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Marvel Universe, or commonly known as Earth-616, is Marvel’s mainstream storytelling. This is the universe where mutants are mutants, the X-Men are the X-Men, and Emma Frost is Emma Frost. Emma Frost’s Marvel Universe background is divided into five parts:

1. Background, which consists of Emma’s time as a child up to her college years. As they always say, one is usually a product of his/her childhood. This is just, perhaps, the case for Emma Frost.

“Of course, darling. I’m a Frost.”
Emma Frost #18

2. Hellfire Club, most people remember or recognize Emma Frost as the ruthless White Queen of the Hellfire Club. This section contains her entire history with the Hellfire Club, as well as her activities with her former junior mutant team, the Hellions.

” I don’t want to hurt you, my dear. I want us to be…friends.”
Uncanny X-Men #131

3. Generation X, where Emma was offered a chance to redeem herself as a former villain and use her teaching skills to help children hone their mutant abilities for the greater good of mankind. Under Professor Xavier’s permission, she and Sean Cassidy (Banshee) took on a team of young mutants to train them to become X-Men.

“The first thing one learns as a Telepath… hopefully… is to respect another person’s boundaries. Even I learned that. Eventually.”
Generation X #1

4. New X-Men, after the Genoshan genocide, where Emma was residing at the time, Professor Xavier offered Emma a chance to become an X-Man this time. Through a battle with Cassandra Nova, a man who caught Emma’s attention, and a home to stay with, Emma decided to join the X-Men. Some say she has never been better since.

“I deserve sympathy for the sins of my sordid past, not scorn. Those were difficult days; I was probably very confused and out of my mind on drink or drugs. It’s not always about “good” and “evil”, Scott dear.”
New X-Men Annual 2001

5. Headmistress of the X-Men, as with any team or organization Emma joins, it usually doesn’t take her long to reach the top of the rankings using her skewed ethics and shrewd skills. This time, Emma has a love by her side, new teams to manage, survival’s guilt waiting to happen, a new outlook of the world, and a whole new future to look forward to.

“Oh, please. Don’t try to blackmail me with genocide. Do you really want to compare notes? Where were the Avengers when Genosha died, Iron Man? Where were you when our babies were burning?”
Civil War #3

These summaries of Emma Frost will help you to understand her background, but it will never be the same as reading the issue yourself. Grab an issue of Emma Frost, Astonishing X-Men, or even Uncanny X-Men, and discover the evolution of Emma’s character.