Ah the White Queen, Emma Frost. If you have recently picked up a new-ish issue of X-Men you might have noticed a few things. First, there are a lot less mutants running around these days. This was mainly because of the House of M and Decimation story lines where a major chunk of the mutant population either lost their powers or were killed in the Marvel Universe. The other major difference would be a lack of Professor Xavier. With the trouble surrounding the X-Men and mutants as a whole, Charles defected from the X-Men and his school in order to protect them from higher powers. Enter Emma Frost – the new Headmistress.

But that’s just a tidbit of the intricate history behind Emma Frost. Here are some facts that you should know about the scantily-clad psychic:

Emma Frost was created by Chris Claremont and John Byrne first appearing in Uncanny X-Men #129 in 1980.

She was first conceived as the leader of the Hellfire Club – a band of villains opposed to everything the X-Men stood for.

Emma’s powers are similar to Charles Xavier – she is an extremely powerful psychic with the ability to switch and control minds.

Emma was born into a wealthy loveless family and first discovered her power when she read her teacher’s dirty thoughts.

She was first introduced to the Hellfire Club when she auditioned to become a stripper.

After a series of events, Emma proves to the Hellfire Club that she is much more than a dancer and eventually leads the entire team.

She also created a mutant school to rival Xavier’s X-Men stooping as low as trying to recruit Kitty Pryde. From this school she formed a group known as the Hellions.

Emma’s school is eventually destroyed and all of her students killed by Sentinals. By then she had befriended Magneto and accepted a teaching job on Genosha (Magneto’s mutant-only society).

Genosha is eventually destroyed and all of Emma’s students killed again. Emma survives by a manifestation in her powers resulting in her skin becoming diamond-like (similar to Colossus).

After the attack on Genosha she is rescued by the X-Men and taken in by Cyclops to live in the mansion.

Emma and Cyclops begin to have a psychic sexual affair (they were getting it on in their minds) behind the back of Jean Grey.

Jean Grey is eventually killed and Cyclops is so ridden with guilt that he stops his relationship with Emma. Jean then comes back in a different form and urges him to move on without her.

Cyclops and Emma Frost become the new leaders of the X-Men – all to the demise of Kitty Pryde and Rachel Grey (the daughter of Cyclops and Jean Grey).

During the Superhuman Registration Act arc, Emma deems the X-Men as neutral and will not choose a side.

Emma Frost will be played by Tahyna Tozzi in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine Movie.

She was almost played by Sigourney Weaver in X-Men The Last Stand, then Brian Singer stopped the project and directed Superman Returns instead. The resulting X-Men The Last Stand did not include Emma Frost in the final draft.

Wow, that’s a lot of stuff to know about Emma Frost! But now when you watch the new trailer for the Wolverine flick you’ll know who that woman is that turns to stone. Hope you enjoyed your latest class in Get To Know Your Superhero!