Lorna Dane: Polaris Appreciation 2020

[Will Evans]

That would be one hell of a trio to fight against.

Could Kitty, Illyana and Rachel take them on?

[jmc247]

It needs a cape. Something feels off without one. At least give her longer hair if she is to be without

Its a good outfit, but it does needs a more of a regal look unless she is on an black ops or Acolytes like team and she isn't its leader and then it would really be up to the costume.

Took a break to draw my three favorite x-ladies.

Good job, its too bad we hardly ever see them interact together. I think Marvel with Lorna had a big problem in the 70s, 80s, and 90s not knowing what to do with Lorna and alternating between depicting her as the Jean and the Storm (usually the Jean) which created a situation where writers couldn't figure out what to do in terms of making the three interacting interesting. The key to that is now in the hands of Marvel as they have a depiction of Lorna that is different enough from the other two to compliment all three of them interacting as long as they decide to use it.

[juan678]

Yup, yup. Thanks for the heads up, V!

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/x-me...f-x-dawn-of-x/





These are from the Bleeding Cool link above. Gorgeous!

Thanks Jbenito

[salarta]

Took a break to draw my three favorite x-ladies.

Good work! It also does a good job of demonstrating female affinity for headgear.

[Soulsword323]

Polaris, Banshee, Trinary, Angel, and Rictor? Love it.

[Havok83]

Lorna and Warren? YES!

[Devaishwarya]

That green and white costume reminds me of American colonial men's costuming with the white "stockings". The whole thing looks very dated.

[Vishop]

Lorna and Warren? YES!

Then thereis Havok :P

[LordAllMIghty]

Could Kitty, Illyana and Rachel take them on?

The only real problem would be Magik.

The other 2 wouldn't dare raise a hand to their mommas...lol

Hell, Storm kind of raised Illyana in Limbo too.

[Will Evans]

The only real problem would be Magik.

The other 2 wouldn't dare raise a hand to their mommas...lol

Hell, Storm kind of raised Illyana in Limbo too.

This reminds me that despite being one of the 1960s marvel heroines and oldest female X-Men, Lorna has never been a mentor or trainer to any younger mutant. As opposed to Jean and Storm.

[Havok83]

This reminds me that despite being one of the 1960s marvel heroines and oldest female X-Men, Lorna has never been a mentor or trainer to any younger mutant. As opposed to Jean and Storm.

While it wasnt explored well, she was a mentor to the O5 and Jimmy in Bunn's run and later the Madripoor mutants at her school



Her role in the book before leading was training the kids

[LordAllMIghty]

This reminds me that despite being one of the 1960s marvel heroines and oldest female X-Men, Lorna has never been a mentor or trainer to any younger mutant. As opposed to Jean and Storm.

True, maybe Hellion would be a good pick for her.

While it wasnt explored well, she was a mentor to the O5 and Jimmy in Bunn's run and later the Madripoor mutants at her school



Her role in the book before leading was training the kids

While I'm not a fan of the artwork I love Lorna here. Sexy

[salarta]

Then thereis Havok :P

Where? All I see is Underdog.

This reminds me that despite being one of the 1960s marvel heroines and oldest female X-Men, Lorna has never been a mentor or trainer to any younger mutant. As opposed to Jean and Storm.

It all goes hand in hand with Marvel's lack of respect for the character, and desire to pretend she has nothing to offer. I THOUGHT they were trying to rectify that back in the early to mid 2010s when they finally told her origin story (after 44 years without it) and finally had her leading a team of her own (after 46 years without having led a team), but since 2015 it's become very apparent that Marvel thought doing exactly two things that were decades overdue (without any real promotion at that, among other issues) was sufficient catch-up and that they should now be fine to regress and ignore her again for the next 50 years.

I also have suspicions of certain people at Marvel based on their past comments and work. They're things I don't plan to go into unless it becomes necessary.

[Soulsword323]

I'm fine with Lorna not being a mentor. She did technically start a school as well, but I wasn't fond of that personally. Let Polaris fight on the front lines please.

[salarta]

Realistically, putting more thought into it, I think Lorna taking the mentor route is around the bottom of things Lorna needs. She has decades worth of potential and untold stories that really need to be untapped into first and foremost.

Aside from that, there's a lot of risk to Lorna in such a scenario at the moment. Marvel has a track record of misusing Lorna to benefit other characters.

In a good, proper, ideal scenario, Lorna as a mentor would be mutually beneficial. Lorna would get to demonstrate her wisdom and experience as a veteran, the mentee would get to try new things (sometimes successful, sometimes not), and they'd develop from each other. But with Marvel's track record, there's a huge chance that Lorna would be written more in the vein of "Here's this washed up hag, passing on what little worth she has left to someone younger and cooler than her so she can retire to a life of washing Havok's dishes for eternity."

That last bit is a little sarcastic. Only a little. It's Marvel.