Emma Frost - The End (Diamonds Are Forever) - Danial Carroll

PANEL ONE

Close up on Emma Frost in diamond form. She is looking stoic.

CAPTION: Scott was the first to notice, obviously.

CAPTION: I lied, as usual, and told him I was just sick of all the noise.

PANEL TWO

Wider shot, revealing Emma to be standing at the edge of a grassless cliff.

CAPTION: By the time we were in our fifties, however, it was obvious to all.

CAPTION: My lies weren’t enough this time, and he sent me away.

CAPTION: The last words I heard from his mouth were, “narcissistic bitch”.

PANEL THREE

From behind Emma, we can now see that she is staring across a post-apocalyptic San Francisco. The entire scene is toned in browns and greys. There is nothing alive down there.

CAPTION: In my diamond form, I have no need to eat, drink, or sleep.

CAPTION: I also learned that I don’t age…

PANEL FOUR

From orbit, we can see a brown, desolate America, with a single sparkle shining from San Francisco.

CAPTION: And who wouldn’t want to live forever?

Emma Frost - Master Manipulator - Matt Duarte

Emma Frost in “Master Manipulator” by Matt Duarte

Panel 1

Description: A white/blue-ish planet in open space.

CAPTION: Despite the stories you might have heard, she does not have the power to create, just to destroy and manipulate. Who knows how many lives that bitch has destroyed?

Panel 2

Description: The same planet, from farther away, exploding into smithereens. A streak of red fire comes out from it.

CAPTION: And as much as I hate her, our lives have become, one would say, comically interconnected.

Panel 3

Description: A pull out shot from the same planet, but it and the space that surround it are inside a giant eye.

CAPTION: She saved my life, but she left behind a parting gift. A small token of her “appreciation” to put me on the right path. When I close my eyes...

Panel 4

Description: We can now see the face surrounding the eye from before. It's the unequivocally attractive face of Emma Frost.

CAPTION: When I close my eyes, I hear the scream of the souls that the Dark Phoenix destroyed. I feel their pain as their planet exploded underneath them, their sorrow as the realization dawned of them that it was the last day of their pathetic little lives.

Panel 5

Description: We can now see Emma Frost standing in a group of other X-Men, including Cyclops, in a briefing room which glows from screens on the walls. She is now in her diamond form.

CAPTION: I'm sure she gave it to me as a warning. Constructive criticism, if you will. That sanctimonious bitch. I call it torture. Good luck convincing anyone of that, though.

CYCLOPS: Emma?

EMMA FROST: Yes?

Panel 6

Description: Emma is walking away from the group, in her crystal form.

CYCLOPS: You turned into your diamond form for, what exactly?

EMMA: Oh, just a small reminder that I'm the best looking person in this room.

CAPTION: There is no way anyone would believe the angel named Jean Grey would do something as sick as implant a terrible memory into someone else's head. In the mean time, I take my little pleasures where I can. 

The End

Emma Frost – Task Force: Frost – Sime McDonald

PANEL ONE 

On Emma Frost, gazing at the team of heroes assembled (off-panel), visibly unimpressed, eyebrow arched. 

EMMA FROST (1) 

I don’t think I’ve ever seen such an unimpressive line-up. 

EMMA FROST (2) 

(And I’ve teamed up with seven Madrox’s before.) 

EMMA FROST (3) 

(At least he/they had the decency to tone down the colour of his/their outfit.) 

PANEL TWO 

Assembled before Emma is: Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Deadpool, and Hawkeye. Deadpool has his hand on Moon Knight’s shoulder; Moon Knight’s head is bowed. Hawkeye’s at the forefront of the team, taking charge. 

DEADPOOL (1) 

Don’t listen to her, guys. 

Chicks dig primary colours. 

DEADPOOL (2) 

(Sorry Moon Knight.) 

MOON KNIGHT 

Hmph. 

HAWKEYE 

What’s this about, Em? 

Deadpool told us to keep this gathering quiet. 

SPIDER-MAN 

Deadpool. 

Telling us to keep our mouths shut. 

DEADPOOL (3) 

It’s my new power: irony.

PANEL THREE

Emma’s arms are folded. Her back is to the heroes She’s admitting she has made a mistake, and it’s not easy for her to speak of her personal failings out loud. The other heroes listen. This time, Moon Knight’s got his hand on Deadpool’s shoulder, and Deadpool’s head is bowed solemnly. 

EMMA FROST (1) 

Months ago I eviscerated Sebastian Shaw’s memories. 

EMMA FROST (2) 

It was a necessary course of action. 

I did it to protect myself and my fellow X-Men. 

DEADPOOL (1) 

Thanks! 

MOON KNIGHT 

You’re not an X-Man. 

DEADPOOL (2) 

Hmph. 

EMMA FROST (3) 

But I underestimated Shaw. 

(Again.) 

PANEL FOUR 
On Emma, a shadow cast over her face.

EMMA FROST (1) 

Shaw is aware someone has tampered with his memories. 

He’s been gradually deciphering the secrets of his past. 

Hunting down old friends and enemies. 

Establishing allies, both old and new. 

EMMA FROST (2) 

He’s escaped my radar. 

I don’t know where he is. How close he is. 

And I can’t go to Scott with this. I can’t endanger the X-Men. 

PANEL FIVE 

There is fear in Emma’s eyes. 

EMMA FROST 

You’re my only hope.

Emma Frost – Lady's Guide To Sparkling Repartee – Ryan K Lindsay

1. Emma Frost and Dakota North both look up while Daredevil swings away through the buildings of upper New York.

Dakota: You look like a slut.

2. Frost smiles knowingly.

Frost: …
Frost: As opposed to the woman who sleeps with the married man?

3. Frost is walking away.

Frost: I’d laugh if I wasn’t worried you’d find it attractive and switch hit on me.

4. Dakota looks on at Frost with frustration.

5. Dakota puts her hands up to her mouth to amplify what she says.

Dakota: But at least I don’t look like a slut.

Emma Frost - Diamonds Before Swine - Maxy Barnard

The Premise: So, I've learnt a lesson about what works on a page, and taken a few extra hungover hours to perfect this, at least as best I can. The concept is simple: to distill the characters down to their most base level, to make them immediately recognisable no matter where you are in your story. In fact I'm pretty sure the other tenures already manage this and I'm just really bloody slow.

So here's a completely random page picked out of the blue of a non-existant story where Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde are having to deal with the fact that all the X-*MEN* have been turned into pigs by a mysterious assailant (kept schtum because AHAHA you don't need to know in this page!). Enjoy, comment, hate, et cetera.

Oh, an aside, because visuals would have been laid out earlier in the story, this is current continuity, so space-suit Kitty is involved, because I love it. And all the X-Pigs have their costumes on and pig-sized, natch.

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#.1
Kitty Pryde is holding up Pig-Colossus, her head turned away in disgust, face all scrunched up.

Kitty: Well, THIS can only make our relationship more tragic and non-physical. Ew.


#.2
A full-body panel of Emma entering the room with he chest puffed out and looking down her nose, having taken her sweet-ass time and proud of it. On the floor just next to her Pig-Cyclops is rolling on his back as pigs are wont to do.

Emma: Oh the horror of it all, Pryde, when you have to find more reasons to angst over your thoroughly dull love li-


#.3
Emma's legs are at the edge of the frame, mid-transformation into diamond, as Pig-Cyclops rubs himself against them. Also in the background of the shot are Pig-Wolverine and Pig-Dr. Nemesis, trying to bite each other to death.

Emma: -oh, Scott...


#.4
Emma (now fully into her diamond form) kicks Pig-Cyclops across the room (and towards the reader), just missing Kitty's head by mere centimetres. Pig-Cyclops is squealing in terror and firing eye-beams every which way.

Emma: You disgust me now as much as ever.

Pig-Cyclops: SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-----*


#.5
Kitty is yelling angrily and flailing her arms towards Emma, who just raises her face higher than ever, so as to better look down her nose at Kitty (think to the point of parody with this look, just go crazy as you'd like).

Kitty: Emma, what are you doing?! That's still Scott in there! AND you almost broke my suit, you insufferable cow!

Emma: *sigh*... Pryde... Kitty...


#.6
Low angle close-up on Emma's snooty smirking face, so as to accentuate just how much she can look down her nose.

Emma: I know. And I can read minds. So I can tell you with assurance that these men are as they have always been...


#.7
We look over the shoulders of both Kitty and Emma as they look down at the X-Pigs. Pig-Cyclops is unconscious, all swirling stars and spiral eyes, Pig-Dr. Nemesis is standing victorious over Pig-Wolverine's thoroughly beaten body and Pig-Colossus is staring up at Kitty with heart-shaped eyes.

Emma: Pigs.

Emma Frost – Cold Shoulder - Ben Rosenthal

The following takes place after Uncanny X-Men #534. Emma has just told Scott Summers that she wiped Sebastian Shaw’s mind.

I am not usually one to describe the sizing of panels, but Panel 2 should be larger than the others. The final 3 should be all of the same size, and appear on the same line.



1. Emma sits in her bed, night ware still on. The bedding still covers her lower torso, with Emma looking nonplussed.

EMMA
Scott darling, it’s not that big of deal.

2. Scott Summers is standing beside the bed, also in his bed attire (I’m guessing just wearing boxers). He has his hands extended in outrage. Emma is slightly more animated than in the previous panel.

SCOTT (1)
Don’t patronise me Emma! Do you remember what happened the last time someone’s mind got wiped by a powerful telepath?

EMMA (1)
Oh please Scott this is completely different. You’re being a tad precious about the whole thing.

SCOTT (2)
No Emma. You made a drastic decision without consulting anyone. As your partner both privately and professionally you should have discussed this with me.

EMMA (2)
Just like you discussed the forming of a hit squad with me?

SCOTT (3)
That was a decision made to protect an entire race. The only person protected by your decision was you.

3. Scott has turned away from Emma, his head slightly bowed as if he is finally saying something which he has known he would have to say for some time.

SCOTT
Just when I think you’ve turned a corner, you show that you’re still the same egomaniacal, self-centred person you always have been.

4. A close up of Emma’s eye, open wide in shock

SCOTT (off panel)
I think you should leave.

5. Same as Panel 4, however a tear is falling from the eye.


6. Same framing as Panel 4, but Emma’s eye no longer looks shocked, but hurt. Her skin has turned to diamond, the tear gone because of it.

Emma Frost - You Can't Handle The Truth - Rol Hirst

This scene takes place at the climax of a story in which Scott Summers suspects Emma Frost of keeping secrets from him. He’s confronted her, demanding to know the truth, and Emma has been her usual evasive self. She’s tried every trick in the book to divert his attention, confuse and confound him… but through sheer force of will, Cyclops appears to have backed her into a corner…


Panel One.

The mindscape. A blank white background in this panel. Scott (or his mental projection) stands, naked, but undaunted staring straight at us. We see him from the waist up since I’ve no desire to see Cyclops’ one eye. He isn’t wearing his visor or his ruby quartz glasses since he doesn’t need them here. He looks stern, demanding.

Scott: Tell me the truth, Emma. For once in your life… please… tell me the truth.

Panel Two.

Wider shot. Scott is in the foreground, facing away from us, staring across at Emma Frost. She is wearing her sexiest, most outrageous outfit… all part of her diversionary tactics. But those tactics appear to have failed, and now Emma appears defeated. She turns away from Scott, shamefaced, as though she can’t look him in the eye. Behind them, the mindscape change to an image of Magneto, rising triumphant above the fallen bodies of various X-Men, Avengers et al.

Emma: All right, darling, if… if you insist…

Emma: Erik will turn on us. It’s happened before, it’ll happen again.

Emma: He won’t be able to help himself…

Emma: The truth, Scott…?

Panel Three.

Close on Emma, turning to face Scott, the shame replaced by a wicked smile, fire in her eyes.

Emma: That helmet only ever protected him from Charles.

Panel Four.

Scott is shocked, frozen to the spot. He suspected Emma of something… but nothing like this. She strides towards him now, confident, still smiling… The mindscape is a jumbled mass of Ditko-chaos, reflecting Scott’s reaction.

Emma: You see, darling, I get so terribly, terribly bored…

Panel Five.

Emma leans in and kisses Scott on the cheek…

Emma: But you shouldn’t worry your pretty little head about things like that…


The next page would show Cyclops waking up in bed beside Emma having completely forgotten everything that has just happened. But we, the readers, will now know the truth…

Why Emma Frost?

It's not about the lingerie.

Really it isn't.


Emma Frost is a fascinating character. A telepath, a manipulator, an arrogant, haughty White Queen who's seen terrible things and been forced to mend her ways as a result. Or has she...?

She's a sexually precocious, blatantly provocative temptress who's found love in the last place she'd ever imagine - an uptight, judgemental do-gooder. Being with Scott Summers has had a profound effect on the way Emma sees the world. Or... has it?

She's a teacher, the kind all young boys dream will keep them behind after class, and all young girls secretly want to be... even the ones who call her a bitch behind her back. Better watch out though, she's a teacher who could very well be listening in on your daydreams and gossip... not that she'd ever violate the trust of her students in such a way. Or... would she?

We never quite know with Emma. Even after all this time, we're never entirely sure we can trust her. And that's probably just the way she wants it. That's why Emma Frost...

Well, that and the lingerie.