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| Lee Forrester | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| First appearance | The Uncanny 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 in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Her first appearance was in The Uncanny X-Men #143.
Forrester is a resident of Florida and the captain of the fishing trawler, Arcadia. Cyclops of the X-Men, a.k.a. Scott Summers, is hired on the Arcadia during a leave of absence. [1] Forrester is targeted by the supernatural being D'Spayre after her father, Jock, commits suicide over the loss of his wife. D'Spayre is defeated by Cyclops and Man-Thing. [2]
Summers and Forrester engage in a brief romantic relationship. They are shipwrecked on an island inhabited by Magneto in the Bermuda 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 of Xavier'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 alongside James 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 the Future Foundation arrive to rescue them. [8]