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Psylocke
File:Uncanny Psylocke.png
before (right) and after (left) body swap versions of Psylocke and their respective expressions of her telepathic abilities, as seen in Uncanny X-Men #509: "Sisterhood Part 2"
Art by Greg Land
Publication information
PublisherMarvel Comics
First appearanceCaptain Britain #8 (December 1976)
Created byChris Claremont
Herb Trimpe
In-story information
Full nameElizabeth "Betsy" Braddock[1]
SpeciesHuman Mutant
Team affiliationsCaptain Britain Corps
Crimson Dawn
Hand
Hellfire Club
Horsemen of Apocalypse[2]
Excalibur
Exiles
R.C.X.
S.T.R.I.K.E.
Sisterhood of Mutants
X-Club
X-Force
X-Men
Notable aliasesCaptain Britain, Lady Briton, Lady Mandarin
AbilitiesTelekinesis
Telepathy
Precognition
Empathy
Psychic katana and knife
Martial arts

Psylocke (Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe in 1976, she first appeared in Marvel UK series Captain Britain. Betsy initially a supporting character in adventures of her twin brother, Captain Britain, even briefly substituting for him in role, before becoming mutant superheroine and X-Men member Psylocke in 1986.

Originally presented as a precognitive in pages of Captain Britain and then as a telepath, character eventually acquired body, skills and elements of personality of a Japanese female ninja known as Kwannon. Later, Psylocke somehow acquired telekinesis of Jean Grey. Many alternative versions of Psylocke have also appeared in several comics series of Marvel Multiverse, as well as in various other media and merchandise, notably in numerous video games.

Publication history

Origins

Betsy Braddock becomes new Captain Britain in Captain Britain, vol. 2 #13. Art by Alan Davis

Created by writer Chris Claremont, Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock first appeared in Captain Britain #8 (Dec. 1976), published by Marvel Comics' British imprint Marvel UK. original spelling of character's name "Elizabeth," though relettering of UK versions for American reprints would occasionally misspell it as "Elisabeth."[1] This led to spelling inconsistencies throughout future publications. inconsistency resolved by Claremont 32 years later in 2008 in series New Exiles, which reasserted particular spelling of her name as "Elizabeth."[1] In Captain Britain series, Claremont introduced her as a supporting character, sister of Brian Braddock, eponymous Captain Britain, and established her career as a charter pilot. He also established that she had psychic abilities, 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 (Oct. 1977), Betsy Braddock is presented as a professional model.

In Marvel UK's Daredevils #3 (March 1983), Alan Moore established that character has begun to work for 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. story also presents character as having dyed her hair purple after being originally blonde; this hair color has subsequently become dominant presentation of character.[3] next major change for character came in 1986 relaunched Captain Britain series, where Betsy Braddock stands in for her brother as Captain Britain, and is rendered blind by supervillain Slaymaster.[4]

X-Men

In New Mutants Annual #2 (1986), Claremont integrated Braddock into X-Men franchise. story sees her abducted to Mojoverse, where she is subjected to brainwashing, fitted with bionic eyes, and referred to as "Psylocke" for first time.[5] After being rescued by New Mutants, she takes up residence at their mutant-training academy, run by Magneto at time in absence of Professor Charles Xavier. After aiding team unofficially, Braddock proves herself by distracting attentions of murderous supervillain Sabretooth. Afterward, Braddock is formally invited to join X-Men and officially adopts codename "Psylocke."[3]

Initially written as a pure telepath with few fighting skills,[3] Psylocke later adopts body armor.[6] In Uncanny X-Men #251 (November 1989), X-Men flee from cybernetic terrorists, Reavers, through Siege Perilous, an extra-dimensional teleportation device. now-amnesiac Braddock is taken in by Hand, who brainwashes and physically alters her to take on an Asian appearance so that she can blend in in Hong Kong. Braddock now believes herself to be "Lady Mandarin," Hand's supreme assassin. After she is rescued by X-Men's Wolverine and overcomes her brainwashing, character retains combat skills granted through Hand's modification techniques[7] as well as ability to manifest her total focused telepathy in form of a "psychic knife."

Cover of Psylocke vol. 1 #1 (2010). Art by David Finch.

With launch of X-Men: Legacy in 1991, team splits, with Psylocke joining team led by Cyclops. In Jim Lee-written issues, character becomes flirtatious with Cyclops, eventually attempting to seduce him.[8] At this point, Kwannon, a new character with physical appearance of Braddock prior to Hand's manipulation, claims to be original Psylocke, accusing Japanese-featured Braddock 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 impostor and that Braddock's flirtations with Cyclops were part of a genetic and mental splicing in which Kwannon impostor first created.[9]

In 1994, writer Scott Lobdell set up a relationship between Braddock and her teammate Archangel.[10] character is severely injured by a crazed Sabretooth in Lobdell-written Uncanny X-Men #328. Her life is saved by use of a mystic artifact known as Crimson Dawn, aftereffects of which granted Psylocke ability to teleport in and out of shadows. Lobdell also temporarily took her out of X-Men roster this issue.[11] Braddock returns to team in X-Men, vol. 2 #77–78, where she uses her Crimson Dawn-enhanced telepathy to trap Shadow King in astral plane. Any use of her telepathy would result in his release, so she forgoes use of her telepathic ability.[12] Some time later she would develop telekinesis for first time instead.[13] Psylocke's relationship with Archangel ends in Claremont written X-Men, vol. 2 #109, where character embarks upon a relationship with new Indian X-Men recruit Neal Shaara, also known as Thunderbird.

In Claremont-written X-Treme X-Men #2 (2001), character dies, her comic book death lasting until 2005's Uncanny X-Men #455; Claremont also wrote this issue, later stating he had always intended to revive her.[14][15] Briefly, character depicted in Exiles, a spin-off comic-book series in X-Men franchise, set in an alternate universe. With cancellation of New Exiles, Psylocke starred in her first solo book, X-Men: Sword of Braddocks one-shot.[16][17][18] Afterwards, character brought back to main Marvel Universe in early 2009 within pages of Uncanny X-Men.[19] Beginning in November 2009, Psylocke featured in a self-titled four issue miniseries, written by Christopher Yost and drawn by Harvey Tolibao; Matsu'o Tsurayaba and Wolverine are central characters in story.[20]

Fictional character biography

See also: Revanche

Background

Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock born in England and raised in small town of Maldon, Essex. Betsy Sir James Braddock's second child and she, her twin brother Brian, and elder brother Jamie had a very privileged life. By time their parents died, Betsy had become a charter pilot.[21] After she and Jamie were taken hostage by Red Skull's agents and freed by Captain America and Captain Britain, Betsy learned latter her brother Brian.[22] At this time Betsy began to develop precognitive powers. She dyed her hair purple and took up modeling. At age of sixteen, her psychic powers fully manifested, which grew to include telepathy.[23] Agent Matthew recruited Betsy into S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi Division, and she became fellow psi Tom Lennox's lover.[24] As she had inherited membership to Hellfire Club from her father, Betsy sent to infiltrate it, but warned off by Tessa for her own protection.[25] She also met future boyfriend Warren Worthington for first time during one of Hellfire Club parties.[26]

When crime lord Vixen hired Slaymaster to eliminate Psi-Division, only Betsy, Tom Lennox, and their friend Alison Double were left when Brian defeated him.[27] When reality warped due to James Jaspers' powers, Tom sacrificed himself to give Braddocks time to escape from a group of superhero hunters. Betsy in Tom's mind when he died; feeling his death, she left traumatized.[28] Following repair of reality warp, an evil version of Captain Britain from another universe named Kaptain Briton switched places with Brian. double tried to rape Betsy. In self-defense, she telepathically killed him.[29] same night, twins were informed of their father's Otherworld origins, and a new intelligence agency called R.C.X. asked them to billet Warpies, children transformed by Jasper's warp, at Manor, which led to an argument between Betsy and Brian.[30]

When Brian went overseas, Matthew (now codenamed Gabriel) convinced Betsy to become new Captain Britain, wearing Kaptain Briton's modified costume. Working with Captain UK, duo became public sensations. After several months, crime boss Vixen lured Betsy into a showdown with Slaymaster, who brutally beat her, then gouged her eyes out. Brian flew to her rescue and killed Slaymaster.[31] Betsy refused R.C.X.'s offer of cybernetic eyes, preferring to rely on her psychic abilities; she and Gabriel went to Switzerland for Betsy to recuperate.[32]

X-Men

Betsy kidnapped from Alps by Mojo, brainwashed, given cybernetic eyes, and, as "Psylocke," became star of his new show "Wildways." Brian and New Mutants rescued her, after which Betsy moved to X-Men's mansion to recover, exactly where Roma, Guardian of Omniverse, needed her to be.[33] When Marauders attacked Morlocks, X-Mansion used as a temporary infirmary for injured survivors of massacre. Knowing that X-Men were away in New York, Marauder Sabretooth invaded mansion. Psylocke used herself as a bait to lead him away from injured until X-Men arrived to help her. While Sabretooth and Wolverine fought, Psylocke used her telepathy to gather information about Marauders and their leader, Mr. Sinister, from Sabretooth's mind.[34] Wolverine, though initially reluctant to involve outsiders in X-Men's affairs, impressed by her bravery and nominated her to join team.

As an X-Man she met Mephisto,[35] Dr. Doom and Fantastic Four,[36] and Horde.[37] X-Men later battled Freedom Force and Adversary in Dallas, and, in a televised battle, sacrificed themselves to allow Forge to bind Adversary; Roma secretly restored them to life, and gave Betsy Siege Perilous, which they could use if they ever wanted to start new lives.[38] X-Men moved to Reavers' Australian Outback base, from where they took on Brood,[39] Genoshan Magistrates,[40] Mister Sinister and Goblin Queen,[41][42] M Squad,[43] Mr. Jip and Serpent Society,[44] Master Mold and Nimrod,[45] Nanny and Orphan-Maker,[45] and Zaladane and Savage Land Mutates.[46] As they were about to depart Savage Land, Betsy had a precognitive flash of Reavers killing team. To prevent this, she sent them through Siege Perilous.[47]

Transformed

Psylocke in her "Lady Mandarin" armor and with Crimson Dawn tattoo, on cover of New Exiles #9: "Soul Awakening" (art by Alex Garner)

Betsy reappeared amnesiac on an island near China, where Hand, a ninja clan, found her.[48] Matsu'o Tsurayaba, their leader, saw a chance to save his brain-dead lover, Kwannon. Spiral informed Matsu'o that Psylocke's telepathy could restore Kwannon, and Matsu'o accepted. Unknown to Matsu'o, however, Spiral actually placed two women's minds into each other's bodies. She also merged their genetic structures, leaving both women with physical and mental traits of other, and with each possessing half of Psylocke's telepathic power.[49][50] With some physical and mental conditioning, Psylocke—inhabiting Kwannon's body—became Hand's prime assassin, taking name Lady Mandarin. She gained highly remarkable fighting skills and learned to focus her telepathic power into 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 Hand's conditioning.[51]

Psylocke rejected her role as Lady Mandarin and escaped with Wolverine and Jubilee, eventually going with them to island nation of Genosha, where New Mutants had been kidnapped along with X-Men's leader, Storm, by Cameron Hodge. Following Hodge's defeat, X-Men reunited and returned to New York.[52][53] Psylocke then joined Blue Team led by Cyclops, for whom she displayed an obvious attraction.[54] When Phoenix found out, two women fought, but were interrupted by arrival of Kwannon, now calling herself Revanche, in Betsy's former body, claiming to be real Psylocke.[55] Unable to discern which truly Betsy, both stayed with X-Men, maintaining an uneasy coexistence.[56] Learning she had Legacy Virus, Revanche had Matsu'o kill her, restoring Psylocke's full personality and telepathic potential.[50] Having become involved with her teammate Angel,[57][58] following months saw her fight Phalanx,[59][60][61] try to reach Jamie's comatose mind, battle Legion in Israel,[62][63] and combat Gene Nation.[64]

Crimson Dawn

When Sabretooth gutted Psylocke, Angel, Wolverine, Doctor Strange, and Gomurr Ancient retrieved a magical liquid from Crimson Dawn dimension that healed her and gave her new ability to teleport through shadows, but also marked her with a red tattoo over her left eye.[65] Her personality took on a cold edge, which created distance between her and Warren.[66] Kuragari, Proctor of Crimson Dawn, tried to claim Betsy as his bride, but thwarted with Gomurr and Angel's aid, freeing Betsy of Dawn's influence. However, Psylocke still retained abilities associated with it. Soon after these events, couple retired from active duty with X-Men.[67]

Subsequently she aided Storm against Shadow King, who tricked Psylocke into initiating a psychic shockwave that disabled all other telepaths, leaving him unchallenged on astral plane.[68] Her own astral form destroyed, but her exposure to Crimson Dawn gave her a new shadow form with temporarily enhanced powers, which she used to trap Shadow King's core. To keep him trapped she forced to constantly focus her telepathy on him, effectively rendering herself powerless.[69]

Revolution and X-Treme

Jean Grey's attempt to help Betsy deal with Shadow King somehow swapped their powers, leaving Betsy telekinetic.[70][71] With her new abilities Betsy fought Belasco,[72] Neo,[73] Goth,[74] Crimson Pirates,[75] Twisted Sisters,[76] and Prime Sentinels,[77] then aided her brother freeing Otherworld from Mastermind's Warpie army.[78] After ending her relationship with Archangel, Betsy joined Storm's X-Treme X-Men team in search for Destiny's diaries.[79]

In Valencia, Psylocke died in combat with man known as Vargas while protecting Rogue and Beast, who were badly beaten by villain.[80] Brian Braddock and Meggan collected Psylocke's body from Spain. She buried at Braddock family estate and a memorial to her erected at X-Mansion by Beast.[81]

Resurrection

One year after her death, Betsy awoke where she had died, unaware of how she had survived, and soon reunited with X-Men, helping them against Saurian Hauk'ka,[82] and Mojo and Spiral.[83] Jamie started to covertly observe his resurrected sister, allowing her to catch occasional glimpses of him. Betsy reunited with Brian during Scarlet Witch's "House of M" reality storm;[84] when timeline set right, memories of their encounter took on a dreamlike state, prompting Betsy and several of X-Men to visit London to check on Brian's status.[85]

Back in USA, Betsy and X-Men failed to stop Shi'ar Death Commandos from slaughtering Grey family, targeted for death because of their relationship to Phoenix, but helped defeat them before they could kill Rachel Grey.[86] With First Fallen's servants, Foursaken, about to make their move, Jamie revealed his part in Betsy's resurrection to X-Men: sensing approaching threat of cosmically powerful First Fallen (a harbringer 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 afterlife. Intending her to be a weapon to use against First Fallen, Jamie tightened up "quantum strings" of Betsy's body, rendering her mostly immune to external manipulation, enhancing her telekinetic powers, and leaving her invisible to First Fallen's senses.[87] Jamie abducted by Foursaken before he could fully inform them of imminent threat; trying to rescue him, X-Men were easily captured, except Betsy, who found herself invisible to Foursaken's senses.[88] Disrupting their attempt to give First Fallen full access to Earth, Betsy and X-Men were pulled into his realm, Singing City, where Betsy's immunity to his mental control allowed her to free City's residents, including Foursaken, from his dominance. As a wrathful First Fallen turned on them, Jamie sent X-Men home while he held entity back, apparently sacrificing himself.[89]

Returning to UK to tell Brian of Jamie's fate, Betsy learned that Shadow Xavier, leader of Shadow X-Men, had taken over minds of his jailors in Crossmore Prison, and demanding to see her. Accompanied by Excalibur, Betsy visited prison, where Xavier revealed his true identity as 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 a stroke in Xavier's body, freeing Excalibur. Before she could finish him off, Psylocke interdimensionally teleported to Crystal Palace at Nexus of All Realities.[90]

Exiles

Further information: Other versions of Psylocke in Exiles

Appearing at headquarters of Exiles, heroes gathered from several realities to protect Omniverse; both Exiles' choice of Psylocke as latest recruit, and timing of same, were apparently result of Roma's manipulations, again moving one of her pawns to where it would soon be needed as part of a greater plan.[91] Her first mission with 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.[92]

Meanwhile, determined to confront her fear, Psylocke began rigorous training to prepare herself for their next encounter.[93] She returned to Earth-616 to let Brian know she alive. Almost immediately both Exiles and Excalibur were called to defense of Otherworld, under attack by an army of Furies created by a resurrected Mad Jim Jaspers; though heroes prevailed, Exiles were left as Omniverse's primary defenders until devastated Captain Britain Corps could be rebuilt.[94] Choosing to remain with Exiles, Betsy traveled to several realities.[95] Upon arriving on a certain Earth, Psylocke had a mental breakdown due to this world's Psylocke counterpart's psyche being at war with Betsy's own psyche in order to control her body. This reality's Ogun approached Psylocke and offered to train her so she could avenge death of his apprentice, who killed by Slaymaster.[96] Psylocke eventually tracked him to Earth-616 and killed him. Betsy returned to Crystal Palace, became involved with teammate Sabretooth, and promised to honor her mission as an Exile.[97]

Return

Somehow, Psylocke kidnapped by Madelyne Pryor's Sisterhood while traveling between parallel worlds. They also stole Betsy's original body, in which Kwannon had died, at a graveyard. A ritual of sorts with both bodies performed, resulting in Betsy's original body being brought back to life.[98] Sisterhood, now including a brainwashed Psylocke, attacked X-Men.[99] Dazzler forced to use her powers on Psylocke, blowing half of Betsy's face off. Dazzler's attack shocked Betsy back to consciousness, enabling her to overcome Red Queen's control and return to her Japanese body.[100]

After these events Psylocke'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 .[101] following days saw Betsy travel back in time alongside Beast's X-Club.[102] Psylocke also led X-Club in a mission to raise Asteroid M, which at bottom of Pacific Ocean, to serve as X-Men's new base of operations and a haven for mutantkind, called Utopia.[103][104] Soon after, Psylocke went to Japan with Wolverine to re-inter her former body. Upon arriving, she ambushed by Hand, who destroyed her original body at behest of Matsu'o Tsurayaba. Enraged, Psylocke tracked Matsu'o down, finding him terribly disfigured as result of Wolverine's yearly revenge on Matsu'o for his role in murder of Mariko Yashida. Matsu'o, now missing both hands and other body parts, desired an honorable death and wanted Psylocke to grant him that honor since he could not hold a blade to perform seppuku himself. This put Psylocke at odds with Wolverine, who felt that Matsu'o's punishment not over yet. Psylocke engaged Wolverine in a brutal fight which ended in a truce. With Wolverine's permission, Psylocke finished Matsu'o off mercifully, using her telepathy to project illusions into his mind of his body restored and of Kwannon embracing him. Psylocke quickly killed him with her psi-blade.[101]

During Nation X storyline, Psylocke, Wolverine, and Colossus were sent down into sewers under San Francisco to investigate case of a missing Predator X. They ran into Fantomex, who had slain beast. Psylocke battled Sublime's associates with help of Fantomex and her teammates.[105] During Necrosha storyline, Psylocke joined Rogue's team sent to Muir Island to battle resurrected Proteus. Psylocke appeared to have lost her immunity to telepathic attacks and reality alterations, as Proteus easily possessed her. However, her psi-blade able to break his hold on his hosts.[106] Following return of Cable and Hope Summers, Psylocke selected as part of Cyclops' "Alpha roster" of X-Men sent to locate and protect two from forces of Bastion.[107]

Uncanny X-Force

Further information: Other versions of Psylocke in Age of Apocalypse and in Uncanny X-Force

In aftermath of "X-Men: Second Coming", Psylocke (along with Deadpool, Fantomex, and Archangel) selected by Wolverine to be a member of new X-Force; sole condition being that no one could learn of team's existence.[108] Psylocke had been using her telepathy to help Warren control "Archangel" persona in his mind, which led to two rekindling their previous relationship. team's first mission to locate and kill Apocalypse, who had been reborn.[109][110] With X-Force, Psylocke also faced long time rivals such as Reavers[111] and Shadow King. latter succeeded in freeing Archangel persona in Warren.[112] In order to prevent Archangel's ascension into Apocalypse, X-Force travelled to Age of Apocalypse to seek a Life Seed, which could cleanse Warren. Psylocke's hesitation to kill Archangel led to her transformation into Horseman of Death at his hands. Jean Grey of Age of Apocalypse managed to revert this process, unlocking a previously untapped power in Betsy's mind, who became a full-fledged Omega-class telepath after these events. Psylocke stabbed Archangel with Life Seed, killing Warren and creating a new being in his likeness in process.[113]

After Schism between X-Men, while Psylocke 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.[114]

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 revealed to be alive, and punish Fantomex for his crimes. Betsy took up Lady Briton mantle to rescue Fantomex and ultimately forced to kill Jamie in order to prevent his future self from destroying multiverse.[115] X-Force faced a new Brotherhood of Mutants, of which Shadow King a member. Psylocke imprisoned his psyche for good into Omega White, whose ability 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 hands of Brotherhood, resurrected in three different bodies for each of his brains.[116]

As a member of Cyclops' Extinction Team, Psylocke dealt with fallout from Archangel's machinations in Tabula Rasa[117] and sided with X-Men against Avengers once Phoenix Force returned to Earth to reclaim a host.[118]

Marvel NOW!

After events of Avengers vs. X-Men, Psylocke and Fantomex spent weeks in Paris, engaging in drinking, sex and thieving. While Psylocke and Fantomex grew apart, she and Cluster – Fantomex’ female self – grew closer and more devoted to each other, resulting in a relationship. Feeling jealous about new couple, Fantomex set Psylocke up. Once Cluster sided with him, Psylocke decided to leave them for good.[119]

Upon returning to New York, Psylocke took a teaching position at Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Due to Psylocke’s constant assaulting of students and aggressiveness, Wolverine forced to fire her, and instead assigned her a mission to take down Spiral. With help of Storm and Puck, Psylocke faced her longtime rival and Bishop, who had returned to present day.[120] After taking a trip through Bishop’s mind, Psylocke managed to tame Demon Bear in his psyche, making an unusual ally of it.[121] She also rescued Fantomex from Weapon XIII at Cluster’s request, but left them once more.[119] Bishop’s alliance with Psylocke’s group put them at war with Cassandra Nova – Revenant Queen – who wished to unleash her revenants (or mummudrai) on Earth. Psylocke ultimately stabbed her to death, breaking her vow not to kill again.[122] Psylocke’s group also teamed up with Cable’s X-Force in order to rescue Bishop and Hope Summers, both kidnapped by Stryfe. Psylocke’s posture in this mission impressed Cable.[123][124]

As a member of X-Men, Psylocke 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,[125] Brotherhood from a future timeline,[126][127][128][129][130] Lady Deathstrike's Sisterhood[131] and Future.[132] During this time, Psylocke started focusing her powers into different weapons of psychic energy such as a bow and arrow,[133] a crossbow and a grappling line[134] and a flail,[135] mentored a small group of students consisted of Hellion, Anole, Broo and Rockslide[136] and kept a relationship with a virtual boyfriend created in Danger Room.[137]

All-New Marvel NOW!

In wake of a terrorist attack known as Alexandria Incident, which claimed 3,000 lives, Cable re-formed mutant black ops team X-Force so that mutantkind not only had a continued place in world, but also had a stake in it. While Cable recruited Fantomex, Marrow and Dr. Nemesis as his teammates, Psylocke actually sought Cable because she couldn't bear staying away from X-Force as she admitted she addicted to killing. Their first mission had team track and face Volga, a wealthy business man responsible for abduction and weaponization of several mutants and depowered mutants.[138] As a member of X-Force, Psylocke grew more bloodthirsty, self-loathing and broken by day, admitting that resorting to killing only way she could feel anything at all.[139] She also kept a sexual relationship with Cable.[140]

As a member of X-Men, Psylocke investigated Shi'ar's Providian Order, while taking on Skrull/Brood hybrids,[141] helped Nightcrawler against a newly returned Shadow King[142] and joined X-Men and Avengers in Genosha to fight clone of Red Skull.[143]

Characterization

Exiles version of Psylocke manifesting her "psychic katana," on cover of X-Men: Sword of Braddocks #1: "Face Of Fear" (art by Alex Garner)

Early powers

In her earliest appearances in Uncanny X-Men, Psylocke possessed power of telepathy. She could read and project thoughts over long distances;[144] control minds; subdue and tap into other's powers; affect people's memories;[145] project mental illusions;[146] and generate psi-bolts that could stun,[147] injure,[148] or kill others.[149] She could also project her astral self, and astral bodies of other people, into astral plane.[150] She could scan entire towns with her mind,[151] and leaf through psyches of inhabitants of a city to learn of their condition[152] or intentions.[153] She powerful enough to telepathically "shout" to her teammates in Australia while she is in Washington D.C. without aid of any type of power-enhancing apparati such as Cerebro.[154] She could also probe individuals to check up on their status.[155]

When using her telepathic powers, a butterfly-shaped energy aura would appear around her face. It never truly made clear in comic books by writers whether this something that could be perceived by others or if this simply an "effect" to show when Psylocke using her powers to reading audience (although it implied that it could be).[34] This "butterfly" (sometimes depicted as having eyes in its wings) also form Psylocke usually took when manifesting her astral form, both on astral plane,[148] and in physical world,[147] although she occasionally used an illusory image of her physical body.[150] After her transformation, Psylocke's psi-form changed accordingly.[156][157]

In addition, Psylocke 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 powerful enough to pierce Juggernaut's psi-proof helmet. psycho-blast able to affect inorganic material as well as living targets (when directing a psycho-blast at Sabretooth energy destroyed metal Cerebro helmet she wearing).[34] Psylocke also possessed limited precognitive powers that occasionally allowed her to envision probable future events,[158] or to see quick flashes of immediate future.[159] These visions were random and infrequent, however, and she had no control over them.

While in her original body, Psylocke was given bionic eyes by Mojo and Spiral which instantly adjusted to any intensity of light, preventing her from being blinded by brightness.[146] bionic eyes were also cameras, transmitting to Mojo everything that Psylocke saw.[160] For a time, Betsy took role of Captain Britain from her brother, using deceased Kaptain Briton's costume which had been modified by Mastermind computer. This costume gave her superhuman strength and ability to fly.[161]

New powers

After her physical transformation into a Japanese ninja assassin, she gained highly developed fighting skills in addition to her telepathy, which at this stage 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.[9][162] After Revanche's death, Psylocke's telepathy restored to its previous strength. most common usage of her powers manifestation of a "psychic knife," which operated in same manner as her "psycho-blast" ability, but at close range. Described as focused totality of her psychic powers, she often used it to disrupt minds and nervous systems of her foes by driving glowing "blade" of psionic energy into their heads.[163] At least once, she utilized two psychic knives simultaneously.[164] During this time she chose to fight up-close most of time, using her new martial arts skills, although she could still utilize distanced telepathic assaults.[165] At least once, she experienced a precognitive flash while in her new body.[159]

After her exposure to Crimson Dawn, she also gained ability to teleport herself and others using areas of shadow as gateways.[66] teleportation could cover huge distances; on one occasion she transported X-Men from America to Africa in a few seconds.[12] She could also teleport through shadows of other dimensions.[166] Psylocke has not been seen using this ability since her imprisonment of Shadow King in astral plane;[12] during a mission against Stryfe, she mentioned to Nightcrawler that she no longer possessed this ability.[77]

Telekinetic powers

To keep Shadow King imprisoned in Astral Plane, Psylocke sacrificed use of her telepathy, but at some point gained Phoenix's telekinesis instead.[167] At first, due to relative newness of her telekinesis, she could not exercise fine control over her powers, e.g. she could blast an enemy through a brick wall, but could not levitate small objects, like a dime, from floor.[74] As time progressed, Psylocke grew more proficient at using her powers, e.g. she could use her telekinesis to reshape a pistol into smaller metal projectiles.[88]

Instead of her psychic knife, Psylocke began to manifest a telekinetic katana composed of raw psionic energy.[168] At its lowest intensity her katana functions much like her psychic knife once did, short-circuiting victim's nervous system on impact.[88] At its highest level, katana can slice through almost any physical matter.[14] Psylocke's control over katana is such that she can slice an armored opponent and cut through armor, but only leave her opponent stunned or unconscious.[169] Psylocke's telekinetic manifestations produce visible radiance in physical world,[14] and so she can use her psychic katana as a makeshift light source in areas of darkness. katana can also affect beings that are more powerful than Psylocke herself.[87][89][170] She can also use her sword to shatter telepathic power-inhibitors imposed on others, despite her own lack of telepathy.[171] With no telepathy to guide her when performing this task, she must rely on her instincts to give blade sufficient strength necessary to break inhibitors, without doing permanent damage to subject in question. During timeline shift known as House of M, Psylocke showed ability to summon two telekinetic katanas at same time.[172] It is unknown if she is capable of this under normal circumstances.

Aside from blade, Psylocke can use her telekinesis to enhance her speed, strength, and fighting skills to superhuman levels.[173] She can also levitate herself and others,[14] or manipulate matter in standard telekinetic fashion.[76] She can also create telekinetic shields of various sizes and strength,[174] and her telekinesis has been said to be strong enough to shatter mountains.[175] After her resurrection, Psylocke's telekinetic powers have been greatly enhanced.[176] At time of Betsy's resurrection, Marvel Girl claimed that Psylocke's telekinesis on a level even she could not match.[15]

After her resurrection, Psylocke shown to be immune to all forms of psionic manipulations such as mind-reading,[15] mind-control or mental attacks,[177] and attempts of telepathic communication.[178] This is a result of her brother Jamie's manipulation of quantum strings that comprise her body.[87] She is also immune or at least highly resistant to other psionic-based powers like Savage Land Mutate Vertigo's disorientation power,[171] or Nocturne's mind possessing abilities.[175] Due to Jamie's alterations, Psylocke is also immune to any physical and mental alteration by beings who can radically restructure reality, such as Proteus. She can, however, still be killed in more traditional manners, such as being stabbed or shot. She is also at least partially resistant to magical manipulation.[179] Somehow these various immunities also affect her detectability from higher order technological equipment. For example all sensor-arrays of Exiles Crystal Palace are not able to detect her—as if she does not even exist.[180] Beside this immunity, she is able to use her telekinesis to modify her own molecular structure to render herself invisible to at least naked eye.[181]

However, Psylocke's telekinetic powers seems to evolve with return of her telepathy since her encounter with 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 various immunities that were granted to her by her resurrection at hands of her brother seem to have vanished or at least greatly diminished, as during Necrosha event Proteus not only able to possess Psylocke but also able to alter her body structure.[182] During "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.[183]

Returned powers and abilities

events involving Sisterhood of Mutants triggered a return of her original telepathic abilities. Upon rejoining X-Men, Psylocke states that while she is still primarily a telekinetic, she has gained mental ability to telepathically "suggest what people see" (i.e. cast telepathic illusions).[102] In an interview, writer Christopher Yost and editor Daniel Ketchum confirmed that Psylocke now possesses both telekinesis, telepathy, and empathy. Additionally, she is once again able to focus her telepathic energies into a solid psychic knife and can still manifest her telekinetic katana.[184][185]

As shown in events of 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. Psylocke is also shown to have levels of telekinesis sufficient to increase strength and power of her physical blows as well as ward off attacks via force fields and telekinetic "pushes and pulls." During Utopia storyline, she seen manifesting her telekinetic katana, but of late she has been seen using a pair of traditional katanas as well.[186][187] After events of "Second Coming", Psylocke 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.[188]

During "Dark Angel Saga", Psylocke's full psionic potential unlocked by Jean Grey from Age of Apocalypse timeline. She able to overcome Archangel with her newly strengthened and increased telepathy - a feat that had previously been beyond her power.[189] Writer Rick Remender has stated that she is now an Omega-class/level mutant and telepath on par with Jean Grey and Professor Xavier.[190]

Fighting skills

Psylocke has been classified as a master martial artist, though specific fighting arts she has mastered have never been revealed. Psylocke's fighting skills and techniques have been shown to surpass those of average Hand ninja,[163] or Crimson Dawn Undercloak,[191] and have been said to rival those of a ninja master.[192] In addition to fighting skills she learned from Hand, Psylocke has recently received training from fellow Exiles teammate Sabretooth[193] and from an alternate reality's Ogun, who used science and magic combined to alter passage of time itself, allowing them to accomplish a lifetime's work in a few short hours, thus improving Psylocke's skills once more.[194]

As a telepath, Psylocke could take advantage of her powers in a fight by reading her opponents' movements seconds before they made them, giving her opportunity to counter-attack faster.[163] 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[195] or from Jean Grey's telepathy.[165] She could also create telepathic illusions to distract her enemies while fighting them,[196] and as a ninja, she can use her psychic knife to incapacitate her opponents instead of killing them;[163] although she will kill her opponents if she finds it to be necessary.[77]

As a telekinetic, she often uses her powers to augment her strength and speed,[76] making her fighting skills strong enough to match, and even outmatch other superhumanly strong opponents, like a holographic version of Sabretooth in Danger Room.[74][197] During a training session with Rogue and Thunderbird, Psylocke able to match Rogue’s attacks despite fact that Rogue had greatly enhanced speed and strength at time.[25]

Armor

During time when X-Men were based in Australian outback, Psylocke gained possession of a unique suit of armor. Made of an unknown metal, it lightweight and form-fitting, yet extremely resistant to physical damage, giving Psylocke an added protection to her physical body.[6] armor also resistant to projectiles and energy weapons.[198] Wolverine had armor custom-ordered through a weapons and technology firm named Landau, Luckman, and Lake for "a colleague." Mr. Chang, an agent of Landau, Luckman, and Lake, loaned armor to Lindsay McCabe since Wolverine had sent her to him. Tyger Tiger also wore body armor for a short time,[199] and she briefly trapped in armor due to a built-in security mechanism, which Wolverine managed to free her from. After traveling through Siege Perilous and trading bodies with Kwannon, Psylocke no longer used body armor. When Kwannon, in Betsy's original body, returned to Xavier's mansion, she wearing an armor that similar to one Betsy used to wear, but it has never been officially stated whether or not this armor had same capabilities as Psylocke’s original one.[55] same can be said for armor worn by Psylocke's resurrected original body, after it brought back during by Madelyne's sisterhood, wearing armor of same coloring.

Relationships

Elizabeth Braddock has been involved in a series of romantic relationships during years. As a member of S.T.R.I.K.E.'s Psi Division, she involved with fellow agent Tom Lennox. He murdered while trying to defend her, during which time she telepathically linked to him. Telepathically experiencing Lennox's death left Betsy traumatized for a time.[28]

After returning to X-Men in Kwannon's body, Psylocke psionically and telepathically manipulated Cyclops, her team leader, into being romantically attracted to her.[55] After regaining her full personality from Kwannon, Psylocke offered a belated apology to Jean Grey, admitting that flirtation due to presence of Kwannon's lingering personality traits in her mind, but that she did in fact find Cyclops attractive.[200] Later, Elizabeth and Archangel had a romantic relationship, but chose to end it after realizing that differences between them were too great.[10][79] After Betsy's death, Archangel suffered anguish from being unable to save her, but eventually made peace with it and moved on to a relationship with Paige Guthrie.[201]

Psylocke and X-Man Neal Shaara were romantically involved until her death.[25] After joining Exiles, Psylocke has been flirting with teammate Sabretooth. They passionately kissed each other,[202] eventually leading to both acting on their romantic feelings more intimately.[203] Some time later, Psylocke and Archangel have been seen to be in process of rebuilding their romantic relationship.[110] Psylocke later had a brief romantic and sexual relationship with both Fantomex and his female counterpart Cluster, after Fantomex separated into three people.[204]

Other versions

Main article: Alternative versions of Psylocke

In addition to her mainstream incarnation (known as Earth-616 Psylocke), character has had been depicted in comics set in many other fictional universes and timelines of Marvel Multiverse, including Age of Apocalypse, Days of Future Past, Earth X, House of M, Marvel Comics 2, Ultimate X-Men, and Age of X. These alternative representations usually differ considerably from details and events of main story, without affecting that story's narrative continuity.

In other media and merchandise

Main article: Psylocke in other media

On Monday April 30th 2015, Director Bryan Singer announced that Olivia Munn has been cast as the character Psylocke in the upcoming movie 'X-Men: Apocalypse'.

[205]

Reception

character has achieved a significant critical praise and popularity following 1989 redesign. According to UGO, "Basically, Marvel gave a third-rate character a makeover, hence, creating one of most popular female mutants in X-Men history."[206]

Psylocke included in IGN's "Battle of Comic-Book Babes" contest in 2005,[207] winning first two rounds against Aspen Matthews and then Natsumi and Miyuki, before losing to Emma Frost (eventual champion of this edition). Psylocke, however, emerged victorious from following year's "Battle of Comic-Book Babes" in 2006, winning consecutive rounds against Deena Pilgrim, Rachel Summers and Black Cat.[208] In final round, she managed to get almost two-thirds of votes (64%) when pitted against video gaming's female icon Lara Croft.[209] In 2006, IGN also rated Psylocke as 22nd top X-Men character, comparing her to Rogue" and calling her "a born leader" whose "abilities make her one of most potent fighters to ever wear X,"[210] 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."[211] Marvel themselves declared her their own second most favorite hero of 2011, citing her "tremendous and thankless heroism."[212] That same year, UGO ranked her ninth of their list of "superhero power upgrades that kicked complete ass"[213] and also featured her among 25 "hot ninja girls" and called her an "eye candy that's less lollipop and more atomic warhead."[214]

In 2011, IGN included Psylocke among eight mutants IGN wished to see in 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 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: Last Stand.[215] In 2013, WhatCulture ranked Psylocke as sixth most underrated X-Men character,[216] and included her on lists of ten mutants they would like to see in film X-Men: Days of Future Past[217] and in future sequels.[218] In 2014, WhatCulture also included her among ten female superheroes who deserve their own film spin-off, opining she should be played by Zhang Ziyi.[219] Days of Future Past writer and producer Simon Kinberg said Psylocke is a fan favourite, and also a favourite of his, and said 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."[220]

Some of praise directed especially for her many[221] video game roles, including in a series of 2D fighting games by Capcom wherein she noted as a particularly well animated character.[222] In 1996, MAXIMUM reported Psylocke being possibly most popular X-Men character in Japan, where Capcom games have introduced franchise to general public, "due to her Japanese appearance...and ninja-esque martial arts moves."[223] Psylocke chosen as one of 20 "muses" of video games by Brazilian magazine SuperGamePower in 2001.[224] In 2009 Marvel poll asking who is better fighter in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Psylocke got over two-thirds of votes (68%) against Street Fighter series icon and fighting game genre female symbol Chun-Li.[225] UGO ranked her as fifth on their 2011 list of fighting games' finest female fighters for her appearances in Capcom titles, stating that "only thing more confusing than Psylocke's backstory is what exactly her powers are [but] all you really need to know is this: Psylocke is a sexy Asian lady ninja sporting most obscene butt-floss this side of Linda Kozlowski in Crocodile Dundee."[226] Complex included her in their 2012 list of most humiliating victory quotes in fighting games.[227]

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