Emma Frost: The White Queen - All Hail the Queen

Emma Frost: The White Queen (2025) #1-5

by Amy Chu, Andrea Di Vito (Illustrator)

Emma Frost is the villain you love to hate in the Hellfire Club's darkest days! Before she became a mainstay of the heroic X-Men, Emma Frost had another White Queen of the Hellfire Club! As she grapples for power with the rest of the Inner Circle, witness Emma's ruthless ascent to the top! And when she discovers there's a mole within the Hellfire Club leaking secrets to their sworn enemies, the X-Men, Emma will stop at nothing to uncover the truth! But as an emergency meeting is convened in London, all the evidence is pointing toward…Emma herself?! Framed as a traitor, the White Queen must go on the run! Take a deep dive into Emma's past, learn shocking secrets and be prepared to bow down to the White Queen!

Collecting EMMA THE WHITE QUEEN (2025) #1-5.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men

120 pages, Paperback

Published February 17, 2026

About the author

Winner Bram Stoker Award, Gold Anthem Award. Writer for DC, Vertigo, Marvel, IDW and more, including: Poison Ivy, Ant-Man, Deadpool, Red Sonja, Green Hornet, Sensation Comics Wonder Woman, X-Files. KISS and DMC Comics. Cofounded Alpha Girl Comics, publisher of Girls Night Out and other comics. Frequent comic-con panel speaker and moderator.

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Reviews

[Jim Ef · Rating 3 out of 5]

6.2/10
I haven't read a recent X-Men related title in a while, there are so many books out there that i wouldn't even know where to start. So when i saw that this doesn't take place in the current continuity, i thought why not.
It's a nice little throwback story about Emma in her days with the Hellfire club. She finds herself in a tough situation, as she has been betrayed. She needs to find out who wants her out of her "throne".

Chu does a good job with the title character, you get a sense of who Emma Forst is, or better was. She is smart and not weak hearted. While there is a sort of hunt after her, she doesn't stay only as a prey, but becomes a hunter herself.
The art is nice and clean.

There is nothing wrong with is, but it's not something you will remember for a long time.

[Molly™☺ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Set during Emma's time with the Hellfire Club, Chu plays to the White Queen's strength of deceitful cunningness in a story of betrayal and political tactics. Whilst not as iconic or memorable as Emma herself, this miniseries is easily digestible entertainment and worth a read for fans.

[salomé · Rating 4 out of 5]

Petit retour en arrière à l’époque où Emma faisait partie du Hellfire club. J’ai apprécié l’intrigue et les complots pour détrôner la White Queen. J’ai aussi beaucoup aimé les dessins (sauf les couvertures) !

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have a healthy distrust of "filling in the blanks" stories, But I enjoy Emma as a calculating witch archetype, and was pleasantly surprised with how the story played out. simple, medium stakes, decent setups and payoffs. good storytelling

[Theo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in single issues. Overall, a pretty mediocre book. Some questionable cringe moments when Emma Frost (white woman in white) was pitted against two Black women and one Chinese man. The outcome for one of the women was better and cleverer than expected, but my expectations felt on the ground by the last issue. Also don't tell me in the editor commentary that Emma is a rich fashionista and then have basic Emma Frost costumes.

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

All hail the Queen indeed. I don't usually bother with these past-continuity-set mini-series, but it's been too long since Emma Frost had some solo spotlight, so I had to dip in here.

Chu's story puts Emma front and centre as the Hellfire Club turns against her, leading to Emma trotting around the globe to try and uncover the plot that has everyone out for her blood. There are ample opportunities for Emma's character to shine, and Chu manages to show that even at this point in her history, she wasn't as villainous as she wanted everyone to think.

Andrea Di Vito's art gets the job done. There's nothing major to praise or decry, it's all clean and clear, and he never veers into cheesecake even when Emma's in the bath (unlike that horrible Greg Land variant cover in the back-matter *shivers*).

The ultimate conclusion was fine overall - we all know with these series that there's not going to be any major upset, and it's more of a character study than a big sweeping status quo change or plot reveal. I had fun, and that's the main thing.

[Rylan · Rating 4 out of 5]

ok i’ll bite i actually had fun with this. i’ve been very skeptical about the recent batch of nostalgia minis from the x-line because they feel like a cheap cash grab and in the past other nostalgia minis haven’t been very good. but i’ve actually been enjoying these, they provide an insight into the characters from a specific time that lets you see more of their past. we don’t often get to see emma’s time in the hellfire club as of recent so it was fun seeing the inner workings and how diabolical her character used to be. i know a common critique on this is that it doesn’t feel like the emma we know and love but that’s kinda the point. chu nails emma’s early villain characterization making her fun to read and exploring just how competent of an adversary she used to be.

[Morgan Biesty · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, my boyfriend suggested I read this because I’m not a huge fan of comic books because I need a full story lol. It just feels so different reading a comic book vs. a first novel in a series and there being a cliffhanger at the end. The comic books I’ve read so far (4 in total) have felt unfulfilling when it comes to dialogue & plot.

HOWEVER, this was a much better plot and omg the art was amazing!! I see myself caring enough to find volume #2! But yeah, the dialogue is still too corny for me at times, it’s hard to read it without it sounding so superhero-y if that makes sense lol.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'd call this the definition of middle of the road. Nothing bad or great though the art brings it up a bit (apart from the over sexualisation). It was an easy read since I like the character but don't want to bother with convoluted X-Men history just yet.

[Matt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emma Frost backstabs and globetrots in a multilayered thriller set during her Hellfire Club days, with fun double-crosses and X-Men cameos and delightful displays of creative telepathy use. A great miniseries!

[Elliot · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always love a story between the cracks of existing canon and this is a particularly good one

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.9 stars

[Jason · Rating 4 out of 5]

4
A good little story, fitting for Emma. Well done.

[Andrew Alvis · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit dull at times but not horrible. Emma playing the long game is very much in her nature.

[Aaron Cowell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Bland and uninteresting. My queen deserves better.

[Justin Biondo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice little short and sweet tale about Emma and it was a good time for what it was worth. Was fun to see her back as The White Queen too

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Should I really be enjoying the story of the point is Emma is Emma, and she will always behave in Emma ways?

[meagan · Rating 3 out of 5]

obsessed with mystique

[The_J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just sort of bland - with too few sparks.

[Eva B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Me when I'm in a serving cunt contest and my opponent is Emma Frost

[Matt Sautman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emma shines as a protagonist in this prequel to her time as the White Queen in the Hellfire Club.

[Austin Crowder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun read, but the ending falls very flat