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Magneto #18

Havok and Polaris By Reilly Brown (I love this)

The BELOVED…couple

Wow! People wonder how powerful is Polaris. Well, if you see Magneto you’re seeing Polaris. Though, they use their powers differently, but they are the same abilities after all. For instance, Magneto flies as the speed of light. If I’m not mistaking, Quicksilver reached this level. The true extent of his amplified abilities are unknown, though he has been observed outrunning Thor’s lightning bolts, running from Tibet to Indonesia in a few seconds, and covering half the Earth’s distance in 92 seconds. He has ran back and forth in time and created time displaced duplicates (which Stephen Hawking theorized to take speeds of 25,000,000 mph) it can be confirmed Quicksilver has moved at speeds faster than light. My point is, it looks like Polaris can keep up with him. So, I presume she can also fly as the speed of light or even faster. This has caught my attention and I thought I should discuss this publicly.

Marvel

The Cover-

This cover by Rodney Ramos and Bob McLeod is an obvious reference to Giant Size X-Men #1, of which there have been many takes and variations. This version reversing the roles and putting the classic team in the foreground. You can see Uatu the Watcher making his appearance in the corner box, a staple for this 90’s run of What If…

The Credits-

Marvel Comics @marvelentertainment What If… Volume 2, #23 “What if… the All-New All-Different X-Men Had Never Existed?” March 1991 Cover Price: $1.25 USD $1.75 CAN Today’s Worth: $3 to $5 Written by Kurt Busiek Pencils by Rodney Ramos Inks by Doug Hazlewood Colours by Tom Vincent Letters by Janice Chiang Edited by Craig Anderson

The Story-

This book starts where the original X-Men team landed on Krakoa, with much of the same outcome as they meet their match-

Of course in this book Uatu is here to show us a different outcome.

This time it is all up to the X-Men to fight this battle on their own. Luckily they have some untapped power in Lorna Dane, Polaris. Professor X has Jean crack open Lorna’s magnetic powers.

Polaris goes all super-power crazy and lifts the entire island of Krakoa into outer space. (Despite the fact this is a What If? it’s still canon)

Without the X-Men being captured their was no reason to recruit new members. And, the X-Team returned home to business as usual. For the mutant group it can never be so simple and they face some new enemies-

In the original story line Eric the Red was able to defeat a new team of untrained X-Men. Unfortunately for him, this is the classic X-Men practiced in kicking butt and they easily defeat Eric and team.

Except the young angry Nightcrawler who escapes with his natural abilities.

As Nightcrawler ditches, the team unmasks this new Eric the Red. Proffesor X decides the only place to keep this man is Muir Island. 

As they try to probe Eric the Red for his origins there is another attack- 

A battle with sentinels classically strands the X-Men in space. A moment in X-History that saw the death of Jean and the rise of the Phoenix. However, this team has a different member in space with them. Thanks to Lorna, Jean don’t have to die and that’s what Lorna is trying to tell those 2 knocked head who can’t shut up lol- 

Polaris got this and don’t know why these 2 couldn’t even thought about it. Well done, Polaris!

Things settle out for a bit. Until of course Lilandra shows up in her classic hunt for her enemy brother.

Obviously the X-Men agree to help Lilandra and classically transfer to the Shi’ar empire-

They join forces with the Starjammers and that whole story basically takes place with a different cast. In fact this original team holds together and handles most of the classic story lines- 

Basically, this What If… is telling us that if the X-Men hadn’t expanded their numbers than the original team would’ve still kicked butt. Until the Shi’ar call again looking for a Chaos Bringer to prevent the coming of Pheonix. This time a different member takes the sacrifice-

But, in the last minute Cyclops is over taken by a shadowed figure who takes his spot- 

Who is this unknown hero, ready to sacrifice himself for the X-Men and the Universe? 

Nightcrawler had been stalking the X-Men through all of there adventures. He learned that they are heroes fighting for mutant freedom. Instead of seeking his revenge, he wants to make things right. And it is Nightcrawler who becomes the Chaos Bringer saving the universe. 

And with that, Uatu leaves us with his ominous words.

We need to see this on the big screeeeennn… the end.

Polaris (Mistress of Magnetism) by Dan Panosian Magneto #13 (maybe a variant?)

To be clear this is not Briar nor is it Wanda nor was it stated it was them and neither is it a random chick. This is the only character who can relate to this symbol and it is Lorna Dane. If you look closely, her eyes are green.

The cover came after Axis where the retcon took place when Magneto was not the Maximoffs daddy. I thought this cover was implying that Polaris is his only daughter. It makes more sense to say this is Polaris than anybody else who is not related.

I agree.

#Polaris #LornaDane #XMen

Berlin, 2023

Photo: Roland Helbig

Polaris by Iban Coello From Deadpool and the Mercs for Money. This page is designed to explain what the meaning of bad-ass is.

I take no credit for these manipulations. Credits goes mostly to (my Tumbler Crush) @genoshan and @properwave

A stupendous achievements, as shown in the varied forms of Polaris’s badassness.

Polaris In (Manipulated and Extrapolated By Me)

One of the most beautiful pieces I’ve seen!

Age of X-Man: Prisoner-X

Hello fans!

Today I want to discuss about my beautiful favorite character, Lorna Dane aka Polaris. I waited for Marvel to publish issue 5 so I can discuss of how amazing Lorna ended up in Prisoner-X. As we all know Nate Grey is responsible for creating those false reality in Uncanny X-Men #10 and as everyone else questions what reality is. Let begin, shall we?

Prisoner-X #1

There were also variant covers from this issue 

This one here below was a secret variant and a very hard to get. There were only a few of this one but I’m glad to say that I own both of these variants :) 

We open up the book with Bishop being captive and sent to the Danger Room Prison Complex (but I’m going to skip everything about him or any other character because I only speak for Polaris, since she’s the big thing here) where Lorna was shown being captive as well. 

Here Lorna was sitting with Danielle Moonstar (aka Psyche aka Mirage) while Forge (the Warden of the facility) was walking around Bishop.

The next day he entered to the cafeteria and Polaris was sitting with the rest of the mutants. There Bishop and Beats were having dramas so let’s skip :)

Bishop then heads to the yard to ask around about memories that he was having. 

He first stepped to Gabby asking if they somehow knew each other but she didn’t know what he was talking about. 

Then he stepped to Polaris and for some reason Bishop saw one of Polaris’s past. 

Yes, he saw a vision of when Polaris was one of the Four Horsemen as Pestilence. I literally don’t like this version at all. This armor here made her look like a male. I like Di Giandomenico’s version better (All New X-Factor #17) because she looks more like a female and the essence of this style can be captured by the phrase “Dude look like a lady”, lol.

Anyway, this was unexpected and I’m Glad Marvel remembered it :)

As he approached to Lorna asking her few questions, Lorna was silent and didn’t want to be bothered as if she already knew what was going on.

Moonstar interfered so those questions weren’t answered and thus Lorna was not seen until the next chapter.

Prisoner-X #2

A remarkable cover :)

It didn’t took 2 issues for Lorna to get her own cover. Thank you, @marvelentertainment :)

Bishop once again went up to Polaris to ask her about a note he received in his cell.

“The dream is real. The reality false! Get out!” It was written on a note that slid into Bishop’s life. He’s been having dreams of a world that doesn’t exist and he’s looking for answers about his dreams. 

Although, the way I see it, there are at least three things to point out.

1) We know Polaris knows Bishop and her memories are more vivid.

2) Bishop doesn’t remember Lorna but she does remember him when he used to hunt mutants and even though he’s not that “badass”…..

he’s still an asshole, lol.

3) She’s in a “straightjacket” but

why can’t they see it? Who told Lorna she was in one when she woke up? Woke up from what? As for what Gabby’s saying would be something I’m going to explain in a few. Meanwhile, Dani and Bishop are starting to have more memories. 

A note slipped under his cell door makes him question everything.

I’m glad to know that Lorna happen to remember everything… making her the first to know that they’re in a false reality.

Prisoner-X #3

The cover may seem to offer nothing of interest, but don’t be deceived :)

Moonstar is also haunted by memories that seemingly never happened. Somehow Beast refused to face reality. Nobody in the Prison remembered their shared past except Polaris and now Moonstar, who are similarly haunted by strange memories.

Speaking of “haunted by strange memories”, Lorna started remembering two different things. Screaming her lungs out as if she was fighting reality against fantasy. 

Such a gorgeous page. Nice to see some of Lorna’s memories of this world as well as her actual world (616). German Peralta really draws a wonderful Lorna Dane. I’d love to cut out this panel so we can discuss the things that are holding  significant meanings in each of those memories. Shall we (BTW, history was not ignored)?

Our first piece is Polaris fighting (on her own) against the whole X-Men combined. Yup! :)

An Introduction to thinking like a Sociologist and Philosopher. You may ask yourself…..did it take that many to beat and lock her up in the danger room prison? We have a powerhouse taking on a whole team by herself with a few powerhouse mutants like Nate and Jean for example. There is a resemblance between her and her father. At least we now know how Polaris got to prison. Strange how Magneto is not in the picture. I know this is a false memory but a memory nonetheless. A memory that only exists in this alternate universe… just like House of M. And just like House of M……it did happen.

The reality about this image below is that someone hate them together, lol.

I’m the contrary. I do love this couple because they are popular for lasting more than Scott and Jean. This was when both were leading the X-Factor team and together they beat the odds. There is nothing more tantalizing to a woman than the prospect of being the one who succeeds, where all others have failed. To reach the heart of an unreachable, reluctant man and have him fall madly in love with you, change his ways and give us the relationship we’ve always dreamed of. That’s the type of relationship Polavok’s was. They are now separated and have been for more than a decade. I’d rather see them that way til Lorna gets her solo book :)

Here is when you struggle to differentiate between what was real and what wasn’t.

What wasn’t real? This incident right here. What’s real? Their combat. Polaris has history upon history fighting against her father. Polaris and Magneto share the same mutant power, mastery of magnetism. I don’t know what that metal is going to do against her, lol. We can clearly see she’s energizing so she can use her raw power while Magneto is using metal. Nevertheless, this is some cool memory of Polaris going against her father even though in reality she did too.

Let me be clear that she’s not always against her father.

Lorna has always sided with her father despite their beliefs. This memory shown here is real. This was in Magneto’s solo book where she stood by her father fighting their Last Day. Both were trying to stop the world from merging with other worlds. I’m just curious why Marvel brought this up? Every piece of memory seems to have some significant moment. I’m glad Marvel brought that up.

This is an alternate memory but I will discuss it soon. Reason for her straightjacket.

I am excited to discuss further about the reason why Legion wanted people to think she was crazy but I have to say this turned out magnificent. I’ll skip this for now and no, She’s not crazy.

And at last, the panel that everyone wasn’t expecting, lol.

Yes, that’s Lorna Dane attacking Jean and Ororo and this my friend, is the reality. I also wonder why Marvel uses this memory but I’m sure this is where Lorna called herself Polaris for the very first time. She also got a costume that I literally love. She was brainwashed as well as Havok (just like any other character) by Eric The Red so they can go against the X-Men. Nice to see Polaris creating lightning around her body :)

As always, Polaris is the first to bring us some good entertainment. Once Lorna was reacting as if she knew she didn’t belong there, the guards (I swear this guy looks like Magneto trying to calm her) holds her down and

Moonstar distracted them and they went after her, giving Lorna a chance to break free.

I love the fact that she broke free from her straightjacket. As I mentioned before…. anger is her infinite potential. It looks she magnetically took all the keys away from the guards and passed them on to the other prisoners so they can free themselves.

How beautiful is this panel above? German really captured the beauty of Lorna’s power. I love it :)

Lorna was able to regain control over herself and destroyed every guards that was in her way. She went berserk, throwing things around and even levitated all the guards and slammed them against the floor and each other.

This is where Polaris’s truly became the badass from this issue forward :)

Forge seems to have a partner

Because after that phone call, everything went back to “normal” like none of this had happened. But Moonstar noticed something was wrong. She just didn’t know what.

It felt like she was going crazy too.

One thing for sure is that Lorna became very significant from this point forward. She was the key who knew what was happening. And of course, Bishop was excluded from this issue. Only a cameo at the very end. Didn’t look like Bishop was the main focus.

Prisoner #4

Out of all the Age of X-Man books, this one is the best :)

Finally things are getting clear about the prison and all thanks to Lorna. After Moonstar noticed something wasn’t right, she then went up to Polaris trying to get information out of her about the prison, as well as what happened before when she got out of her collar and unleashed her powers, after which everything went blank.

Being how this was the first time someone besides Lorna remembers, they begin to think about what is truly happening. Polaris does most of the talking.

Lorna has been the only one to remember the events every time she breaks free and every time she does, time was altered. As we learned from the previous book, someone is controlling them except for Lorna who manages to escape a dozen times.

I swear I thought that old guy was Magneto, lol. He appeared in several panels, and some of those panels he’s with Polaris as if he was protecting her. I guess we may never know.

Nevertheless, the writer takes everything we know and gives them an ironic twist.

It was Legion who was behind the mind control. Legion was the mastermind while Forge was just the puppet. Nate Grey locked Legion here and he took control, happy to torment the rest of the prisoners. 

Fighting back, Forge remotely removes the collar off of everyone. This was odd because at the beginning, he was all for it, but then he changes his mind. 

With everyone’s collars off, they somehow receive their memories again. 

I liked the part where Moonstar reached the keys to free Polaris. 

Thankfully Moonstar, took the keys to unlock Lorna’s collar. Here is when things are getting good and Lorna is not gonna take it anymore. 

“Never Again” while her eyes glowing. I love it! 

A huge question remains. We saw that Lorna’s collar didn’t come off and there was no explanation whatsoever as to why everyone else were free except Polaris. There can only be one theory and I’m going to explain this down the road to conclude that ? mark.

At the center of it all, Polaris is given a great deal of impact by Marvel. She let her power loose as a giant fight begins with the inmates against the guards that are just robots with Legion laughing and watching from above.

Now this is what I call a prison fight. I’ve always been a fan of Polaris and getting more of her here was awesome! But wait…she’s getting more in the next issue :)

Prisoner-X #5

Last issue, it ended with a big riot in the lunch room but Legion trapped the 5 main characters into a daydream. I must point out Lorna surrounded by metal was awesome! 

They are trying to locate Legion and to do so, they would have to go door-to-door to find him. This was turning into a nightmare. 

Apparently Legion likes to play mind games with them as well as giving them guards to fight. Legion looks creepy as hell.

The fight continues and unexpectedly they tried to take out Lorna first.

I enjoyed getting to see Lorna using her power in unique and different ways. The scene below was kind of shocking. But what a badass Polaris (as usual) we have here. 

Despite how many times Polaris and the crew destroy the guards, the fight became never ending. The guards was completely interminable. 

Polaris has already proven to be the more powerful. This is the Lorna who we can relate to. Look how beautiful she looks in those panels.

Polaris knew she was the only one to take on all the guards at once so she decided to stay and hold them back while the rest went to find Legion.

How intriguing!

Loved that moment of Polaris putting those metals around the guards. Thanks to Polaris the rest of the group were able to locate Legion. What’d they do without the true powerhouse. The Queen of Mutants.

Truly believe this is one of the best fight scenes to watch in any of the Age of X-Man books! Polaris especially shined in this issue and it was a lot of fun to see her just go crazy like the one woman army she can be.

Thanks to Lorna they now know their true identity and are going after Nate Grey who is responsible for rewriting the world. The story doesn’t end here. The continuation will be in Age of X-Man: Omega

Truly this book is the best of them all.

Review:

I think my point of view is crystal clear: Polaris was incredible throughout the event. She was the badass in this story, the key focus and had the best scene, no contest. I have to admit these scenes were causing intense surprises. She has been consistently a central character for the majority of Prisoner-X story. I love how this played out for Lorna. All of the fight scenes are detailed and provide a natural momentum through the story, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I really feel sorry for the creators who were trying to make Bishop and Legion look cool in this book… because they just managed to make them look like a weakling stupid characters who make no sense at all. Bishop never attempts to stand up for himself. He even got bullied by women. He ended up having the short end of the stick if I may say. I don’t think this book was mainly focused on Bishop. He was treated like crap. The book was mainly focused on Lorna, with Bishop as a lesser character for emphasis. There are other characters involved, but Lorna has been the main focus. Bishop wasn’t even “the most prominently featured in promo”. Lorna’s the character whose POV the reader most connects with, and she’s the impetus for the comic’s actions getting underway. Given that Bishop was completely excluded in issue #3 where he only had a cameo at the very end of the chapter. Bishop is not really my type of character. He’s pretty much like a “whatever” in every story I read with him in it (I never forgot that Bishop killed billions of people just to hunt Hope Summers). Well that comes with absolutely no surprise since Bishop is a “whatever” character to begin with but as a “main” one he turns out to be pretty bad. He was not the “main” focus but most likely a plot device that’s been used as a narrative to move the plot forward. He has no purpose. His only purpose was to advance the plot of the story while Lorna became a key figure in the story and unlike Bishop, Lorna shines throughout the story. The overall effect is impressive. This was truly an amazing read and I loved it. :)

Now back to the remaining question. An interesting question that has been looking for philosophical answers and I have the best (theory) conclusion. The question of WHY Lorna’s collar didn’t come off when everybody else’s did.

Let’s go back to the beginning where everything started. Here is where things get interesting. Why didn’t Polaris’s collar come off? Probably because it was a special collar made for Lorna by Legion (and/or Nate?). Probably because she was the powerhouse of the prisoners. Probably because she couldn’t be controlled like everyone else. Probably because she knew too much. What reason was there for assuming any probability of an uprising in the prison? Probably all of the above.

The reason:

It seems that Polaris figured out everything was fake before everyone else, hence the reason for the straightjacket and making her believe she’s crazy. She was actually the only sane one. Although there’s no way to know if the straightjacket was any more real than anything else in there. But we know Legion was behind the mind control. Legion must have put Lorna down several times and when she awakened told her she was wearing a “straightjacket” and planted that thought in her mind. Perhaps it’s the reason why she sees it on her while other can’t, just so they can think she’s crazy.

From what I can tell, Polaris broke free multiple times (apparently the only one to have done so) but had her and everyone else minds reset each time (so no one would remember her breaking free), with the benefit of making the “reality” of the prison a bit weaker each time. It shows Lorna wasn’t easily controlled.

Clearly Polaris overpowered Legion telepathically a few times. Legion is an “omega level mutant” and the fact that she was seemingly unaffected by his power astounds me. She was the only one who defeated Legion and gained control of herself several times while wearing the collar. That’s a new development. In The Gifted, Polaris overcame the collar a few times.

When Bishop “led” the uprising therefore, everyone was ready thanks to Lorna. It was obvious she was the strongest one of the prisoners. When Legion began reanimating the guards to keep the group off his trail, Polaris was the only one capable of holding them all off so that Dani, Bishop, etc.al. could get away.

These are the main reasons for her collar seeming to be intact.

Certain things have been said but it is very important for me to drop a hint that had me thinking over and over again. It seems apparent Lorna gained her memory while wearing her collar whereas the rest of the prisoners gained their memories as soon as their collars were off. Looking back at when Lorna was mind controlled by Malice and was able to regain control over herself and was also able to enter Malice’s mind and destroy her. Thinking how Legion couldn’t control her like the rest of the prisoners… makes me wonder. She has a quiet confidence that screams loud. So, how powerful is she? Hmmmm. Just something to think about. 

Before you come up with “that’s Polaris from an Alternate timeline”, you need to remember that’s the same Lorna from 616 that Nate took and replaced (like the rest of the X-Men) in a different timeline. Nobody knows where this is taking place. All we know is it’s taking place…somewhere. They did return home in the Age of X-Man: Omega (which I’m going to discuss next because the story doesn’t end here) where it implied they were from 616.

Did you miss me? :)

I dropped a hint!

And there when you

THE MOST DRAMATIC ENDING

Polaris in Prisoner-X was so excellent. Nice to see the artist use some Bunn moments of when she was helping her dad to save the world in Last Days. Also, the Shi'ar moment when she started using her power more. Too bad we didn't see this much back then but her Shi'ar costume is one of her best.

80s Polaris. Or Malice. Gonna be some deep cuts this week.

Love the hoodie.

Lorna truly IS the next green revolution.

Lorna Dane A.K.A Polaris A.K.A Mistress of Magnetism A.K.A Queen of Green

Classic X-Men (1986-1990) #8 Reprinted in style! Cover By Arthur Adams (Manipulated by me J.C.-Art)

💚 Polaris 💚

X-Men vs Krakoa - JPRat

X-Men Second Line-Up by Pat Olliffe / Josef Rubinstein

Uncanny X-Men 1&2

Welcome to a new era. I know I’m a little late (plus working overtime didn’t give me time to participate in the community) but I thought I shouldn’t spoil those events too soon. Now I think it’s the time, since we’re 3 days away from #3.

Oh my. Where should I begin. First I’d like to thanks to @1979semifinalist, Rosenberg, and Brisson (and @marvelentertainment) for allowing Lorna to participate in the new (reboot) Uncanny X-Men. Honestly, I had high expectations for her future. I never doubted her inclusion in this book. So, thanks all of you once again.

Uncanny X-Men #1

How wonderful to see her in the introduction page. She’s among some of the original X-Men :)

In this scenario, Nightcrawler seems to teleport Lorna into the scene first and then X-23 (well, I’m going by the BAMF). Lorna was shown devastating the MLF upon her arrival. She came to (and did) save the day.

Yes, she right away grabbed a piece of the X-Jet with her magnetic power and hurled it toward the MLF. Buying time in order to do this…

“Wait…are you a “big kid”?” lol. What an amazing team-up. Lorna hurling Laura at the enemies was EPIC. I couldn’t get over this, I mean, what a dramatic entrance into combat. I was so excited to not only see this combo but to see Lorna and Laura interacting as well. Both had a good sense of humor. The Magnetic Fastball Special was intriguing. I’m sure some of you know the Fastball Special is a maneuver in which Colossus launches Wolverine at an enemy. Two males and now two females. I can gladly say that Lorna and Laura are the first two females to display the Fastball Special.

Uncanny X-Men #2

I know what you thinking, lol.

Here they are in their locker room. They are getting ready for a mission. Again, I know what you’re thinking but in my perspective, they were already dressed up before entering the locker room. As we can see they are suiting up and waiting for Jean’s command. That’s my perspective but if you want an actual answer, you gotta get it from the writers. I just don’t think they were all in the same room getting dressed. It would be silly knowing Lorna wouldn’t do that :)

Something abnormal was happening and so Jean gathers the X-Men and divided them into two teams, A and B, to go into two different missions. Lorna was in Team-B with Nightcrawler, Jubilee, Psylocke, Storm, and Cannonball. What a badass squad.

One thing I’d like to point out is Lorna’s force-fields. I’m trying to remember when was the last time she was using a force-field just like her father. I know her magnetic field manipulation allows her to create force-fields, like an electrical energy form surrounding her. Lorna was shown with many different force-fields but I just don’t remember the bubble one. Nevertheless, it’s nice to see Lorna creating force-fields, which are probably stronger than those of her father. Don’t forget Lorna also shares a link to the earth’s electromagnetic field, drawing strength from it and being granted a form of immortality. You get the picture :)

Nightcrawler teleported the squad closer to the scene and what they discovered was unexpected.

Multiple Man was multiplying himself into thousands for some reason. It’s seem as soon as they arrived at the scene, Lorna took over from that moment on (as we can see Storm was basically mute and wasn’t even bothering to ask what’s going on; only telling Madrox what he’s doing) as she was the only one who knows Madrox better than anyone else. Polaris and Madrox knew each other for a very long time and were teammates in various incarnations. Jamie loves Lorna, he likes Lorna (I can assure you this in another post).

Suddenly and unexpectedly Multiple Man started acting out where the squad knew what they needed to do without any command.

How wonderful to see Lorna interacting with more characters. This time with Psylocke, where Polaris was commanding her to plant what Betsy stated in Madrox’s mind. That’s what I call a leader despite Jean not giving her the co-leadership (or Storm) card. At least I can give her the credit for stepping up like one. They needed to find the real Madrox in order to stop the madness. I literally agree with Cannonball. How did Storm expect them to find the real Madrox when there are thousands of them? Then she had a second thought. I thought that was silly.

In the end, all the X-Men were defeated, but I’m sure it won’t be for long :)

I can only imagine Cannonball saying they were “overwhelming” due to the fact that there were so many of Madrox. It seems the more they defeat them, the more they come. The fact that there were thousands of them was impossible to defeat or find the real Madrox. Now that’s being overwhelmed, I guess?

I was very happy to see Polaris as part of the X-Men team in Uncanny 1&2. From the locker room scene where everyone was suiting up together, to the battles they faced together, it was nice to see her as an X-Man. I especially liked the callback to Colossus/Wolverine Fastball move with her and X-23. I’m not quite sure what is going on with Multiple Man, but where did he get all these new powers? It’s as if he absorbed the abilities of… multiple… other mutants and now has their powers. Including Toad’s tongue, for some reason. Whatever it is, however he got them, he (they) was too much for the collective might of the team in issue #2. Even as Bishop, Jean, X-23, et. all were successfully battling dinosaurs, Madrox took down Polaris, Storm, and the rest. A feat which shouldn’t be possible for Jamie. From the panels of #3 that are already out there, tho, his victory will be short-lived, and I’m sure that Lorna will be PISSED :)

Uncanny X-Men #3

Speaking of pissed, it looks like everyone is pissed in this panel below…

…and “overwhelmed”. Is that not what Cannonball said? Nevertheless, everyone is back on their feet and the battle with Multiple Man continues to escalate. An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone! They still can’t find the solution to stop him or how to find the real Madrox or why he’s multiplying himself by thousands and gaining super powers. Psylocke tried everything she can but there were too many of them… too much confusion. She needed to find the real mind in order to shut it down.

Finally Jean arrived to the scene and found a solution to deal with Madrox’s duplication. She held Psylocke’s hand, giving her a boost so she can find Jamie. Seeing Lorna in the same panel with Jean and Psylocke means a whole bunch to me. That feels new and different and if I’m right, original.

Jean has determined that none of the MM copies are the real Madrox. Jean ordered the rest of the X-Men team to cover her and Psylocke while Jean boosts Psylocke’s powers in order for her to penetrate the mind of Multiple Man’s copies. The X-Men were buying them time to work it out. I love the fact that Polaris participated in this cover up.

Breaking through confusion, she at last manages to shut down Madrox’s mind. Together they ended the insanity.

Funny how Jean was able to determine that the source of all this was directly beneath their location. Everyone in the panel above looking at Jean felt… stupid. Poor Jamie, he’s been below them the whole time, lol. After this panel, everyone seemed to disappear (It seems like they melted away through the open doorway before our very eyes, lol), except Polaris. She continued having an extra panel with Jean, Iceman, Laura and Bishop where they uncover a bunker below right where they were battling the Jamie Madrox copies.

Allow me to say how delightful it is seeing Lorna being useful. They come to a locked door which Lorna destroyed easily with her magnetic powers and it reveals that the real Madrox is being held against his will. She rescued Madrox. I presume she loosens those chains around him.

Once they rescue him, Jean and her team were heading to the mansion. There they faced Legion outside the mansion. And out of nowhere…

a very strange-looking Magneto, Blob, Angel and Omega Red appeared as the Horsemen of wellness and bounty. Magneto told them that they were here to carry out the masters will as the Horsemen of peace (and then BOOM!) while blowing up the institute as their first act.

The X-mansion was destroyed for the third or fourth time, lol. This is certainly a revelation that left me desperately waiting for the next issue to come around.

Uncanny X-Men #3 is an interesting issue. This comic is packed with a lot of action and story developments, yet, it left me yearning for more. I was just hoping Magneto didn’t kill the X-Men, especially his daughter, but she and a few of the crew weren’t there when that occurred but I can only imagine they were there nonetheless. Magneto explained they want to stop the war but why do they want to destroy the X-Men? I guess we’ll find out.

Uncanny X-Men #4

OH MY GOD, EVERYONE IS DEAD!!

Well, not quite, lol. While Armor was protecting them from the explosion, Jean and Psylocke created an illusion of their death. BTW, Lorna is right behind Psylocke :)

Thankfully we have a mutant called, Hisako, aka Armor, who can create and generate an enormously strong and impenetrable psionic exoskeleton body armor. It grants her superhuman strength, stamina, endurance, durability etc. The body armor is depicted as enveloping her completely and protects her (as well as other individuals) from tremendously strong and powerful attacks. Thanks to Armor’s protective powers the X-men are unharmed and thanks to Jean and Psylocke they are now unseen

Look at this team. Just look at them. I wanted to post this without the bubbles interfering.

It has been decided that 2 teams are going out to deal with the events that are still happening around the world. So they’re on their way to save the world, like always.

This is where Polaris, Nightcrawler, Psylocke, Storm, Jubilee Cannonball arrived on scene. Polaris, who is the only mutant (aside from her father) with the ability of Magnetism, was detecting her father’s overwhelming presence; a powerful movement of the electromagnetic field. Storm asked because no one more than Lorna can detect magnetic fields. Magnetoreception (also magnetoception) is a sense which allows an organism to detect a magnetic field to perceive direction, altitude or location. Polaris was in the right location. I literally love this panel. “People” still think all she can do is “move” metal from A to point B and she’s way WAY more than that. One look at her father you surely know the definition when it comes to Polaris :)

They actually arrived in a country that is about to erupt in civil war. Uh-Oh

The fact that Betsy mentioned Magneto as Lorna’s dad was even nice to see them acknowledging their relation. Proof that @marvelentertainment acknowledges Lorna as Magneto’s only daughter :)

That statue won’t last long, lol. Magneto took the soldiers guns and molded them into a giant statue of X-Man. Something that Lorna can also do (Uncanny X-Men #443 (2004).

Once the villagers attacked the soldiers, the X-Men start to realize they cannot stop this without hurting anyone so they fall back.

Nightcrawler teleported Psylocke and Jubilee away because the villagers and soldiers wouldn’t stop fighting each other. They needed to stop this somehow but…

Storm cracks lightning near the fight between the soldiers and the villagers. If her intention was to scare them away from fighting, then, she didn’t accomplish anything. I can’t quite tell if Polaris and Storm were doing some kind of team-up move as we can see in the above panel. But I don’t think they were since Storm’s lightning didn’t look so almighty. No one felt fear over that little lightning, lol.

I hope you enjoyed this issue because I definitely enjoyed this myself. We now have some answers as to what’s going on but the actual answer won’t be given until issue #9 or 10. Polaris commenting on Magneto’s magnetic field was awesome. It was a nice moment to have that aspect of her powers acknowledged :)

Uncanny X-Men #5

Speaking of moments, we are now entering to the best issue of them all :)

This issue starts by showing us the battle between the villagers and the soldiers (as you can see the lightning didn’t scare them off). The X-Men are still on scene and are making a futile attempt to keep them from killing each other.

The splash below drew by RB Silva is awesome. This scene has some nice combinations of action and power. This can be a really nice poster but instead it ended up being a second print cover.

Everyone in this scene are getting affected by everyone’s power. The combat scene with Magneto though? Storm’s probably the only one having difficulty. I’m sure Storm has had experience knowing that her lightning against Magneto (or Polaris) doesn’t work. Her continuing attack on Magneto with lightning was a cataclysmic failure. Umm… Storm, sweetie… It doesn’t work.

I must admit that Lorna in this panel looked beautiful. I also have to admit that whenever Storm wants to know something about Magneto she gotta go straight to Lorna to ask, lol. Well, since she’s the daughter of Magneto and was working with him recently in X-Men Blue so they think Lorna has all the answers. I think Lorna was more of a leader than anyone else, IMO. But this is what I don’t get. In the panel above, Storm attacked Magneto and saw she couldn’t do anything to him and went up to Lorna (panel below) to ask what Magneto was doing? REALLY? Lol. She was just there, lol.

Polaris takes note that Magneto and Angel have done nothing but watch. Lorna asks her father what he was doing and what was his plan. This interaction here was everything to the fanbase.

Here is the moment that I’m sure everyone was waiting for. Father vs Daughter. I mean, it’s hard not to make these scenes enjoyable. Especially where Lorna and Erik finally interacted in this series. And sure enough, this is where we get some of the comic’s best scenes. The writers make time for some nice character moments… mostly involving Polaris and Psylocke. Lorna facing off against her father and Betsy against Angel. At this point, war is inevitable.

With the fight continuing to rage Lorna confronts her father about his hand in it, then demands the whereabouts of X-Man. No answer forthcoming, she handles the situation pretty hard-core. It’s moments like these that make me wish we could see the father-daughter more often :)

I LOOOVE when Lorna lifted up and crushed the X-Man effigy with her magnetic power and threw it to the ground, which is downright badass. This angers her father and he threatens Lorna with a fight. It was so satisfying seeing Lorna rebelling against her father, and simultaneously hilarious with the “OOPS” :)

And though there was comment of wavering from Lorna I think she handled herself admirably under the circumstances.

Magneto’s power is seemingly enhanced because Polaris has already proven to be the more powerful, so he must be getting backup power from somewhere. I’ve noticed Magneto holds off the combined powers Polaris and Storm (?) with the greatest of ease. I guess Nate is supplying him. From the look of this panel, it looks like Storm doesn’t really need to be there. She’s not even attacking the correct target. For some reason her lightning is hitting the ground. I don’t know what the hell Storm was doing or thinking or if she is mentally messed up. Don’t know if it’s because she started to realize that (for the hundredth time) lightning doesn’t do anything to Magneto. It will make him stronger instead. Storm is like a battery pack for both Magneto and Polaris. I thought it was pointless having her there. Lorna got this and she was fine since Storm wasn’t really helping. I thought she just wanted to be in the big scene, lol, but Lorna can take care of herself. I don’t think Storm knows how powerful Lorna has become.

What really bothers me is Magneto blindly following Nate. Magneto is not a type of person (character) to follow anyone but himself. He’s a leader and not a follower. So I’m pretty sure he might be mind controlled and his daughter probably doesn’t know it.

We get some great interaction between Lorna and Erik as father and daughter. I truly enjoyed the development. This was probably the strongest issue in the series so far. Haters can stay hating because Lorna was the first to have a big moment from this particular group. This comic is at least my personal favorite issue of the relaunched Uncanny X-Men Disassembled. I at lease can say that Polaris and Psylocke each get moments to shine and it’s awesome :)

Uncanny X-Men #6

The reason I posted this panel was because I want to point out few things.

We already know Psylocke yanked Angel from Nate’s control turning him into Archangel and he wasn’t happy about it. But for some reason he attacked Magneto although this went unsuccessful because of course Magneto can control metal.

I know there was a question mark stamp in this panel. An unexplained occurrence that baffled everyone including me. Lorna floating in the air while watching Archangel fighting her father and not saying anything or demonstrating any sign of concern was a little weird. I thought Jubilee’s bubbles were meant to be for Lorna and somehow the letterer mistook what was supposed to happen here.

On second thought, maybe the reason for Lorna not showing any concern was due to the fact that she knows her father is powerful enough to handle Archangel given that his wings are made of metal and metal is Magneto’s (and her) thing. I’m gonna go with that she knew her father wouldn’t be easy to defeat because Polaris and Storm wavered while in combat with him. In this case, Angel was a piece of metal to him :)

Magneto lectured Psylocke about taking away Angel’s peace and Archangel informed her that Magneto was right!

At this point, Psylocke is too emotionally involved and emotionally drained for what she did to Warren.

They simply ask Archangel if he can help them find X-Man while the other team of X-Men arrived at the aftermath of the battle.

No explanation on how Archangel decided but apparently he showed the X-Men where X-Man was located.

The combined team arrived at Nate’s temple.

And soon were face to face with Nate Grey. This panel below can be a nice poster as well :)

At first Jean wanted to talk to Nate about why all this war even though she agreed with Nate that the world is terrible. Nate already knew why they were here and warned them about their attack.

But it didn’t matter because they weren’t going to succeed.

The panel above also ended up being a second print cover.

As we can see X-Man dealt with them easily.

When the Young X-Men showed up, the X-Men were already captured and helpeless but they take no action against Nate.

At the end the Young X-Men ended up in limbo with Nate.

I’m skipping Uncanny X-Men #7 because (Lorna) the old X-Men doesn’t show up at all. The next issue is all about the young X-Men and Nate fighting in limbo. I was in fact so disappointed by the writers excluding all the old X-Men.

Uncanny X-Men #8

Unable to reason with Magneto, Omega Red or Blob, the X-Men combine forces to take them down.

Lorna takes out Omega Red in a very nice scene. Despite her being in one panel but it was nice to see her get some action and dialogue. Obviously this was better than last issue.

For those wondering if she was able to knock down Omega Red on her own here is a panel demonstrating the fact that she did :)

I can gladly say that Lorna was only absent in Issue #7 and came back in Issue #8 but so does all the X-team. We are getting closer to see what’s going to happen.

Uncanny X-Men #9

We open with Nate now in control of Legion’s body. Now the X-Men have to face TWO Omega-Level Mutants! YIKES. Nate is just crazy now, with powers that allow him to do anything he wants. Pretty much a God if you ask me.

Nate or Legion or Nate-Legion, lol, oh better yet, X-Legion thought he killed the real Jamie but thank God the real one was in a bar drinking. How silly, lol. But to be fair, Jamie did save the day. Otherwise we were going to see the insane duplication all over again.

After Nate killed the copy of MM, he suddenly summons his Horsemen and made them even more powerful than they were. Unfortunately, Storm was subverted to the other side as Archangel replacement whose mind X-Man took over, possessing her, making her his puppet as one of his Four Horsemen. I guess the real “God” here was X-Man despite the outcome of the last issue #10.

Nate has completely lost patience with the X-Men. There were tons of mutants flying around all over the place throughout this issue, lol.

Lets take a moment and examine the new scenario from these character’s perspectives… Polaris in particular. In issue #8, we saw Polaris taking down Omega Red easily. You may wonder why or how Omega Red was taken possession to a few X-Men while evidently Polaris was able to take him down all on her own. As I mentioned previously, X-Legion granted his Horsemen greater stability to take on the X-Team. The Horsemen may be outnumbered, but they are certainly overpowered.

Though Omega didn’t last long holding them down as we can see on the next page; Polaris and the rest were free.

I can image how most of you (especially trolls) reacted to the panel above ^ because I also was like WTF? Seeing Magneto and Storm going toward Lorna was to feel inspired, excited and enthusiastic just to see her fighting both of them.

Although it did not turnout the way I (or we) expected.

It was the daughter vs father and yes, Magneto had the upper hand because X-Legion supplies him with more power. Allowing him to be stronger than he actually is. We all know Polaris is more powerful and can keep up with Magneto.

Jean communicated with the others telepathy asking for assistance. The panel below is such a beautiful panel to see. I see the Cuckoos.

While she was communicating with the rest of the X-team, the X-men continued fighting X-Legion on their own and Magneto, Blob, Omega Red and Storm get trapped in a small Armor ball.

But the Horsemen broke free and they’re back with master X-Legion. They were facing toward the X-Men and all of a sudden…

X-Legion was trying to destroy the X-Men with a flood. Although the X-Men never stopped pursuing him with the intent to stop him, but…

X-Legion is too powerful that nothing can affect or stop him. I mean, how can they defeat Nate and Legion? There are two Godlike mutants in one body, which open the doors to their limitless potential.

Wow! Issue #9 delivers big time. We finally seem to be moving out of introduction and into the story with this issue. We are finally one issue away and here I am hoping to see how this will end.

Uncanny X-men #10

Finally we’re almost getting to the end of the road and have reached a boiling point and every mutant is in trouble. We have one full page of the X-Men fighting for their causes and beliefs. Wow! This can be another amazing poster.

Here we find the X-Men in their last ditch attempt in stopping Nate from remaking the world in his image.

As I mentioned previously, Lorna can take care of herself and Storm didn’t need to be in the scene where Lorna was facing her father in round 1. I guess they just threw in Storm so she can have an extra panel because Lorna never wavered from her intention. Lorna knew her father would not waver in his decision but Storm did not bother to ask her, lol. How delightful is to see the Cuckoos in the same panel with Lorna. All I can think of is… The Gifted :)

Lorna: “Let us hope you’re half as capable as you think you are” In other words… he thinks he’s all powerful but she actually is. I love it :) Let me remind you that Magneto’s powers are already enhanced here…not once… but twice.

After having all of the telepaths combine their powers to attack and separate X-Legion and battle between Jean and Nate in his mind, Nate became himself again and Legion was out. Nate lost his Horsemen and now all of the mutants can focus on their real target and stop him from changing the world and destroying humanity.

Though they failed to stop him and in the blink of an eye…

everything perished and as we know, it impacted the rest of the Marvel universe. The end.

Oh My God.

While we are now heading into Age of X-Man, Uncanny has really gotten me excited for that event. I highly recommend this book to any x-fan and to anyone who wants to get into the X-Men. I also want to once again thank the writers @1979semifinalist , Rosenberg, and Brisson. They were amazing :)

I don’t know where you guys are going after this but I’m definitely going to Age of X-Man: Prisoner-X. The reason is obvious ;) I’m only reading this book because of Lorna Dane. This is where she appears next and can’t wait to read this and see how she will play in Prisoner-X event. Age of X-Man is a group of six, five-issue, miniseries. Those events are about what would happen if the X-Men succeeded. Marvel Comics is using one of those events as the kickoff point for an X-Men alternate-universe story with a twist. Let’s see what this unfamiliar writer has in store for us :)

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