The X-Men are a team that barely holds together, and Kitty Pryde And Emma Frost Long-simmering grudge match is about to finally come to a head. Given that Kitty is an unstoppable force and Emma is an immovable object, they are very evenly matched, and No one can predict what will happen in the fallout.
While Kitty and Emma worked out some of their animosity during the X-Men’s Krakoan era, working together in close proximity in Exceptional X-Men Excavated some old ones. Now that Orchis is defeated, the X-Men are rising “from the ashes,” and that includes restoring Xavier’s school and training new mutants. Readers will see how this causes Shadowcat and White Queen to clash in November Exceptional X-Men #3 by Eve L. Ewing and Carmen Carnero.
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Exceptional X-Men #3 (2024) |
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November 20, 2024 |
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Eve L. Ewing |
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Carmen Carreno |
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Carmen Carreno |
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David Baldeón, Carmen Carnero |
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Emma Frost vs. Kitty Pryde! Kitty Pryde’s determination to stay doggedly away from all things X-Men related becomes more strained by the day as Emma Frost once again sticks her nose into things. Meanwhile, our new team is finding their rhythm. Axo, Melee and Bronze have officially entered the fray! |
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Kitty and Emma’s relationship dates back to their first comic appearances – both in the 1980s Invisible X-Men #129 By Chris Claremont and John Byrne So even as they grow and change, Kitty always has a distrust of Emma. For her part, Emma seems to respect Kitty, even when they’re at odds, but that doesn’t mean she’s ready to put up with her.
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Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde’s rivalry goes back to their first appearances
One of Emma Frost’s first acts in Invisible X-Men was to try to recruit Kitty Pryde to the Hellfire Club. She approached the Prides at their Chicago home, disguised as a recruiter for an elite school. She left just as Charles Xavier arrived with his own headhunting team. Just as Kitty learned about her mutant abilities from Storm, the Hellfire Club attacked and captured the X-Men. Kitty controlled her new powers just enough to sneak onto Emma’s ship and help the X-Men, so her first “mission” cemented Emma Frost as a perennial bad guy in her mind.
Kitty still holds the anger of her childhood. in 2004 Astonishing X-Men #2 by Joss Whedon and John Cassady, she tells Emma, ​​“When I think of evil… yours is the face I see.“A match-up between the two would be epic, as their power sets nicely complement each other. Emma Frost can turn into a hard diamond shape, and Kitty Pryde can phase right through her. Emma’s telepathy is also weak against Kitty, as when she phases, her mind is much harder to read or control.. There is no clear winner, except for the comic readers who get to see their complicated relationship.
Kitty and Emma have very different learning methods
In one of the previous times, the two women worked together as teachers. Astonishing X-Men #1, Emma Frost kicks off the school year by using the Danger Room to simulate a Sentinel attack. It not only upset the students, but also her teachers, who resented both the shock and her scare tactics of telling the children that the world hates them. Kitty tried to take a gentle tactic with the students, emphasizing the mutant community, and teaching them that working as a team with love will win over fear. The same dynamic will play out in Exceptional X-MenAnd we can’t wait to see what happens next in between Kitty Pryde And Emma Frost.