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Jul 3, 2024 · Explore this list of over 260 members of the X-Men, past and present, including pictures and an explanation of who they are.
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There are days I forget Lorna Dane is the daughter of Magneto, former Top Villain. And then, every so often, something happens to remind me.
—Multiple Man
Lorna Dane is the daughter of the infamous Magneto. Inheriting her father's mutant abilities of magnetism, she adopted the name Polaris. She has explored very diverse paths concerning her stance on mutant affairs. Manipulated by the villain Mesmero, Dane was rescued by the mutant hero group known as the X-Men and ultimately joined their ranks. However, she soon decided to abandon the eccentric life of a mutant super hero in order to pursue an education in geophysics.
Contrary to her wishes though, Polaris was constantly dragged back to mutant crises for being a victim of many ill-intended actors, such as Erik the Red, the Marauders, Zaladane, Apocalypse, and even her father Magneto. This has naturally led her to be a relevant player in the mutant community, especially by being a prominent agent for the many iterations of X-Factor and for her familial relationship to Magneto.
Early Years
Lorna Dane is a mutant, born of an affair between her mother Suzanna and mutant terrorist Magneto. Her mother's husband, Arnold, later learned of this affair and confronted his wife while he was flying her and Lorna on his plane. An argument erupted, upsetting the infant Lorna whose desperation to make her parents stop fighting triggered an early manifestation of her immense magnetic abilities, which caused her to emit a magnetic pulse that destroyed the plane and killed her parents, as well as giving her hair its iconic green color. Lorna survived the crash and was found by her true father, Magneto, who had been drawn to the location by her magnetic pulse. Believing that she was not ready for her abilities or the life he could offer her, he had his associate Mastermind use his illusionary powers to re-write Lorna's memories of that day, leaving her to believe that her parents died in a plane crash when she was an infant. Lorna was raised by Arnold's sister and her husband, and grew up thinking that they were her real parents.
X-Men
When Lorna was nearly 20 years old, she met Iceman after being identified as a mutant by Cerebro. Lorna's magnetic powers emerged when she was controlled by Mesmero and subjected to a 'mutant energy stimulator' device. He then convinced Lorna that she was the daughter of Magneto (unaware that this was in fact the truth), coercing her to work with him and her supposed father against the X-Men. Iceman, however, managed to reach her and present "evidence" that convinced Lorna that her true parents had died in a plane crash years earlier, making her turn against Magneto, who was revealed to be an android double. Lorna returned home with the X-Men and, eventually, joined the team. In the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, the X-Men were tutored by Professor Charles Xavier and trained in the use of their powers in the Danger Room. For a while, Iceman had a crush on her, but Lorna didn't truly reciprocate the feelings. Lorna did, however, fall in love with her teammate Havok, the brother of Cyclops. They both served for a time as active X-Men and helped Professor X repel an invasion by the alien Z'nox. Later with the X-Men, they met Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, where Lorna invented her first "code name" Magnetrix. Even though she quickly dropped the name, Havok continued to use it as a way to annoy and flirt with her. When Lorna first encountered the real Magneto in the Savage Land, she was surprised that he did not know who she was. They were, later, targeted by the Promise, and met the Hulk. Later, the X-Men and a number of mutants were kidnapped, by the Secret Empire, to harness their energy to power an "Electron-Gyro". After Number One landed the saucer on the White House lawn and defeated Moonstone, the Secret Empire was defeated by Cyclops, Captain America, the Falcon, and Marvel Girl. When the old and new X-Men together fought the island Krakoa, it seemed Lorna displayed her major power potential for the first time as she disrupted the Earth's magnetic field, flinging Krakoa into deep space. Years later, it was revealed that Prof. Xavier actually altered the minds of everyone to cover-up the fact that his second team of X-Men were all slaughtered attempting to save them. Following the X-Men's battle against the island Krakoa, Lorna and Alex left the X-Men to pursue their mutual interest in geophysics, attending graduate school in Nevada.
Mind Controlled by Shi'ar
Lorna received her Shi'ar designed costume when her mind came under the domination of the Shi'ar Intelligence agent, Erik the Red, also known as Erik the Red. It was he who gave Lorna the code name Polaris. At the time, Shakari served D'Ken Neramani, the emperor of the Shi'ar Galaxy, later deposed in favor of his sister, Lilandra Neramani. Shakari kidnapped Alex and Lorna and subjected them to a powerful form of mind control: they were turned against the X-Men and attempted to assassinate Prof. 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 Alex. Eventually, Prof. Xavier freed Lorna and Alex from Shakari's control and they stayed on Muir Island for their recovery.
Powers
As his daughter, her powers are nearly identical to Magneto's. Lorna is an Alpha-mutant with both a primary and Secondary Mutation. After Wanda's M-Day, Polaris lost all of her mutant abilities. Polaris then became Pestilence and had Celestial technology grafted to her spine by Apocalypse, which has somehow reactivated her X-Gene and her powers. Magnetic Field Manipulation: She has the ability to manipulate magnetism. Although she has the potential to exercise all of the powers that Magneto has, as yet she has only used powers involving the manipulation of magnetic, electrical, and gravitational fields. Moreover, she has yet summoned as great an amount of energy as Magneto has. The exact limits on the amount weight that she can magnetically lift at present have not been measured. Since she has, in the past, preferred not to use her powers in combat situations, and has decades less experience with them, she is not up to par with Magneto's level of experience. As with Magneto, it is unknown whether Polaris's powers are purely psionic or whether they derive from her physically.[citation needed] The main feat made possible by magnetism is Polaris' ability to lift and manipulate metal. She has shown such fine-tuned skills as to nearly liquefy, mend, and reconstruct metallic objects, and has some level of influence on the ferrous metals that reside in everything. She once mended and reconstructed silverware and metallic plates into a metallic suit identical to Magneto's costume. •Magnetic Force-Fields: Polaris can protect herself from physical harm, can stretch her fields to protect a large group, and can suspend persons or objects in the air.[citation needed] •Magnetic Flight: Polaris can suspend herself in flight by riding the Earth's magnetic field.[citation needed] •Electromagnetic Sight: By concentrating, Polaris can perceive the world around herself solely as patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. She can perceive the natural magnetic auras surrounding living beings, as well.[citation needed] •Magnetic Pulse: Polaris can focus her magnetic energy into powerful concussive blasts. She can also overload or short-circuit electrical systems. She has been shown destroying Shi'ar warships with single magnetic pulses.[citation needed] •Elemental Manipulation: Since elements like metal and electricity are affected by electromagnetic fields, Polaris' control over these fields grants her the ability to manipulate those elements. This includes the power to move, shape, and control metal objects, generate and control electricity, and even create magnetic forces.[citation needed] •Energy Absorption: Polaris has been shown absorbing some forms of energy through her magnetic force fields to temporarily boost her own strengths. Early in her career with the X-Men, she absorbed Storm's lightning blast, Cyclops' eye beam, and Havok's energy beam at the same time, giving her enough strength to propel an entire island from the earth and into space.[citation needed] •Geomagnetic Link: Polaris is tied very closely to Earth's EM Field. As is it effected, so is she. She knows instinctively all that happens to it, and with this link, is granted an odd sort of immortality. Earth lends her strength by its simple existence. She draws on this strength all unconsciously.[citation needed] •Organic Iron Manipulation: Polaris has such control over her powers that she is able to manipulate the natural iron within the blood of living organisms. She was capable of reversing the flow of an entire crowd's blood in order to render them unconscious.[citation needed] •Metal/Matter Manipulation: Polaris has a great ability to be able to levitate objects metallic and nonmetallic, with her electromagnetic field she can levitate objects and destroy them in the air, or through a small manipulation of gravity, can also cause non-metallic objects to levitate in the air and manipulate it through electromagnetic energy. She has the ability to indirectly manipulate non-metallic objects via metal ores they may contain. She can perceive and manipulate matter at the sub-atomic level.[citation needed] •Metal Morphing: Polaris has the power to physically bond metallic substances to other elements at an atomic level. This newly developed technique allows her to blend alloys to earthen, watery, gaseous and even organic substances.[citation needed] •Electromagnetic Spectrum Manipulation: Polaris has the ability to manipulate the electromagnetic spectrum and some energies like electricity, electromagnetic and magnetic (the limits of these are unknown). This is totally different from Storm, who can handle (almost) all the energies of the spectrum, but Polaris has great potential for it. Her power is such that she is compared to her father Magneto. Polaris has a connection to the electromagnetic field, allowing her to handle various types of energies such as electric, gamma, x-rays, ultraviolet, visible light, lasers, and more.[citation needed] Her personal polarity is opposite that of Magneto's.[citation needed] Former Powers Polaris has a latent secondary mutation, manifesting when her powers were stripped and taken by her half-sister Zaladane. This mutation was later deactivated by the Scarlet Witch's M-Day.[citation needed] Negative Emotion Absorption: Polaris was able to absorb negative emotional energy to transform into a virtual powerhouse. •Size Addition •Superhuman Strength •Superhuman Stamina •Invulnerability. •Negative Emotional Release: Her power also released the negativity back into her environment at an enhanced level, which caused others to act more violent, selfish, bloodthirsty, etc.
Abilities
Lorna possesses expertise in geophysics, and has earned Master's and later a Doctor's degree in that field.
Weaknesses
Lorna appears to have inherited her father's propensity for mental illness and depression. Lorna has at various times suffered mental breakdowns, episodes of mental illness and severe depression.[citation needed]
Equipment
•She was grafted a cybernetic nanobot in her right eye by Serval Industries, allowing Harrison Snow to see what she saw at any time. •Biohazard containment suit. At one point Lorna wore a metal belt with her costume that she would manipulate as a weapon or tool.
Transportation
Capable of flying under her own power, which she tends to do most of the time, formerly Starjammer, X-Men Blackbird, X-Men Stratojet, Sentinel Air Transport
•Lorna's green hair is a quirk of her mutation.
•Lorna simply went by her real name for the first several years of her existence. She first used the code name "Polaris" in X-Men #97.
•Polaris claimed her favorite author is Emily Brontë (styled Emily Bronte in the comic) and her favorite movie is Inherit the Wind (1960), which she described as the sequel to Gone with the Wind (1939). In real life, Inherit the Wind is not a continuation of Gone with the Wind or related to it in any way. Either any of those movies is different on ...
•517 appearance(s) of Lorna Dane (Earth-616)
•21 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Lorna Dane (Earth-616)
•45 minor appearance(s) of Lorna Dane (Earth-616)
•65 mention(s) of Lorna Dane (Earth-616)
•11 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Lorna Dane (Earth-616)
•504 image(s) of Lorna Dane (Earth-616)
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