Polaris is the daughter of Magneto and holds the same mutant powers as her father. She now travels with Havok and the Starjammers, fighting against the insane rule of Emperor Vulcan.
Origin
All that is known about Lorna Dane's bloodline mother is that she is believed to have died in plane crash shortly after her birth. She was adopted by the Danes. Little is known about them other then they are an affluent couple. She was born with green hair, due to her mutant gene, but kept it dyed so she wouldn't seem different from others and ostracized.
It seemed that there was a genetic defect in Lorna that prevented her latent mutant abilities from manifesting. When a villain named Mesmero used his so called psyche-generator which allows him to command all mutants in North America with latent powers. Lorna was one of these latent mutants and she was forced to travel to San Francisco to unite with Mesmero. Lorna meets Bobby Drake ( Iceman) while out in San Francisco when he ices the ground under making her trip over it. Bobby was able to convince Lorna to come with him to his apartment. When Lorna finally meets the X-Men, they all discover that she is actually a mutant with latent powers. Mesmero would come and kidnap her and brings her to his headquarters. They put her in a “genetic stimulator” that will activate her latent mutant abilities. The X-Men would try and save her when Magneto reveals that he is the mastermind behind the whole thing. He also reveals that he is the father of Lorna. This caused Lorna to hesitate when an opportunity to kill him appeared. However, Iceman would be able to convince Lorna that Magneto is not really her father when he brings up evidence that her parents already died in a plane crash. Lorna then defeated Magneto who would reveal to be an android. Lorna would join the X-Men and would pick up the code name Magnetrix, however she did not like it and decided to get rid of it.Lorna was captured by Sentinels when she moved to Manhattan, and she was so shocked that she didn't have a chance to use her powers. In the Sentinel's base, she met Havok, the younger brother of Cyclops, and the two got along pretty well. Unfortunately, Larry Trask, who was controlling the Sentinels, used this to his advantage and threatened Lorna to get Havok to do what he wanted. After the X-Men saved Havok and Lorna, Lorna decided to join the X-Men since she was sick of being a victim and sitting on the sidelines. Also, she was starting to grow attracted to Havok. Since Alex and Lorna didn't have full control over their powers yet, they were often given easier missions or left out completely. This strongly annoyed Iceman, since he had introduced Lorna to the X-Men and felt he had the rights to pursue a relationship with Lorna first.
When the senior X-Men had trouble in the Savage Land, Professor X sent Havok and Lorna to help them. During their introduction to Ka-Zar, Lorna realized that she didn't have a codename, and came up with "Magnetrix". However, she didn't really like it so stopped using it after a very short while. After the adventure in the Savage Land, the X-Men encountered a group who called themselves the Promise, who waited for the final confrontation between humans and mutants and only stepped out of their cryogenic chambers once every 10 years. During one point when they stepped out, they took control of Lorna and Havok, since they hadn't been X-Men for as long. Under the control of the Promise, Lorna first used her abilities to fly. Luckily Havok and Lorna were freed by a member of the Promise who didn't agree with the leader, and prevented the leader from putting Havok and her in a cryogenic chamber.
The first time Lorna was able to display parts of her fullest potential, it was when the X-Men were kidnapped on Krakoa and a new team was sent to rescue them. She was able to disrupt the Earth’s magnetic forces and throw Krakoa into space. Iceman would eventually develop a crush on Lorna, however Lorna did not have the same feelings for Iceman. She ended up falling in love with Alex Summers ( Havok). The two of them decided to leave the X-Men because they did not like risking their lives. They decided to pursue their love in geophysics and moved to the Diablo mountain range in California.
Lorna would soon be under the mind control of a Shi'ar agent named Davan Shakari, who worked for D’Ken when he was emperor of the Shi’ar Galaxy. Shakari is the one who dubbed Lorna “Polaris.” Shakari would next kidnap Alex and put him under mind control also. They used them to turn on the X-Men and try to assassinate Professor X. The two of them would battle the X-Men at Kennedy International Airport. Lorna would soon be defeated by Storm and Professor Xavier would be able to free them from Shakari’s control.
A Normal Life
The X-Men continued to try and save Lorna and this was when her secondary mutation activated. She gained height and became invulnerable and gained super strength. They defeat Zaladane and Lorna would shrink back to normal and was finally free. She went to Muir Island in seek of Moira MacTaggert to help explain her mutation. On her way there her 2nd mutant powers activated again and she grew big. She also discovered that he mutant powers amplifies negative emotions to others around her. Moira MacTaggert would examine her but still have no clue about it. Later it would be revealed that Lorna gained her strength from the negative emotions of those around her. The Shadow King would discover this and use it to his advantage to gain access to reality from the astral plane. It caused the whole world to grow angry and violent. Eventually the X-Factor and X-Men would save her from Shadow King’s control. Soon after Zaladane would die and return all of Lorna’s powers.
X-Factor
Genosha
Genosha was a nation that enslaved Mutant and Magneto took it upon himself to overthrow the government with Lorna's help. She agreed because she liked the training Magneto gave her in return for her help. She began to gain more knowledge in accessing her full potential. When Magneto decided to use Lorna's powers to wipe out the last city that was not under his control she decided to try to stop him from using technology to restore his damaged x-gene, but was defeated by him. Lorna left only to return later to help the Genoshan people. The island of Genosha was then attacked by the mutant hunting robots known as Sentinels. Lorna was one of the few survivors but left scarred because was not able to stop the robot and sat there witnessing the murder of millions of mutants. When Magneto recorded the thoughts of the entire population's final moments as digital signals in a black box, Lorna became "possessed" by the "ghosts" of Genosha. She then constructed a monument in honor of Magneto. The X-Men would go to Genosha to aid anyone that survived, upon their arrival they discover Lorna walking around naked and weak.
She returned to the X-Men and became more dark and violent. She also kills some anti-mutant protesters during her violent mood swing. This resulted in Alex breaking up with Lorna right before their wedding. Lorna became extremely traumatized and was cared for by the X-Men’s personal nurse Annie Ghazikhanian. Lorna became insane and went on a rampage and almost kills Alex. Juggernaut stops Lorna by knocking her out. Professor Xavier helped Lorna through psychic therapy. Lorna then promised to stop her violent rampage and return to the X-Men. It turns out that she had learned that she truly was the biological daughter of Magneto during her time in Genosha when she did a genetic test with a blood sample she had stolen from his lab. Soon Iceman would reveal to Lorna that he still had real feelings for her, but Lorna was still undecided. She still wanted to be with Alex but their relationship keeps hitting bumps, especially when he admitted that he still had feelings for Annie the nurse even though she left him.
M-Day
Starjammers
Polaris seems to have gotten in touch with her powers and she began to wild them like her old ones she could control the energies of the others on board their ship when Vulcan crushed the star gates to prevent them form fallowing him.
During a huge fight with Vulcan and the royal guard she managed to display her former power level by stopping even the almost unstoppable Gladiator for a moment.
When Vulcan began to beat Havok it was Polaris who stopped him by attacking his bloodstream she fought him to the point where he was near death and spitting out blood plus his powers weakened. She would have killed him if Deathbird hadn't attack her letting Havok fight Vulcan again on a fair level and he too almost killed Vulcan and left him even weaker.
Polaris is held under constant sedation while imprisoned, due to the Shi'ar's inability to deal with her powers. With the help of Lilandra, Lorna and the other prisoners are eventually freed. She and the Starjammers escape to Kree-space, where Lorna discovers that her sister-in-law and good friend, Crystal, is being wed to Ronan the Accuser, a move meant to solidify ties between the Inhumans and the Kree. When the wedding is disrupted by the invading Shi'ar, and Lilandra captured, Lorna participates in a rescue attempt which concludes with them freeing Lilandra and bringing the powerful Gladiator to their side.
As the war between Kree and Shi'ar escalates, Polaris and the Starjammers participate in an attempted political coup by Lilandra on the throne world of Chandrilar. She is a horrified witness when Lilandra is killed in the ensuing chaos.
Powers and Abilities
Polaris had been observed levitating metallic objects and creating force fields in which she can suspend persons or objects in the air and in which she can protect them from attacks from outside the fields. She could also overload or short-circuit electrical systems. By concentrating, Polaris could perceive the world around herself solely as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. She could perceive the natural magnetic auras surrounding living beings, as well.
At one time, when her magnetic powers were just temporarily inaccessible, Lorna possessed the ability to sense and feed off of negative emotions. She could then transduce those emotions into raw physical powers of strength, durability, and stamina.She was de-powered by her half-sister after M-Day, but almost immediately thereafter she was re-powered by Apocalypse when she was made into a horseman. As his horseman, Lorna could assimilate and release all forms of disease and sickness. She was then cured of the plagues which she ingested as Pestilence, and in that respect seems to be back to normal. It was then revealed that Apocalypse fused Celestial technology to Lorna's nervous system which seems to mimic her original magnetic abilities. It is assumed that she possesses the same abilities as before, although this time her powers seem to be based in technology as she is no longer a mutant. Polaris has stated that these new powers are more difficult to control compared to when she was a mutant and far more dangerous. It has also been said by Emma Frost, that her powers are apparently mutating.
Polaris also has green hair due to her x-gene. She still has green hair now as a human, but she could simply be dyeing it green.
Characteristics
Gender: Female Height: 5' 7"Weight: 115 lbs
Eyes: Green
Hair: Green
Status
Known Relatives: Magnus (Magneto, Father); unnamed mother (deceased); Anya (half-sister, deceased); Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch, half-sister); Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver, half-brother); Crystal (sister-in-law); Luna Maximoff (niece); Mr. Dane (adoptive father); Mrs. Dane (adoptive mother); Zaladane (self-acclaimed sister, deceased)Citizenshp: American (presumed)
Place of Birth: Unrevealed
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Adventurer; formerly U.S. government operative, Terrorist, geophysics graduate student
Education: Masters degree in geophysics, some doctoral research completed
Alternate Realities
In the Age of Apocalypse reality Rogue had permanently absorbed half of Polaris' magnetic powers. She later became a prisoner in Sinister's Breeding Pens, and was experimented on by the Dark Beast before she was rescued and freed by Cyclops.
In the Mutant X reality Polaris was a long time member of the X-Men, assisting them on a number of missions before finally being killed after an intense battle with Madelyne Pryor and the Beyonder.
Earth-1610
In the Ultimate universe Polaris was a student at the Academy of Tomorrow and was dating her fellow classmate Havok, after her previous relationship with his brother, Cyclops had ended. Polaris was among the students who had passed a field test, allowing her to assist local authorities from time to time. During such a mission, Lorna's powers seemingly spiral out of control, killing dozens of humans before Havok is forced to subdue her. After being placed in the same prison that held Magneto, it is revealed that he had her set up, when one of the Brotherhood members placed a magnetic device near her location. Magneto uses her imprisonment to his advantage, knowing that Havok and the other students will come to her aid. During the chaos that ensues, Magneto switches places with Mystique, and Lorna's name is cleared. During the Ultimatum story line, Magneto sends his brotherhood to destroy the Academy of Tomorrow and kill all of the students within, including Polaris.
Earth-9997
In the Earth X reality Polaris and Havok were members of the Starjammers.
Earth-58163
In the House of M reality Lorna was a member of Magneto's royal family and had a close relationship with her father.
Earth-3931
In this reality Polaris was a vampire, and a member of the Avengers who all were vampires.
Earth-8149
This Polaris was plucked from her reality moments before being killed by Sentinels resistant to her powers. She is now a member of the latest team of Exiles. In her original reality, many other mutants were dead, and fighting regularly by herself against greater odds has made her more experienced with combat and skilled with her powers than many other versions of her. This is seen very early in her first mission as an Exile, where she easily handles her counterpart due to the latter being a pampered Genoshan princess.
She demonstrates her skill and power in fighting sentinels on the Exiles' second mission, defeating 4 sentinels by herself with barely any effort. However, she is captured by Ultron, Machine Man, and Vision by drugging her with a sedative while she was asleep. At present, she is a captive of the machines of that reality, and was witnessed by Blink to be in a seemingly dismembered and dissected state.
Blink retaliates against Ultron, Machine Man, and Vision for doing what she sees as the brutal death of her teammate. In the ensuing battle, she destroys Cerebro's remote unit in the lab. Lorna reveals that she is alive, and what Blink saw was only a Life Model Decoy made to look like her. The others are also shown to be alive and well. The three robots, particularly Ultron (who is shown to harbor the mind of Hank Pym), reveal that they have been spending time preserving the consciousness of humanity in Cerebro's robotic constructs while pretending to be on Cerebro's side.
While Blink takes Forge and Beast to destroy Cerebro's primary memory core, Pola ris, Panther, Witch, Ultron, Machine Man and Vision distract Cerebro's primary robot forces. Using her magnetic powers to manipulate an airborne platform for herself, Panther and Witch, she shows off her skill at fighting robotic foes until Blink, Forge and Beast finally shut Cerebro down.
Appearances in Other Media
X-Men Animated SeriesX-Men Animated Series
Polaris is a former member of the X-Men. She later left the Institute to join Iceman as he was exiled by the Professor. They lived a happy and normal life together until they had some arguments on using their mutant powers to save humanity. When Iceman decided to apologize, he found out that Polaris is not already in their house. He thought that she was abducted by the X-Factor. As Iceman asks assistance from Jubilee, the X-men followed and fought the X-Factor. However, as the tension calms down as both parties confront each other, Polaris stated that she was not kidnapped. She became a member of the X-Factor and apologizes to Iceman because she fell in love with Havok who happened to be her team mate. She also revealed that her feeling for Iceman was gone.
Wolverine and the X-Men
Meanwhile, her version from the future is also a member of The House of Magnus, but she is the last member standing. When Genosha was destroyed by the Phoenix, Magneto arrived at a tough decision, and sacrifice his life for his daughter. Before he perished, he gave her his helmet and cape to Lorna as a symbol of a legacy passed on. Genosha was eventually destroyed, but Polaris became mentally unstable. When Professor X's future X-Men showed up, she fought them using her powers, which were as powerful as her father's by now, enough to scare Sentinels away, and be named badlands for the sake of it. She treated Professor X as his father's enemy, and blamed them all for his death. Though Professor X repeatedly stated that he is Magneto's friend and was not his enemy, Polaris still attacks, but then gives up when the Proff. calms her mind down, and gives her back her helmet and cape. He states clearly that Lorna was never the soldier, Magneto knew that, even Prof. knew that, so the poor girl was left to be in her ruined home while they left. However, in the season finale, Polaris returns with Marrow as what she'd finally trained herself to be what her father thought she'd never become, a soldier. She helped Prof. X and the others help destroy Master Mold.
| Super Name: | Polaris |
| Real Name: | Lorna Dane |
| Aliases: |
Lorna Dane Malice Mistress of Magnetism Pestilence Magnetrix M2 |
| Publisher: | Marvel Publishing |
| Gender: | Female |
| Character Type: | Mutant |
| 1st Appearance: | X-Men #49 |
| Appears in: | 418 issues |
| Birthday: | |
| Died: |
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