However, a vampire could not grow back a severed portion of his or her body. Apart from periodic inconveniences, injuries like these would not critically impair a vampire's "life" or effectiveness. Because the vampires' ichor was similar in function to blood, poisons and other toxic substances that were circulated in its bloodstream would adversely affect a vampire, although no dosage was large enough to cause death.

The only substances which could cause a vampire pain were silver and, to a lesser extent, unless it penetrated the vampire's heart, wood. The surest way to kill a vampire was to drive a wooden stake or a silver blade through his or her heart. The stake or blade prevented the heart from supplying ichor to the rest of the body. If the stake or blade was removed, however, even if the vampire's body had crumbled to dust, the vampire's mystical vitality would restore his or her body to the condition it had before the vampire was slain, and return him or her to vampiric "life." Beheading a vampire would also kill him or her. However, there were only three methods of making sure of destroying a vampire permanently. One was to expose the vampire to direct sunlight and then to scatter the ashes. Another was to pierce the vampire's heart with wood or silver, sever his or her head, burn the head and body in separate places and scatter the two resulting piles of ashes in separate locations. The third was to make use of the full incantation known as the Montesi Formula (after the monk who first realized its significance) found in the Darkhold.

[RLAAMJR.]

Jubilee can change into mist form.

i see. that's great to know.

anyway, did you all know that marvel receieved a lot of requests about Bloodstorm's origin that they made the 13th issue title:


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u4CdNibgfUw/SvCsPFB_RhI/AAAAAAAAAJI/EK_LdnR7rxA/s320/300px-Mutant_X_Vol_1_13.jpg




an art by ~olybear with Bloodstorm on it
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jhZ8mt9p9S4/TKXhWu29zwI/AAAAAAAABwI/YTIJtjQla0c/s1600/dc+marvel+vampwar.jpg

[blackphoenix]

i see. that's great to know.

anyway, did you all know that marvel receieved a lot of requests about Bloodstorm's origin that they made the 13th issue title:


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_u4CdNibgfUw/SvCsPFB_RhI/AAAAAAAAAJI/EK_LdnR7rxA/s320/300px-Mutant_X_Vol_1_13.jpg
I have that issue! :biggrin:




an art by ~olybear with Bloodstorm on it
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jhZ8mt9p9S4/TKXhWu29zwI/AAAAAAAABwI/YTIJtjQla0c/s1600/dc+marvel+vampwar.jpg
LoL...why the hell does Bloodstorm need a gun?
EDIT:whoops--that was the chick next to her! :redface:

[blackphoenix]

Double post

[blackphoenix]

Triple post.

[RLAAMJR.]

Triple post.

rofl to your thri post. :biggrin:

Good observation considering that Bloodstorm has lightning that is faster and has a longer and wider range.

[RLAAMJR.]

wow! Bloodstorm is so awesome!

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/54/l_c4b9ef79754944168d546b72d22a0af6.jpg


I hope 616 Storm can pull this off too.



Here's another Bloodstorm in action.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/82/l_f38bfb7d829dee1fc8e190b58b787311.jpg

[RLAAMJR.]

LordAllMighty, thank you for that information. :smile:


anyway, is x-paradise a canon issue???


cos if i am not wrong, the image is showing 616 Storm and Bloodstorm right?

http://x.annihil.us/u/prod/marvel/i/mg/3/c0/4c360719dd585/detail.jpg

[Yogaflame]

Well, Earth X(and Paradise X) is an alternate future, so I don't think it would be considered 616 canon. That is Earth X Storm who is an older version of Storm who married T'Challa and ruled over an United Africa.

[RLAAMJR.]

Well, Earth X(and Paradise X) is an alternate future, so I don't think it would be considered 616 canon. That is Earth X Storm who is an older version of Storm who married T'Challa and ruled over an United Africa.

i see. thanks for the information. Somehow, on that image, Storm looks like she didn't like Bloodstorm's mohawk hair. hehehe.

[RLAAMJR.]

Should Bloodstorm just stick with the mohawk look?

[RoguishGurl]

Talk of Bloodstorm can continue in the Ororo Munroe/Storm Appreciation Thread (http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showthread.php?t=386126).