Polaris (Marvel Comics)

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Lorna Dane
Polaris
Malice
Abilities
  • Magnetic field manipulation granting:
    • Electromagnetic spectrum manipulation and sight
    • Magnetic force fields, pulse, and flight
    • Organic iron manipulation
    • Energy absorption
  • Partial resistance to ionizing radiation
  • Fast elimination of toxins and drugs

Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Jim Steranko, the character first appeared in The X-Men #49 (October 1968).[1] Lorna Dane belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities.[2] She can control magnetism in a manner similar to her father Magneto.[3][4] The character has been known as Polaris, Malice, and Pestilence at various points in her history.[5] Dane has also been a member of the X-Men and the X-Factor.[6]

The character has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including

television series, and merchandise. Lorna Dane made her live-action debut in The Gifted (2018), portrayed by Emma Dumont
.

Publication history

1960s

Lorna Dane debuted in The X-Men #49 (October 1968),[7] created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Jim Steranko.[8] She appeared in the 1975 Giant-Size X-Men series. She appeared in the 1986 X-Factor series.

2000s

Lorna Dane appeared in the 2019 Captain Marvel series.[9][10] She appeared in the 2020 X-Factor series.[11] She appeared in the 2020 X of Swords: Creation one-shot.[12] She appeared in the 2021 X-Men series.[13] She appeared in the 2021 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic series.[14] She appeared in the 2022 Marauders series.[15] She appeared in the 2023 Scarlet Witch series.[16]

Fictional character biography

Origin

Lorna Dane met the original team of

Iceman, who broke her trance by causing her to slip on a patch of ice and then convinced her to come to his apartment. At the apartment, Lorna met the rest of the X-Men who soon learned that she had latent mutant powers.[19]
Mesmero and his android Demi-Men captured her and took her to their desert headquarters, with the X-Men in pursuit. The psyche-generator awakened her mutant powers and Mesmero named her "Queen of the Mutants".

When the X-Men attempted to rescue her,

Iceman returns from meeting with her foster parents who told him that her birth parents had died in a plane crash years earlier. This information caused Lorna to turn against Magneto[21] but it was later revealed that she had caused the accident and Magneto had her memories of it erased with the help of Mastermind.[22] For a while, Iceman was attracted to her, but Lorna did not truly reciprocate the feelings.[23] She instead fell in love with their teammate Havok.[24]

Unbeknownst to Lorna, the Magneto who claimed to be her father is revealed to be an android. Shortly after, Lorna was captured by Sentinels, but was rescued by the X-Men.[25] Lorna joined the X-Men and began living at Xavier's mansion.[26] Lorna aided Havok and the X-Men in repelling the alien Z'Nox's attempted invasion of Earth.[27]

Lorna Dane's first "code name" was Magnetrix, but she quickly decided that she did not like this name. However, that did not keep Havok from continuing to use that name as a way to annoy and flirt with her.[28] The two leave the X-Men to pursue their mutual interest in geophysics.[29] They moved to the Diablo mountain range in California.[volume & issue needed]

Lorna, with Havok, is later seen battling the

Muir Island.[32]

Mind controlled

Lorna received a new costume of

D'Ken, then emperor of the Shi'ar Galaxy. Shakari kidnapped Alex Summers and Lorna, and subjected them to a powerful form of mind control. He turned them against the X-Men in an attempt to assassinate Professor Charles Xavier. A massive battle ensued at Kennedy International Airport, with the duo battling the X-Men. Polaris was defeated by Storm, but Shakari managed to escape with both her and Havok. Xavier eventually freed both Polaris and Havok from Shakari's control.[33]

Polaris and Havok remained inactive as members of the X-Men, though they did return from time to time to assist the team. With the X-Men, they battled

Malice.[36][37]

Under Malice's control, Lorna attacked the X-Men as leader of the Marauders.

secondary mutation activated: she grew in height, became invulnerable, and gained superhuman strength. Zaladane's army was released from Worm's control, and Lorna finally regained her freedom.[42]

Having nowhere else to go, Lorna went to

Muir Island. On her way there, her secondary mutation activated again, as evidenced by a sudden increase in height. At this time, she discovered that her new mutation also affects those around her, amplifying negative emotions such as anger and hate.[43]

Muir Island

Upon examination, Dr. MacTaggert was at a loss to explain Lorna's new mutation, although she did confirm that the only way Zaladane could have taken her powers away was if she had been a biological sibling.

Banshee.[45] This team defended Muir Island from the attacking Reavers, who were hunting for Wolverine.[46]

Prior to this time, it had not been clear that Polaris was actually drawing strength from being a nexus for negative emotional energies. Polaris’ status as a nexus, however, was perceived by the villainous Shadow King. The Shadow King used Polaris as a gateway to allow him access to the physical world from the astral plane, causing a worldwide increase in anger, hatred, and violence in the process.[47] Polaris was freed of his influence with the help of X-Factor and the X-Men during the Muir Island Saga.[48] Upon the defeat of the Shadow King, Polaris’ magnetic powers return due to a combination of Zaladane's death a short time before and the neural-disruptive psionic blade of the X-Man Psylocke, leaving no trace of her increased size, strength, or emotion-control powers.[49]

X-Factor

Polaris was then asked to join the newly formed X-Factor by Valerie Cooper, and, tired of hiding out on Muir Island, she accepted.[50] Havok and Polaris were set as its leaders. Although joining X-Factor offered Polaris the chance to reunite with Havok, their relationship remained largely unresolved.[51] Polaris was able to come to terms with her experiences with mind control thanks to psychiatrist Dr. Leonard Samson, helping her to develop her confidence.[52] Polaris developed a strong belief in Xavier's dream while a member of X-Factor.[53] Polaris became the government's secret weapon against a possible attack from Magneto, with the government hiring the mercenary Random to test her abilities.[54] Malice later returned to bother her once more but Havok and Polaris, out of their love for each other, each tried to absorb her, preventing the other from being possessed. In the end, Malice perished at the hands of Mister Sinister.[55]

Shortly thereafter, Havok was kidnapped by agents of the

Sabretooth were forced by the government to join the group.[57][58] Polaris began to question her place on the team after this, especially as most of her original teammates were no longer active. She discovered Havok's fate as he attacked X-Factor with the Dark Beast's agents, apparently under mind-control. After Havok was defeated, Polaris tried to reach out to him, only to be attacked and severely injured when she felt she could trust him.[59] When Sabretooth betrayed and attacked the team, Polaris was severely injured.[60]

After recovering from her injuries, and learning that Havok's "terrorist" activities had been a front for his true undercover work, Polaris forgave him, although she rejected him romantically.

Greystone.[62] Although Havok had left Polaris in charge of his team while trying to stop Greystone, she apparently did not feel like she could keep the team together, and they disbanded shortly thereafter.[62]

The Twelve

Weeks later,

Apocalypse were indeed shadowing her and broke into her apartment to retrieve the headgear from Havok's original costume. Lorna then learned that she was one of The Twelve, a team of mutants supposedly destined to usher in a new golden age for mutant-kind.[64] Polaris journeyed with the X-Men to Egypt to battle Apocalypse. During the encounter, Magneto, another member of The Twelve, discovered that he could use Lorna to tap into the Earth's magnetic field with incredible force, effectively hiding the reduced state of his powers at the time.[65]

Acolyte

After

Quicksilver to help oppose Magneto's tyrannical rule.[66]

Although Quicksilver was discovered and forced to leave Genosha, Polaris maintained a low profile to covertly transport refugees from the war to other nations, as well as monitor Magneto's actions.[67] After Magneto's spine was severed by Wolverine, Polaris was able to steal a blood sample from his medical tests, which she used to confirm that Magneto was her biological father.[68] When Cassandra Nova’s Sentinels destroyed Genosha and massacred millions, Polaris was one of the few survivors. She was left emotionally scarred after witnessing the massacre after being unable to save them.[69]

Trauma

Later, some of the X-Men went to Genosha to survey what occurred there. They encountered a nude and deranged Polaris in Genosha after its population was massacred by

Juggernaut succeeded in knocking her out.[71] She remained this way until some psychic therapy with Professor Xavier. Polaris promised to do no more harm and she was accepted back to the X-Men.[72]

Iceman later admitted to Polaris that he still had feelings for her and after some mild flirtation, the two began a relationship.[73] The relationship was not to last, however, since Lorna's other relationships (namely with Havok) were still unresolved. Havok has confessed to still loving her after Annie had left him, however, Polaris pushed him away.[74]

Decimation

It was revealed that Polaris had lost her powers on

Doop, who she had seen on a recent mission in space. Daap soon crashed to Earth and kidnapped Polaris and the Leper Queen, the leader of the anti-mutant group known as the Sapien League.[76]

Horseman of Apocalypse

Apocalypse took them both, restrained the Leper Queen, and forcibly transformed Polaris into the new Pestilence. Seemingly mind-wiped, she ingested viruses from the World Health Organization and was attempting to create a meta-plague. In the climactic battle between the X-Men, the Avengers, and Apocalypse, Wolverine discovered a choking Pestilence was Lorna.[77] She was recovering in the X-Mansion when former Horsemen of Apocalypse Gambit and Sunfire returned to take her away. She arose and refused to go with them, but also decided to quit the X-Men.[78] Polaris decided to leave that night to search for Apocalypse in Egypt. She went alone and was later hunted until Havok and the new Uncanny X-Men team saved her. Emma Frost has also noted that her powers seem to be "strange and mutating".[79]

The Rise and Fall of The Shi'ar Empire

After being rescued from an anti-Apocalypse cult by the new team, Polaris agreed to join

D'Ken and in support of Lilandra.[80] Although Havok initially rebuffs her advances, hesitant to "start up again after" everything that happened between them, Lorna says that he needs to "blow off some steam" and the scene ends with them kissing. Polaris helps in the big fight and seriously hurts Vulcan and Gladiator with her powers, but in the end she is one of the X-Men left behind.[81]

Starjammers

Following the death of

Corsair at the hands of Vulcan, Polaris joined the newest incarnation of the Starjammers, intending to kill Vulcan and restore Lilandra Neramani to the Shi'ar throne.[81] Their mission proved unsuccessful and Polaris, along with Havok, Ch'od, and Raza, was captured and incarcerated on an underwater planet by Vulcan.[82]

X-Men: Kingbreaker

Lorna was later shown to still be a prisoner of Vulcan and his forces. Vulcan ordered her to be heavily drugged so they can further study this.[83] She was later freed by Havok and the other Starjammers, who vowed to kill Vulcan.[84]

War of Kings

Polaris and the Starjammers played a large role in the War of Kings storyline, which also featured Vulcan, The Inhumans, Nova, and The Guardians of the Galaxy.

sister-in-law to allow the Starjammers through the Kree's defensive shield.[86] After the Shi'ar Imperial Guard's attack on Crystal and Ronan's wedding, Lorna plays a minor but pivotal role in regaining Kree popular support for the Inhumans by making sure that Crystal's humanitarian acts towards the injured Kree civilians are broadcast all over the Kree networks.[87] After this, she once again joins the Starjammers on their mission to rescue Lilandra. They promptly commandeer a Shi'ar Ironclad (which she helps capture by magnetizing the Starjammer to its hull) which they then use to join the main Shi'ar fleet until their cover is blown when they rescue Rocket Raccoon and his team, the Guardians of the Galaxy.[88] Following the surrender of the Shi'ar to the Inhumans, Lorna remains on the Shi'ar homeworld along with Havok and Marvel Girl.[89]

Realm of Kings

Through Ch'od, and apparently due to the incident of Rachel and Korvus both losing the connection to the Phoenix Force, it is known that Polaris, Havok, Rachel and Korvus have departed for Earth.[90]

X-Men Legacy

Rogue, Frenzy, and Gambit respond to Rachel's distress call and Rogue uses Legion's powers to teleport to the space station they are on.[91] Lorna, Korvus and Alex are mind controlled by an alien force and are being used to help torture and kill Shi'ar.[92] When she meets up with Magneto their reunion is short lived as the Shi'ar attack the assembled group and Lorna, Alex and Korvus attack Magneto, Frenzy and Gambit.[92] Rachel's actions break them free of the mind control and the X-Men join forces. Polaris says she has many things she wanted to ask Magneto and he responds by saying at another time when they are out of danger.[93] The team works together to build a black hole that takes the space station and all aboard back to Earth ending Lorna's space arc.[94]

Regenesis

Polaris along with Havok are seen joining Wolverine's side after Wolverine suggests that they go out on their own away from their family and join X-Factor.[95]

Return to X-Factor

During the Breaking Points storyline,[96] Longshot used his psychometric powers to read a photograph of Lorna's mother and nominal father from which Longshot learned the truth about their death. Lorna forced Longshot to show her what he had seen, using M's telepathic powers to make a connection. Lorna was devastated to learn that the first outbreak of her powers led to their death in a plane crash. Magneto had Mastermind manipulate her memories to repress her involvement in her parents' death.[96] Later, Polaris and Havok have broken up, due to Havok agreeing to lead the Uncanny Avengers,[97] and Polaris wanting to remain with X-Factor.[98]

All New X-Factor

Polaris is now the leader of X-Factor. The name was bought from Maddox by Serval's CEO Harrison Snow. X-Factor is a corporate team that protects the interest of the company.[99] It is revealed that Harrison secretly had nanos put in her right eye, without her consent.[100] Her half brother Quicksilver is on the team and is secretly spying on her for her ex Havok.[100]

Secret Wars (2015)

During the "Last Days" part of the Secret Wars storyline, Polaris assisted Magneto during the incursion between Earth-616 and Earth-1610. As the energies of the two planets inched closer to impact cascade and send chaos through the streets, Magneto and Polaris are taking the fight to this "other" Earth, battling the parallel Sentinels sent after them. Polaris is shocked to see the energy levels her father is exhibiting, all the while trying to protect the people caught in the crossfire of Magneto and the Sentinels.[101]

Secret Empire

During the Secret Empire storyline, Polaris breaks in on a prison in New Tian when Havok is about to attack the time-displaced Jean Grey and Jimmy Hudson.[102] While Jean and Jimmy look for their teammates, Polaris manages to defeat Havok and helps the young mutants to escape. Upon escaping, Polaris and Danger reveal to the team that Magneto assigned them to look after them, which they've done secretly.[103]

Dawn of X

In the new status quo for mutants post House of X and Powers of X, Professor X and Magneto invite all mutants to live on Krakoa and welcome even former enemies into their fold.[104] Polaris is seen with Magneto as he explains the process of resurrection for mutants involving the combined powers of The Five (Hope Summers, Goldballs, Proteus, Eva Bell and Elixir).[104]

Polaris is seen attacking the last compound of

Orchis on Earth with Magneto, Storm, and Cyclops.[105] Later, she joins Rachel Summers, Daken, Northstar and former X-students Eye-Boy and Prodigy in a new initiative in Krakoa: they are to investigate any mutant death and prepare a report for The Five as part of the Resurrection Protocols of Krakoa. Their first case involves the supposed death of Northstar's twin sister, Aurora.[106] Following the conclusion of the X-Factor title, Polaris was elected during the Hellfire Gala to become a new member of the main X-Men
team.

Powers and abilities

Lorna Dane possesses the ability to control magnetism.[107] She regained her magnetic powers after M-day by celestial technology that reactivated her X-gene.[108][109] She can manipulate metals which are susceptible to magnetism. She has the power to manipulate the iron in a body to reverse the blood flow.[110] Polaris is able to generate magnetic energy pulses. She can create magnetic force-fields. She has the power to manipulate magnetic fields.[111] Polaris can use her abilities to allow herself to fly.[112] She is able perceive the world around her solely as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. She has the ability to perceive the natural magnetic auras surrounding living beings as well.[113] Polaris can also absorb energy.[114]

Polaris had shown the ability to ingest virulent diseases without harm, absorbing their traits, and according to Apocalypse is able to spread a "meta-plague" that will kill anyone who has not been inoculated with the virus' vaccine, the Blood of Apocalypse. She had also been shown to fight off toxins and drugs quicker than normal.[83]

Additionally, Lorna Dane possesses expertise in geophysics, and has earned a doctorate in that field.[115]

Reception

Critical response

Alex Schlesinger of Screen Rant described Polaris as one of the "X-Men's most iconic mutants" and as an "iconic hero."[116] Deirdre Kaye of Scary Mommy called Polaris a "role model" and a "truly heroic" female character.[117] Maite Molina of ComicsVerse referred to Polaris as an "iconic X-Men hero," writing "Why are so many comic book readers die-hard fans of Polaris? Well, there is a multitude of reasons. Lorna Dane exemplifies an air of authenticity. She does not believe there is a point in one’s heroic journey where you have to establish yourself. Polaris has fought against the tension of her agency. She has lived a history where much was taken from her. Ultimately, she has endured. So, despite the seemingly insurmountable obstacles and countless foes, Lorna has never faltered in her steadfast role as a member of the X-Men. This is why she is so beloved."[118]

Lukas Shayo of Comic Book Resources ranked Polaris 9th in their "10 Best Female X-Men Characters" list, writing, "Lorna Dane is a force to be reckoned with in the field, and she is remarkably creative with her powers."[119]

Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly ranked Polaris 67th in their "Let's Rank Every X-Man Ever" list, stating, "Controlled metal, like her father Magneto. Was a woman, unlike Magneto. Had really cool green hair. We're in the sixties here, people, "cool green hair" still counts for something."[120]

Impact

Polaris was the winner of a popularity contest held by Marvel Comics in 2021,[121][122] which served to determine who would be the final member of a new X-Men team that would debut during the Hellfire Gala storyline.[123][124]

Other versions

Age of Apocalypse

An alternate version of Polaris appears in the

Rogue had absorbed her abilities and permanently retained half of her powers when the two had a fallout prior to Rogue being taken to the X-Men. Prelate Scott Summers frees her, but she cannot recognize him; she mistakes him for Magneto, whom she believes is her father.[125]

House of M

An alternate version of Polaris appears in the "House of M" storyline. Magneto becomes romantically involved with Susanna Dane an American exchange student in Europe who is helping smuggle him from place to place. When Magneto finds out she is having a child he tells her to go home because what she is doing is likely to get her and her child killed. Lorna Dane grows up in California and watches Magneto declare war on the human governments as a child.[126] Eventually Magneto reveals he is her father when he becomes ruler of Genosha. Polaris is shocked and storms off due to him never having been there for her. She eventually comes around as she is seen later when the new world order began, where mutants were the ruling class and with Magneto being their monarch. Lorna is still residing with him in his palace on Genosha with all his children. Polaris, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch were considered royalty in this reality, and Lorna eventually develops a close relationship with her father.[127]

Mutant X

An alternate version of Polaris appears in Mutant X. She works as a long-term member of the X-Men, after Magneto takes over from an ill Professor Xavier. This Polaris knows she is the daughter of Magneto. The X-Men briefly fight and lose against an insane Madelyne Pryor. Later, they seemingly perish in an atomic explosion but survive this as well. Polaris is one of the victims in the reality-threatening battle involving Pryor and the Beyonder. Badly injured, she dies in her father's arms, reassured that everything will be okay.[128]

Ultimate Marvel

An alternate version of Polaris appears in the Ultimate Marvel continuity of Ultimate X-Men. She is an attractive teenage mutant girl who is a member of the Academy of Tomorrow, a mutant peacekeeping squad led by Emma Frost. In this continuity, she is also the girlfriend of Havok but as a twist, she was also the ex-girlfriend of his brother Cyclops, whom Havok resents with a passion.[129]

Polaris is framed for killing dozens of people with her powers during a rescue mission, and imprisoned in the Triskelion of the

Mystique. In the end, Polaris' name is cleared and she returns to the Academy of Tomorrow.[130] She was killed in Ultimatum along with the rest of the Academy of Tomorrow except for Havok.[131] It is implied in Havok's discussion of the events leading up to the explosion that there may have been more than meets the eye going on.[132]

Exiles

An alternate version of Polaris is drafted onto the interdimensional superhero team the Exiles. Originating from Earth-8149, she is seemingly killed in battle with a group of Sentinels engineered to destroy her, but is plucked out of time moments before her death to join the Exiles.[133] In the end Polaris finds out Magneto her father has turned to the side of good because of her death to avenge her murder at the hand of Sentinels.[134]

In other media

Television

Video games

Merchandise

  • In 2022, HeroClix released a Lorna Dane / Polaris figure as part of the Hellfire Gala Premium Set.[150]

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