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Spit and Syntax
Hickman has barely written Emma, she is essentially Duggan’s character in this era, so most of Hickman’s Emma is just window dressings from Morrison’s take. Signs and signifiers of Morrison’s Emma, if you will.
Saturnyne and Black Swan are also completely different characters with very different motivations, perspectives on power and places within their own internal hierarchies. If anything, Black Swan and Isca seem to be quite analogous - i.e the most humane and sympathetic of the uncanny valley; the comic equivalent of Charon the boatman, leading the humans through an known unknown. East of West had a pretty diverse range of female characters if I remember correctly. However, nobody reads Hickman comics for deep characterisations - you read him for interesting takes on power, politics and technology, and the conceptual points of interest that relate to whatever theme he wants to drive home.
This is essentially why it’s a good thing there are books like X-Factor to feed off of this main book