5. The White Queen Emma Frost
Back in the 1980's this mmmmmm member of the inner circle of the mutant Hellfire Club was one of the few bad girls in 1980's comics to walk around in panties and a bustier. Emma Frost remains one of my favourite bad girls. A Chris Claremont/John Byrne co-creation, she first appeared in X-Men #129 as the Headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, contesting for the placement of a young Kitty Pryde, later revealing herself as a member of the Lords Cardinal of the Hellfire Club. Frost eventually made the transition from X-Men villain to X-Men member in the 1990's after the slaughter of her Hellions the students at the Massachusetts Academy. She also later developed the secondary mutation of transforming herself into a living diamond. Emma Frost became one of the most recognizable X-Men characters in recent years, without losing her "old money" sense of condescension and her "Ice Queen" demeanour. Even regarded as an X-Man, the White Queen still hasn't completely shed herself of her bad girl image. Even her status as Scott Summers' (aka Cyclops) love interest, she has rarely ever manifested a softer side to her character. This is a woman who would not expect you to expect her to send you a valentine. But, if she did, with her lack of compunction of misusing her telepathy, she'd be likely to make you think that she did. Of course, in her original costume, it's not like I'd mind.
John K Kirk
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John Kirk is a Teacher-Librarian and currently a History/English Teacher with the Toronto District School Board.
But mostly, John teaches Geek.
Comics, Sci-Fi (Notably Star Trek), Fantasy and Role-Playing and table-top games all make up part of John’s repertoire, There is a whole generation of nerds-in-embryo who rely on him to make sense of it all, to teach that with great power comes great responsibility, that the force will be with us always and that a towel IS the most useful thing to have in one’s possession.
When John isn’t in the classroom, he can be found in his basement writing comic reviews for www.popmythology.com and features for Roddenberry Entertainment's www.1701news.com.
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