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    Default Betsy/Kwannon Psylocke body swap reading list?

    So, Fallen Angels is pretty much my first exposure to Kwannon as Kwannon/Revanche (that I'm aware of, at least). I was a dedicated X-Men reader in the 90s and remember the body swap background being a thing back then, but sorta...I dunno, irrelevant? Or maybe I just never cared to pay attention to it. Then in the 00s to today, I've sorta been jumping in and out of X-titles, doing some research here and there to keep up to date. For me, the Psylocke saga always seemed convoluted, so I never truly had the motivation to dig real deep into it.

    But now w/ Kwannon being the full time Psylocke and me enjoying Fallen Angels, I'm curious if there's a good list of Psylocke Body Swap stories or TPBs out there? Ones that focus on Psylocke's body swap background/saga or just even ones that just have some valuable insight to it. Google hasn't been a real help and the Marvel wiki would be waaaaay too much cross-researching for me (sorry!).

    Thanks in advance!
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    Betsy's transformation into an Asian woman happened in Uncanny X-Men #256 but that issue isn't relevant to Kwannon since she didn't exist at the time and was retconned in a couple of years later. The actual bodyswap story began in X-Men #20-23 and concluded in #31-32.

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    And bodyswap isn't really the right word as they didn't just switch bodies, the two bodies were melded together to such a degree that both bodies smelled the same to Wolverine and the X-men's tp's didn't pick up that Revanche was even on the grounds until she attacked Betsy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psy-lock View Post
    Betsy's transformation into an Asian woman happened in Uncanny X-Men #256 but that issue isn't relevant to Kwannon since she didn't exist at the time and was retconned in a couple of years later. The actual bodyswap story began in X-Men #20-23 and concluded in #31-32.
    But I think you'd be remiss to omit the several times Betsy's body was the plot hook.

    The Crimson Dawn story of the mid-late 90s was an attempt to double down on Asian tropes with magic ninjas. Betsy's psychic powers were suppressed by the Shadow King during the Psi-War. Then Claremont exchanged her powers with Phoenix in Revolution, killed her nearly immediately in X-Treme, brought her back via Jamie in Reload... There was a Sisterhood storyline that put her in her old, dead body. The Exiles and X-Forces in which she starred and had top billing. Then ultimately the mystery at Madripoor which succeeded where previous attempts had failed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CRaymond View Post
    But I think you'd be remiss to omit the several times Betsy's body was the plot hook.

    The Crimson Dawn story of the mid-late 90s was an attempt to double down on Asian tropes with magic ninjas. Betsy's psychic powers were suppressed by the Shadow King during the Psi-War. Then Claremont exchanged her powers with Phoenix in Revolution, killed her nearly immediately in X-Treme, brought her back via Jamie in Reload... There was a Sisterhood storyline that put her in her old, dead body. The Exiles and X-Forces in which she starred and had top billing. Then ultimately the mystery at Madripoor which succeeded where previous attempts had failed.
    Also Psylocke mini by Christopher Yost.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Psy-lock View Post
    Betsy's transformation into an Asian woman happened in Uncanny X-Men #256 but that issue isn't relevant to Kwannon since she didn't exist at the time and was retconned in a couple of years later. The actual bodyswap story began in X-Men #20-23 and concluded in #31-32.
    Quote Originally Posted by Psy-lock View Post
    Also Psylocke mini by Christopher Yost.
    Is this the collected issues of above or additional Betsy/Kwannon issues?

    I would like to read all of the issues concerning the swap of these 2 lethal ladies. Thanks.

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    Uncannyxmen.net has a pretty comprehensive rundown of those issues:
    https://uncannyxmen.net/characters/revanche/checklist

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phoenixx9 View Post
    Is this the collected issues of above or additional Betsy/Kwannon issues?

    I would like to read all of the issues concerning the swap of these 2 lethal ladies. Thanks.
    The mini is an additional story.

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