Marvel's Secret Retcon Changed One of Its Most Powerful Heroes Without Fans Realizing

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The conundrum that is Lorna Dane. The reluctant heroine, better known as Polaris, has walked a tightrope since her debut in TheX-Men#49 (1968). Her striking emerald green hair and imperiously imposing design by the master Jim Steranko on the cover of The X-Men #50 (which also introduced the title’s iconic logo redesign) would prove a stunner, and no wonder both Ice-Man and Havok would fall under her spell.