Polaris (Lorna Dane) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Arnold Drake and Jim Steranko, Polaris first appeared in The X-Men #49 (October 1968). For the majority of her publication history, she has been a super-heroine, and a member of either the X-Men or one of its sister groups, such as X-Factor. From 1987 to 1989, she was possessed by a villainous telepathic entity, and functioned as the super-villain Malice. Through from 2000 to 2001 she was a member of the Acolytes and Magneto's cabinet on Genosha. A mutant, Polaris can control magnetism, much like Magneto, whom she long suspected to be her biological father, a fact confirmed in Uncanny X-Men #431 (November 2003). She has also had a complicated long term relationship with the X-Man Havok, to whom she was engaged. Another aspect of her character is her recurrent struggles with mental-health issues, including infrequent but severe bouts of mental distress during which she acts erratically or struggles to function.