There was a vague mention about a third Summers brother in the same way there was a vague mention of a previous relationship between Storm and Black Panther. Granted there was more interest in the third Summers brother (with good reason) through the comics over the years, his identity and role in X-Men history is most definitely a retcon.

In Earth X they are married.

There's some history, or should I say "alternate future" there.

The only reason I can see Vulcan's powers affecting Cyclops is because he obviously is thier mother's child from maybe D'Ken...that would be interesting...so mayeb since both parents aren't the same they work? PLus, his powers are TK based right, so lifting up Cyclops isn;t really the same as a power blast.

Back to the topic initially addressed, I remember them being married in Earth X now. I could mayeb see them doing this if Storm shouldn't be...I don;t know...dealing with the massiver amounts of problems the X-Men have right now

It isn't PC or profitable these days to promote the jewish faith. The head of diversity for Marvel has declared that we must have more blackness in Marvel. So we have The Truth and the new Soul Food ripoff that is Black Panther and Storm. Really a pretty sad departure from a book I used to pull, that focused on the hero Black Panther and his wit and heroics to this dreg. Then to drag poor Storm into it is so contrived. Where are my hispanic focused flagship titles ??!?!?!!?

As usual, you hit that one right on the head, Big Turdy. If you and I had our way, Christopher Priest would be put in charge of Black Panther forever. Unfortunately, loads of people seemed to miss, or worse yet, ignore, that brilliant series (like the current writer).

DarkCrisis doesn't believe that the original seed-story, from a Marvel Team-Up Annual, the mention of the relationship during the Arkon story, AND the storyline (2 or 3 issues) in the Priest Black Panther series are enough evidence to show the relationship existed before the current series. I suspect it has been mentioned in more places than just those three, but even if not, that's a LOT more established evidence than dozens of "retcons" that Marvel and DC pull out all the time.

Just because there hasn't been a huge page-count devoted to the weight of this relationship doesn't mean it can't exist. Retconning is the lifeblood of long-standing characters. Without retconning, we have to assume that all these characters are set in stone, their only relevant or important experiences being those that have already been written. If that were the case, Marvel and DC would have a pretty tough time attracting new readers. Is a 13 year old kid really expected to locate and reread every X-Men comic to find out what the deal with Storm is? Retconning allows new readers to get in on the ground floor with at least one aspect of a character they are reading about.

Remember, we're fans of a genre in which characters can't really age much. Most of them are stuck on an eternal loop in which they have endless adventures but little growth or change. If they do grow or change at the rate that we do in the real world, they quickly cease to be the characters we need for these endless adventures. Comic writers and editors need to use tricks like retconning to keep them fresh without making significant change.

Retconning, in my mind is a necessary and, in terms of quality, a neutral tool. It can be used ingeniously (think of what Alan Moore did on the Swamp Thing title when he took over), or it can be used badly. I won't argue the quality of the current storyline because I haven't read much of it yet.

Which doesn't matter at ALL because thier marriage has NOTHING to do with the FIVE whole issues they had together in the past and has EVERYTHING to do with the fact it's a marketing scheme to attract more black readers and to hopefully save the BP book.

It's a fact. It's admitted.

These 2 are being FORCED together under a "Flimsy" and "Barely mentioned" twinkle in thier eyes from 10 years ago just so Marvel and Hudlin can attract "the target audience".

Trouble is, you don't attract any audience with carp-arsed writing, which is all Hudlin seems capable of.

Or, more completely - yes, I agree with you that BP and Storm are currently being forced together and it's godawful.

But my point is that if they'd had the same editorial edict, but let Christopher Priest write it, it could very well have WORKED and been AWESOME.

Really I wouldn't have (as much of) a problem with it if they took thier time to flesh out the relationship but instead they rush rush rush out some mini series that retcon a past together so they can hurry and get the "target audience" in ASAP.

One thing you might find solace in DC, is that Storm's strength as a woman, to me at least, doesn't fit in with Black Panther's role as a king. I think in time, their marriage will fall apart.

Oh, yes it will.

I'm not sure I get why a strong woman and being with a king is mutually exclusive.

I don't know anything else, but I do know that Storm looked hella fine on the recent cover of whatever title they're in together. Daaaamn.

I thought they were in a mini together ?