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Emma Grace Frost is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, the character first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980). She belongs to a subspecies of humans called mutants who are born with superhuman abilities. Her mutation grants her high-level telepathic abilities and the power to turn into organic diamond. Emma Frost has evolved from a supervillain and foe of the X-Men to becoming a superhero and one of the team's most central members and leaders. The character has also been known as the White Queen and the Black King at various points in her history. Emma Frost has been described as one of Marvel's most notable and powerful female heroes, being labeled as a femme fatale. Since her original introduction in comics, Frost has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including video games, animated television series, and merchandise such as trading cards. In particular, she has appeared in Generation X (portrayed by Finola Hughes), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (portrayed by Tahyna Tozzi), and X-Men: First Class (portrayed by January Jones). Development Concept and creation Chris Claremont was inspired to create the Hellfire Club after seeing the episode "A Touch of Brimstone" from the television show The Avengers. Spy duo John Steed and Emma Peel infiltrate a criminal and hedonistic underground society. Emma Frost was specifically inspired by the character of Emma Peel portrayed by actress Diana Rigg. In the episode, Rigg famously dons a provocative corset, collar, and boots and becomes the "Queen of Sin", which was incorporated into the design of Frost. Publication history 1980s Emma Frost debuted in the Dark Phoenix Saga storyline in The Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980), created by writer Chris Claremont and artist co-writer John Byrne. She later appeared in the 1983 New Mutants series. She appeared in the 1986 Firestar miniseries, by Tom DeFalco, Mary Wilshire, and Steve Leialoha. 1990s Emma Frost appeared in the 1994 Generation X series, by Scott Lobdell, Chris Bachalo, and Mark Buckingham. 2000s Emma Frost appeared in the 2001 New X-Men series, by Grant Morrison. Using Frost as a character was suggested to Morrison on his website by a fan. While Morrison initially had no plans to use her, the death of the character Colossus left Morrison with an opening. He created Emma's secondary mutation – a super strong diamond form – as a replacement for Colossus' powers and added her to the cast. She later appeared in the 2003 Emma Frost series — her first solo comic book series — by Karl Bollers. She appeared in the Astonishing X-Men. series, by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. She appeared in the 2006 X-Men: Deadly Genesis series, by Ed Brubaker. She appeared in the 2010 X-Men Origins: Emma Frost one-shot, her first standalone comic book. 2020s Emma Frost appeared in the 2020 Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost one-shot, her second standalone comic book, by Jonathan Hickman and Russell Dauterman. She appeared in the 2021 X-Men series. She appeared in the 2021 Way of X series. She appears in the 2023 Sins of Sinister series. She appeared in the 2023 Invincible Iron Man series. Fictional character biography Early life Emma Frost was born in Boston, Massachusetts to the wealthy Winston and Hazel Frost. She is the third of four children: her siblings are named Christian, Adrienne, and Cordelia. Her father Winston was cold, ruthless, and domineering, often imposing impossibly high standards on his children, while Hazel abused prescription drugs to cope with the tensions of her household. Emma had no emotional support from her parents or her sisters, but got along with her brother Christian. At her school, Frost was ruthlessly bullied by her peers but found support in her teacher, Ian Kendall. When her telepathic powers manifested, Frost was able to read the minds of others and glean information. Frost became a tutor to the other students and Ian recommended that she become a teacher, something Frost's father refused. On her way home from school one day, Frost's car broke down and Ian gave her a ride home. After reading his thoughts and learning that he thought she was beautiful and intelligent, Frost kissed him. Her sister Adrienne recorded it and her father used the evidence to get Ian fired. Frost began to fight back by blackmailing her father. Intrigued by her actions, Winston offered her the family fortune but Frost rejected his offer and decided to make her own way in life. After a period of homelessness, Frost met and fell in love with a young man named Troy, who agreed to let her live with him. She learned that he owed a large amount of money to a local mobster named Lucien. To save Troy's life, Frost agreed to participate in a fake kidnapping scheme in an attempt to extort the remainder of Troy's debt from her father. However, this soon turned into a real kidnapping and Troy was killed while valiantly attempting to save Frost from an enraged Lucien. Using her powers, Frost turned the thugs against one another inside an illusion, causing an imaginary gunfight to break out, and the panicked, supposed last survivor to free her. After Emma's escape, she anonymously called the police and they were all taken into custody with no memory of her. Frost took the ransom money and enrolled in Empire State University. There, she began to learn about mutants for the first time and met fellow telepath Astrid Bloom, who became her friend and mentor. Frost later learned that Astrid had been secretly manipulating events. Furious, she attacked Astrid telepathically and left her comatose. Frost was later invited to the Hellfire Club, an underground elite society. Frost discovered the plans of Edward Buckman and Steven Lang to destroy all mutants. Alongside Sebastian Shaw, Lourdes Chantel, and Harry Leland, Frost battled Lang's Sentinels. Frost killed Buckman and the Council of the Chosen, then – along with Shaw – took control of the Hellfire Club, and set themselves up as Lords Cardinal of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club. White Queen of the Hellfire Club As White Queen of the Hellfire Club, Frost held many titles, one of which was chairman of the board and CEO of Frost International, which helped to fund the activities of the Lords Cardinal. Frost also became the chairman of the board of trustees and the headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, a school for mutants which served as a counterpoint to Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Frost and the club's agents later attempted to recruit Kitty Pryde for the Massachusetts Academy, and captured (and Frost personally tortured) several members of the X-Men, including Storm, Colossus, Wolverine, and Phoenix. Frost engaged Phoenix in a psychic battle in which she was overpowered and on the verge of being killed. Frost launched a last-minute attack that led the X-Men to believe she ha.... Discover the Anne Michaels Emma Block popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Anne Michaels Emma Block books.