Psylocke is the name of two connected fictional mutant superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with the X-Men .
138-598: The first character to use the Psylocke moniker, Betsy Braddock , was a supporting character in stories focusing on her twin brother Brian , adopting the codename upon joining the X-Men. For 29 years of publication history, the character was body-swapped in-story with the assassin Kwannon . Kwannon took on the moniker to become the second Psylocke after both women returned to their respective bodies and Braddock claimed
276-410: A "fetishized Asian sex object in the style of the classic Dragon Lady of the 1930s." Chris Claremont, the writer of the story, has said that this transformation was originally simply a disguise but became semi-permanent because most fans embraced it. The artist for the story is Jim Lee , a Korean American . The subsequent storyline of 1993, written by Nicieza, mitigates the issue because subsequently
414-532: A "psychic knife". Lady Mandarin's first mission pitted her against Wolverine . Betsy's psychic knife attack revealed Wolverine's memories of who she used to be and allowed her to break free from the Hand's conditioning. Betsy rejected her role as Lady Mandarin and escaped with Wolverine and Jubilee , eventually going with them to the island nation of Genosha , where the New Mutants had been kidnapped along with
552-551: A 1989 story, an amnesiac Betsy is kidnapped by The Hand , who brainwash her and physically alter her to take on an East Asian appearance. Under the name Lady Mandarin, she briefly becomes the Hand’s supreme assassin. While her memories return, she retains her new appearance and skills, including the ability to manifest the focused totality of her telepathic power in the form of a “psychic knife.” A 1993 story by Fabian Nicieza would retroactively establish that Braddock’s changed appearance
690-454: A 2018 story , after which, Betsy took up the mantle of Captain Britain, while Kwannon adopted the Psylocke identity. Many alternative versions of the character have also appeared in several comics series of Marvel Multiverse , as well as in various other media and merchandise, notably in numerous video games. The body-swapped iteration of the character was portrayed by Meiling Melançon in
828-630: A ceremony with Spiral's assistance, transferring the soul of the kidnapped Psylocke back into her original body. Later the Sisterhood take on the X-Men. Spiral seriously injures Nightcrawler and Colossus while the Red Queen goes and fetches a lock of Jean Grey 's hair from Wolverine's room before teleporting the Sisterhood back to base. Back at base, the Sisterhood split up, leaving the Mastermind sisters and Psylocke behind while Spiral and
966-657: A certain Earth, Betsy had a mental breakdown due to her counterpart of this world's psyche being at war with Betsy's own psyche to control her body. This reality's Ogun approached Betsy and offered to train her so she could avenge the death of his apprentice, who was killed by Slaymaster. Betsy eventually tracked him to Earth-616 and killed him. Betsy returned to the Crystal Palace, became involved with teammate Sabretooth , and promised to honor her mission as an Exile. Somehow, Betsy became trapped between parallel worlds and
1104-526: A cyberspace, killing Apoth, whose remains she delivered to Mister Sinister in exchange for his assistance in keeping this extrajudicial mission a secret from the Krakoan Quiet Council. Following the Apoth incident, Psylocke was assigned to monitor Mister Sinister’s new team of Hellions , composed of mutants considered too violent or troubled to assimilate into Krakoan society. The character
1242-533: 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. 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. 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
1380-504: A fragment of Wolverine’s soul, Braddock reconstitutes her original body with the villain’s remaining soul power. During the Dawn of X , Braddock subsequently took up her brother Brian’s former title of Captain Britain, forming a new iteration of Excalibur with Apocalypse , Gambit , Rogue , Jubilee , and Rictor , to protect the Kingdom of Avalon . In Kwannon’s first appearance, using
1518-491: A greater plan. 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. Meanwhile, determined to confront her fear, Betsy began rigorous training to prepare herself for their next encounter. She returned to Earth-616 to let Brian know she
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#17327871593221656-496: A hallucinatory dream sequence in Uncanny X-Men #248. As conceived, Spiral and Ricochet Rita were two separate entities. When the character was co-opted by Claremont for use in the pages of Uncanny X-Men , this was continued with Rita appearing in the pages of Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem and Uncanny X-Men Annual #12 as a prisoner of Mojo. In X-Factor Annual #7, writer Fabian Nicieza established that Rita and Spiral were
1794-427: A homeless girl who happened to be a new mutant. She then joined Storm’s incarnation of X-Force and became a superhero. Spiral has powerful mystical abilities. When Spiral was first introduced, she was a powerful sorceress and during her first two encounters with the X-Men, singlehandedly defeated the team. She can cast spells to stun, depower, or immobilize her superhuman opponents, as she did to depower and imprison
1932-917: A member of Cyclops' Extinction Team, Betsy dealt with the fallout from Archangel's machinations in Tabula Rasa and sided with the X-Men against the Avengers once the Phoenix Force returned to Earth to reclaim a host. However, Daredevil made Betsy question her motives, and she joined the Avengers, the X-Men and Nova in the final battle against Cyclops. 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
2070-502: A mission to take down Spiral. With the help of Storm and Puck , Betsy faced her longtime rival and Bishop , who had returned to the present day. After taking a trip through Bishop's mind, Betsy managed to tame the Demon Bear in his psyche, making an unusual ally of it. She also rescued Fantomex from Weapon XIII at Cluster's request, but left them once more. Bishop's alliance with Betsy's group put them at war with Cassandra Nova –
2208-485: A new X-Men Security team, asking her to be his spy and spy-hunter. 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
2346-597: A new intelligence agency called R.C.X. asked them to billet Warpies, children transformed by Jasper's warp, at the Manor, which led to an argument between Betsy and Brian. 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
2484-607: A previously untapped power in Betsy's mind, who became a full-fledged Omega-class telepath after these events. Betsy stabbed Archangel with the Life Seed, killing Warren and creating a new being in his likeness in the process. 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
2622-403: A recurring adversary of that team and each of the various X-Men subgroups, as well as serving as the archenemy -turned-ally of X-Men member Psylocke . She then joined a team of X-Force led by X-Men member Storm . Spiral first appeared in issue #1 of the 1985 Longshot miniseries by Ann Nocenti and Art Adams (though her alter ego Ricochet Rita did not debut until the second issue of
2760-498: 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. Upon returning to New York, Betsy took a teaching position at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning . Due to Betsy's constant assaulting of the students and aggressiveness, Wolverine was forced to fire her, and instead assigned her
2898-500: 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. 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. Betsy
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#17327871593223036-702: A stroke in Xavier's body, freeing Excalibur. Before she could finish him off, Betsy was interdimensionally teleported to the Crystal Palace at the Nexus of All Realities. 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
3174-484: A supporting character, the sister of Brian Braddock , the eponymous Captain Britain, and established her career as a charter pilot . He also established that she had psychic abilities, the full extent of which were unknown, though no explanation is given for these powers. In Marvel UK's Super Spider-Man and Captain Britain #243 (October 1977), Betsy Braddock is presented as a professional model . In Marvel UK's Daredevils #3 (March 1983), Alan Moore established that
3312-688: A valuable member of the team, singlehandedly defeating the X-Men on several occasions as well as kidnapping the X-Man Rachel Summers for Mojo. She was also instrumental in Freedom Force's victory over the Avengers and the West Coast Avengers when sent by the U.S. government to arrest the heroes. Her magical powers temporarily robbed Captain Marvel of her energy powers and she also defeated Iron Man , removing two of
3450-557: A weapon to use against the First Fallen, Jamie tightened up the " quantum strings " of Betsy's body, rendering her mostly immune to external manipulation, enhancing her telekinetic powers, and leaving her invisible to the First Fallen's senses. Jamie was abducted by the Foursaken before he could fully inform them of the imminent threat; trying to rescue him, the X-Men were easily captured, except Betsy, who found herself invisible to
3588-458: Is Rita Wayword, better known as 'Ricochet Rita'. She was a professional stuntwoman who befriended Longshot when he first appeared on Earth. Rita was attacked by her evil, future self which led to her meeting Longshot and falling in love with him. When Longshot sought to return to his home dimension, the Mojoverse , the lovestruck Rita went with him, only to watch Longshot fail and be captured by
3726-608: Is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , commonly in association with Captain Britain and the X-Men . Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe in 1976, she first appeared in the Marvel UK series Captain Britain . Betsy Braddock was a supporting character in the adventures of her twin brother, Brian Braddock , as the original Captain Britain, before temporarily becoming
3864-455: Is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics , usually those featuring the X-Men family of characters. Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams , the character first appeared in Longshot #1 (September 1985). She was established as a lieutenant for that titular character's archenemy, Mojo . Prior to Longshot joining the X-Men, Spiral also became
4002-529: Is a highly skilled hand-to-hand combatant, acrobat, and sword fighter. Her six arms are fully coordinated, giving her great dexterity and athletic ability. She has displayed enhanced durability, ranging from taking punches from Wonder Man , surviving falls from great heights, and tanking blasts of various kinds. Spiral has demonstrated highly developed skills in cybernetics and genetic manipulation which she has used to turn humans into powerful cyborgs at her Body Shoppe. The most notable include Lady Deathstrike and
4140-454: Is a police officer. When both of them find a briefcase containing human parts in them, Kanon later finds out that Tatsuya was visited by #Ultimate Universe|Emperor Sunfire 's minion Viper who had him sign a non-disclosure agreement. She is later confronted on the streets by Tatsuya about the leaked video and advises her to turn her phone off or else they'll both be "deleted". Psylocke has been featured in media other than comic books, including
4278-458: Is a team member. Psylocke was initially the code name of Elizabeth Braddock, a white British woman. However, in a Marvel storyline of 1989, Acts of Vengeance , she was "physically transformed into an Asian woman by a villain seeking to brainwash her and turn her into an elite assassin for a group of ninja warriors." This has been criticized as racially insensitive or stereotypical by multiple fans and critics. For example, Anna Lam calls her new form
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4416-415: Is implied that, with the aid of Shatterstar , Spiral was defeated and returned to Mojo's services. She later attacked the X-Men together with Mojo, but ended up defeated once again. Spiral was among the nine criminal geniuses whom Beast seeks out when it comes to reversing the effects of the 2005 storyline " Decimation ". Mojo himself was another. Later, Spiral teleported to Beast, claiming that Mojo
4554-513: Is taken in by the Hand , who brainwash and physically alter her to take on an East Asian appearance so that she can blend in in Hong Kong . Braddock now believes herself to be "Lady Mandarin", the Hand's supreme assassin. After she is rescued by the X-Men's Wolverine and overcomes her brainwashing, the character retains the combat skills granted through the Hand's modification techniques as well as
4692-656: The All-New, All-Different Marvel event, Betsy reappeared in a world where the Terrigen released in the atmosphere by the Inhumans proved to be deadly to mutants. For this reason, Magneto invited Betsy to be a partner in his endeavors and protect mutantkind. He also offered her the chance to work with a blank slate clone of Archangel he had come across earlier. Although not fully agreeing with Magneto's methods, Betsy remained part of his team, alongside Monet and Sabretooth, for
4830-479: The Brotherhood from a future timeline , Lady Deathstrike's Sisterhood and The Future. During this time, Betsy started focusing her powers into different weapons of psychic energy such as a bow and arrow , a crossbow and a grappling line and a flail , mentored a small group of students consisted of Hellion , Anole , Broo and Rockslide and kept a relationship with a virtual boyfriend created in
4968-567: The Danger Room . In the wake of a terrorist attack known as the Alexandria Incident, which claimed 3,000 lives, Cable re-formed the mutant black ops team X-Force so that mutantkind not only had a continued place in the world, but also had a stake in it. While Cable recruited Fantomex, Marrow and Dr. Nemesis as his teammates, Betsy actually sought Cable because she couldn't bear staying away from X-Force as she admitted she
5106-399: The Dawn of X , a new volume of Excalibur written by Tini Howard was launched, with Braddock leading a new lineup of the titular team consisting of herself, Gambit , Rogue , Jubilee , Rictor and Apocalypse . Braddock was included a central character in the X of Swords crossover by Howard and Hickman. Following the completion of Howard's Excalibur run, Braddock was featured in
5244-672: The Hellfire Club from her father, Betsy was sent to infiltrate it, but was warned off by Tessa for her own protection. She also met future boyfriend Warren Worthington for the first time during one of the Hellfire Club parties. When the crime lord Vixen hired Slaymaster to eliminate the Psi-Division, only Betsy, Tom Lennox, and their friend Alison Double were left when Brian defeated him. When reality warped due to James Jaspers' powers, Tom sacrificed himself to give
5382-640: The Knights of X miniseries and Captain Britain: Betsy Braddock , with Betsy and her long-time friend Rachel Summers confessing their romantic feelings for each other, with their kiss shown in a splash page . Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock was born in England and was raised in the small town of Maldon, Essex . Betsy was Sir James Braddock's second child, born minutes before her twin brother Brian . The twins and their elder brother Jamie , who
5520-538: The Marvel Comics ' British imprint Marvel UK . In New Mutants Annual #2 (1986), Claremont integrated Betsy Braddock into the X-Men franchise. After being rescued by the New Mutants and taking up residence at their mutant-training academy, Braddock is formally invited to join the X-Men and officially adopts the codename Psylocke, becoming an enduring fixture of the team over the next three decades. In
5658-659: The Nation X storyline, Betsy, Wolverine, and Colossus were sent down into the sewers under San Francisco to investigate the case of a missing Predator X . They ran into Fantomex , who had slain the beast. Betsy battled Sublime 's associates with the help of Fantomex and her teammates. During the Necrosha storyline, Betsy joined Rogue's team sent to Muir Island to battle the resurrected Proteus . Betsy appeared to have lost her immunity to telepathic attacks and reality alterations, as Proteus easily possessed her. However, her psi-blade
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5796-708: The 1992 X-Men animated television series , Wolverine and the X-Men , a variety of video games, as well as film portrayals by Meiling Melançon in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand and by Olivia Munn in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse . In video games, Psylocke's notable appearances include the Marvel vs. Capcom series, the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance games, and as a purchasable outfit in Fortnite Battle Royale . Betsy Braddock Elizabeth " Betsy " Braddock
5934-471: The 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand and by Olivia Munn in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse . Created by writer Chris Claremont , Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock first appeared in Captain Britain #8 (December 1976), with Captain Britain #10 (December 1976) as her first cover appearance, published by the Marvel Comics ' British imprint Marvel UK . The original spelling of the character's name
6072-469: The Avengers and West Coast Avengers once they were lying still long enough for the spells to catch them. On a mission to capture Magneto as part of Mystique 's Freedom Force, Spiral was able to cast spells to negate Magneto's powers and turn them back on himself, while subsequently casting a spell to bind him. Spiral has been able to psionically detect a speeding Super Sabre approaching Mystique's base of operations and react fast enough to teleport outside
6210-566: The Braddocks time to escape from a group of superhero hunters. Betsy was in Tom's mind when he died; feeling his death, she was left traumatized. Following the repair of the reality warp, an evil version of Captain Britain from another universe named Kaptain Briton switched places with Brian. The double tried to rape Betsy. In self-defense, she telepathically killed him. The same night, the twins were informed of their father's Otherworld origins, and
6348-593: The Crimson Dawn's influence over her. She then was sent to help the terrorist known as the Viper, who had acquired the long missing younger siblings of the New Mutant Karma and sought Spiral's help in modifying them so as to serve as minions of the villainess. The plan would fail when Spiral and Viper sent the two modified children to attack the X-Men. Beast and Cannonball defeated Spiral and Viper and Spiral
6486-521: The Crimson Dawn, a group of monks with ties to the Crimson Dawn , managed to journey to the Wildways, another Magical dimension and the home of Spiral when not serving Mojo. They needed the woman to help them teleport to Earth, but when Spiral refused to aid them, she was threatened with torture that was even beyond her Body Shoppe’s capabilities and she reluctantly accepted to join them and received
6624-460: The Crimson Dawn, thus enslaving Earth. Spiral alerted Excalibur to the Dragons' plan, and despite the team's initial distrust, teleported the team to Hong Kong. Another entity trying to spoil the plan was Xiandu's spirit, who told Meggan, the only one to sense him, that like him the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn were from the time China was overrun by the barbarian Li-Tzu Ch'eng. They had prayed that
6762-478: The East Asian Psylocke and the white Psylocke are two distinct women (Kwannon and Betsy Braddock, respectively). During the " Ultimate Invasion " storyline, Maker traveled to Earth-6160 and remade it into his own image. In Hi no Kune, it's Psylocke is a Kanon Sainouchi who is a senior at Idori High School that Hisako Ichiki and her friends go to. She is an expert fencer and her brother Tatsuya
6900-460: The First Fallen's servants, the Foursaken, about to make their move, Jamie revealed his part in Betsy's resurrection to the X-Men: sensing the approaching threat of the cosmically powerful First Fallen (a harbinger of frozen, eternal "perfection") and learning of Betsy's demise, an annoyed Jamie resurrected her, reaching back through time to stop her spirit passing into the afterlife. Intending her to be
7038-503: The Foursaken's senses. Disrupting their attempt to give the First Fallen full access to Earth, Betsy and the X-Men were pulled into his realm, the Singing City, where Betsy's immunity to his mental control allowed her to free the city's residents, including the Foursaken, from his dominance. As a wrathful First Fallen turned on them, Jamie sent the X-Men home while he held the entity back, apparently sacrificing himself. Returning to
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#17327871593227176-562: The Japanese assassin Kwannon . She also merged the two women's minds and genetic structures, giving each of them personality traits and physical characteristics of the other, as well as halving Psylocke's telepathy between them. This led to much confusion as to which of the two was the real Elizabeth Braddock when Revanche first appeared. Other than malicious intent, Spiral's reasons for doing this (if any) are still unknown. Even though she
7314-548: The Kwannon impostor was first created, a body swap having occurred. In 1994, writer Scott Lobdell set up a relationship between Betsy Braddock and her teammate Archangel . The character is severely injured by a crazed Sabretooth in the Lobdell-written The Uncanny X-Men #328. Her life is saved by the use of a mystic artifact known as the Crimson Dawn, the aftereffects of which granted Betsy
7452-718: The Neo, the Goth, the Crimson Pirates, the Twisted Sisters, and the Prime Sentinels , then aided her brother freeing Otherworld from Mastermind's Warpie army. After ending her relationship with Archangel, Betsy joined Storm's X-Treme X-Men team in the search for Destiny 's diaries. In Valencia , Betsy died in combat with the man known as Vargas while protecting Rogue and Beast , who were badly beaten by
7590-520: The Outback, and subsequently sends them through the Siege Perilous. Betsy reappeared amnesiac on an island near China, where the Hand , a ninja clan, found her. Matsu'o Tsurayaba , their leader, saw a chance to save his brain-dead lover, Kwannon . Spiral informed Matsu'o that Betsy's telepathy could restore Kwannon, and Matsu'o accepted. Unknown to Matsu'o, however, Spiral actually placed
7728-721: 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. 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
7866-743: The Reavers and the Shadow King. The latter succeeded in freeing the Archangel persona in Warren. To prevent Archangel's ascension into Apocalypse, X-Force traveled to the Age of Apocalypse to seek a Life Seed, which could cleanse Warren. Betsy's hesitation to kill Archangel led to her transformation into the Horseman of Death at his hands. Jean Grey of the Age of Apocalypse managed to revert this process, unlocking
8004-471: The Reavers' Australian Outback base, from where they took on the Brood , Genoshan Magistrates , Mister Sinister and the Goblin Queen , M Squad, Mr. Jip and the Serpent Society , Master Mold and Nimrod , Nanny and Orphan-Maker , and Zaladane and the Savage Land Mutates . As they were about to depart the Savage Land , Betsy had a precognitive flash of the Reavers killing the team. To prevent this, she telepathically "convinces" them to abandon
8142-424: The Red Queen's control and return to her Japanese body. 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. The following days saw Betsy travel back in time alongside Beast's The X-Club . Betsy also led the X-Club in a mission to raise Asteroid M , which
8280-528: The Revenant Queen – who wished to unleash her revenants (or mummudrai ) on Earth. Betsy ultimately stabbed her to death, breaking her vow not to kill again. Betsy's group also teamed up with Cable's X-Force to rescue Bishop and Hope Summers, both kidnapped by Stryfe . Betsy's posture in this mission impressed Cable . As a member of the X-Men, Betsy joined an all-female squad led by Storm alongside Rogue, Kitty Pryde and Rachel Summers, and later Omega Sentinel and Monet , taking on villains such as Arkea ,
8418-411: 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
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#17327871593228556-466: The UK to tell Brian of Jamie's fate, Betsy learned that Shadow Xavier , leader of the Shadow X-Men , had taken over the minds of his jailors in Crossmore Prison, and was demanding to see her. Accompanied by Excalibur , Betsy visited the prison, where Xavier revealed his true identity as the Shadow King, and tried to take revenge, having Excalibur attack Brian so that Betsy could witness his death; however, immune to his control, Betsy telekinetically induced
8694-472: The X-Men responding to unexplained natural phenomena across the globe. 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. 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. Warren and Betsy had
8832-528: The X-Men were better off without her. 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. While the X-Men rebuilt the Xavier Institute for Mutant Education and Outreach in the middle of Central Park , Betsy decided to return to England . After spending some time in London , Betsy found herself under an overwhelming psychic attack by
8970-489: The X-Men's affairs, was impressed by her bravery and nominated her to join the team. As an X-Man she met Mephisto , Dr. Doom and the Fantastic Four, and the Horde . The X-Men later battled Freedom Force and the Adversary in Dallas, and, in a televised battle, sacrificed themselves to allow Forge to bind the Adversary; Roma secretly restored them to life, and gave Betsy the Siege Perilous , which they could use if they ever wanted to start new lives. The X-Men moved to
9108-426: The X-Men's leader, Storm , by Cameron Hodge . Following Hodge's defeat, the X-Men reunited and returned to New York. Betsy then joined the Blue Team led by Cyclops , for whom she displayed an obvious attraction. When Phoenix found out, the two women fought, but were interrupted by the arrival of Kwannon, now calling herself Revanche , in Betsy's former body, claiming to be the real Betsy. Unable to discern which
9246-417: 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
9384-400: The X-Men. Along with Mojo, Spiral was shown to have played a role in Betsy Braddock 's physical appearance changing from that of a purple-haired Anglo-Saxon to an East Asian. Originally, it was believed that the two literally transformed Braddock's original European body to an Asian one, but it was revealed that Spiral (without Mojo's involvement) transferred the X-Man's mind into the body of
9522-405: The ability to manifest her total focused telepathy in the form of a "psychic knife". With the launch of the second volume of X-Men (later rebranded X-Men: Legacy ) in 1991, the team splits, with Betsy joining the team led by Cyclops . In Jim Lee -written issues, the character becomes flirtatious with Cyclops, eventually attempting to seduce him. At this point, Kwannon , a new character with
9660-427: The ability to teleport in and out of shadows. Lobdell also temporarily took her out of the X-Men roster this issue. Braddock returns to the team in X-Men (vol. 2) #77–78, where she uses her Crimson Dawn-enhanced telepathy to trap the Shadow King in the astral plane. Any use of her telepathy would result in his release, so she forgoes the use of her telepathic ability. Some time later she would develop telekinesis for
9798-447: The character came in the 1986 relaunched Captain Britain series, where Betsy Braddock stands in for her brother as Captain Britain, and is rendered blind by the supervillain Slaymaster . In New Mutants Annual #2 (1986), Claremont integrated Betsy Braddock into the X-Men franchise. The story sees her abducted to the Mojoverse , where she is subjected to brainwashing, fitted with bionic eyes, and referred to as "the Psylocke" for
9936-412: The character has begun to work for the fictional governmental organization S.T.R.I.K.E. , who are making use of her psychic abilities. Her lover Tom Lennox is also a S.T.R.I.K.E operative and is later murdered. The story also presents the character as having dyed her hair purple after being blonde; this hair color has subsequently become the dominant presentation of the character. The next major change for
10074-627: The character was depicted in Exiles , a spin-off comic-book series in the X-Men franchise, set in an alternate universe . With the cancellation of New Exiles , Betsy Braddock starred in her first solo book, the X-Men: Sword of The Braddocks one-shot. Afterwards, the character was brought back to the main Marvel Universe in early 2009 within the pages of The Uncanny X-Men . In addition to appearing in many X-related team titles over
10212-532: The clone of Red Skull during the AXIS storyline. Months later, Betsy and the X-Men took refuge in the X-Nation under Cyclops' leadership, when Earth-616 suffered from an early death as a consequence of the multiversal phenomena known as the incursions. The intervention of Mister Fantastic in the rebirth of Earth-616 caused the Marvel Universe to be a direct continuation of the previous iteration. As part of
10350-524: The codename "Psylocke", becoming an enduring fixture of the team over the next three decades. Initially written as a pure non-mutant telepath with few fighting skills, Betsy later adopts body armor. In The Uncanny X-Men #251 (November 1989), the X-Men flee from the cybernetic terrorists, the Reavers , through the Siege Perilous , an extra-dimensional teleportation device. The now-amnesiac Betsy
10488-459: The codename Psylocke for herself, Kwannon became a citizen of the mutant nation of Krakoa . After the apparent murder of her long-lost daughter by a threatening artificial intelligence called Apoth, Psylocke assembled a new team of Fallen Angels with X-23 and Cable . After finding out that Apoth was using children to disseminate a technological drug called Overclock, Mister Sinister modified Overclock to allow Psylocke to interact with Apoth in
10626-497: The codename Revanche, she traveled to the United States to confront Braddock, believing herself to be the real Betsy Braddock due to amnesia caused by the body swap. She discovered that she was formerly The Hand’s prime assassin before incurring brain damage and falling comatose as a result of a battle with her lover Matsu’o Tsurayaba, a high-ranking member of the Hand. In hopes that, due to Kwannon’s low-level psychic abilities,
10764-823: The compound and afterwards trip the speedster. In New Avengers #53, she was revealed by the Eye of Agamotto as one of several magic-users with the potential to be the next Sorcerer Supreme after Doctor Strange . Spiral's spellcasting powers can be triggered through small gestures of her many hands. With the gestures, she can teleport herself and numerous people across great distances. More powerful spells require more complicated dance moves. Spiral can open gateways between dimensions and travel through time, although it has been implied that she sometimes requires Mojo's help to successfully teleport from one dimension to another. At other times, she has independently traversed dimensions and centuries of time, and set herself slightly out of phase with
10902-565: 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
11040-519: The dimension's evil overlord, Mojo . Longshot was promptly mindwiped to forget all about Rita, while a much worse fate was left for her. After holding her prisoner for several years (at which point Rita was made to serve as guardian for Mojo's army of " X-Babies "), Mojo forced his chief scientist, Arize, to perform extreme physical and mental modifications on Rita to recreate her as a loyal subordinate. These experiments left her with six arms (two of which were robotic), turned her hair white, and drove
11178-460: The disease progressed, Kwannon’s psychic abilities increased, allowing her to clarify her own distorted memory. Choosing to die on her own terms, Kwannon confronts Tsurayaba, who complies with her request to kill her rather than waiting to succumb to the disease. Following the Hunt for Wolverine , when Braddock was restored to her original body, Kwannon was reborn in her original body as well. Claiming
11316-463: The events that led to her former self becoming Mojo's prisoner and become Spiral by attacking her past self. In the past, Spiral found herself stranded on Earth by Mojo for failing to kill Longshot and Rita. At some unknown point, Spiral encountered Val Cooper and was recruited into Freedom Force , a revamped version of the second Brotherhood of Mutants . Despite being utterly insane and more blood-thirsty than her new teammates, Spiral quickly became
11454-619: The first time instead. Betsy's relationship with Archangel ends in the Claremont written X-Men (vol. 2) #109, where the character embarks upon a relationship with new Indian X-Men recruit Neal Shaara, also known as Thunderbird . In the Claremont-written X-Treme X-Men #2 (2001), the character dies, her comic book death lasting until 2005's The Uncanny X-Men #455; Claremont also wrote this issue, later stating he had always intended to revive her. Briefly,
11592-462: The first time. After being rescued by the New Mutants , she takes up residence at their mutant-training academy, run by Magneto at the time in the absence of Professor Charles Xavier . After aiding the team unofficially, Braddock proves herself by distracting the attentions of the murderous supervillain Sabretooth . Afterward, Braddock is formally invited to join the X-Men and officially adopts
11730-512: The kingdom would be spared the endless bloodshed, but the Ming dynasty ended anyway. Frustrated that their prayers hadn’t been answered, Xiandu and three of his friends, Ra'al, Barak and A'yin, went down the darkest road they would ever travel. In the pitch of night they were initiated into a covenant that promised to repel China’s oppressors. Xiandu underestimated the might of the Crimson Dawn, and only learned that his friends had been corrupted by it in
11868-465: The man she once knew and loved. Once Ulysses , an Inhuman with the ability to forecast the future, emerged, Betsy briefly changed alliances, siding with Storm's X-Men in opposition to Magneto's team, who wanted to eliminate the boy. Betsy also found out Magneto had secretly employed Mystique and Fantomex and made an alliance with the Hellfire Club , much to her annoyance. After the X-Men foiled Someday Corporation's plans to weaponize mutants, Betsy quit
12006-411: The mantle of Captain Britain . In addition to their presence in numerous X-related team titles over the decades, both iterations of Psylocke have been featured in various limited series and one-shots. In 1997, Betsy Braddock, as Psylocke, appeared in the 4-issue team-up series Psylocke and Archangel: Crimson Dawn . Additionally, she starred in the one-shot X-Men: Sword of the Braddocks #1 in 2009 and
12144-479: The mark of the Crimson Dawn. Actually Spiral thought she could outsmart the Dragons at one point, but the Crimson Dawn’s influence was too strong and she had no choice but to release them on Earth, namely in London, where they attacked by surprise Psylocke's twin brother, Captain Britain . They took him prisoner to their native Hong Kong, where they wanted to channel his powers into breaching the dimensional wall to
12282-613: 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. Wolverine, though initially reluctant to involve outsiders in
12420-507: The most powerful Avengers from the battle. She also ran the "Body Shoppe", which sells alien cybernetic parts to amputees and others who seek the power of cybernetic limbs. Most notably, Spiral transformed Lady Deathstrike into a cyborg; upgraded the cyborgs Cole, Macon, and Reece originally created by Donald Pierce ; and installed the cybernetic eyes in Betsy Braddock 's original body, which doubled as cameras for Mojo to spy on
12558-485: The multiverse. 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. As
12696-602: The murder of Mariko Yashida . Matsu'o, now missing both hands and other body parts, desired an honorable death and wanted Betsy to grant him that honor since he could not hold a blade to perform seppuku himself. This put Betsy at odds with Wolverine, who felt that Matsu'o's punishment was not over yet. Betsy engaged Wolverine in a brutal fight which ended in a truce. With Wolverine's permission, Betsy finished Matsu'o off mercifully, using her telepathy to project illusions into his mind of his body restored and of Kwannon embracing him. Betsy quickly killed him with her psi-blade. During
12834-772: The mutant before the X-Babies defeat Mojo and return to their normal states. After this, Emma Frost claims that she intends to use her powers to ensure that Mojo and Spiral will never be able to bother the X-Men again, though it would seem this threat was never carried out. In the X-Force: Shatterstar miniseries, Spiral is revealed to have conquered an alternate timeline and referred to herself as "The Apocalypse". She managed to kill most of that Earth's heroes, and only Cable and some of his X-Force/New Mutants allies were left. Spiral had kidnapped that universe's Sunspot and tortured him by raping him until his rescue. It
12972-476: The night they killed him. In the instant his life ended, Barak, A'yin and Ra'al found themselves transformed into the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn. Xiandu's spirit remained on Earth, wandering around to await their inevitable escape from the Crimson realm. The spirit revealed to Meggan that not only her abilities but also her love for Brian was needed to rescue him and stop the two worlds from merging into one. While
13110-496: The physical appearance of Betsy prior to the Hand's manipulation, claims to be the original Betsy Braddock, accusing the Japanese-featured Betsy of being an impostor. After Jim Lee and six other creators left Marvel Comics to found Image Comics , new scriptwriter Fabian Nicieza established that Kwannon is the impostor and that Braddock's flirtations with Cyclops were part of a genetic and mental splicing in which
13248-506: 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. As a member of the X-Men, Betsy also tutored the time-displaced Jean Grey in the art of creating psychic weaponry and investigated the Phoenix-related phenomenon that led to
13386-460: The powers of the high-level telepath Betsy Braddock would be able to save her life, Tsurayaba sought the help of the sorceress Spiral , who instead transferred the women’s minds into each other’s bodies rather than simply recovering Kwannon. After accepting that she is not the original Betsy Braddock, Kwannon becomes a member of the X-Men, shortly thereafter contracting the Legacy Virus . As
13524-418: The rest of Excalibur temporarily held the Dragons of the Crimson Dawn at bay, Meggan helped Brian redirect the power flow, releasing it safely into the atmosphere. While Brian survived, he was Captain Britain no more, his powers gone. The Dragons left by melting into the shadows, vowing that one day they would succeed and rule Earth. Spiral then returned to the Wildways and Mojo, who purged her of all traces of
13662-625: The rest of the Sisterhood go to Jean Grey's burial site. Spiral takes on Northstar and when Pryor is defeated, Spiral grabs the rest of the Sisterhood—Lady Deathstrike, Chimera , Lady Mastermind and Martinique Jason —and escapes with them. At some point, Spiral was exiled back to Earth by Mojo. For reasons yet to be revealed, Mojo opted to further punish Spiral by way of removing her ability to teleport through dimensions. Furious, Spiral set up shop in Los Angeles where she took in
13800-463: The rest of the X-Men in their war against the Inhumans, seeking to destroy the cloud while the Inhumans fought to protect it. 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
13938-401: The resurrection of the adult Jean Grey. Betsy was also selected by Kitty Pryde to join a team with Storm, Rogue, Jubilee and Domino and hunt for a resurrected Wolverine, facing Viper and her Femme Fatales along the way. 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
14076-593: The sake of rehabilitating Archangel, whom she kept under telepathic control. Magneto's X-Men first mission had them face the Dark Riders , who were targeting mutant healers. Following a lead buried in the dormant Archangel's mind, Betsy and Magneto travelled to Colorado, where they found a wingless Warren Worthington brainwashed by the son of Apocalypse, Genocide, and Clan Akkaba , who were harvesting his wings to create an army of Archangel clones. When Warren and Archangel merged, Betsy started working with him to restore
14214-451: The same person, and that her hatred for Longshot was driven by her desire for revenge from being taken prisoner, driven insane, and physically modified by Mojo and his chief scientist Arize. It also stated that after turning her into Spiral (an event that will take place at some point in the future), Mojo sent her back to the past to serve his past self and set forth the chain of events that will lead to Rita becoming Spiral. Spiral's real name
14352-547: The series), and subsequently appeared two months later as a member of Mystique's Freedom Force team in Uncanny X-Men #199. Spiral began as one of 20 minor characters that Adams designed on a character sheet as the pursuers of the character Longshot. Her six arms were inspired by deities in Hindu mythology . Although Adams gave little thought to Spiral, as he had developed ideas for the other characters he had drawn on
14490-471: The sheet, Nocenti decided to make her a major character, and gave her the name Spiral. The character sheet is reproduced in the back of the X-Men: Longshot hardcover collection. In the final issue of the limited series, Spiral is hinted to be a former lover of Longshot. Chris Claremont portrayed her as having a pathological hatred for Longshot, and implied that the two were former lovers during
14628-831: The solo 4-issue series X-Men: Psylocke in 2010. During the Krakoan Age , Kwannon as Psylocke appeared in various team books such as the Hellions (2020) and Marauders (2022) and then starred in the one-shot X-Men: Blood Hunt – Psylocke #1 in 2024. As part of the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch, Kwannon as Psylocke is set to star in a new solo ongoing series starting in November 2024. Created by writer Chris Claremont , Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock first appeared in Captain Britain #8 (Dec. 1976), with Captain Britain #10 (Dec. 1976) as her first cover appearance, published by
14766-650: The story. At the 2019 San Diego Comic-Con , Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski and writer Jonathan Hickman revealed that, following the franchise-wide relaunch House of X/Powers of X , Betsy Braddock would become the new Captain Britain , with Brian adopting the new title of Captain Avalon and Kwannon taking over the Psylocke moniker. Cebulski compared Betsy's adoption of the Captain Britain mantle to Carol Danvers 's transition to Captain Marvel , indicating that this new status quo would be permanent. As part of
14904-540: The superheroine Captain Britain herself and later joining the X-Men in 1986 as Psylocke , a codename coined by the villains Mojo and Spiral . Presented as a precognitive in the pages of Captain Britain and then as a telepath , she was later established to be a mutant , developing telekinesis as well as martial arts skills, the latter of which derived from a body swap with the Japanese mutant ninja Kwannon lasting nearly 30 years of publication history. She and Kwannon were returned to their original bodies in
15042-457: The team's existence. Betsy had been using her telepathy to help Warren control the "Archangel" persona in his mind, which led to the two rekindling their previous relationship. The team's first mission was to locate and kill Apocalypse , who had been reborn. Upon discovering that the reborn Apocalypse was a child, most of the team decided against killing him, but Fantomex fatally shot the boy. With X-Force, Betsy also faced long-time rivals such as
15180-568: The team, vowing to keep an eye on Magneto's operations and putting an end to them if he ever crossed the line. On her own, Betsy tracked down and defeated threats to mutantkind such as Omega Sentinels, Sauron and the Nasty Boys . Betsy also faced Mystique, stabilizing the shapeshifter's psyche once and for all. When Beast discovered that the Terrigen was saturating and would soon render Earth completely uninhabitable for mutants, Betsy joined
15318-411: The timestream so as to avoid blows. Spiral often incorporates knives and swords into more complicated spells. Spiral can also disguise herself through her magic. Spiral's mind is apparently immune to possession. When Rogue attempted to use her power-and-psyche-stealing ability to steal Spiral's mind and powers, Spiral stole Rogue's instead, laughing that she had danced in many people's souls. Nocturne
15456-448: The two women's minds into each other's bodies. She also merged their genetic structures, leaving both women with physical and mental traits of the other, and with each possessing half of Betsy's telepathic power. With some physical and mental conditioning, Betsy—inhabiting Kwannon's body—became the Hand's prime assassin, taking the name Lady Mandarin. She gained highly remarkable fighting skills and learned to focus her telepathic power into
15594-439: 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
15732-675: The villain. Brian Braddock and Meggan collected Betsy's body from Spain. She was buried at the Braddock family estate and a memorial to her was erected at the X-Mansion by Beast. 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, and Mojo and Spiral. Jamie started to covertly observe his resurrected sister, allowing her to catch occasional glimpses of him. Betsy
15870-400: The young woman insane through forcibly evolving Rita's mind to the point that she could see into other dimensions that were used for time-travel/teleportation. He also trained her in the dark arts of magic and body modification, so that she could use these skills to mutilate others as Mojo had mutilated her. Finally, in a cruel act of manipulation, Mojo sent Spiral back in time to set into motion
16008-485: Was "Elizabeth", though relettering of the UK versions for American reprints would occasionally misspell it as "Elisabeth". This led to spelling inconsistencies throughout future publications. The inconsistency was resolved by Claremont 32 years later in 2008 in the series New Exiles , which reasserted the particular spelling of her name as "Elizabeth". In the Captain Britain series, Claremont introduced her as
16146-483: Was a loyal servant of Mojo, Spiral deeply resented Mojo's crass manners and cruelty towards her. In particular, Spiral has been known to go against Mojo's orders and attack Longshot out of a psychotic need for revenge for Longshot's seduction of her and how her love for him led to her transformation into the being she is today. As such, Mojo has been known to leave Spiral stranded on Earth without her power, which she needs to travel safely between dimensions. The Dragons of
16284-438: Was a mutant and close relationships and love were forbidden. In this world, Betsy acted as a law enforcer for Department X alongside Iceman , Jubilee, Northstar and Blob , with whom she developed a special friendship. As the Age of X-Man crumbled down, Betsy returned to Earth-616, where she joined Cyclops and his X-Men to end the threat of Colonel Callahan once and for all. Spiral (comics) Spiral ( Rita Wayword )
16422-438: Was able to break his hold on his hosts. Following the return of Cable and Hope Summers , Betsy was selected as part of Cyclops' "Alpha roster" of X-Men sent to locate and protect the two from the forces of Bastion . In the aftermath of " X-Men: Second Coming ", Betsy (along with Deadpool , Fantomex, and Archangel) was selected by Wolverine to be a member of the new X-Force; the sole condition being that no one could learn of
16560-455: Was addicted to killing. Their first mission had the team track and face Volga, a wealthy business man responsible for the abduction and weaponization of several mutants and depowered mutants. As a member of X-Force, Braddock grew more bloodthirsty, self-loathing and broken by the day, admitting that resorting to killing was the only way she could feel anything at all. She also kept a sexual relationship with Cable. X-Force also faced Fantomex, who
16698-484: Was alive. Almost immediately both the Exiles and Excalibur were called to the defense of Otherworld, under attack by an army of Furies created by a resurrected Mad Jim Jaspers; though the heroes prevailed, the Exiles were left as the Omniverse's primary defenders until the devastated Captain Britain Corps could be rebuilt. Choosing to remain with the Exiles, Betsy traveled to several realities. Upon arriving on
16836-493: Was also shown that Kwannon has apparently returned to life in her original body as well, as the new Psylocke. 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. Betsy also traveled to England and reunited with Brian and Meggan and met her niece, Maggie. The following days saw
16974-526: Was at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean , to serve as the X-Men's new base of operations and a haven for mutantkind, called Utopia . Soon after, Betsy went to Japan with Wolverine to re-inter her former body. Upon arriving, she was ambushed by the Hand, who destroyed her original body at the behest of Matsu'o Tsurayaba. Enraged, Betsy tracked Matsu'o down, finding him terribly disfigured as the result of Wolverine's yearly revenge on Matsu'o for his role in
17112-450: 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. Jean Grey 's attempt to help Betsy deal with the Shadow King somehow swapped their powers, leaving Betsy telekinetic . With her new abilities Betsy fought Belasco ,
17250-407: Was displeased with the fact mutants are now an endangered species and, while Beast asked for her help, her boss Mojo demanded it. Spiral commented that science was blinding him to find the real solution to answer how to save mutantkind. Spiral tells him that energy dances its way through everything, keeping her out, that it is beyond anything her Body Shoppe can simply fix, and that the death of mutants
17388-612: Was driven to the point of insanity and received god-like powers. Betsy ultimately used her mind blade to scramble Fantomex's brain. As a member of the X-Men, Betsy investigated the Shi'ar 's Providian Order, while taking on Skrull / Brood hybrids, investigated a mysterious natural phenomena in the Blackrock Desert, helped Nightcrawler against a newly returned Shadow King, and joined the X-Men and Avengers in Genosha to fight
17526-403: Was fooled by Spiral into thinking Spiral had been possessed while Spiral remained in control. According to Mystique, Spiral is aware whenever a person speaks her name by the usage of "quasi-sentient sensors", which even filters out mundane uses of the word "spiral". As a result of being cybernetically enhanced on Mojo-world, she has some limited level of superhuman physical attributes. Spiral
17664-400: Was forced to restore the children. Just prior to the " House of M " storyline, Spiral and Mojo attacked the X-Men during a training session in the Danger Room . Spiral transforms most of the X-Men into their X-Baby forms, but is unable to do the same to Psylocke due to their connection. Spiral is however able to paralyze Betsy and conjure a gag for her, and later uses her abilities to torment
17802-498: 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. Her personality took on a cold edge, which created distance between her and Warren. Kuragari, Proctor of the Crimson Dawn, tried to claim Betsy as his bride, but
17940-644: 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. When the Marauders attacked the Morlocks , the X-Mansion was used as a temporary infirmary for injured survivors of
18078-515: Was later featured as a team member in the Marauders (vol. 2) as the team was refocused on their mission of mutant rescue. Following the fall of Krakoa , Kwannon will headline in the upcoming ongoing series Psylocke (vol. 2) written by Alyssa Wong with art by Vincenzo Carratù. This solo series will be spun out of events in Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman 's X-Men (vol. 7) where Psylocke
18216-750: Was nearly a decade older, had a very privileged life. By the time she entered college, Betsy had become a charter pilot. After she and Jamie were taken hostage by the Red Skull 's agents and freed by Captain America and Captain Britain, Betsy learned the latter was her brother Brian. At this time Betsy began to develop precognitive powers . She dyed her hair purple and took up modeling. At the age of twenty-one, her psychic powers fully manifested, which grew to include telepathy. Agent Matthew recruited Betsy into S.T.R.I.K.E. 's Psi Division, and she became fellow psi Tom Lennox's lover. As she had inherited membership to
18354-580: Was not caused by science, and it would not be saved by science. Her last comments before teleporting away were: "Put aside what you know. For where science ends... magic begins". While repairing Lady Deathstrike after the events of Messiah Complex , Spiral is approached by the Red Queen and agrees to join her Sisterhood of Mutants . After a brief confrontation with Domino , the Sisterhood steal Kwannon's corpse from her grave in Tokyo. Madelyne performs
18492-596: 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. The Sisterhood, now including a brainwashed Betsy, attacked the X-Men. 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
18630-667: Was reunited with Brian during the Scarlet Witch 's " House of M " reality storm. 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. Back in the US, Betsy and the X-Men failed to stop Shi'ar Death Commandos from slaughtering the Grey family , targeted for death because of their relationship to Phoenix , but helped defeat them before they could kill Rachel Grey . With
18768-429: Was the product of a body swap between Braddock and the assassin Kwannon . In the Claremont-written X-Treme X-Men #2 (2001), the character dies, her comic book death lasting until 2005's Uncanny X-Men #455. During the Hunt for Wolverine storyline, the psychic vampire Sapphire Styx absorbs the entirety of Braddock’s soul, leaving her body dead. After destroying Sapphire Styx from the inside with assistance from
18906-534: 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. 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 . Her own astral form
19044-520: Was truly Betsy, both stayed with the X-Men, maintaining an uneasy coexistence. Learning she had the Legacy Virus , Revanche had Matsu'o kill her, restoring Betsy's full personality and telepathic potential. Having become involved with her teammate Angel, the following months saw her fight the Phalanx , try to reach Jamie's comatose mind, battle Legion in Israel, and combat Gene Nation . Betsy
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