Betsy Braddock

In addition to appearing in many X-related team titles over the decades, Psylocke (both Betsy Braddock and Kwannon) have appeared in several limited series. In the year of 1997, the characters appeared in the 4-issue team-up series Psylocke and Archangel: Crimson Dawn. Beginning in November 2009, Betsy Braddock was featured in X-Men: Psylocke a self-titled four issue miniseries written by Christopher Yost and drawn by Harvey Tolibao; Matsu'o Tsurayaba and Wolverine are central characters in the story.^[21]

Captain Britain

At the 2019

Background

Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock was born in England and was raised in the small town of

When Brian went overseas, Matthew (now codenamed Gabriel) convinced Betsy to become the new Captain Britain, wearing Kaptain Briton's modified costume. Working with Captain UK, the duo became public sensations. After several months, crime boss Vixen lured Betsy into a showdown with Slaymaster. During the battle, Betsy called Vixen a "hag", which angered her. Vixen instructed Slaymaster that she wanted Betsy's eyes, so he brutally beat Betsy, then gouged her eyes out. Brian flew to her rescue and killed Slaymaster as Vixen escaped.[34] Betsy refused R.C.X.'s offer of cybernetic eyes, preferring to rely on her psychic abilities to "see". She and Gabriel went to former S.T.R.I.K.E. Psi co-agent Alison Double's Switzerland chateau for Betsy to recuperate.^[35]

As Psylocke

Betsy was kidnapped from the Alps by Mojo, brainwashed, given cybernetic eyes, and, as "Psylocke", became the star of his new show "Wildways". Brian and the New Mutants rescued her, after which Betsy moved to the X-Men's mansion to recover, exactly where Roma, Guardian of the Omniverse, needed her to be.^[36] When the Marauders attacked the Morlocks, the X-Mansion was used as a temporary infirmary for injured survivors of the massacre. Knowing that the X-Men were away in New York, the Marauder Sabretooth invaded the mansion. Betsy used herself as bait to lead him away from the injured until the X-Men arrived to help her. While Sabretooth and Wolverine fought, Betsy used her telepathy to gather information about the Marauders and their leader, Mr. Sinister, from Sabretooth's mind.^[37] Wolverine, though initially reluctant to involve outsiders in the X-Men's affairs, was impressed by her bravery and nominated her to join the team.^{[volume & issue needed]}

As an X-Man she met

Betsy reappeared amnesiac on an island near China, where the

Betsy was gutted by Sabretooth which led Angel, Wolverine, Doctor Strange and Gomurr the Ancient to retrieve a magical liquid from the Crimson Dawn dimension to heal her. This gave her the new ability to teleport through shadows, also marking her with a red tattoo over her left eye.^[68] Her personality took on a cold edge, which created distance between her and Warren.^[69] Kuragari, Proctor of the Crimson Dawn, tried to claim Betsy as his bride, but was thwarted with Gomurr and Angel's aid, freeing Betsy of the Dawn's influence. Betsy retained the abilities associated with it. Soon after these events, the couple retired from active duty with the X-Men.^[70]

Subsequently, she aided Storm against the Shadow King, who tricked Betsy into initiating a psychic shockwave that disabled all other telepaths, leaving him unchallenged on the astral plane.^[71] Her own astral form was destroyed, but her exposure to the Crimson Dawn gave her a new shadow form with temporarily enhanced powers, which she used to trap the Shadow King's core. To keep him trapped she was forced to constantly focus her telepathy on him, effectively rendering herself powerless.^[72]

Revolution and X-Treme

One year after her death, Betsy awoke where she had died, unaware of how she had been resurrected, and was soon reunited with the X-Men, helping them against the Saurian Hauk'ka,[85] and Mojo and Spiral.^[86] Jamie started to covertly observe his resurrected sister, allowing her to catch occasional glimpses of him. Betsy was reunited with Brian during the Scarlet Witch's "House of M" reality storm.^[87] When the timeline was set right, the memories of their encounter took on a dreamlike state, prompting Betsy and several of the X-Men to visit London to check on Brian's status.^[88]

Back in the US, Betsy and the X-Men failed to stop

Appearing at the headquarters of the Exiles, heroes gathered from several realities to protect the Omniverse; both the Exiles' choice of Betsy as latest recruit, and the timing of same, were apparently the result of Roma's manipulations, again moving one of her pawns to where it would soon be needed as part of a greater plan.^[94] Her first mission with the Exiles brought Betsy face to face with Earth-1720's Slaymaster, brutally reminding her of her reality's Slaymaster blinding her. After escaping, Slaymaster-1720 began murdering Betsy Braddock in each reality he visited.^[95]

Meanwhile, determined to confront her fear, Betsy began rigorous training to prepare herself for their next encounter.

Somehow, Betsy became trapped between parallel worlds and was rescued by Madelyne Pryor – now calling herself the Red Queen – who controlled her to join the Sisterhood. They also stole Betsy's original body, in which Kwannon had died, at a graveyard. A ritual of sorts with both bodies was performed, resulting in Betsy's original body being brought back to life.^[101] The Sisterhood, now including a brainwashed Betsy, attacked the X-Men.^[102] Dazzler was forced to use her powers on Betsy, blowing half of her face off. Dazzler's attack shocked Betsy back to consciousness, enabling her to overcome the Red Queen's control and return to her Japanese body.^[103]

After these events, Betsy's powers changed once again; she now possessed both telepathic and telekinetic abilities, but with her psionic potential divided between them, neither ability is as strong as it once was.

After the Schism between the X-Men, while Betsy decided to stay on Utopia under Cyclops' leadership, she secretly remained part of X-Force to help whenever Wolverine requested. Cyclops also placed her in charge of a new X-Men Security team, asking her to be his spy and spy-hunter.^[117]

Soon after, Captain Britain learned of Betsy's activities with X-Force through their bond and decided to retrieve her to Otherworld, where Jamie Braddock was revealed to be alive, and punish Fantomex for his crimes. Betsy took up the Lady Briton mantle to rescue Fantomex and was ultimately forced to kill Jamie to prevent his future self from destroying the multiverse.^[118] X-Force faced a new Brotherhood of Mutants, of which the Shadow King was a member. Betsy imprisoned his psyche for good into Omega White, whose ability was to eat psychic energy. After this last mission, X-Force disbanded for good and Fantomex, who had been keeping a relationship with Betsy, but died at the hands of the Brotherhood, was resurrected in three different bodies for each of his brains.^[119]

As a member of Cyclops' Extinction Team, Betsy dealt with the fallout from Archangel's machinations in Tabula Rasa^[120] and sided with the X-Men against the Avengers once the Phoenix Force returned to Earth to reclaim a host.^[121] However, Daredevil made Betsy question her motives,^[122] and she joined the Avengers, the X-Men and Nova in the final battle against Cyclops.^[123]

Marvel NOW!

After the events of Avengers vs. X-Men, Betsy and Fantomex spent weeks in Paris, engaging in drinking, sex and thieving. While Betsy and Fantomex grew apart, she and Cluster – Fantomex' female self – grew closer and more devoted to each other, resulting in a romantic relationship. Feeling jealous about the new couple, Fantomex set Betsy up to be blamed for a crime. Once Cluster sided with him over Betsy, Betsy decided to leave them both for good.^[124]

Upon returning to New York, Betsy took a teaching position at the

When Beast discovered that the Terrigen was saturating and would soon render Earth completely uninhabitable for mutants, Betsy joined the rest of the X-Men in their war against the Inhumans, seeking to destroy the cloud while the Inhumans fought to protect it.[161] After the war ended, Magneto's team of X-Men disbanded and Betsy learned that he was working alongside Emma Frost and knew about her deceptions that led to the war. Making good on her promise, Betsy found Magneto and killed him. She then walked away, feeling like the world and the X-Men were better off without her.^[162] When Captain America and Hydra took over the United States, Betsy and a few mutants relocated to the mutant sovereign republic of New Tian, under the leadership of Xorn, who was mind controlled by Emma Frost behind the scenes.^[163]

ResurrXion

While the X-Men rebuilt the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach in the middle of Central Park,^[164] Betsy decided to return to England. After spending some time in London, Betsy found herself under an overwhelming psychic attack by the Shadow King, which caused her to lose control. Betsy called for help and Rogue, Bishop, Archangel, Gambit, Fantomex and Old Man Logan came to her rescue. She sent the X-Men to the Astral Plane to deal with Farouk and remained behind to maintain the necessary mental link back to the physical world. Betsy found out the Shadow King was keeping Charles Xavier's soul trapped in the Astral Plane, and under the Professor's guidance, she managed to fight Logan and Gambit, both possessed by the Shadow King, contain the psychic infection in London and protect the civilians. After Xavier killed the Shadow King, Betsy was shocked to learn he had taken over the body of Fantomex, who chose to remain in the Astral Plane.^[165]

Suspicious of X, as now Xavier started to call himself, Betsy travelled to the Astral Plane herself to make sure Fantomex wasn't fooled into giving up his body. Unbeknownst to the X-Men, X had unintentionally brought someone else with him, a newly resurrected Proteus. Not willing to take a risk with such a powerful being on the loose, the X-Men appointed Betsy as their leader over X and attacked Proteus, ultimately defeating him with a combined effort. However, when Betsy tapped into a psychic network to undo Proteus' reality-bending madness, the Shadow King took the chance to return to the physical world. Betsy and X joined forces to defeat him once more, linking every psychic telepathically and cleansing the world of Farouk's filth. X erased the memories of the other X-Men and told Betsy she would be the only one to remember he had returned.^[166]

As a member of the X-Men, Betsy also tutored the time-displaced

During this encounter, Betsy was attacked by the psychic vampire, Sapphire Styx who absorbed her soul into herself. Once inside, Betsy discovered the psychic husks of all the victims Sapphire had claimed over the centuries, including a fragment of Wolverine's soul that she had been unable to purge from herself. Drawing on the strength of all the imprisoned souls, Betsy used her telepathy to destroy Sapphire from within, and emerged in her original body. She later explained to Jubilee that after Sapphire was destroyed, she was able to use the soul energy she left behind to re-create her original body. It was also shown that Kwannon has apparently returned to life in her original body as well, as the new Psylocke.^[170]

Disassembled and Age of X-Man

Immediately after reclaiming her original body and legal identity as Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock, Betsy returned to the Xavier Institute, where Jean Grey helped her cope with such a major change.^[171] Betsy also traveled to England and reunited with Brian and Meggan and met her niece, Maggie.^[172] The following days saw the X-Men responding to unexplained natural phenomena across the globe.^[173] The X-Men soon found out Nate Grey was responsible for these disasters in a desperate attempt to enact world peace and remake the world as he saw fit with the help of his Horsemen of Salvation, which included Angel.^[174] Betsy engaged Angel head-on and used a massive psychic strike to free Warren from Nate Grey's control, which unintentionally released his Archangel persona.^[175] Warren and Betsy had a falling-out, and he blamed her for unleashing the darkness within him. The X-Men responded with force, but were quickly overpowered and subdued.^[176] Betsy broke Nate Grey's control over Storm and soon joined forces with Jean Grey and other psychics to defeat X-Man once and for all, but the X-Men were all seemingly killed.^[177]

Gone from the Prime Marvel Universe, the X-Men were taken to a plane of existence created by X-Man with false memories, where everyone was a mutant and close relationships and love were forbidden.

In the following six months, Professor X established the island-nation of Krakoa, welcoming mutants from all over the world and creating the first mutant society.^[182][183] Betsy had returned to her ancestral home in England, now known as Braddock Academy, but ultimately decided to move to Krakoa as well, only to find that her elder brother, Jamie Braddock, had been resurrected. Apocalypse also enlisted Betsy and Brian to investigate a strange, magically sealed Krakoan gate that opened from the Otherworld to the mutant-island. Morgan Le Fay, acting as Queen Regent of Otherworld and enraged about mutantkind's reach on her realm, cursed Brian to become her dark champion. In a desperate attempt to save his sister, Brian gave Betsy his Amulet of Right, the source of his powers. As a result, Betsy once again became Captain Britain, a hero of legend.^[184]

Characterization

Early powers

In her earliest appearances in Uncanny X-Men, Betsy possessed the power of telepathy. She could read and project thoughts over long distances;^[185] control minds; manipulate people's minds and possess them; subdue and tap into other's powers; affect people's memories;^[186] project mental illusions;^[187] and generate psi-bolts that could stun,^[188] injure,^[189] or kill others.^[190] She could also project her astral self, and the astral bodies of other people, into the astral or physical plane.^[191] She could scan entire towns with her mind,^[192] and leaf through the psyches of the inhabitants of a city to learn of their condition^[193] or intentions.^[194] She was powerful enough to telepathically "shout" to her teammates in Australia while she was in Washington, D.C. without the aid of any type of power-enhancing machinery such as Cerebro.^[195] She could also probe individuals to check up on their status.^[196]

When using her telepathic powers, a butterfly-shaped energy aura would appear around her face. It was never truly made clear in the comic books by the writers whether this was something that could be perceived by others or if this was simply an "effect" to show when Betsy was using her powers to the reading audience (although it was implied that it could be).^[197] This "butterfly" (sometimes depicted as having eyes in its wings) was also the form Betsy usually took when manifesting her astral form, both on the astral plane,^[189] and in the physical world,^[188] although she occasionally used an illusory image of her physical body.^[191] After her transformation, Betsy's psi-form changed accordingly.^[198][199]

In addition, Betsy could also use her telepathy to project a focused beam of directed psionic energy called a "psycho-blast" that could incapacitate or kill a living being instantly. This attack was powerful enough to pierce the

After her physical transformation into a Japanese ninja assassin, she gained highly developed fighting skills in addition to her telepathy, which at this stage was not as powerful as it had originally been before her transformation, as half of her psionic potential still resided with Revanche in her original body.[10]^[204] After Revanche's death, Betsy's telepathy was restored to its previous strength. The most common usage of her powers was the manifestation of a "psychic knife", which operated in the same manner as her "psycho-blast" ability, but at close range. Described as the focused totality of her psychic powers, she often used it to disrupt the minds and nervous systems of her foes by driving the glowing "blade" of psionic energy into their heads.^[205] At least once, she utilized two psychic knives simultaneously.^[206] During this time she chose to fight up-close most of the time, using her new martial arts skills, although she could still utilize distanced telepathic assaults.^[207] At least once, she experienced a precognitive flash while in her new body.^[201]

After her exposure to the Crimson Dawn, she also gained the ability to

To keep the Shadow King imprisoned in the Astral Plane, Betsy sacrificed the use of her telepathy, but at some point gained Phoenix's telekinesis instead.[209] At first, due to the relative newness of her telekinesis, she could not exercise fine control over her powers. She could blast an enemy through a brick wall, but could not levitate small objects, like a dime, from the floor.^[77] As time progressed, Betsy grew more proficient at using her powers and she could use her telekinesis to reshape a pistol into smaller metal projectiles.^[91]

Instead of her psychic knife, Betsy began to manifest a telekinetic katana composed of raw psionic energy.^[210] At its lowest intensity her katana functions much like her psychic knife once did, short-circuiting the victim's nervous system on impact.^[91] At its highest level, the katana can slice through almost any physical matter.^[15] Betsy's control over the katana is such that she can slice an armored opponent and cut through the armor, but only leave her opponent stunned or unconscious.^[211] Betsy's telekinetic manifestations produce visible radiance in the physical world,^[15] and so she can use her psychic katana as a makeshift light source in areas of darkness. The katana can also affect beings that are more powerful than Betsy herself.^{[90][92][212]} She can also use her sword to shatter telepathic power-inhibitors imposed on others, despite her own lack of telepathy.^[213] With no telepathy to guide her when performing this task, she must rely on her instincts to give the blade the sufficient strength necessary to break the inhibitors, without doing permanent damage to the subject in question. During the timeline shift known as House of M, Betsy showed the ability to summon two telekinetic katanas at the same time.^[214] It is unknown if she is capable of this under normal circumstances.

Aside from the blade, Betsy can use her telekinesis to enhance her speed, strength, and fighting skills to superhuman levels.^[215] She can also levitate herself and others,^[15] or manipulate matter on a molecular level.^[79] She can also create telekinetic shields of various sizes and strength,^[216] and her telekinesis has been said to be strong enough to shatter mountains.^[217] After her resurrection, Betsy's telekinetic powers have been greatly enhanced.^[218] At the time of Betsy's resurrection, Marvel Girl claimed that Betsy's telekinesis was on a level even she could not match.^[16]

After her resurrection, Betsy was shown to be immune to all forms of psionic manipulations such as mind-reading,

However, Betsy's telekinetic powers seems to evolve with the return of her telepathy since her encounter with the Sisterhood as, at first, she has rarely been seen using her telekinesis to levitate objects or create her trademark telekinetic katana. It appears also, that she is focusing more on developing her returned telepathic powers and that the various immunities that were granted to her by her resurrection at the hands of her brother seem to have vanished or at least greatly diminished, as during the Necrosha event Proteus was not only able to possess Betsy but also was able to alter her body structure.[224] During the "Second Coming" storyline, Betsy has once more been depicted using her telekinesis for considerable feats: such as making a shield to protect herself and X-23 from bullets, ripping a Nimrod robot in two and even achieving what appears to be a form of flight or levitation.^[225]

Returned powers and abilities

The events involving the Sisterhood of Mutants triggered a return of her original telepathic abilities. Upon rejoining the X-Men, Betsy states that while she is still primarily a telekinetic, she has gained the mental ability to telepathically "suggest what people see" (i.e. cast telepathic illusions).^[105] In an interview, writer Christopher Yost and editor Daniel Ketchum confirmed that Betsy Braddock now possesses both telekinesis and telepathy. Additionally, she is once again able to focus her telepathic energies into a solid psychic knife and can still manifest her telekinetic katana.^[226][227]

As shown in the events of the Psylocke miniseries, she still appears to be an unusually strong and powerful telepath, with a range of abilities similar to what she possessed at her introduction, as well as manifesting her trademark psychic knife. Betsy is also shown to have levels of telekinesis sufficient to increase the strength and power of her physical blows as well as ward off attacks via force fields and telekinetic "blasts or bursts". During the Utopia storyline, she was seen manifesting her telekinetic katana, but of late she has been seen using a pair of traditional katanas as well.^[228][229] After the events of "Second Coming", Betsy establishes that her psychic abilities fluctuate in strength; if her concentration is divided as a result of a telepathic response to her environment, it has an adverse effect on her telekinesis.^[230]

During the "Dark Angel Saga", Betsy's full psionic potential was unlocked by Jean Grey from the Age of Apocalypse timeline. She was able to overcome Archangel with her newly strengthened and increased telepathy – a feat that had previously been beyond her power.^[231] Writer Rick Remender has stated that she is now an Omega-class/level mutant and telepath on par with Jean Grey and Charles Xavier.^[232]

Fighting skills

Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock has been classified as a master martial artist, though the specific fighting arts she has mastered have never been revealed. Psylocke's fighting skills and techniques have been shown to surpass those of the average Hand ninja,^[205] or Crimson Dawn Undercloak,^[233] and have been said to rival those of a ninja master.^[234] In addition to the fighting skills she learned from The Hand, Betsy has recently received training from fellow Exiles teammate Sabretooth^[235] and from an alternate reality's Ogun, who used science and magic combined to alter the passage of time itself, allowing them to accomplish a lifetime's work in a few short hours, thus improving Betsy's skills once more.^[236]

As a telepath, Betsy could take advantage of her powers in a fight by reading her opponents' movements seconds before they made them, giving her the opportunity to counter-attack faster.^[205] She could also use her telepathy to mask her presence from other people, humans and superhumans alike, e.g. from Wolverine's super-enhanced senses^[237] or from Jean Grey's telepathy.^[207] She could also create telepathic illusions to distract her enemies while fighting them,^[238] and as a ninja, she can use her psychic knife to incapacitate her opponents instead of killing them;^[205] although she will kill her opponents if she finds it to be necessary.^[80]

As a telekinetic, she often uses her powers to augment her strength and speed,^[79] making her fighting skills strong enough to match, and even outmatch other superhumanly strong opponents, like a holographic version of Sabretooth in the Danger Room.^[77][239] During a training session with Rogue and Thunderbird, Betsy was able to match Rogue's attacks despite the fact that Rogue had greatly enhanced speed and strength at the time.^[28]

Armor

During the time when the X-Men were based in the Australian outback, Betsy Braddock gained possession of a unique suit of armor. Made of an unknown metal, it was lightweight and form-fitting, yet extremely resistant to physical damage, giving Betsy an added protection to her physical body.

Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock has been involved in a series of romantic relationships during the years. As a member of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi Division, she was involved with fellow agent Tom Lennox. He was murdered while trying to defend her, during which time she was telepathically linked to him. Telepathically experiencing Lennox's death left Betsy traumatized for a time.[31]

After returning to the X-Men in Kwannon's body, Betsy telepathically manipulated Cyclops, her team leader, into being romantically attracted to her.^[242] After regaining her full personality from Kwannon, Betsy offered a belated apology to Jean Grey, admitting that the flirtation was due to the presence of Kwannon's lingering personality traits in her mind, but that she did in fact find Cyclops attractive.^[243] Later, Betsy and Archangel had a romantic relationship, but chose to end it after realizing that the differences between them were too great.^[11][82] After Betsy's death, Archangel felt anguish from being unable to save her, but eventually made peace with it and moved on to a relationship with Paige Guthrie.^[244]

Betsy and the X-Man

Days of Future Past

The dystopian "

Leech use their combined powers against Betsy to intervene. Wolverine finally knocks her down with one punch, commenting that during the years she has grown a bit "rusty" with her martial arts skills. She is taken back to Emma Frost's base of operation and Emma later tells Jubilee and the rest of the team that Betsy will be transferred back to her brother in England as soon as her recuperation is completed.^[254]

In

Warren Worthington (Angel). Betsy is a member of the underground resistance against Black Air, the security service that rules Britain. She is first seen as part of the Excalibur team that goes on a mission to rescue Douglock from the Black Air headquarters. Inside the Black Air HQ, Betsy fights off techno-organic Brood replicas and uses her psychic knife to open up a neural linked brain-lock. Inside the locked room, she finds herself trapped together with the rest of the team. What happens to her afterwards is unknown. This story, "Days of Future Tense," revealed the final fate of the "Days of Future Past" timeline's Excalibur team.^[255]

Exiles

Several versions of the character appear in the Exiles comics:

• Earth-1081: This Betsy Braddock, created by Judd Winick and Mike McKone, is a member of the X-Men and appears to be identical to the one from Earth-616.^[256]
• Earth-2182: A minor character who is an X-Men affiliate with all-blue colored costume, hair and powers, created by Jim Calafiore.^[257]
• Earth-7794: A minor character who was murdered by Slaymaster; created by Chris Claremont and Paul Pelletie.^[258]
• Earth-51489: A barbarian female warrior killed by Slaymaster; created by Chris Claremont and Paco Diaz Luque.^[259]
• Earth-72911: Created by Chris Claremont, she was another Betsy Braddock murdered by Slaymaster.^[259]
• Earth-80827: Created by Chris Claremont and Tom Grummett, this version of Betsy Braddock was a Japanese woman affiliated with Ogun and known as Lady Mandarin, who was also killed by Slaymaster when they fought.^[260]
• Earth-80911: Married to
  Victor Creed and murdered by Slaymaster along with her husband and children; created by Chris Claremont and Paco Diaz Luque.^[259]
• Earth-89145: In this reality, Braddock was a British pilot, who was murdered by Slaymaster as part of his attempt to kill every version of Betsy Braddock throughout the Multiverse; created by Chris Claremont and Paco Diaz Luque.[259]

Earth X

It is unknown if the Betsy Braddock version of the

Mephisto, allowing Brian to kill him.^[262]

"House of M"

In the alternate reality of the 2005"House of M" storyline (Earth-58163) created by the Scarlet Witch, Betsy found herself as Princess Royal named Elizabeth Glorianna Braddock, sister to the monarch of Britain. In fact, Betsy was actually the rightful heir of the throne, being a few minutes older than her twin brother Brian, but she had stepped down in his favor, as she preferred traveling and adventuring with her lady-in-waiting, Rachel Summers. Nevertheless, she still had an Asian body, and possessed the same powers as the Earth-616 Betsy Braddock.^[217]

MC2

Although not seen on-panel, Betsy Braddock's counterpart of the

Elektra, and she also trained her in the use of her psychic powers. Wild Thing had no real claws but psionic ones that she could use in similar ways to Betsy's psychic katana.^[263]

Millennial Visions

Several versions of the character appear in the

X-Men: Millennial Visions

comics:

• Earth-1003: Created by
  Quicksilver are all murdered at a peace summit.^[264]
• Earth-1011: Created by Sean Chen, Betsy Braddock is an evil cyborg affiliated with the X-Sentinels.^[264]
• Earth-1017: Created by Pablo Raimondi, Betsy Braddock (Code X 11095) is an Asian ninja affiliated with the X-Men, with short spiky hair and a different red tattoo over her left eye.^[264]
• Earth-3933: Betsy Braddock was bitten by a monster which ate her family in their sleep, and is empowered with super human strength and makes her virtually immortal, though she now hungers for human flesh.^[265]

Ultimate Marvel

In the World Tour story arc of

Colossus dropped a car on her, killing both Betsy and David Xavier.^[266]

Betsy's consciousness survived, however, somehow moving into the comatose body of a Japanese girl called Kwannon. Kwannon was glad to be able to move on to the afterlife, and willingly gave Betsy her body. Betsy regarded her near-death experience as intensely fascinating. The change has also led her to bear a less formal look, as she was seen after her body-switch with a number of cosmetic piercings. She somehow retained her telepathic powers in Kwannon's body and even gained the new ability to create a blade that can cut through most materials, even a Sentinel. She was said to be aiding in the formation of S.T.R.I.K.E., the British division of S.H.I.E.L.D.^[267] Later, though, she was revealed to have been working undercover for Charles Xavier as a spy investigating the activities of Fenris.^[268]

Betsy officially joined the X-Men under the codename Psylocke. Her employment with S.T.R.I.K.E. had ended because the body she currently inhabits is that of a minor, making her too young to serve as a government agent. She was recruited by

Bishop into his new X-Men after angrily informing Cyclops that he had turned his back on the X-Men and the good they can achieve after he refused to help a group of mutants being attacked by Sentinels solely because he thought it would make the Xavier Institute look bad.^[269] Bishop later referred to Betsy as his wife, when the Fenris twins threatened to kill her. Betsy confronted Bishop about his comments about their future marriage, and from what he says, it is implied that Betsy was killed before Bishop traveled back in time.^[270] Eventually, Bishop is stabbed and killed by Wolverine.^[271]

Xavier returns from the future revealing himself to be alive and Betsy begins living at the Xavier Institute as a student. She is seen again after the Ultimatum wave hits New York. While the main X-Men go after

Firestar,^[273] though, for some reason, she and Toad are listed among the deceased in the final issue of Ultimatum.^[274]

Subsequently, a young woman appears claiming to be Betsy Braddock, having "jumped" her consciousness into another body before her death (however, oddly no one recognizes or remembers her). She sides with Mach Two (Nomi Blume) to leave Reservation X, which was given to Kitty Pryde by President Captain America after the fight with the Sentinel, though Kitty wins the vote to stay as the leader of Reservation X.[275] She was then seen manipulating Rogue by using telepathy while she is sleeping, teasing her about Quentin Quire.^[276] She eventually leaves with Nomi after the Seed is "destroyed".^{[volume & issue needed]} It is revealed that she has enlisted Warpath (who is in love with her) to betray both Kitty and Nomi.^{[volume & issue needed]} Jean Grey (herself in disguise) unmasked this Betsy as being a fake, revealed her to be Mothervine, who set out to destroy both Utopia and Tian.^{[volume & issue needed]}

Uncanny X-Force

Several versions of the character appear in the Uncanny X-Force comics:

• Earth-11045: In this reality, all superhumans were converted into the cyborgs Deathloks and were converted into a global police force for a global utopia. Betsy Braddock was among them and was sent to the past together with the rest of X-Force to secure a high-tech, self-contained research facility known as The World and kill X-Force of the past.^[277]
• The Earth-12928 version of Elizabeth Braddock, an elderly woman known as Magistrate Braddock, was created by Rick Remender and Julian Totino Tedesco. In this reality, Evan Sabah Nur ascended and became Apocalypse, the greatest threat the Earth had ever faced, which forced Wolverine to create an X-Force composed of various heroes. Together, they managed to defeat Evan and save the world. To prevent someone like Evan from threatening the Earth again, X-Force were elected as the new rulers of Earth. Elizabeth, in her Asian body, became the leader of X-Force and the world. They first killed every villain and criminal, and then began killing people preemptively, as soon as they made up their minds to commit a crime. At some point Elizabeth and Logan fell in love. When X-Force from the past came to the future, Elizabeth ordered X-Force to track them down and send them back. The past Elizabeth, horrified with the future, decided to kill herself to prevent it from happening. Magistrate Braddock began fading from existence, but the past Elizabeth was saved, which prevented her death. Magistrate Braddock spoke to her past self, talking mostly about their loss of Warren and Fantomex, before sending her and the rest of X-Force back to the present.^[278]

What If

Several versions of the character appear in the What If comics:

• Earth-957: Appears to be basically the same as the Earth-616 ninja Betsy Braddock in Kwannon's body; created by Tom DeFalco and Leo Fernandez.^[279]
• Earth-983: Created by Stefan Petrucha and Greg Luzniak, this version of Betsy Braddock is very similar to the Earth-616 ninja Betsy Braddock in Kwannon's body, but with a modified costume.^[280]
• Earth-34922: When the X-Men were attacked by Sentinels, Betsy Braddock (postbody swap), along with the other members, reluctantly attempts to wake up Wolverine to battle them.^[281]
• Earth-77995: Created by Benny Powell and Warren Ellis, this Betsy Braddock is an evil version the Earth-616 ninja Betsy Braddock from X-Men: Legacy. Three months after the deaths of Charles Xavier and Apocalypse, Betsy Braddock joined the Followers of Apocalypse after they were nearly destroyed by Phoenix.^[282]
• Earth-89721: An armored and cloaked version of Elizabeth Braddock in her original body, created by Roy Thomas and Ron Wilson. Due to the Evolutionary Bomb she is now able to read the thoughts of everybody around her.^[283]
• Earth-95169: This Elizabeth Braddock appears to share her body, power and costume with the Earth-616 X-Men: Legacy version.^[284]
• Earth-98193: Captain Britain is briefly seen in an interview with Vulcan as a member of the X-Men. This version of Elizabeth Braddock appears to still be in her blonde, British body.^[285]

Betsy Braddock of Earth-21993 was created by

Nasty Boys, Betsy has enough with the mindless killings and defects over to another team of X-Men led by Storm. By this point, the U.S. government unleashed the Sentinels in response to Magneto taking over Washington. Betsy comes across Storm just as most of the X-Men on her side either defected over to Magneto, or found themselves killed or captured by the Sentinels. Realizing that current events might lead up to the nightmare future (Earth-811) where mutants have been either enslaved or wiped out by the Sentinels, Storm and Betsy seek to try and talk Magneto into stopping his aggressions. Breaking into the United States Capitol, Betsy and Storm attempt to warn Magneto of the possible apocalyptic future ahead of them, but he scoffs at the idea and attempts to destroy another attacking squad of Sentinels. Mentally detecting that one of them carried a nuclear warhead, Betsy attempts to warn Magneto, but she is too late. The bomb goes off, killing them all.^[286][287]

Other versions

• Earth-161 (X-Men Forever): Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock in an Asian body, based on Chris Claremont's original story where she was transformed by Spiral to look Asian, but was not bodyswapped with anyone. created by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith.^[288]
• Earth-597 (Marvel Graphic Novel): In this universe, where the Nazis won World War II, an evil Elizabeth Braddock, created by Michael Higgins, Tom Morgan and Justin Thyme, is a Nazi agent affiliated with the Reichsmen.^[289]
• Earth-2107: Created by Robert Kirkman and Yanick Paquette, Elizabeth "Psylocke" Braddock was Bishop's wife in the future Ultimate universe, seen during a flashback when she got killed.^[290]
• Earth-2301 (
  C.B. Cebulski and Jeff Matsuda, this version of Betsy Braddock appears to be of Indian ethnicity. X-Men and has the ability to project numerous green telepathic gremlins by gesturing with her arms. They are able to pass through solid matter and cause severe physical pain to those they struck, but if interrupted, Elizabeth herself seems to experience severe headaches.^[291]
• Earth-2319 (New Avengers vol. 3): Created by Jonathan Hickman and Simone Bianchi, this Elizabeth "Beth" Braddock is, like her brother Brian, using the identity Captain Britain. They are both members of the Illuminati and are killed by Mapmakers during an incursion.^[292]
• Earth-9921 (Gambit): Created by Fabian Nicieza and Yanick Paquette, this Betsy Braddock is an X-Men affiliate similar in appearance to the Earth-616 Asian Betsy Braddock but with a different costume.^[293]
• Earth-8101 (Marvel Apes): A simian version of Betsy Braddock.^[294]
• Earth-11080 (Marvel Universe Vs Wolverine): Jonathan Maberry, Goran Parlov During a mission with Wolverine, Betsy Braddock was attacked by Angel, who had developed the same cannibalistic hunger as Spider-Man did earlier. All he left behind was her right arm, but using his tracking skills, Wolverine soon found her remains. After samples of Betsy Braddock's DNA were studied, Wolverine tracked down Angel and killed him.^[295]
• Earth-41001 (X-Men: The End): The only apparent difference between this version and the ninja Betsy Braddock of Earth-616 is a different costume; created by Chris Claremont and Sean Chen.^[296]
• Earth-70105 (Bullet Points): Betsy Braddock lived virtually the same life as she did on Earth-616, and helped defend the Earth from Galactus.^[297]
• Earth-95126 (Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe): An Asian version, killed by the Punisher along with every other mutant.^[298]
• Earth-807128 (Wolverine/Dark Reign): Betsy Braddock was one of the X-Men Logan was tricked into murdering by Mysterio when the villains got organized and attacked the heroes at once.^[299]
• Uncanny X-Men: A male version of Betsy Braddock, ge is a muscular Asian male in a similar costume and powers as the Earth-616 Betsy Braddock.^[300]
• 5 Ronin: Created by Peter Milligan and David Aja. In 17th-century Japan, O-Chiyo Braddock is the half-Japanese orphan daughter of a local Japanese woman (who died when she was a baby) and an English expat trader (who committed suicide when she was a child after his business failed), who is forced into the yoshiwara to survive and grows up to become the top-ranked prostitute (codenamed "Butterfly") in a high-end brothel. She crosses paths with this Earth's version of Wolverine (who is also reimagined as a 17th-Century Japanese samurai, along with Punisher, Deadpool, and Hulk), who becomes her regular customer.^[301]
• Astonishing X-Men: Created by Tommy Lee Edwards, this Betsy Braddock is a young Asian ninja character affiliated with the evil Mutant Monarchy. She has a shorter hair and is apparently younger, and fights blindfolded with twin daggers.^[302]
• Age of X-Man: Created by Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler, this Betsy Braddock is a clerk for Department X, maintaining community relations and standards.^[303]

Collections

Title	Material collected	Publication date	ISBN
X-Men: Psylocke	Psylocke #1-4, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #256-258	2010	9780785144397
Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain	Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain (2023) #1-5	January 1, 2024	9781302950750

In other media

Main article: Betsy Braddock in other media

Betsy Braddock has made many appearances in media other than comic books as both Captain Britain and Psylocke. These include television series, films, and numerous video game adaptations and crossover titles. Betsy has been voiced by

Meiling Melançon and Olivia Munn

.

In merchandise

Several statuettes of Betsy Braddock as Psylocke were produced by various manufacturers, including by Bandai in 2005,^[304] Hasbro in 2008 (Marvel Super Hero Squad Wave 7),^[305] Kotobukiya in 2010^[306][307] (redesigned in the Japanese bishōjo style by Shunya Yamashita^[308]) and 2011,^[309] Bowen Designs in 2010,^[310] and Sideshow Collectibles in 2010^[311] and 2011.^[312] A diorama of Psylocke and Spiral was also created by Sideshow Collectibles in 2009.^[313]

Mini-bust statuettes of Psylocke were made by Bowen Designs in 2005,^[314] and by Diamond Select Toys,^[315] which also released several regular statuettes.^{[316][317][318]} Psylocke figures were also released as part of The Classic Marvel Figurine Collection by Eaglemoss Publications^[319] and the HeroClix collectible miniature game by NECA (Experienced – Giant-Size X-Men,^[320] Veteran – Armor Wars^[321] and Veteran – Xplosion.^[322]

Three Betsy Braddock "Psylocke" action figures were produced by Toy Biz in 1996,^[323][324] including one as part of the Marvel Legends line which was later picked up by Hasbro.^[325] Two other action figures were released by Hasbro, one as part of the Marvel Universe toyline in 2011.^[326] Diamond Select Toys released three different Betsy Braddock "Psylocke" Minimates between 2009 and 2011, in the series Wave 7,^[327] Wave 28,^[328] and the Uncanny X-Force Box Set.^[329]

Reception

The character has achieved significant critical praise and popularity following the 1989 redesign. According to

UGO, "Basically, Marvel gave a third-rate character a makeover, hence, creating one of the most popular female mutants in X-Men history."^[330]

Betsy Braddock was included in

Miyuki, before losing to Emma Frost (the eventual champion of this edition). Betsy, however, emerged victorious from the following year's "Battle of the Comic-Book Babes" in 2006, winning the consecutive rounds against Deena Pilgrim, Rachel Summers and Black Cat.^[332] In the final round, she managed to get almost two-thirds of the votes (64%) when pitted against video gaming's female icon Lara Croft.^[333] In 2006, IGN also rated Betsy Braddock as the 22nd top X-Men character, comparing her to Rogue" and calling her "a born leader" whose "abilities make her one of the most potent fighters to ever wear the X",^[334] and also placed her third on their list of top 'X-Babes' for her being an "Asian gal with incredible body and a British accent".^[335] Marvel themselves declared her their own second most favorite hero of 2011, citing her "tremendous and thankless heroism".^[336] That same year, UGO ranked her ninth of their list of "superhero power upgrades that kicked complete ass"^[337] and also featured her among 25 "hot ninja girls" and called her an "eye candy that's less lollipop and more atomic warhead".^[338]

In 2011, IGN included Betsy Braddock among the eight mutants IGN wished to see in the sequel to X-Men: First Class, stating that "mentally, she can go toe-to-toe with fellow telepaths like Emma Frost, and physically, she can kick as much ass as Wolverine when the situation calls for it", and adding that they would prefer to see her appearing as an Asian and a ninja, while disregarding her prior appearances in X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand.^[339] In 2013, WhatCulture ranked Betsy Braddock as the sixth most underrated X-Men character,^[340] and included her on the lists of ten mutants they would like to see in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past^[341] and in the future sequels.^[342] In 2014, WhatCulture also included her among the ten female superheroes who deserve their own film spin-off, opining she should be played by Zhang Ziyi.^[343] Days of Future Past writer and producer Simon Kinberg said Betsy Braddock is a favourite of his, and said the director and producer Bryan Singer "thinks she's a neat character so there's certainly a chance she'll be in an X-Men movie some day".^[344] In 2015, Olivia Munn was cast as Betsy Braddock / Psylocke in Singer's X-Men: Apocalypse, which was released the following year.^[345]

Some of the praise was directed especially for her many

Complex included her in their 2012 list of the most humiliating victory quotes in fighting games.^[352]

• In 2014, Entertainment Weekly ranked Psylocke 22nd in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list.^[353]
• In 2018,
  CBR.com ranked Psylocke 4th in their "X-Force: 20 Powerful Members" list.^[354]

See also

• Ninja in popular culture

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