In this series, she also has an antagonistic relationship with Kitty Pryde, who is reluctant to accept Emma as a leader and teacher.ĭuring a conversation with Iron Man in Civil War, Emma announces that the Xavier Institute and the X-Men will not support the Superhuman Registration Act and remain neutral, as she fears that the registration of mutants would put them in more danger.Īfter Secret Invasion and during Dark Reign, she's introduced as a member of Norman Osborn's Cabal and X-Men ( Dark X-Men), only to later betray the team during a confrontation with X-Force. 3 (2004-2013), she co-leads the X-Men alongside Cyclops after Jean Grey's death. Esme herself is later killed by Xorn, who also killed Jean. Emma was shattered while in her organic diamond form by Esme who shot her with a diamond bullet, but Jean Grey managed to repair Emma at the molecular level. This prompted another Cuckoo, Esme, to leave, but she later returned to personally try to kill Emma. Around this time, one of the Cuckoos, Sophie, made a Heroic Sacrifice to stop Quentin Quire and his Omega Gang.

During M-Day, most of her team members retain their powers, with the exception of Tag (Brian Cruz) and Specter (Dallas Gibson). Her team is also the rival of a second New Mutants team, echoing the rivalry between the two original groups of the similar names. In New X-Men: Academy X (2004), she becomes the leader of a new Hellions Squad, this time associated with the Xavier Institute. She's also one of the main characters in New X-Men where her infamous Mental Affair with Cyclops happened, endangering Cyclops' marriage to Jean Grey. The clones refer to Emma as their 'mother', a title she later accepts. In the miniseries X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong, it's revealed that during her coma, her egg cells were used as genetic templates to clone several identical telepath mutant girls, five of which would later known as the Stepford Cuckoos. Banshee, becomes the mentor for the team. Her first role as The Atoner is in Generation X (1994) where she, along with Sean Cassidy a.k.a. She first appeared in the storyline The Dark Phoenix Saga, and later becomes the primary villain in the original run of New Mutants with her own team from Massachussets Academy, the Hellions.Īfter she's recovered from a coma and learns that her Hellions has been slaughtered by the Sentinels led by the supervillain Trevor Fitzroy during The Phalanx Covenant crossover, her guilt over her students' deaths led to her eventual reform. Emma began her role in the Marvel Universe as an X-Men supervillainess under the title of the White Queen of the Hellfire Club.

Into The Dark by Emma H. Frost