American Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts! Debut of Lorna Dane (later Polaris) in X-Men #49
*Marvel: Issue #49 of the X-Men’s series saw the introduction of a young lady who at first appeared to be a minor league damsel in distress and potential love interest for the recently dumped Iceman. But she turned out to be a great deal more, as Lorna Dane was a fellow mutant who was shockingly revealed to be none other than the daughter of the X-Men’s arch-nemesis, Magneto! (And then for a while she wasn’t; but I think they’ve retconned the retcons and she is again. At least this week.) Whatever her parentage, it wasn’t long before Lorna realised her true powers, eventually stepping up to join the X-Men, X-Factor, and occasional other teams without an X in them, to become a major figure in the Marvel Universe. This copy of Lorna’s first appearance (with an eye-catching Jim Steranko cover) is a clean and bright Fine at £75. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD