Recap 2013 — A New Mission
After enduring a succession of personal tragedies, Betsy Braddock entered 2013 determined to rebuild her life. She and Storm assembled a new, non-lethal Uncanny X-Force as an investigative strike team, drawing Psylocke into conflicts involving Bishop, Spiral, the three Fantomexes and Cassandra Nova while she struggled to find a healthier path forward.
Betsy and Storm also joined Marvel’s first all-female X-Men lineup, facing the sentient bacterium Arkea alongside Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Jubilee. The year also introduced Betsy’s sleek black-and-gray uniform, a modern redesign that quickly became one of her most popular costumes among fans.
Ultimate X-Men #21
ULTIMATEPsylocke, Mach 2 and Warpath plot against Kitty. Psylocke knows who to use in order to discredit Kitty.
Uncanny X-Force #1
Psylocke investigates a drug dealer in a nightclub teaming up with Storm and Puck, only to find out it is Spiral with the help of a little girl.
Ultimate X-Men #22
ULTIMATEThe blowing up of the sentient seed's greenhouse makes Mach 2's group abandon Kitty's allies.
Uncanny X-Force #2
Psylocke discovers that Ginny is a mutant, but her fight against Spiral is interrupted by Bishop, who returns to the present.
Ultimate X-Men #24
ULTIMATEPsylocke reveals she wants Kitty's group to focus on Mach 2 while she's free to act behind the scenes.
Uncanny X-Force #3
Psylocke uses her psi-knife on Bishop's head and faces the Demon Bear on his mind.
Ultimate X-Men #25
ULTIMATEPsylocke pretends to take orders from Mach 2 while coming up with a plan of her own.
Ultimate X-Men #26
ULTIMATEPsylocke reveals her true colors, having manipulated both Kitty and Mach Two's groups for the past months for her own ends.
Uncanny X-Force #4
Psylocke's fight in the astral plane is interrupted. She decides to let Spiral go, seemingly making peace with her.
Uncanny X-Force #5
Psylocke and Storm enters Bishop's mind, and Betsy tames the Demon Bear. Meanwhile, in the physical plane, Cluster kidnaps Betsy.
X-Men #1
Psylocke and Rachel investigate Sublime, who came to the school asking for help against his sister Arkea.
Uncanny X-Force #6
Psylocke accepts Cluster's request to rescue Fantomex and has a disagreement with Wolverine.
Ultimate X-Men #27
ULTIMATEPsylocke and Jean Grey fight after Jean finds out Psylocke is not the real Betsy and has ben manipulating everyone into fighting each other. Farbird kills her.
Uncanny X-Force #7
Psylocke and Cluster head to Madripoor to rescue Fantomex from Weapon XIII. It's revealed that Psylocke and Cluster had an affair six months ago.
X-Men #2
Psylocke and the X-Men and Sublime tracks down Arkea and chases her.
Ultimate X-Men #28
ULTIMATEBefore dying, Psylocke reveals her job was to preside over the extinction of mutants.
X-Men Legacy #13
Psylocke and other British mutants are asked to go to London by Legion to take a stand against an oppressive president of a foreign country.
Uncanny X-Force #8
Psylocke asks Weapon XIII to kill Fantomex herself. It's revealed that Fantomex and Cluster both betrayed Psylocke six months ago.
What If? AvX #2
ALTERNATEThe X-Men and Avengers agree to cooperate to deal with the Phoenix menace.
What If? AvX #3
ALTERNATEThe X-Men decide to act and prevent Magneto from manipulating Hope.
Uncanny X-Force #9
Psylocke decides not to kill Fantomex and leaves him and Cluster for good. It's revealed that Fantomex set her up six months ago.
X-Men #3
Psylocke uses her psi-blade on Arkea, which frees Omega Sentinal from Arkea's influences.
X-Men Legacy #14
Legion has Psylocke using her blade to wipe out traumatic experiences from the minds of the British troops.
What If? AvX #4
ALTERNATEPsylocke is killed by a Phoenix-possessed Hope.
Uncanny X-Force #10
Psylocke protects Bishop against the Revenants, but her own Revenant is unleashed.
X-Men #4
Psylocke and the X-Men work together to prevent and airplane from crashing.
X-Men Legacy #15
Flashback to the events of "Age of X".
Uncanny Avengers #11
Psylocke and her X-Force witness the rise of the Apocalypse Twins.
Uncanny X-Force #11
Psylocke is helped by Bishop and defeats her Revenant but doesn't kill her.
X-Men #5
Psylocke and the X-Men/Future X-Men chase Teen Jean and Teen Scott in order to send them back to the past.
Uncanny X-Men #12
Psylocke and the X-Men/Future X-Men head to Utopia, where Cyclops is hiding Teen Jean and Teen Scott.
Wolverine & The X-Men #36
Psylocke and Wolverine's X-Men and Cyclops' X-Men settle things down after Teen Jean agrees to go back to the past.
Uncanny X-Force #12
Psylocke and her X-Force hear Spiral's story of how she found out the Revenant Queen is Cassandra Nova.
X-Men #6
Psylocke fights the Future X-Men. After handling Ice-Hulk and Deadpool, she's defeated by Raze.
Uncanny X-Men #13
Raze morphs into Psylocke and retrieves Teen Iceman and Teen Beast.
Wolverine & The X-Men #37
Wolverine's and Cyclops' X-Men decide to fight together against the Future Brotherhood.
Uncanny X-Force #13
Psylocke tries to attack Cassandra Nova, but is defeated and retrieved by her.
Battle of the Atom #2
Psylocke and the others are teleported by Magik to safety. Later, she welcomes Kymera to the school.
X-Men #7
Monet and Karima update Psylocke, Storm and Rachel on Lady Deathstrike's latest endeavor.
Uncanny X-Force #14
Cassandra offers to give Psylocke her original body back if she joins her. Puck rescues Betsy, but both end up falling into the Underworld.
Uncanny Avengers #14
ALTERNATEKang recruits Magistrate Braddock.
Deadpool Annual 2013 #1
Flashback to the events of Uncanny X-Force vol. 1.
Nova #10
Nova helps the Avengers and the X-Men and defeats Dr. Doom.
Uncanny X-Force #15
After being rescued from the Underworld, Psylocke faces Cassandra Nova and stabs her to death.
X-Men #8
Psylocke chases Typhoid Mary and rescues Sublime, who had been subdued by Lady Deathstrike.
Uncanny Avengers #15
Psylocke and other mutants are taken to Planet X thanks to the Scarlet Witch's spell.
“For so long, my life has been out of control. Chaos and serendipity, wrapped in insanity. I have suffered, I have lost. Not just my life, but my very soul, my self. But no more. Now I know who I am.” – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Braddock, daughter of Otherworld, mutant, telepath, telekinetic, defender of the realm and, above all, X-Man.
4 comments:
Pretty good recap. Very concise.
Congratulations for the amazing retrospective!
Wow, Betsy was quite busy in 2013! Although in Ultimate X-Men, Betsy wasn't really Betsy (but the impostor was still cool, so that's okay). I wonder if Brian Wood always intended for his Ultimate Psylocke to be an impostor or if she was planned to be the real Betsy back to life and he had to back down after that bunch of whiners started to whine that Ultimate Betsy was dead (even though she had transferred her mind to another body before), that dead means dead in the Ultiverse, yadda yadda yadda...
Fantastic retrospect as always, great work you guys.
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