Imperiatrix

Imperiatrix is a Brood figure encountered during the X-Men's harrowing encounter with the alien Brood race, placing her at the intersection of Marvel's mutant and cosmic storytelling during a landmark space-faring arc.

Few characters can claim dual allegiance to both the X-Men and the Brood, yet Imperiatrix occupies that rare, unsettling space — a Bronze Age creation born from the collaborative imagination of Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum in The Uncanny X-Men #162 (1982), dropped into the company of Wolverine, Cyclops, and Carol Danvers at a moment when Marvel was pushing its mutant universe into genuinely cosmic, alien territory. With ties stretching across Guardians of the Galaxy and Contest of Champions II as well as the book that launched her, she's a figure whose reach extends well beyond her modest appearance count of 25, including two collector-significant key issues that mark her as more than a footnote. The fact that she's been turning up in Marvel comics across four decades — from 1982 all the way to 2024 — is testament to a concept with genuine staying power, and for fans who love the intersection of mutant mythology and the wider Marvel cosmos, Imperiatrix is absolutely worth seeking out.