Shortly before the " Infinite Crisis " storyline, Dr. Polaris appears in Metropolis, seeking Superman 's help in battling a more powerful and ruthless magnetism manipulator who calls herself Repulse. It is eventually revealed that this is a new manifestation of his personality disorder; Polaris is hallucinating Repulse, who resembles his aunt, and performs her actions himself. Eventually, Superman forces him to accept she is not real.