Emma FrostBy no means is this list in any sort of order, I am just choosing to write about what ever hero/villain is fresh in my mind. This first time around I am going to talk about Emma Frost, co-leader of the X Men.
X Men as a franchise was by no means a must read of mine over the years, but they do have characters in it that I think are very cool or interesting. There are the obvious choices like Wolverine, but he is actually farther down on my X List. As far as the current lineup I would have to say that Emma Frost ranks up near the top for me. I don't know what it is about her entitled attitude and no bull approach to leadership that i dig so much. She has underlying tension with many of the X Men because of her Hellfire Club days, but when it comes to the crunch time, she is a proven leader. I understand that many fans dislike her because she is the replacement girl for Jean Grey, but i was never a fan of the Scott/Jean relationship. Her role as Scott's love and leader of the team are both unquestioned and rock solid. Only lately with her joining Norman Osborn's Cabal has she shown any signs of her old ways. A few writers have hinted at her returning to the Hellfire Club, but in the end she has remained on the team.
Matt Fraction is the newest writer on Uncanny Xmen and it is by far my favorite writing since I started reading the title a few years back. The Brubaker run was muddled by a year long story arc that revolved around the Shi Ar Empire. Fraction does a great job of writing the characters the way i always imagined them, and Emma is really well done.
Time will tell if Emma ever returns to her evil ways, but for now she is a perfect fit to the new era of the X Men. I can't wait to see how her role in the Cabal and Dark Reign as a whole pans out.
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