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Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe, she first appeared in Captain Britain (vol. 1) #8 in 1976 as a supporting character for her twin brother Brian Braddock. Although she is initially depicted as a precognitive telepath, Betsy is later established to be a mutant, a subspecies of humans born with an "X-gene" that grants superhuman abilities, when she joins the X-Men in 1986 and becomes one of its most prominent members as Psylocke. A 1989 story written by Claremont and illustrated by Jim Lee redesigned Betsy as a Japanese woman, which was retroactively revealed years later to be the result of a body swap with the ninja assassin Kwannon. Following nearly 30 years of publication history, both women were returned to their original bodies, and Betsy took up the mantle of Captain Britain from her brother while Kwannon became the second Psylocke.
The character has been adapted in various media incarnations, including films, television series, and video games, having most notably been portrayed by Olivia Munn in the 2016 film X-Men: Apocalypse.
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