While I feel that Adam Hughes’ artwork too often panders to the more explicit side of comic book T&A, rather than the more subtle and suggestive cheesecake I prefer (She-Hulk excluded), I must say that this Silver Sable from the Marvel Swimsuit Special ‘95 is pretty damn good.

And with that, dear reader, we conclude this Cheesecake Appreciation Week. We now return to our normally scheduled, gender-sensitive blogging.

Back in the famed Claremont/Byrne run of Uncanny X-Men, there was one X-Man who received some special attention from the creators. Storm was especially sexy in those classic comics and it seems that Chris and John we looking for whatever chances they could get to put Storm’s clothing in compromised situations.

For instance, in Uncanny X-Men #109, we learn just how Storm goes about watering the plants in her attic apartment: she strips naked and dances in the rain.

In a issue #114, Storm and the rest of the team find themselves stranded in the Savage Land. Naturally, Storm has takes to the dress of the local natives, who happen to populate John Byrne’s fantasies.

Later in the issue, Sauron gets a drop on the bathing, but surprisingly clothed, Storm, adding a “woman in peril” element to the cheesecake binge.

Later, when Arcade kidnaps the X-Men and wisks them away to Murderworld in Uncanny X-Men #123, who do you think is the one X-Man found at home having just stepped out from the shower? You guessed it!

For anyone who thinks that John Byrne was not ahead of his time, notice the combination of both the navel deep neckline and the pokies, which would not become a comic book mainstay for at least fifteen years.

With all these examples of cheesecake in the classic Claremont/Byrne run, why then did Storm not become comic book sex symbol like Psylocke or Catwoman? Maybe it’s because she doesn’t take shit from horny assholes. 

And yet, that just makes her hotter.