Crimson Commando is the name used by three fictional characters, which are either a mutant or a cyborg appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics .
132-573: Frank Bohannan first appears in The Uncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987) and was created by Chris Claremont and Alan Davis . The second version only appeared briefly in X-Men vol. 2 #106 (Nov. 2000) and was created by Chris Claremont and Leinil Francis Yu . The third version appears in X-Men vol. 3 #40 (March 2013), and was created by Seth Peck , Jefte Palo and Guillermo Mogorron . Frank Bohannan
264-443: A land mine . Although he was on the brink of death, he managed to hang on long enough to receive medical attention and survive.} Bohannan can carry out actions while submerging his conscious thought processes so deeply within his mind that they are shielded from telepathic detection. He also exhibited some degree of super-vision, able to see his teammate Super Sabre when the latter was moving at superhuman velocities. Bohannan wore
396-580: A Blue team headlining the adjectiveless X-Men title, while the Gold team, consisting of Warren Worthington III/Archangel, Piotr "Peter" Rasputin/Colossus, Jean Grey, Robert "Bobby" Drake/the Iceman and Ororo Munroe/Storm, appeared in Uncanny . This roster was later joined by Lucas Bishop , another refugee from the future. After Claremont's departure, Jim Lee continued as plotter, while John Byrne scripted from #281–286. Byrne
528-484: A Native American. The original plan was to continue Giant-Size X-Men as a quarterly, but instead original stories were printed in the book, again initially bimonthly. Chris Claremont 's first issue as writer, #94, featured all the original X-Men leaving the team with the exception of Cyclops. Sunfire also left, having agreed to assist the X-Men on one successful mission only. Thunderbird was killed in #95. Moira MacTaggert ,
660-606: A battle with the Hulk, seek out the help of Captain America and the Falcon. This led to the first "Secret Empire" storyline, which ran in Captain America #172–175 (April–July 1974), also written by Steve Englehart. Professor Xavier made a few brief appearances of his own without the X-Men during this time. In The Avengers #88 (May 1971), written by Roy Thomas and Harlan Ellison , he made
792-477: A body to reverse the blood flow. Polaris is able to generate magnetic energy pulses. She can create magnetic force-fields. She has the power to manipulate magnetic fields . Polaris can use her abilities to allow herself to fly. 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. Polaris can also absorb energy. Polaris had shown
924-619: A brief appearance. The Beast starred in his own series in Amazing Adventures #11–17 (March 1972 – March 1973) after accepting a position with the Brand Corporation , and decides to leave the X-Men for good. The original team appeared briefly in a flashback in #11 (March 1972) and in a present-day cameo appearance in #15 (November 1972). Professor Xavier and Marvel Girl briefly appeared in Amazing Adventures #12 (May 1972), and
1056-482: A brief return from #381 (June 2000) to #389, at which point he transferred to the new X-Treme X-Men title, as Grant Morrison took over X-Men (vol. 2) and that became the flagship X-Men title. From 2001, Lobdell made a short return, and then Joe Casey and Chuck Austen wrote runs into 2004. The title became bimonthly from 2003 to 2004. The X-Men: Reload reshuffle of titles in 2004 led to Claremont returning to Uncanny with issue #444. The stories addressed
1188-563: A cameo appearance assisting Reed Richards and General Thunderbolt Ross in containing the Hulk, and later appeared briefly onscreen in Shanna the She-Devil #5 (Aug. 1973) to warn Shanna of an unknown mutant threat, Nekra . In The Defenders #15–16 (Sept–Oct. 1974), written by Len Wein , Xavier teamed up with the Defenders to battle against Magneto and his reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. It
1320-588: A chair, and then uses her to goad Havok into rescuing her, so that he can escape the maximum-security cell by swapping places with Mystique . In the end, Polaris' name is cleared and she returns to the Academy of Tomorrow. She was killed in Ultimatum along with the rest of the Academy of Tomorrow except for Havok. It is implied in Havok's discussion of the events leading up to the explosion that there may have been more than meets
1452-426: A child. 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
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#17328512789081584-409: A computer and modem device on his wrist, and carried knives, daggers, and conventional handguns as weapons. He is an extraordinary hand-to-hand combatant and commando fighter, and is also a highly skilled hunter and tracker. As a cyborg, the extent of his abilities is largely unknown. One arm was replaced by a large gun, his legs are now metal and he can walk up the side of buildings, and at least one eye
1716-453: A cyborg going by the name of Cyborg X. He had been rebuilt by CARE LABS but a testing accident had caused him to malfunction bringing him into a confrontation with Spider-Man and Ghost Rider . Cyborg X would later assist Spider-Man in battling the Sinister Six but was believed to have been killed in an explosion at CARE LABS. Now going by only the name Commando, Bohannan next appeared on
1848-431: A darker, more ruthless personality, even killing some members of the anti-mutant Church of Humanity . Havok broke up with Polaris after they were about to be married, leaving her at the altar for nurse Annie Ghazikhanian with whom he had an affair while he was in a coma using telepathy. Polaris now driven to instability yet again went berserk and commenced to go on a rampage that nearly resulted in her killing Havok. A case
1980-524: A disco-singing, roller-skating mutant, was introduced in #130 (Feb. 1980), but did not join the team, instead having a solo title. A new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, led by Mystique , was introduced in the " Days of Future Past " storyline (#141–142, Jan–Feb 1981) in which a time-travelling Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde/Shadowcat tried to avert a dystopian future caused by the Brotherhood assassinating Presidential candidate Senator Robert Kelly . Byrne plotted
2112-407: A faulty time machine constructed by the mutant from the future, Greystone . 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. Weeks later, Nightcrawler encountered Lorna in a church and she confided in him that she felt she was being followed and that she
2244-422: A group of disfigured mutants living underneath New York City , were introduced in #169 (May 1983). Storm became their leader in #170. She was de-powered accidentally by government forces aiming for Anna Marie LeBeau/Rogue, and met Forge , a mutant with the power of invention. After Storm left the team temporarily to return to her native Africa, Nightcrawler became field leader. The character Rachel Summers from
2376-623: A guest appearance in Amazing Spider-Man #92 (Jan. 1971), where he battles Spider-Man after mistakenly assuming he abducted Gwen Stacy. Later, after realizing his error, they team up against corrupt politician, Sam Bullitt. Iceman appears alone once again in Marvel Team-Up #23 (July 1974), where he teams up with the Human Torch to battle the Equinox . Cyclops, Marvel Girl, and Angel also make
2508-416: 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." Lukas Shayo of Comic Book Resources called Polaris one of the best female X-Men characters, writing, "Lorna Dane is a force to be reckoned with in the field, and she
2640-448: A human ally of the X-Men, and later to be established as a former fiancé of Xavier, debuted in #96. Marvel Girl became Phoenix in issue #101. This was followed by the first Shi'ar space opera story. Cockrum was replaced as penciller by John Byrne as of #108. Byrne became co-plotter, and during his run the series became a monthly title again. The series title was changed to The Uncanny X-Men with issue #114 (October 1978). For
2772-554: A long association with the team by drawing The Uncanny X-Men Annual #9 (1985) and would serve as the artist on several of the Annuals in the next few years. The end of 1986 saw the first crossover between X-Men titles, the " Mutant Massacre ", which saw a large number of Morlocks killed by the Marauders , acting under orders from the mysterious Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister The late 1980s saw several other crossovers: 1988's " Fall of
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#17328512789082904-498: A member of Mystique 's new Brotherhood of Mutants . Her name was never stated and her powers never exhibited, but Chris Claremont previously stated there would be a new Super Sabre , Mastermind and Crimson Commando. A human/cyborg version of Crimson Commando is a member of the Freedom Force . His power armor is equipped with two automatic machine guns as hands and a machine/rail gun mounted on its left shoulder. Frank Bohannan
3036-701: A mission for Project Wideawake . He was teamed-up with his former Freedom Force teammate Avalanche to infiltrate the reclusive Empyrean 's headquarters and put his operation out of commission. They were also ordered by a rogue government official to assassinate Polaris of X-Factor . Commando appears in the reality-altered House of M storyline serving as one of Magneto's royal guards. After this and M-Day he lost his mutant powers. Without his powers, Commando begins to die. He kidnaps Hope Summers in an attempt to have her save him. Wolverine rescues her and decapitates Crimson Commando. A young, female, African-American version of Crimson Commando appeared very briefly as
3168-539: A new costume of Shi'ar design, when her mind came under the domination of the Shi'ar Intelligence agent Davan Shakari, also known as Erik the Red . It was Erik the Red who gave Lorna the codename Polaris, which she has continued to use ever since. At the time, Shakari served 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
3300-668: A new, international team consisting of Scott Summers (Cyclops) of the United States, Ireland 's Sean Cassidy (Banshee) , the Japanese mutant Shiro Yoshida (Sunfire) , and James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine) from Canada , along with new characters Ororo Munroe (Storm) out of Kenya , the German Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) , Piotr "Peter" Rasputin (Colossus) from Russia in The Soviet Union , and John Proudstar (Thunderbird) ,
3432-400: A present-day appearance in the same issue, they encounter and battle the Hulk, who mistakes Polaris for his former lover Jarella , and a biker gang. As a team, the X-Men assisted Spider-Man in capturing Michael Morbius in Marvel Team-Up #4 (Sept. 1972), written by Gerry Conway , after one of Xavier's colleagues is abducted by the vampire. In Adventure into Fear #20 (Feb. 1974), it
3564-568: A seeming twin to the deceased X-Statix member 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. Apocalypse took them both, restrained the Leper Queen, and forcibly transformed Polaris into the new Pestilence. Seemingly mind-wiped, she ingested viruses from
3696-457: A victim of the Dark Beast 's tests. She had been rendered nearly powerless because 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. An alternate version of Polaris appears in
3828-512: A weekly run in July 2019 and concluded on October of the same year. Shortly after those were completed, the X-Men series relaunched with X-Men #1, accompanied by the other related teams' regular series, such as Marauders , X-Force , Excalibur , New Mutants , X-Corp , Wolverine , X-Men: Giant Size , and reviving 1987's Fallen Angels ; all part of the 2019 story arc " Dawn of X ", which searches to unite all mutantdom and settle down as
3960-588: A whole species. It was announced that a new Uncanny X-Men series would return. The first issue is scheduled to be released on August 7, 2024, cover-dated October 2024, and will be written by Gail Simone and penciled by David Marquez . The members of this team will be: Wolverine, Gambit, Jubilee, Rogue, and Nightcrawler. Like many comic book series, Uncanny X-Men had an associated double-sized Annual series, once in both 1970 and 1971, then regularly from 1979 to 2001. A second series of Uncanny X-Men Annuals began in 2006 as volume 2 issue #1. Note: Despite
4092-571: Is a mutant who has the ability to achieve the peak of human physical perfection (similar to the physical enhancements granted by Captain America 's super-soldier treatments). More specifically, his mutation has kept his body at the very peak of physical perfection a baseline human can achieve without becoming a superhuman, and thus apparently ages at a much slower rate than normal human beings. This also seems to include enhanced resistance to injury, managing to survive having his right hand severed and bleeding continuously for an hour, before being maimed by
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4224-519: 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. Polaris is framed for killing dozens of people with her powers during a rescue mission, and imprisoned in the Triskelion of the Ultimates with mutant terrorist Magneto . After beating him at Chess after only 12 or so games, Magneto beats her into unconsciousness with
4356-597: Is exhibiting, all the while trying to protect the people caught in the crossfire of Magneto and the Sentinels. 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 . 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
4488-596: 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. 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
4620-473: Is psychological and she believes she is preventing herself from using them. Polaris eventually was forced by circumstance to accept that her powers were gone and admit the fact to the rest of the team—whereupon all the other members of her squad, except her would-be-paramours Iceman and Havok, revealed to her that they had already guessed it. She then left the mansion with Havok to "search" for her lost powers, irrationally convinced they lay with an alien named Daap,
4752-570: Is recounted in a flashback how Morbius escaped from the X-Men's mansion. Professor Xavier and Cyclops appeared in a brief cameo. They appeared in The Avengers #110–111 (April–May 1973), written by Steve Englehart , where Professor Xavier and the X-Men are abducted by Magneto after an ambush at Xavier's mansion, and later rescued by the Avengers, Daredevil, and the Black Widow. Soon after, members of
4884-552: Is remarkably creative with her powers." Polaris was the winner of a popularity contest held by Marvel Comics in 2021, which served to determine who would be the final member of a new X-Men team that would debut during the Hellfire Gala storyline. An alternate version of Polaris appears in the Age of Apocalypse reality. She was one of the many prisoners in Sinister's Breeding Pens, and
5016-546: Is seen attacking the last compound of Orchis on Earth with Magneto, Storm, and Cyclops. 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. Following
5148-679: Is short lived as the Shi'ar attack the assembled group and Lorna, Alex and Korvus attack Magneto, Frenzy and Gambit. 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. 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. 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. During
5280-748: The Extermination miniseries. This incarnation of the team features Lucas Bishop , Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler , Jean Grey , Ororo Munroe/Storm , Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock/Psylocke , Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar , Robert "Bobby" Drake/the Iceman , Hank McCoy/the Beast , Laura Kinney/X-23 , Lorna Dane/Polaris , Jubilation Lee/Jubilee , Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde/Shadowcat and Sam Guthrie/Cannonball as well as trainee X-Men Hisako Ichiki/Armor , Victor Borkowski/Anole , Megan Gwynn/Pixie , Idie Okonkwo/Oya , Robert Herman/the Glob , Santo Vaccarro/Rockslide . Following
5412-664: The Adversary . He watched a telecast of the X-Men's deaths in order to defeat the Adversary, and then witnessed the return of Forge to Dallas without the X-Men. While still in Dallas, Freedom Force also contended against the New Mutants . Crimson Commando was also a part of the Freedom Force mission to attempt to capture Cyclops and Marvel Girl , who defeated Freedom Force. He also assisted
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5544-531: The Australian outback . The " X-Tinction Agenda " crossover, in which the X-Men, X-Factor and the New Mutants fight against the government of Genosha for mutant rights, was published in the fall of 1990. The title became twice-monthly from 1988 to 1990 every summer, and helped to launch the careers of artists Marc Silvestri and Jim Lee . In 1991 another X-Men title was launched, titled simply X-Men ; both titles were now published monthly. Claremont wrote
5676-608: The Fall of the House of X (2024) series was designed by comic book artist Lukas Werneck. Marvel Comics requested a suit paying homage to Magneto . Lorna Dane debuted in The X-Men #49 (October 1968), created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Jim Steranko . She appeared in the 1975 Giant-Size X-Men series, and the 1986 X-Factor series. Lorna Dane appeared in the 2019 Captain Marvel ,
5808-501: The Magneto solo series. The series will deal with threats that arise as a result of a new, more dangerous world post- Secret Wars . Summing up the team, Bunn states "They're upholding Xavier's dream, but they have no right to do so." Announced in August 2018, Uncanny X-Men (vol. 5) debuted November 14, 2018, with the weekly 10-part "X-Men: Disassembled" arc and follows on from the events of
5940-822: The Phalanx . Legion Quest crossover (#320–321) The series was replaced with Astonishing X-Men for four months during the event. It featured Clarice Ferguson/Blink, Kevin Sydney/Morph , Anna Marie Lehnsherr/Rogue, Victor Creed/Sabretooth, Shiro Yoshida/Sunfire, and Kyle Gibney/Wild Child . Scott Summers/Cyclops, Hank McCoy/the Beast, James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine, Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock/Psylocke, Anna Marie LeBeau/Rogue, Remy LeBeau/Gambit, Ororo Munroe/Storm, Jean Grey, Warren Worthington III/the Archangel, Robert "Bobby" Drake/the Iceman, Lucas Bishop, Sam Guthrie/Cannonball, Joseph After Charles Xavier/Professor X briefly disbands
6072-595: The Savage Land Mutates . Zaladane revealed that she is in fact Lorna's sister and, using the High Evolutionary 's machinery, stripped Lorna of her magnetic powers, taking them as her own. In addition, the process managed to finally separate Lorna from Malice. Zaladane and her forces clashed with Ka-Zar and the X-Men. During the encounter, Lorna's secondary mutation activated: she grew in height, became invulnerable, and gained superhuman strength. Zaladane's army
6204-499: The Uncanny Avengers , and Polaris wanting to remain with 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. It is revealed that Harrison secretly had nanos put in her right eye, without her consent. Her half brother Quicksilver is on the team and is secretly spying on her for her ex Havok. During
6336-657: 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. 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. Polaris decided to leave that night to search for Apocalypse in Egypt. She went alone and
6468-504: 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
6600-457: 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
6732-508: The "Top 10 1970s Marvels". The " Dark Phoenix Saga " in 1980 led to a change in the line-up of the team, with the death of Phoenix (Jean Grey), and Cyclops leaving the team to mourn her. Comics writers and historians Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson observed that "'The Dark Phoenix Saga' is to Claremont and Byrne what ' the Galactus Trilogy ' is to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It is a landmark in Marvel history, showcasing its creators' work at
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#17328512789086864-425: The "X-Men's most iconic mutants" and as an "iconic hero." Deirdre Kaye of Scary Mommy called Polaris a "role model" and a "truly heroic" female character. Maite Molina of ComicsVerse noted the popularity of Polaris among comic book fans, saying, "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
6996-526: The 10th issue, the series began focusing on a new team of X-Men featuring Scott Summers/Cyclops , James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine , Alex Summers/Havok , Jamie Madrox/the Multiple Man , Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane , Illyana Rasputin/Magik , Danielle Moonstar/Mirage , Xi'an Coy Minh/Karma . After this volume, all X-Men titles were cancelled and two intertwining six-issue miniseries written by Jonathan Hickman , called " House of X " and " Powers of X ", began
7128-655: The 2020 X-Factor series, the 2020 X of Swords: Creation one-shot , the 2021 X-Men series, the 2021 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic series, the 2022 Marauders series, the 2023 Scarlet Witch series, and the 2024 Fall of the House of X series. Lorna Dane met the original team of X-Men while still a student. When the villain Mesmero used his "psyche-generator" to summon mutants in North America with latent powers, Lorna found herself compelled to travel to San Francisco, where Mesmero was. There she encountered
7260-634: The Angel helped the Beast defeat the Griffin in Amazing Adventures #15. After his run on that series ended, the Beast battled against the Hulk alone in Incredible Hulk #161 (March 1973), concluding a storyline which began in Amazing Adventures . Havok and Polaris, as recounted in a flashback in Incredible Hulk #150 (April 1972), leave the X-Men after a bitter quarrel with Iceman and move to New Mexico. In
7392-510: The Arabic super-team called Desert Sword . Teammate Super Sabre was killed, while the Crimson Commando's right hand was severed by the "cutting wind" of Aminedi . Bohannan was seriously wounded, and Avalanche was forced to abandon Blob and Pyro in the desert to save his life. Bohannan was evacuated from Kuwait for hospitalization. The Crimson Commando next appeared having been turned into
7524-598: The Archangel, M, Mystique, Fantomex and Sabretooth, while a different team led by Storm will be called the Extraordinary X-Men . Cyclops's fate after Battleworld is shown to us in the Death of X miniseries (Cyclops was exposed to the Terrigen Mist and died from M-Pox). The tagline for the relaunched series is "Bigger threats require more threatening X-Men", and is considered to be a continuation of Bunn's previous work on
7656-624: The Breaking Points storyline, 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. Later, Polaris and Havok have broken up, due to Havok agreeing to lead
7788-812: The Mutants " and 1989's " Inferno ", which resolved the issue of Madelyne Pryor by revealing her to have been a clone of Jean Grey created by Sinister. The cast was shaken up, with the addition of Psylocke , the Dazzler, Longshot and Havok in early 1987, as well as the first appearances of NPR-TV reporter Manoli Wetherell in #226 (1988), new teenage mutant Jubilation Lee/Jubilee in #244 (1989), and Remy LeBeau/Gambit in Uncanny X-Men #266 (1990). The X-Men left their traditional residence in Westchester County, New York , and lived variously on Alcatraz , Muir Island and in
7920-488: The Mutants". When the X-Men attempted to rescue her, Magneto revealed himself as the leader of the group behind her abduction—and, more importantly, claimed to be Lorna's father. Despite the X-Men's assertions that Magneto is evil, Lorna could not bring herself to fight her own father. 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 but it
8052-491: The Scarlet Witch were considered royalty in this reality, and Lorna eventually develops a close relationship with her father. 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
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#17328512789088184-487: 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 . Following the surrender of the Shi'ar to the Inhumans, Lorna remains on the Shi'ar homeworld along with Havok and Marvel Girl. Through Ch'od, and apparently due to
8316-454: The Sub-Mariner in #6 and the Avengers in #9. The jungle adventure hero Kevin Plunder/Ka-Zar and the Savage Land were introduced in issue #10. Roy Thomas wrote the series from #20–43 (May 1966 – April 1968). Thomas and artist Werner Roth created Sean Cassidy/the Banshee in #28 (Jan. 1967). The X-Men #45 (June 1968) featured a crossover with The Avengers #53 (June 1968). After brief runs by Gary Friedrich and Arnold Drake –
8448-430: The X-Man 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. 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
8580-411: The X-Men battle Magneto again, and the " Phalanx Covenant " story of 1994 focused mostly on the techno-organic Phalanx . Uncanny X-Men briefly ceased publication during the " Age of Apocalypse " storyline in 1995, which dealt with an alternative present created by a time-travelling assassin killing Xavier; it was replaced by Astonishing X-Men . Lobdell was writing X-Men as well from 1995. Lobdell
8712-536: The X-Men during the Muir Island Saga . 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. Polaris was then asked to join the newly formed X-Factor by Valerie Cooper , and, tired of hiding out on Muir Island, she accepted. Havok and Polaris were set as its leaders. Although joining X-Factor offered Polaris
8844-433: 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. Polaris and Havok remained inactive as members of the X-Men, though they did return from time to time to assist
8976-489: The X-Men to pursue their mutual interest in geophysics . They moved to the Diablo mountain range in California. Lorna, with Havok, is later seen battling the Hulk . When the old and new X-Men fought the mutant island Krakoa , Lorna displayed the full potential of her powers for the first time by disrupting the Earth's magnetic field, which sent Krakoa into deep space. They then joined Moira MacTaggert at her facility for genetic research on Muir Island . Lorna received
9108-399: The X-Men, including Iceman, Angel, Beast, Havok and Polaris, and members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants are secretly being abducted by a group of hooded figures known as the Secret Empire . At this point, only Professor Xavier, Cyclops and Marvel Girl remain active, and, after a brief cameo at the end of Incredible Hulk #172 (Feb. 1974), where they discover an unconscious Juggernaut after
9240-486: 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. Additionally, Lorna Dane possesses expertise in geophysics, and has earned a doctorate in that field. Alex Schlesinger of Screen Rant described Polaris as one of
9372-412: The chance to reunite with Havok, their relationship remained largely unresolved. 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. Polaris developed a strong belief in Xavier's dream while a member of X-Factor. Polaris became the government's secret weapon against a possible attack from Magneto, with
9504-793: The character first appeared in The X-Men #49 (October 1968). Lorna Dane belongs to the subspecies of humans called mutants , who are born with superhuman abilities. She can control magnetism in a manner similar to her father Magneto . The character has been known as Polaris, Malice, and Pestilence at various points in her history. Dane has also been a member of the X-Men and the X-Factor . The character has been featured in various other Marvel-licensed products, including video games , animated television series , and merchandise. Lorna Dane made her live-action debut in The Gifted (2018), portrayed by Emma Dumont . The new costume worn by Polaris in
9636-439: The concept of the series emulated his own earlier series for National Periodical Publications 's (now DC Comics ) The Doom Patrol , in many respects. However, National's editorial staff did not support Drake's concerns. Initially published bimonthly, it became a monthly with issue #14 (November 1965). Lee's run lasted 19 issues, and featured the X-Men battling villains such as Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants (which included
9768-404: 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. Lorna Dane possesses the ability to control magnetism . She regained her magnetic powers after M-day by celestial technology that reactivated her X-gene. She can manipulate metals which are susceptible to magnetism. She has the power to manipulate the iron in
9900-562: The criminals Mystique and Sabretooth were forced by the government to join the group. 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. When Sabretooth betrayed and attacked
10032-455: The criminals, both to reduce the criminal element in society and for the enjoyment of hunting them. The trio captured Pamela Morrison, a drug dealer, and mistaking Storm (the leader of the X-Men ) for a criminal, the trio hunted and captured her as well. The women were set out for the vigilantes to hunt both to their deaths. The Crimson Commando killed Morrison, but Wolverine arrived to help Storm. When Storm and Wolverine eventually defeated
10164-450: The education in her powers that she received. Magneto launched a full-scale assault on Carrion Cove, the last city opposing his rule, to gain access to technology that would restore his full abilities. Polaris attempted to stop him, but she was defeated and left the country with the Avengers . She later returned with Quicksilver to help oppose Magneto's tyrannical rule. Although Quicksilver
10296-460: 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. After Apocalypse was defeated, Polaris returned to Genosha with Magneto to supply him with power and help him keep order. She believed she was doing it for the greater good, but also enjoyed
10428-457: The end she is one of the X-Men left behind. 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. Their mission proved unsuccessful and Polaris, along with Havok, Ch'od , and Raza , was captured and incarcerated on an underwater planet by Vulcan. Lorna
10560-480: The eye going on. 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. 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
10692-583: The fact that she is Crystal 's sister-in-law to allow the Starjammers through the Kree's defensive shield. 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. After this, she once again joins
10824-415: The first three issue of this series, in which the X-Factor and X-Men teams reunited with Professor Xavier at the school. Claremont left Marvel after disputes with Bob Harras and artist Jim Lee (of X-Men ). Claremont's final issue of Uncanny X-Men was #279, during the " Muir Island Saga ", which is set before those events. After Claremont's run, the X-Men were divided into two color-coded squads, with
10956-423: The future dystopia presented in "Days of Future Past" had been shown to arrive in the present day in New Mutants #18, and then made appearances in Uncanny X-Men from #184 on and was revealed to be Cyclops' daughter. Claremont attempted to write Scott Summers/Cyclops out of the series, by having him marry Madelyne Pryor in #175 (Nov. 1983); she gave birth to his son in #201 (Jan. 1986). The X-Factor series
11088-553: The government hiring the mercenary Random to test her abilities. 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 . Shortly thereafter, Havok was kidnapped by agents of the Dark Beast , who forged a note explaining that Havok needed to get away from Polaris. This devastated Polaris, causing her to feel abandoned and betrayed. X-Factor's atmosphere changed as
11220-401: The government-backed Freedom Force in #199. Their first action was to capture Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto, who had begun associating with the X-Men during the " Secret Wars II " crossover. Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto surrenders himself, but escapes after his trial is abandoned, he takes over the headmastership of the school after Xavier leaves for space in #200 (Dec. 1985). The Morlocks ,
11352-882: The group soon after, due to a dispute between Havok and Iceman over Polaris, and moved to New Mexico. It is unknown whether they rejoined the team following the "Secret Empire" storyline in Captain America #172–175 (April–July 1974) and prior to being captured by Krakoa in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975). X-Cutioner's Song crossover (#294–296) Fatal Attractions crossover (#304) Generation X forms as Sean Cassidy/the Banshee, Emma Frost/the White Queen , Jubilation Lee/Jubilee, and Victor Creed/Sabretooth protect Clarice Ferguson/Blink , Monet St. Cross/M , Paige Guthrie/Husk , Everett Thomas/Synch , and Angelo Espinoza/Skin from
11484-495: The height of their abilities." The storyline also saw the introduction of recurring antagonists the Hellfire Club , and its Inner Circle consisting of Sebastian Shaw , Emma Frost , Harry Leland , Donald Pierce , along with Mastermind , previously a member of Magneto's Brotherhood. Teenage mutant Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde/Shadowcat was introduced in #129 (Jan. 1980) and joined the X-Men in #139. Alison Blaire/the Dazzler ,
11616-564: The humans, who see Cyclops as a terrorist's due to his actions in Avengers Vs. X-Men . Eventually, Kitty Pryde and the time-displaced X-Men join his cause after facing a team of X-Men from a dystopian future. It lasted 36 issues, with the final issue reverting to the legacy numbering of Uncanny X-Men #600. As part of All-New, All-Different Marvel , Uncanny X-Men was relaunched, written by Cullen Bunn with art by Greg Land . The relaunched Uncanny X-Men team features Magneto leading Psylocke,
11748-531: 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. Magneto , 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. Lorna, Korvus and Alex are mind controlled by an alien force and are being used to help torture and kill Shi'ar. When she meets up with Magneto their reunion
11880-536: The latter of whom introduced the new X-Men Lorna Dane/Polaris and Alex Summers/Havok , and during which the series adopted a new logo designed by Jim Steranko – Thomas returned to the series with issue #55 and was joined by artist Neal Adams the following issue for an acclaimed run of stories. After a battle with the Hulk in issue #66 (March 1970), the title ceased publishing original material and featured reprints in issues #67–93 (December 1970 – April 1975). Despite
12012-509: The mutant race's survival. Gillen's run led into, and crossed over with, the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline and finished with issue #20 in October 2012. The volume ended with Cyclops, who had become increasingly hardline during Gillen's run, in prison for his actions during that storyline. Gillen wrote a five-part epilogue, AvX: Consequences . As part of Marvel NOW! , a new volume of Uncanny X-Men
12144-462: The new status quo established by Morrison. Claremont remained until #473. His final story was " End of the Greys " in 2006, as part of the " Decimation " storyline, where the vast majority of mutants had lost their powers. He was replaced by Ed Brubaker , who wrote a 12-part epic space opera story "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire", as a follow-up to his miniseries X-Men: Deadly Genesis . After this,
12276-669: The remainder of the decade, the X-Men fought enemies such as Stephen Lang and his Sentinels, Magneto, Banshee's cousin Black Tom Cassidy and Cain Marko/the Juggernaut, the Shi'ar Erik the Red and the Imperial Guard , Arcade , Wolverine's former colleagues, the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight , and MacTaggert's son Proteus . In 2010, Comics Bulletin ranked Claremont and Byrne's run on The X-Men second on its list of
12408-615: The return of the re-powered Magneto, and him coming to Utopia. The Second Coming crossover saw the return of Hope Summers , the baby from the "Messiah Complex" arc, to the present day, as a young adult; and the emergence of the "Five Lights", the first new mutants to have arisen (apart from Hope) since the Decimation. Nightcrawler was killed during this storyline and the Beast left in protest after his discovery of Cyclops' secret death squad X-Force . Kieron Gillen took over co-authorship of
12540-485: The series being in reprints during this time, the X-Men continued to appear as guest-stars in other Marvel titles. In Amazing Adventures #11 (March 1972), it was revealed in a flashback that Hank McCoy/Beast had left the group sometime before and accepted a position with the Brand Corporation. In another flashback recounted in Incredible Hulk #150 (April 1972), Alex Summers/Havok and Lorna Dane/Polaris also left
12672-463: The series grew in popularity worldwide, eventually spawning a franchise with numerous spin-off "X-books" including New Mutants , X-Factor , Excalibur , X-Force , Generation X , and other flagship titles like the simply titled X-Men (later New X-Men and X-Men Legacy ), Astonishing X-Men , All-New X-Men , Amazing X-Men , Extraordinary X-Men and X-Men Gold . Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby ,
12804-569: The series launched in September 1963, introducing in its first issue the original five X-Men ( Warren Worthington III/Angel , Hank McCoy/Beast , Scott Summers/Cyclops , Robert "Bobby" Drake/Iceman , and Jean Grey/Marvel Girl ) and their teacher, Charles Xavier/Professor X as well as their nemesis, the supervillain Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto . Although Lee would deny it, it was noticed by contemporary writer Arnold Drake , that
12936-520: The series with #531, and became sole writer from #534.1. The original series ended with #544 and relaunched as a new volume after the events of the X-Men: Schism miniseries, wherein half the X-Men, led by Wolverine, returned to New York, to found a new school. The new volume featured the Extinction Team, containing members of the X-Men whom Cyclops had retained to deal with potential threats to
13068-569: The siblings Wanda Maximoff/the Scarlet Witch and Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver ); the Sentinels , giant robots programmed to destroy all mutants, and their creator Bolivar Trask ; and Cain Marko/the Juggernaut , Xavier's stepbrother transformed by a mystical gem and seeking revenge on Xavier. The series was placed firmly in the Marvel Universe , with guest appearances by Namor MacKenzie/Namor
13200-487: The story wanting to depict the Sentinels as a genuine threat to the existence of the mutant race. He then left the series after #143, being replaced by a returning Cockrum, who in turn was succeeded by Paul Smith and John Romita Jr. By the mid-1980s, The Uncanny X-Men had become one of the best-selling American comic books , turning many of the writers and illustrators into industry stars and leading to numerous spin-offs and miniseries . Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto
13332-463: The team that Magneto assigned them to look after them, which they've done secretly. 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. 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). Polaris
13464-568: The team to expose the Skrull infiltrator, the team learns of the Twelve. As Apocalypse's plans come to fruition, many X-Men, as well as the members of the Twelve, come together to battle him, even as he warps reality. Polaris (Marvel Comics) Polaris ( Lorna Dane ) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by writer Arnold Drake and artist Jim Steranko ,
13596-458: The team won their first battle against the entire regiment of Shi'ar soldiers in their beginning struggle against D'Ken and in support of Lilandra. 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
13728-591: The team's attempt to capture Rusty Collins , which was thwarted by the New Mutants. He again fights Rusty Collins and his girlfriend Skids, alongside Freedom Force; this time, they captured Rusty and Skids. With Freedom Force, he also pursued Cable , who had escaped federal custody. Crimson Commando would be gravely wounded during a bungled mission in the Middle East . Freedom Force was sent to Kuwait City to rescue or kill physicist Reinhold Kurtzmann, but they encountered
13860-400: The team, Polaris was severely injured. 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. She also agreed to join Havok's new X-Factor team. However, during their first team meeting, she could only watch as Havok was seemingly killed in the explosion of
13992-564: The team. With the X-Men, they battled Proteus on Muir Island. For the most part, Lorna and Alex remained in civilian life for a number of years, settling in New Mexico and completing their college degrees. They were forced to reluctantly help the X-Men in Arcade 's Murderworld. Their new life was interrupted when the Marauders ambushed them around the time of the Mutant Massacre . Polaris’ mind
14124-547: The title going into reprints for the next five years between #67–93, the X-Men continued to appear in other Marvel titles throughout this period in a guest-starring capacity or cameo appearance, either as a team or in solo adventures. The Angel appeared without the X-Men in a three-part story involving the murder of his father at the hands of his uncle, Burt Worthington, a.k.a. the Dazzler, in Ka-Zar #2 (Dec. 1970) and #3 (March 1971), and Marvel Tales #30 (April 1971). Iceman made
14256-474: The title led into the " Messiah Complex " crossover event, dealing with the first mutant birth since the Decimation. Matt Fraction became co-author from #500, and sole author from #504. The entire X-Men team relocated to San Francisco – first to the city, and then, after the " Utopia " crossover with Dark Avengers , to an island named Utopia in San Francisco Bay . The Nation X storyline focused on
14388-477: The trio, Stonewall and Crimson Commando agreed to turn themselves in to law enforcement authorities and confess their vigilantism. Stonewall, Crimson Commando, and Super Sabre (who had been presumed dead) agreed to join Freedom Force , a U.S. government sponsored team of superhumans, in exchange for a commutation of their sentences. On his first mission with Freedom Force, he fought the X-Men in Dallas, and battled cavemen transported to Dallas by time-waves created by
14520-607: Was able to place a phone call to the X-Men in Australia for help, but they arrived too late. Lorna had been taken to be with her alleged half-sister Zaladane , a priestess for the Savage Land's Sun People. The X-Men arrived in time to witness Zaladane's getaway, though Havok managed to infiltrate her army in disguise while the X-Men followed. In the Savage Land, the X-Men found that Zaladane had amassed an army of Savage Land natives who were being mentally controlled for her by Worm , one of
14652-419: 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. Polaris was freed of his influence with the help of X-Factor and
14784-550: 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. Shortly after her arrival, Lorna joined the Muir Island X-Men team formed by Moira and former X-Man Banshee . This team defended Muir Island from the attacking Reavers , who were hunting for Wolverine . Prior to this time, it had not been clear that Polaris
14916-546: Was born somewhere in Massachusetts . As the Crimson Commando, he was one of a trio of World War II veteran super-heroes recruited to be a member of Freedom Force , the original government-sponsored mutant team. Earlier, along with his partners, Stonewall and Super Sabre , Bohannan had become a vigilante who captured criminals, released them and hunted them in Adirondack State Park in upstate New York. The trio killed
15048-410: Was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , met with a lukewarm reception, and eventually became a reprints-only book in 1970. Interest was rekindled with 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1 and the debut of a new, international team. Initially under the guidance of artist David Cockrum , writer Len Wein, and especially writer Chris Claremont whose 16-year stint began with August 1975's Uncanny X-Men #94 ,
15180-443: 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. 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. When Cassandra Nova ’s Sentinels destroyed Genosha and massacred millions, Polaris
15312-519: Was gradually revealed to be more complex: #150 established that he was a survivor of the Holocaust , and in #161 it is shown that Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto and Professor Charles Xavier had known each other before Xavier had founded the X-Men. Anna Marie LeBeau/Rogue , a member of Raven Darkholme/Mystique 's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, defected to the X-Men in #171 (July 1983). Raven Darkholme/Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants changed sides and became
15444-646: Was in this battle that Magneto and the Brotherhood were reduced to infancy by Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant . Xavier made one final solo appearance during this period in Giant-Size Fantastic Four #4 (Feb. 1975), where he assisted the Fantastic Four in subduing Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man . X-Men was relaunched in May 1975 with Giant-Size X-Men #1, by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum . The title featured
15576-579: 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". After being rescued from an anti-Apocalypse cult by the new team, Polaris agreed to join Professor X , Darwin , Havok , Marvel Girl , Nightcrawler , and Warpath on their mission to stop Vulcan . Her current relationship with Havok is still developing. Polaris seemed to finally show concrete signs of forgiving Havok, telling him to "just shut up and kiss me" after
15708-470: Was later revealed that she had caused the accident and Magneto had her memories of it erased with the help of Mastermind. For a while, Iceman was attracted to her, but Lorna did not truly reciprocate his feelings. She instead fell in love with their teammate Havok . 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
15840-541: 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. She was later freed by Havok and the other Starjammers, who vowed to kill Vulcan. 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. Pursued by a Shi'ar superdestroyer after escaping, Lorna uses
15972-590: Was launched in February 2013 with an April 2013 cover date, written by Brian Michael Bendis, who is also writing another X-Men title, All-New X-Men , and drawn by Chris Bachalo. It features Cyclops and remnants of his Extinction Team recruiting new mutants to help them prepare for what Cyclops believes to be an inevitable revolution, coinciding events of the first All-New X-Men story arc. This volume saw Cyclops leading his team to an abandoned Weapon X facility to train new recruits and prepare for impending war against
16104-405: Was launched two months later and featured the original five X-Men. This meant the resurrection of Jean Grey (performed by retcon , the character appearing from #101 having never really been her), and having Scott Summers/Cyclops abandon his wife and child. Claremont strongly objected to the latter, and was hostile towards the title until Louise Simonson became writer. Artist Arthur Adams began
16236-419: Was made that it was due to the trauma from Genosha but nobody bought it. Juggernaut succeeded in knocking her out. 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. Iceman later admitted to Polaris that he still had feelings for her and after some mild flirtation, the two began a relationship. The relationship
16368-414: 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. It was revealed that Polaris had lost her powers on M-Day , but had avoided telling her teammates. When confronted by Valerie Cooper, who has knowledge of her power loss, Polaris claimed that her power loss
16500-463: Was one of the few survivors. She was left emotionally scarred after witnessing the massacre after being unable to save them. 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 Cassandra Nova 's Sentinels . When Polaris rejoined the X-Men, the extremely traumatic experience had left her with
16632-530: Was overtaken by the psionic being known as Malice . Under Malice's control, Lorna attacked the X-Men as leader of the Marauders. Shortly thereafter, the Malice entity found that it had become permanently bonded to Lorna's body. She led the Marauders against the X-Men during Inferno . After Mister Sinister was seemingly killed, Malice's hold over Lorna weakened. Temporarily regaining control of her own mind, Lorna
16764-454: Was released from Worm's control, and Lorna finally regained her freedom. Having nowhere else to go, Lorna went to Moira MacTaggert 's mutant research station on 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. Upon examination, Dr. MacTaggert
16896-447: Was replaced as scripter from #287 by Scott Lobdell , who was fully credited as writer from #289. The " X-Cutioner's Song " crossover was released in the fall of 1992 and resulted in the outbreak of the Legacy virus , a mutant-specific plague which continued as a story element in X-Men comics until 2001. Crossovers continued through the 1990s. The " Fatal Attractions " crossover of 1993 saw
17028-459: Was replaced by Steven T. Seagle with issue #350 (Dec. 1997). He was replaced in turn with Alan Davis , as plotter, from issue #366 (Mar. 1999) to #380. Davis's run included " the Twelve " crossover from #370–375, in which Apocalypse sought the only 12 mutants, which also ran in his X-Men title, again being treated as a biweekly publication. As part of the Revolution relaunch, Chris Claremont made
17160-466: Was replaced with an optical sensor able to see beyond the range of normal human vision. Uncanny X-Men Uncanny X-Men , originally published as The X-Men , is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise . It features a team of superheroes called the X-Men , a group of mutants with superhuman abilities led and taught by Professor X . The title
17292-412: Was rescued by the X-Men. Lorna joined the X-Men and began living at Xavier's mansion . Lorna aided Havok and the X-Men in repelling the alien Z'Nox 's attempted invasion of Earth. 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. The two leave
17424-402: Was sure Alex was still alive. A group of Skrulls working with 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. Polaris journeyed with the X-Men to Egypt to battle Apocalypse. During
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