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Her original, as designed by Dave Cockrum and seen beginning is GSXM 1.

As I have mentioned before, I was approached at a San Diego Con by a group of young animators who asked me what color Storm's costume was. At first, I didn't understand what they were asking, the answer seemed so obvious. Then I finally got that they meant the black part, but when I said that, they responded "Isn't it white?"

Somehow, they looked at this. . .

... and saw a white costume. I did my best to correct them, but we all know what happened. (Frankly, I think her costume turned white because it was easier to animate!)

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Miller intended the costume to be gray. I know not why. Black Widow spiders are, after all, BLACK, with a red "hourglass". But Miller wanted gray, and used the zip-a-tone so that it would BE gray, and not blue, or lavender, or some other shade (see the cover I drew).