CAPTAIN BRITAIN II

Real Name: 
Elizabeth Gloriana Braddock
Universe/Timeline: 
Marvel Universe
Status: 
Active
Additional Status Info: 
Excalibur
Category: 
Mutant
Alias: 
Lady Mandarin, Kwannon, Psylocke, Captain Britain II, Death VIII.
Nationality: 
English
First Appearance: 
Captain Britain (1st series) #8
Powers & Abilities: 
telepathic, telekinetic, focus her mental energies into tangible psionic constructs, empowered as Captain Britain with superhuman strength, durability, and flight
Affiliation: 
X-Men, X-Men - Extinction Team, X-Men - Security Recon Team, X-treme Sanctions Executive, Excalibur III, Exiles, X-Force IV, X-Force VI, X-Force VII, Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, Hellfire Club London, Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, RCX, S.T.R.I.K.E., The Hand, Undercloaks, New Tian, Department X, Swordbearers of Krakoa, Knights of X
Notes: 

Psylocke was originally a telepath, had limited precognitive abilities, and was a psycho-blaster, able to direct mental energy as destructive mind blasts. After a brief period as Captain Britain -- in CB (2nd series) #12-13 -- she was blinded by Slaymaster, and later received bionic eyes from Mojo in New Mutants Annual #2 which could compensate for intense light.

Matsu'o later commissioned Spiral to exchange Betsy's mind with the assassin Kwannon, and Psylocke gained a new Asian body with depleted power levels and the ability to generate a psychic knife in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #256. After Kwannon died in X-Men (2nd series) #31, her full potential returned.

When Archangel and Doctor Strange saved her life using the Crimson Dawn in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #330, Psylocke manifested mystically enhanced fighting skills and shadow-teleporting powers. Months later, in X-Men (2nd series) #78, Betsy was forced to shut down her telepathy in order to keep the Shadow King trapped within her mind. Later still, in an as-of-yet unexplained incident, her telepathic powers were transplanted into Jean Grey in exchange for Jean's own telekinetic abilities.

Psylocke was killed by Vargas in X-Treme X-Men (1st series) #2, but spontaneously resurrected by her brother Jamie in Uncanny X-Men (1st series) #455.

As a member of the Australian X-Men, Psylocke was once rendered invisible to all forms of electronic detection.

Psylocke regained her original British body in Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor #4. She maintains both the telepathic and telekinetic abilities of recent years, and has assumed the mantle of Captain Britain again as of Excalibur (4th series) #1.

Alternate Versions: 
PSYLOCKE (AoA) and PSYLOCKE (Ultimate).
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CAPTAIN BRITAIN II
Last Updated: 
18th January 2023 by Monolith