going completely mental means something
totally different for this powerful
telepath yes I mean I think so
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origin of
psylocke time as with most comic book
characters they’re often re-imaginings
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline which unfolded in 1976 is
Captain Britain number 8 1977 s Captain
Britain number 34 1986 is Captain
Britain number 13 1986 is New Mutants
annual number two and 1987
uncanny x-men number 213 all of which
was expanded upon in 2001 s extreme
x-men number three in 2013 uncanny
x-force number three nice trick sidekick
Betsy Braddock the British born
adventurer who became known as Psylocke
is one of several mutants in the Marvel
Universe with psychic and telepathic
powers her abilities include creating
psychic blasts mind control and the
ability to manifest her powers into
weapons like her trademark psychic knife
vs. dream join wedington as a beaut
Betsy was born with her powers although
they remained dormant until well into
her teenaged years the path that she
took to becoming psylocke was a bit
convoluted and took a little while when
Betsy first appeared in 1976 little was
known about her except that she was the
sister of Brian Braddock the superhero
known as Captain Britain an accomplished
aviator Betsy was flying Brian home when
the villainous dr. sin caused her to
experience bizarre dreams making her
crash the plane both our heroes survived
but this event may have played a role in
developing her inherent telepathic
abilities as these abilities were
especially acute when Brian was in
danger eventually Betsy began a career
as a fashion model using her superpowers
sparingly
however when Brian abandoned his
superhero duties Betsy was persuaded to
become the new Captain Britain in this
guise she had a fateful encounter with
the villain known as slay master in
which she was blinded and severely
beaten the original Captain Britain
showed up a bit too late to help her but
made sure the villain would never hurt
her again later the same year
Betsy adopted the name Psylocke and was
enslaved by a powerful being named Lord
mojo who also restored her sight
upon her escape she became one of the
students at Professor Xavier school for
mutants during a battle with the evil
Sabretooth psylocke proved her mettle
and was admitted as a full-fledged
member of the x-men science fiction
convention here is where things get a
bit messy through a convoluted series of
events Betty comes down with amnesia and
her mind is transposed into the body of
the Japanese assassin Quentin after a
brief stint as lady Mandarin in this new
body a run-in with Wolverine jogs her
memory and she returns to being Psylocke
now with a new look so if you were
wondering how a character named Betsy
Braddock from the UK came to look like a
curvaceous Asian lady with purple hair
now you know this super confusing body
swap aspect of her character seems to
have been dropped in the retellings of
her origins that appeared in 2001 and
again in 2013 in these versions readers
learned that Betsy moved from the UK to
the u.s. to pursue a modeling career
when she was 16 years old as you can
probably guess these versions redrew her
to more closely resemble the qui non
body counterpart anyway at this point
Betsy had been suffering from migraines
for some time but now they worsened
considerably this turned out to be part
of the switch as her mutant powers went
from latent to full-blown
um Huberty
naughty-naughty Psylocke keep pulling
stunts like that and blend up back in
MRD custody betsy became extremely
successful as a model reaching a level
of recognition that was truly impressive
but even then she was involved in heroic
activities working as a government agent
as a supermodel she had access to the
infamous Hellfire Club and was tasked
with infiltrating it and retrieving
vital information there she met sage
another telepathic mutant who was
working undercover for Professor Xavier
this encounter eventually led to her
involvement with the x-men psylocke is
one of the most powerful telepaths in
the Marvel Universe combined with her
early government training this makes her
dangerous for villains to cross the silo
cup today is a far cry from the Betsy
Braddock of 1976 what do you care about
your fellow mutants are you a fan of the
mind-bending psylocke I knew you
wouldn’t let me die fool for more comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com a Disqus from the first
Olympic Games should be worth a few
pennies a ninja sports fan I keep my
baseball cards in my book
totally different for this powerful
telepath yes I mean I think so
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we
will explore the comic book origin of
psylocke time as with most comic book
characters they’re often re-imaginings
and different versions to a character’s
past we have chosen to primarily follow
the storyline which unfolded in 1976 is
Captain Britain number 8 1977 s Captain
Britain number 34 1986 is Captain
Britain number 13 1986 is New Mutants
annual number two and 1987
uncanny x-men number 213 all of which
was expanded upon in 2001 s extreme
x-men number three in 2013 uncanny
x-force number three nice trick sidekick
Betsy Braddock the British born
adventurer who became known as Psylocke
is one of several mutants in the Marvel
Universe with psychic and telepathic
powers her abilities include creating
psychic blasts mind control and the
ability to manifest her powers into
weapons like her trademark psychic knife
vs. dream join wedington as a beaut
Betsy was born with her powers although
they remained dormant until well into
her teenaged years the path that she
took to becoming psylocke was a bit
convoluted and took a little while when
Betsy first appeared in 1976 little was
known about her except that she was the
sister of Brian Braddock the superhero
known as Captain Britain an accomplished
aviator Betsy was flying Brian home when
the villainous dr. sin caused her to
experience bizarre dreams making her
crash the plane both our heroes survived
but this event may have played a role in
developing her inherent telepathic
abilities as these abilities were
especially acute when Brian was in
danger eventually Betsy began a career
as a fashion model using her superpowers
sparingly
however when Brian abandoned his
superhero duties Betsy was persuaded to
become the new Captain Britain in this
guise she had a fateful encounter with
the villain known as slay master in
which she was blinded and severely
beaten the original Captain Britain
showed up a bit too late to help her but
made sure the villain would never hurt
her again later the same year
Betsy adopted the name Psylocke and was
enslaved by a powerful being named Lord
mojo who also restored her sight
upon her escape she became one of the
students at Professor Xavier school for
mutants during a battle with the evil
Sabretooth psylocke proved her mettle
and was admitted as a full-fledged
member of the x-men science fiction
convention here is where things get a
bit messy through a convoluted series of
events Betty comes down with amnesia and
her mind is transposed into the body of
the Japanese assassin Quentin after a
brief stint as lady Mandarin in this new
body a run-in with Wolverine jogs her
memory and she returns to being Psylocke
now with a new look so if you were
wondering how a character named Betsy
Braddock from the UK came to look like a
curvaceous Asian lady with purple hair
now you know this super confusing body
swap aspect of her character seems to
have been dropped in the retellings of
her origins that appeared in 2001 and
again in 2013 in these versions readers
learned that Betsy moved from the UK to
the u.s. to pursue a modeling career
when she was 16 years old as you can
probably guess these versions redrew her
to more closely resemble the qui non
body counterpart anyway at this point
Betsy had been suffering from migraines
for some time but now they worsened
considerably this turned out to be part
of the switch as her mutant powers went
from latent to full-blown
um Huberty
naughty-naughty Psylocke keep pulling
stunts like that and blend up back in
MRD custody betsy became extremely
successful as a model reaching a level
of recognition that was truly impressive
but even then she was involved in heroic
activities working as a government agent
as a supermodel she had access to the
infamous Hellfire Club and was tasked
with infiltrating it and retrieving
vital information there she met sage
another telepathic mutant who was
working undercover for Professor Xavier
this encounter eventually led to her
involvement with the x-men psylocke is
one of the most powerful telepaths in
the Marvel Universe combined with her
early government training this makes her
dangerous for villains to cross the silo
cup today is a far cry from the Betsy
Braddock of 1976 what do you care about
your fellow mutants are you a fan of the
mind-bending psylocke I knew you
wouldn’t let me die fool for more comic
book origins be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com a Disqus from the first
Olympic Games should be worth a few
pennies a ninja sports fan I keep my
baseball cards in my book
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