Eventually, Havok and the X-Men are able to free Polaris from Malice’s grasp and she rejoins the team, only for Alex to leave to rebuild the mutant island of Genosha. However, when Professor X and Cyclops recruit Havok to lead the new X-Factor, he and Polaris reunite once more.
Again, much of that appears in “Cold Comfort,” but Polaris’s story has gone on since then, in a way that will certainly inform X-Men ’97. While Alex was presumed dead (really in another reality and dating a nurse named Annie, a truly terrible storyline), Polaris learned what many have all wondered: that she is, in fact, the biological daughter of Magneto. Seeking to build that connection, she goes with Magneto to help him govern Genosha, but when an Omega Sentinel destroys the island and kills her father, Polaris becomes darker and crueler.
The destruction of Genosha was adapted into season 1 of X-Men ’97, which means that season 2 will likely pick up Lorna’s story there. While there will certainly be some exploration of how she carries her father’s complicated legacy, season one also ended by setting up a different version of X-Factor, as Bishop and Forge go off to find the time-displaced X-Men. Given that Lorna’s wearing her X-Factor uniform in the poster, we’ll likely see her join them, especially since she was in a variation of that line-up in the comics.
However X-Men ’97 plans to integrate Polaris, the comics have provided the writers with enough material to craft a complicated character, one who deserves to stand alongside the likes of Rogue, Wolverine, and Magneto.
X-Men ’97 season 2 arrives on Disney+ in mid-2026.