{"id":7538,"date":"2012-01-21T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-21T07:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=7538"},"modified":"2012-01-21T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T07:14:11","slug":"minimate-mini-review-37-havok-polaris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2012\/01\/minimate-mini-review-37-havok-polaris\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimate Mini-Review #37 - Havok & Polaris"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#37 - Havok\/Polaris<\/h3>\n

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The middle Summers brother, Alex developed powerful plasma blasts and later joined the X-Men despite his occasionally stressful relationships with Cyclops<\/a> and Iceman<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Havok is seen here in his classic costume - the one that was given to him by Larry Task (son of Bolivar Trask<\/a>) to allow Alex to regulate his powers. Man, how many of the X-Men owe their costumes to villains, anyway? Havok's suit is all-black, but with concentric white circles on his chest that grow to display his power levels. The other side of his chest has the same circles, but they're going wild<\/a>, to show he's either overpowered or firing his blast. The head has that distinctive three-pronged headgear glued in place, and his face is delightfully intense.<\/p>\n

Hey, speaking of people who got their costumes from villains...<\/p>\n

The estranged daughter of Magneto<\/a>, Lorna Dane's magnetic powers were lost after M-Day but were restored during her tenure as one of Apocalypse's<\/a> Horsemen.<\/i><\/p>\n

Lorna met the X-Men when a mental summons from the mutant Mesmero brought her to San Francisco. Mesmero was working for (a robot duplicate of) Magneto, who strapped her in a \"mutant energy stimulator\" to unlock her powers, then gave her this costume. It has a tiara (shaped a bit like Magneto's helmet) to hold back her hair, a '60s-style swimsuit with cutouts in the sides, a skull clasp and strappy shoes and gloves. She uses C3 Superman's cape, and has a new hair piece (naturally).<\/p>\n

Havok and Polaris have always seemed like \"hangers on\" in X-History. They're not part of the original team, but they're also not part of the all-new, all-different<\/a> team. They were best used in the mid-90s X-Factor<\/i> book, but those costumes aren't as iconic as these are.<\/p>\n

<i>And now, some more OAFEry:<\/i><\/H5>