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| Lee Forrester | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | TheUncanny X-Men #143 (March 1981) |
| Created by | Chris Claremont John Byrne |
| In-story information | |
| Full name | Aletys Forrester |
| Supporting character of | X-Men |
Aleytys "Lee"Forrester is a fictional character appearing inAmerican comic books published byMarvel Comics. Her first appearance was inThe Uncanny X-Men #143.
Forrester is a resident ofFlorida and the captain of the fishing trawler,Arcadia.Cyclops of theX-Men, a.k.a. Scott Summers, is hired on theArcadia during a leave of absence.[1] Forrester is targeted by the supernatural beingD'Spayre after her father, Jock, commits suicide over the loss of his wife. D'Spayre is defeated by Cyclops andMan-Thing.[2]
Summers and Forrester engage in a brief romantic relationship. They are shipwrecked on an island inhabited byMagneto in theBermuda Triangle, where Magneto reveals Summers's identity as Cyclops to her.[3] Forrester eventually breaks off her relationship with Summers, claiming she does not want to become involved with the X-Men.[4] She becomes sexually intimate with Magneto after she rescues him from a shark attack.[5] However, Forrester and Magneto separate when he becomes the headmaster ofXavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.[6]
Forrester becomes the skipper for an expedition force which, after sailing through a dimensional warp within the Bermuda Triangle, is stranded in an alternate Earth alongsideJames Scully. After three years, Forrester and Scully send a message buoy to Earth, where only days had passed since their disappearance.[7] However, the two fall in love and refuse to return to Earth when the X-Men and theFuture Foundation arrive to rescue them.[8]
