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Published in: Avengers, Comics, Marvel Comics, X-Men | Tagged: Betsy Braddock, captain britain, Maximum X-Men, Psylocke, tom brevoort
Betsy Braddock, formerly Psylocke and Captain Britain, gets a new X-Men name for Maximum X-Men, and will now be called “Butterfly”
Well, here we go again. Betsy Braddock has used more codenames than most mutants at hot dinners. From her early days as a supporting actress in her twin brother Brian’s club. Captain Great Britain comics, through his time as the telepathic X-Man known as Psylocke, a brief period as Captain Great Britain herself in the ’80s for Marvel UK, a much longer one during the Krakoa era, and all the body-swapping, ninja training, and psychic knife-using mayhem in between. now in Christopher Yost and Tony Danielthe next Maximum X-MenBetsy Braddock has a new code name, Butterfly. Which sounds less like a mutant name and more like a safeword, but there you have it. With CB Cebulski No longer EIC, executive editor and senior vice president of Marvel Tom Brevoort has returned to Substack and has been talking about Maximum X-Mensaying: “The premise extends directly from the events of Chip Zdarsky‘s AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON: With the Avengers disbanded in the wake of those events, there is no one who can step up and protect Earth from global threats. So Storm decides that the X-Men will have to do it, and she and Wolverine formed a squad dedicated to that specific purpose. The team includes Bishop, Colossus, Iceman, Betsy Braddock (previously Psylocke and Captain Britain, and here called Butterfly), Firestar, and Justice. Of the last two, I have a strong attachment to them, having worked with both on NEW WARRIORS and AVENGERS In the past, I’ve been wanting to give Vance a little X-Men review for a while now. I feel sorry for the poor guy, a world of pain is coming his way.” As well as showing some illustrations from issue #1 below, some with editor’s notes. For pages from issue #2, go to your Substack…
For decades, Betsy’s use of her telepathic powers has been visually signaled by that distinctive psychic butterfly aura around her face or head. He was there in the classic. Chris Claremont/Alan Davis/Jim Lee Days, followed her during the body swap with Kwannon, and remains one of the most consistent visual signatures associated with the character, even as her appearance, costume, and role have changed. Fans have even nicknamed her “the butterfly of death.” Now Marvel seems to be leaning fully into it.
In the new series, Maximum X-Men. which releases in December, sees Storm forming a team including Wolverine, Colossus, Bishop, Iceman, Firestar, Justice and Betsy in the wake of Avengers: Armageddon. Previous solicitations and announcements had listed her as Psylocke, leading to the usual round of “but Kwannon is Psylocke now” debates. It seems like the solution is a clean break: Kwannon gets Psylocke, Betsy gets something that nods to her long history without claiming the name that’s been so disputed, and the butterfly has landed.
Maximum X-Men #1 by Christopher Yost, Tony Daniel
A WHOLE NEW SERIES BEGINS AFTER ARMAGEDDON! Mutants by birth, heroes by choice! After the catastrophic events of ARMAGEDDON, who is left to save the world from an Avengers-level threat? In the absence of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Storm and Wolverine assemble a new team of Earth’s Mightiest Mutants to face enemies no hero can face alone. But they may quickly regret that decision when the WAVE OF ANIHILATION hits Earth. $4.99 2/12/26
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