Emma Frost: The White Queen #1

I love these comics that fill in the blanks of the past timelines in Marvel Comics. There's so much to work with in the past, and Emma Frost getting more added to her story is such a great idea. Amy chu started this run strong, and makes me very excited to see what else she brings to this run. Read Full Review

Emma Frost: White Queen #1 is a solid start that shows off a lot of potential for what's to come. The story is a good setup for the main event and art looks good. If this goes in the direction I think it's going, it should be a really entertaining series that fans of the X-Men won't want to miss. Read Full Review

Emma Frost: The White Queen #1 lays the groundwork for a compelling character study, but gets bogged down in setup and sidelines its star in favor of flashier guest appearances. There is clear potential for future issues to delve deeper into Emma's power and complexity if the focus shifts more firmly to her. Read Full Review

Emma is incredibly appealing as a character on quite a few different levels. There really isnt another villai nin any universe who is quite exactly like her. Theres really no question that Emma could sit quite well on the throne of her own series if given the proper opportunity Chu has some of the proper elements in place in order to be able to do so, but there are more than a few things that are keeping her from truly being able to embrace Emmas potential. Read Full Review

This series isn't essential, but could potentially be a solid intermediate step between Emma Frost the White Queen and Emma Frost the superhero. Read Full Review

In any event, writer Amy Chu has a good handle on the character even if she doesnt come across as menacing as she probably should, see the above critique and I am curious to see where this story goes. And whatever quibbles I have for the way these characters are presented, the art itself is not an issue; Andrea di Vitos style is so clean yet detailed, which color artist Antonio Fabela accentuates. For fans of the character, Emma Frost: The White Queen is definitely worth seeking out. Read Full Review

Some argue that Emma Frost is more interesting as a villain than a hero. This comic showcases how flawed that idea is. This comic has little to justify it beyond cheesecake and Emma being wicked for the sake of wickedness. Read Full Review

Howard

Jun 24, 2025

A good first issue.Emma is as beautiful as ever and we get classic X-Men appearance.I will look forward to the next issue.

fzanca

Jun 24, 2025

I was extremely skeptical about yet another solo series featuring a member of the X-Men. However, it was quite wise to bring the story back in time to the 1980s where Emma was a villain. It was great seeing the original X-Men in their original costumes. Especially Storm. I love their introduction with Emma smelling the brimstone. All good stuff. Looking forward to the next issue. My Comic Review Channel - https://youtu.be/54kRjZBcSE0?si=1EcadXgL_6JNXBf_

Hexum

Jun 18, 2025

I thought it was pretty good. The art is incredible, both colors and pencils. Emma is properly sexy, and the X-Men look as good as they can, especially Colossus. I think a drawback is that this is solely a "chapter one" type of book; it is not also a self contained mini story, and although there is a cliffhanger, it's a mild one. Some nice touches were the mutant protester crashing the party via piano, and Nightcrawler stealing a cupcake. I'll read the next one just to see what this series is going to be... and for the killer art

JakeAsfaw

Sep 27, 2025

First things first: I’ve only read, like, two dozen comics in my life, so don’t read this review, basically. I think this succeeds in its writing. Its greatest strength is the pacing; I was surprised how fast it went by. Emma is established in her element quickly and with enough detail to feel tangible, and we got some endearing character moments from Emma and the X-Men. The X-Men aren’t there for very long, but each member makes an impression. I think the X-Men breaking into the Hellfire Club to rescue a fellow mutant is a good inciting incident, and the comic leaves off with a good hook for what could come next. There was a stroke or two of ham-fisted social commentary, which is something that, as a leftist, I don’t want to compl ain about, but it did take me out of it a bit. My main problem here is the art. I’ll try to be fair and say that maybe my problem is just the character design or art direction decided upon for this run, but I’m not feeling this. If this were a story exploring some cosmic place where the ideas of the locations and characters were more important than the art’s fidelity, I’d say the art would be serviceable. The problem is that this is an Emma Frost book, so the art has to look really good, because Emma has to look really good. That’s my biggest problem here. A big facet of Emma Frost is that she’s so hot that everyone in the room can’t take their eyes off her, and while there aren’t dudes literally drooling, this book still feels structured to convey that aura, and the art just can’t sell that. I’m not a fan of the orange skin and dull purple lipstick; her eyes are too small; she kinda has duck lips? Her curves aren’t accentuated that well—it just doesn’t do it for me. And that’s a problem when that is a pillar of the myth of Emma Frost. And, like, look at the cover: they’re clearly targeting greasy sex perverts like me, and what I’m seeing just isn’t sexy enough. I came here to male gaze, dammit. Yeah, “The writing is good, but I can’t fap to it,” is a silly summary, but it’s like if Jennifer’s Body had someone average-looking rather than Megan Fox. The piece kinda needs that to work, not just for fanservice, but artistically, to avoid the cognitive dissonance. With that dissonance, it is somewhat of a nonstarter, even though I overall enjoyed it. more