Black Cat #16: It’s Getting Cold

With that being said, we might have taken a step back, but we move three steps forward with this issue. As we see Cat interact with one of the most powerful mutants of all time, Emma Frost. Here is where being a criminal has its strengths and real downfalls. After stealing and selling a diamond, we see Cat breaking the fourth wall to talk to us. Right before she can tell us the tea, we are interrupted by Frost. This is where we learn that the diamond was Frost’s, and she wants it back!

After some back and forth of a tussle. Frost enters Cat’s mind, and this is where we get the conversation that Frost wanted from the start. Turns out she wants something, and the X-Men, in particular Cyclops, have it. She mentions their history being complicated and moves on real fast from the topic. So fast that Cat asks if she wants to talk about it. Frost says that they will be even if Cat can get in with the X-Men and get her the information she wants. Cat’s world tour now takes her to Alaska, and that ends the issue.

As I said, this issue breezes by, and I also like the fresh interaction with Emma Frost. I think Frost knew what was going to happen and trapped Cat into stealing the diamond so she could use her for this exact task. But that is the life of a thief. You will be dealing with all sorts of nefarious people.  I do not know where this story is going to lead us, but I am looking forward to seeing Cat now have to deal with the X-Men and what happens when she comes face to face with a Sentinel.