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...himself ultimately responsible for Ororo's transformation, isn't lost on me.

As I said earlier, the synergy between Ororo, Forge, Rogue, and the Dire Wraiths just *works* in this issue–a testament to Claremont's skill as a writer and a sign of how much his skill has grown...

...flexing her sheer awesomeness. She minimizes this skillset as "purely human", but UXM #187 feels as much about Ororo proving her worth to herself as it does prove it to the readers.

The Dire Wraiths truly are Ororo's latest trauma personified, her fight against them...

...that the Dire Wraiths pose opposite Ororo's power–and identity–loss works pretty seamlessly in the issue.

I can't help but wonder if Claremont used any mandate to include the Wraith War in his storytelling as a source of inspiration for Ororo's depowering, or if this is...

Good afternoon, everyone! Another day, another issue of Uncanny X-Men with a compulsory Wraith appearance!

Today, we're reading UXM #187, "Wraithkill", the latest installation of the Claremont Run's crossover with the wider, company-wide event, the Wraith War.

Compared to...

...is obvious–and is only more obvious as the woman wonders what Forge will think of her appearance.

Ororo has never been one to seek the validation or approval of others–really proving how lost she is without her abilities. In the same breath, her openness to change her look...

Back in Dallas, Ororo dresses from the entire wardrobe Forge had shipped to his penthouse.

As she tries on a strapless pink dress, we're introduced to a version of Ororo we've never met before. Still with her punk mohawk, the contrast between the "old" Ororo and this new one...

...the Dire Wraiths provide an interesting parallel to the more violent aspects of her mutant ability.

Rogue absorbs Val's memories and learns not only of Ororo's whereabouts, but also of Forge's involvement in her depowering at Gyrich's hands.

...Rogue reappears midway through our Dire Wraith fraught intermission to exact what government girl boss Val Cooper assumes must be revenge.

In reality, Rogue is on a fact-finding mission to locate the lost Ororo.

Much like her encounter with Selene, Rogue's experience with...

The Dire Wraith's horror IS their ability to fully steal the life of others...

...but even so, I wish Claremont and Windsor-Smith had been allowed to treat LifeDeath as a story independent of the aliens' wider consequences for the line and, more specifically, our Uncanny X-Men.

... have the ability to control the weather or superhuman inventive intuition, nor does it translate well with the acknowledgement that Ororo's disability will be magically "fixed", as if to suggest that there is some brokenness to her without them.

Ororo's journey is only...