Marvel Drops Emma Frost: The White Queen #1 Variant Covers

By Chad Burdette

on May 3, 2025

Bow down to the queen! This June, the ever-captivating Emma Frost headlines a new solo series by award winning writer Amy Chu (Red Sonja, Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death) and acclaimed artist Andrea Di Vito (Deadpool, Invincible Iron Man). EMMA FROST: THE WHITE QUEEN will reveal a secret chapter from the iconic X-Man’s days as a supervillain. It’s a deep dive into Emma’s scandalous past, packed with shocking Hellfire Club secrets and powerhouse psychic feats that only the world’s most fabulous telepath can deliver!

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Amy Chu told AIPT earlier this week in an edition of their popular X-Men Monday column

“It’s a straight up action thriller,” . “This is pre-diamond mutation, pre-heroic Emma Frost, the Hellfire Club’s most powerful mutant telepath in the Hellfire Club, a global mutant secret society in the finest James Bond sense. Someone is trying to take her out and she has to travel around the world to the various clubs to find out who. In the process, she may have to reluctantly make a friend or two, and you will get to see the Hellfire Club as you never have before.”

Today, fans can see all six covers for the debut issue, including a glittering Foil Variant Cover by Rickie Yagawa and dazzlingly perfect pinups from superstar artists like Joelle Jones, Greg Land and Joshua Swaby. EMMA FROST: THE WHITE QUEEN #1 will also have a “Bring on the Bad Guys” Cover, part of the variant cover series that depicts explosive hero vs. villain matchups.

Check out all six covers now

Variant Cover by GREG LAND

Ricky Yagawa Foil Variant Cover

Joelle Jones Variant Cover

Joshua “Sway” Swaby Variant Cover / Virgin Variant Cover

Mike Henderson Bring on the Bad Guys Variant Cover by MIK

EMMA FROST: THE WHITE QUEEN #1 (OF 5) – 75960621292700111

IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF THE HELLFIRE CLUB!

Before she became a mainstay of the heroic X-Men, Emma Frost had another role: 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 is a mole within the Hellfire Club leaking secrets to their sworn enemies, the X-Men, Emma will stop at nothing to uncover the truth!