The X-Men‘s most innocent member, Kitty Pryde, becomes a terrifying monster capable of fighting the mutants’ biggest extraterrestrial threat. Kitty Pryde is one of the X-Men heroes with the largest number of wardrobe changes across her growth from a shy teenager into a seasoned mutant leader. Kitty started her career with a chaotic string of experimental outfits like a roller-skate disco ensemble, a clunky blue-and-yellow training suit, and the wildly mismatched “Ariel” costume before she finally found her footing in the sleek Shadowcat attire. As she matured, Kitty sported a classic blue-and-gold X-Men uniform, a black-and-white space suit, and a swashbuckling red pirate coat as the Red Queen of Krakoa.
The X-Men have defended the Earth against many extraterrestrial threats. Their ties to space often pit them against the Shi’ar Empire and the D’Bari. They have also survived harrowing encounters with the ruthless techno-organic hive mind Phalanx, and the Phoenix Force in outer space before it became a recurring antagonist on Earth. Besides civilized empires and cosmic forces of nature, the X-Men also find a consistent threat in the Brood, the sadistic insectoid parasite species that infects hosts with eggs to birth new monsters, which bear a striking resemblance to the Alien franchise’s Xenomorphs.
Just like the Phoenix Force likes to give its hosts a visual overhaul alongside a power enhancement, the Brood can turn the X-Men into one of their own, as shown by their encounter with Alien‘s Xenomorphs.
Kitty Pryde Transforms Into The Brood Queen’s Daughter To Fight The Xenomorphs
Alien Vs X-Men ; Written By Chris Claremont; Art By David Messina & Rain Beredo
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Kitty Pryde’s flashback from Alien vs X-Men #2 introduces a separate classic-era reality where the Xenomorphs meet the Brood. While the main story shows the modern X-Men being overwhelmed by mutant-Xenomorph hybrids, Chris Claremont’s backup story “Belles of Hell” explores how the X-Men’s history with alien infection and cosmic forces like the Phoenix makes Kitty uniquely equipped to fight back. An infected Illyana Rasputin throws a Facehugger on Kitty Pryde’s face, but Kitty miraculously brushes it off, experiencing a strange vision of herself transforming into the daughter of the Brood Queen, complete with an athletic, anthropomorphic Brood Queen body.
Just as the Brood rewrite a host’s DNA to turn them into a new queen or broodling, and just as Illyana Rasputin is scarred and transformed by Limbo into Magik, the Facehugger tries to hijack Kitty’s body and mind, but Kitty resists both forces to weaponize the transformation in her favor, preventing a Chestburster from forming inside her body. Still, the partial genetic and psychic trauma leaves her with permanent alien facial ridges and markings. Unfortunately, the Kitty Pryde from Alien vs X-Men‘s main storyline isn’t so lucky, as she falls unconscious and isn’t able to phase through the Facehugger.
Kitty Pryde Is One Upgrade Away From Being Unbeatable
Kitty Pryde’s Baseline Powers Are An Amazingly Valuable Asset
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Kitty Pryde’s mutant ability to phase through solid matter makes her untouchable in battle. However, her near-total invulnerability makes her a limited fighter. To actually defeat an opponent, Kitty needs to be very creative and rely on her environment, her martial arts training, and risky close-quarters maneuvers like partially solidifying objects inside her targets in order to hurt her opponents. Still, when she solidifies her body to throw a punch, Kitty Pryde allows her enemies to grab her or hit her.
If Kitty Pryde were ever granted even a single straightforward offensive power-up, she could transform into one of the most effective members of the X-Men. Kitty could pair her intangibility with lethal close-range weapons like Wolverine’s adamantium claws, or ranged projectiles like Cyclops’s optic blasts that would allow her to render hand-to-hand combat completely unnecessary. A physiological enhancement like Quicksilver’s super-speed would make her a ghostly, inescapable blur capable of defeating an entire army in milliseconds and without receiving a single scratch. Likewise, if villains like the Brood were to weaponize Kitty Pryde’s intangibility, the X-Men would realize how much they’ve overlooked her mutant power.
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