Emma Frost

Image: MarvelJean, like Storm, gets a hairstyle change here—in the classic show she’s wearing a ponytail in this costume, but in ‘97's her hair is down. Plus, her powers have a much more vibrant, dark undertone, perhaps hinting at something fiery to come for Marvel’s premiere swooner. Image: MarvelJean, like Storm, gets a hairstyle change here—in the classic show she’s wearing a ponytail in this costume, but in ‘97's her hair is down. Plus, her powers have a much more vibrant, dark undertone, perhaps hinting at…

It’s time: Marvel is wiping the X-Men’s slate clean of the Krakoan era that’s been around since 2019. We’ve known this was coming for a while now (both in the comics and IRL), and after an ominous tease of the mutants rising from the ashes of their still ongoing war with Orchis, we now know what awaits them at the end. No island, three teams, and a return to the old days of fighting for acceptance by humans.Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksAs revealed during Marvel SWSW panel this past Thursday, this new saga…

X-Men is a comics franchise defined by its evolution. There are few others like it that can be so defined by multiple foundational eras of fandom-shaping periods, from its classics, to Chris Claremont’s reign, to New X-Men, and even all the way to the gates of Krakoa. But for mutantkind, the ‘90s will almost always be back in style.Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksA period of great transition after Claremont’s run on Uncanny X-Men came to an abrupt end, the ‘90s reshaped the X-Men not just across comics—where…

Sometimes, you need a little comfort food—and at io9, that can mean “re-watching a favorite Star Wars show” or “guzzling midnight margaritas while watching Sandra Bullock play a witch” or “picking up a book and rediscovering the joy of reading.” We love new releases, don’t get us wrong, but we also dig revisiting past…Read more... Sometimes, you need a little comfort food—and at io9, that can mean “re-watching a favorite Star Wars show” or “guzzling midnight margaritas while watching Sandra Bullock play a witch” or…

It’s fitting that the X-Men as an idea are as similarly cyclical as one of the franchise’s most iconic figures. “Hear me, X-Men! No longer am I the woman you knew! I am Fire and Life incarnate!” cries Jean Grey, now the Phoenix, in X-Men #101, beginning a cycle of fated death and rebirth for her similar to the one that has chased mutant kind for its entire publication history.Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksMutants rise, and they fall, and they resist, and they rise again. The story of this cycle is one the…

Location-wise, superheroes tend to operate in two modes. Either they’re firmly in one city, with occasional stops at other places nearby, or they’re gallivanting around basically anywhere in the world (or galaxy, in some cases). It can be dizzying sometimes, to the point that you might need a map to keep track of everyone—and fortunately, Marvel’s done just that for the X-Men.She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 9 Finale ReviewWith Fall of X in July, things are set to go pretty bad for the mutants and their island nation of…

Image: Lucas Werneck, David Curiel, and Clayton Cowles/Marvel ComicsAt one point in this week’s Immortal X-Men #10, Charles Xavier ponders the the true nature of his X-Men—and how he shaped warriors out of children to police his own people. It’s a chilling re-examination for a “practical idealist” like Charles to make, framing the question of why Mutants are always fighting each other and their relationship to being interpreted through the lens of other minority groups.Mutants are different from the minority groups…

Image: Lenil Francis Yu/Marvel ComicsWhether it’s for the silver screen or pen and ink, Marvel uses the season of Comic-Con to tee up the big stories they’ve got cooking. San Diego Comic-Con in July saw the House of Ideas build up to comic arcs involving the Fantastic Four and Spider-Man, and this weekend’s New York Comic-Con focused on the other heavy hitters in the comics. Let’s dig in, shall we?Blade’s daughter is finally hereBack in May, Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day issue shone the spotlight on Brielle Brooks,…

Image: Marvel ComicsIt is the year of our lord Emma Frost 2022—and readers, somehow it has taken Marvel Comics this long to team up its two most iconic clones.Today Marvel announced more details for its plans for Dark Web, a new Spider-Man/X-Men crossover event launching at the end of the year. The worlds of Spider-Man and mutantkind have long been associated—they’ve been Amazing Friends, even—but their latest collaboration will see two of their most personal foes team up in an attempt to make their collective lives…