Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain Appreciation 2023

[Psycwave]

I’m thinking about it very hard….and chanting….

Hey by the way how did the idea about Betsy’s psionic emitting real light start? Is there a particular issue where this was mentioned, I remember a relatively recent one with Storm, Monet, Rachel and Asian Betsy but I’ looking for any older mention of this phenomenon as a distinctive characteristic….

I also always think of that X-Treme issue where Beast tells her that when she uses her power she glows.

Vasco Georgiev:
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"Comics #wip"

Oh she looks good. Date night maybe?

[CGAR]

I’m hoping Dazzler wins so that Betsy puts herself on the team like Iceman did when Firestar joined.

[CGAR]

This is what our Betsy Braddock should like if they wanna give her armor IMO

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[JB]

So pretty. The purple/pink combo will always suit her so well.

[razzmatazz360]

I don't like Betsy being in a relationship with Rachel. Angel and Betsy were the best couple ever.

[davetvs]

Remender at least gave them a good send-off.

[Daedra]

This is what our Betsy Braddock should like if they wanna give her armor IMO

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Dauterman never disappoints that’s for sure, still I think some tweaks are required if she’s going to be the iconic Captain Britain

I don't like Betsy being in a relationship with Rachel. Angel and Betsy were the best couple ever.

Why do you feel this way? Angel always felt to me more like an “accessory” than an actual partner

[Agent Grayson]

Why do you feel this way? Angel always felt to me more like an “accessory” than an actual partner

From my point of view, I always enjoyed Warren and Betsy as a couple because it felt like they were in a position to understand each other. Both had had their bodies and lives manipulated and transformed and both felt like they had a dark side that they kept in check. Their relationship felt layered and interesting, no more so than in Uncanny X-Force.

[Daedra]

From my point of view, I always enjoyed Warren and Betsy as a couple because it felt like they were in a position to understand each other. Both had had their bodies and lives manipulated and transformed and both felt like they had a dark side that they kept in check. Their relationship felt layered and interesting, no more so than in Uncanny X-Force.

This description sounds perfect for crimson dawn Asian Psylocke and 90’s archangel but so much has changed since then ….I dunno ….at least to me it felt like a once in a lifetime “astronomic alignment” but to be honest I was never a fun of the race swapping or the edgy edginess that befall both Warren & Betsy so Maybe I’m not the right person to pass judgement on this pairing.

[Hekabolos]

From my point of view, I always enjoyed Warren and Betsy as a couple because it felt like they were in a position to understand each other. Both had had their bodies and lives manipulated and transformed and both felt like they had a dark side that they kept in check. Their relationship felt layered and interesting, no more so than in Uncanny X-Force.

Hard same. Warren and Betsy always felt natural to me.

This description sounds perfect for crimson dawn Asian Psylocke and 90’s archangel but so much has changed since then ….I dunno ….at least to me it felt like a once in a lifetime “astronomic alignment” but to be honest I was never a fun of the race swapping or the edgy edginess that befall both Warren & Betsy so Maybe I’m not the right person to pass judgement on this pairing.

I also wasn't (and still am not) a fan of either of the body changes they went through. Even before the extreme! new edgy personae they seemed like a good fit though: both scions of incredible wealth, with family ties to the Hellfire club, both with powers that weren't naturally offensive so they had to be tactical in fights. I don't know, when they got together it seemed like an obvious match. I wish we'd at least see them interact now that they are both back in their original bodies.

[Selene]

I also wasn't (and still am not) a fan of either of the body changes they went through. Even before the extreme! new edgy personae they seemed like a good fit though: both scions of incredible wealth, with family ties to the Hellfire club, both with powers that weren't naturally offensive so they had to be tactical in fights. I don't know, when they got together it seemed like an obvious match. I wish we'd at least see them interact now that they are both back in their original bodies.

And like Betsy, early Silver Age Warren was also an action junkie, who wasn't afraid to train himself in the use of firearms if it meant protecting innocents.

A match made in Heaven, whether or not it clicked with the readers and the creators. Although I miss them terribly, I wouldn't like it if the writers hurried to make them an item again; the early Nicieza issues, when the attraction was slowly building, was when the romance was at its sweetest.

[Agent Grayson]

One of my favourite Betsy issues is Uncanny X-Men #213, where she fends off Sabretooth and becomes an X-Man. I've just read the 'rematch' issue, Uncanny X-Men #328, for the first time, where Sabretooth takes her down pretty decisively and she's saved using the Crimson Dawn. Does Betsy get the chance to get her own back? If not, I think we're due another fight issue...

[Selene]

^She battles a hologram of his in the Danger Room at least twice, once during the Revolution era and another time during Reload, but the real deal, nope, never.

She also seemed very tense around Sabretooth in Bunn's Uncanny run, but was reluctant to create drama due to his personality being under the influence of Wanda's spell.

[JB]

^She battles a hologram of his in the Danger Room at least twice, once during the Revolution era and another time during Reload, but the real deal, nope, never.

She also seemed very tense around Sabretooth in Bunn's Uncanny run, but was reluctant to create drama due to his personality being under the influence of Wanda's spell.

I was on the edge of my seat reading that run waiting for it to happen. For her to sense his inversion was wearing off and she'd take his head off. Alas it did not happen.

Uncanny X-Men #328 still haunts me.

[Selene]

I was on the edge of my seat reading that run waiting for it to happen. For her to sense his inversion was wearing off and she'd take his head off. Alas it did not happen.

Uncanny X-Men #328 still haunts me.

We'd have also gotten Psylocke as Captain Britain, with Rachel at her side (not romantically involved though), much earlier, if they'd let Bunn go through with his plans.

This look grows on me more and more, it combines just the right touch of patriotic and snazzy.
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And yeah, UXM #328 was very solid, despite Betsy getting the shaft at the end.