"What If... Storm of the X-Men Had Remained a Thief?"
Cover by Kirkwood Studios [Steve Carr and Deryl Skeleton].
What if Storm Stayed a Thief? - Written by Ann Nocenti, penciled by Kirkwood Studios [Steve Carr and Deryl Skeleton], and inked by Joe Rubinstein.
Young thief, Ororo, meets professional grifter, Herman Hassel, on the streets of Cairo and returns with him to New York to become his protégé. The first time she is incarcerated, her claustrophobia kicks in and activates her mutant powers. When she steals a powerful item from the X-Men, they show up to take it back from Hassel. Angry at the disrespect shown to her mentor, Storm invades X-Mansion to teach the team a lesson!