X-Terminators #4 Spoilers & Art

Spoilers: The Knights play a baseball match against the New Mutants in Krakoa.

X-Men Monday #185 – Jordan D. White Reflects on 2022 and Teases 2023

AIPT! shares their annual, end-of-year conversation with X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White in which he manages to say nothing interesting at all about Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain.

AIPT: What can we expect from Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain?

Jordan D. White: Well, Betsy’s obviously been a character we’ve been showcasing for the last few years, but giving her her own series is exciting. There hasn’t been a Captain Britain book for a really long time and never one that was hers, obviously. So we’re super excited to have that happen. And the fact that her and Rachel are in relationship is going to be a big part of that, and that’s why Rachel will be right there in it with her. So it’s going to be terrific. It’s going to shift a little bit away from the multiverse aspects and a little bit more towards the Marvel Universe proper. But I think it’ll be really cool.

Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1 Variant Covers by Peach Momoko & Otto Schmidt

Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #3 Cover WIP by Erica D'urso

Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 Variant Cover by Pablo Villalobos

Tini Howard Reveals Betsy Braddock's Next Steps

EW: "Knights was what I called Betsy's The Witcher phase. She was in her cool leather, she was kicking ass," Tini Howard says. "Now we're putting her back in the Excalibur costume, we're bringing her back to the United Kingdom, and we're having her really confront this idea that 'alright, you want to be Captain Britain? Some people don't want you to wear that title. So if you're gonna wear it, you have to be here to defend it.' You can't just be one of those guys who comes in, takes the belt at WrestleMania and then doesn't wrestle again for three years."

The United Kingdom has taken a particularly anti-mutant attitude in Marvel comics of late, cutting off diplomatic ties with the mutant nation of Krakoa — which neatly parallels the real-life U.K. exit from European Union. If Betsy's going to win over the British public to supporting a mutant Captain Britain atmosphere, she has a lot of work to do.

Luckily, she's got allies. Even though the title character will be front and center in Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain, her new girlfriend is also along for the ride.

"First of all, it's really exciting to finally be able to say, 'okay they're in a relationship,'" Howard says of Betsy and Rachel. "They're staying together. But the fact is, they both work really hard jobs and they probably don't have as much time to sit around and catch up on Bake Off or whatever. So it's really important to balance that stress. This has always been the thing for Betsy: You have the thing you want, but can you let yourself enjoy it? That's a very Betsy thing, to think 'maybe I don't deserve this.'"

Howard continues, "Rachel's coming from a very different place. Rachel's been more comfortable with who she is for a long time, and has known how she felt about Betsy and accepted it. I think there's going to be a bit of Rachel having to be patient with her girlfriend, and Betsy having to be patient with her girlfriend right back, but that's good, right? To me, the reason we get characters together is not just to watch them kiss, it's to watch them struggle a bit and then kiss again."

Betsy will also have a new ally — another female British superhero taking on the legendary mantle of a male character. That's right: In the second issue of the new series, Captain Britain will cross paths with Captain Carter.

Howard is a fan of both the What If...? animated series, whose first episode introduced Captain Carter (Peggy Carter with the powers of Captain America) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the recent Captain Carter miniseries by Jamie McKelvie and Marika Cresta. That comic even featured an alternate universe version of Betsy Braddock as an important supporting character — expect Howard to build on that.

"I just simply couldn't help myself," Howard says. "Sometimes you do form stories around that idea that if you google 'Captain Britain,' you'll get pictures of Betsy and pictures of Brian, but also [MCU Peggy Carter actor] Hayley Atwell. That visual of her as Captain Britain is so powerful. Wouldn't someone want that?"

X-Solicits for March 2023

	Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 Tini Howard (W) • Vasco Georgiev (A) Cover by: Erica D’urso Variant Cover by: Pablo Villalobos Two Captains – One Country – and One Hell of a Fight! Britain has a new champion — but don’t be mistaken, she’s been here for years. Morgan Le Fay is back for vengeance, and Captain Britain is first on her list! But where one captain fails, another may suffice…and Peggy Carter’s got a right hook that would inspire the devil herself. Magical machinations and feral fisticuffs abound in Tini Howard and Vasco Georgiev’s continuing epic!
	X-Men #20 Gerry Duggan (W) • Stefano Caselli (A) Cover by: Juan Frigeri Trading Card Variant Cover by: Giuseppe Camuncoli Classic Homage Variant Cover by: Terry Dodson Variant Cover by: Josh Cassara Planet of The Apes Variant Cover by: Baldeón Timeless Dark Phoenix Virgin Variant Cover by: Alex Ross Timeless Dark Phoenix Virgin Sketch Variant Cover by: Alex Ross Lord of The Brood – Part Two! When the X-Men’s close friend Broo became the Brood King, he gained the ability to control the savage alien race he was both a part of and so different from. Now he is experiencing his own nightmare scenario – the Brood are killing his friends, and there is nothing he can do to stop it! Featuring a connecting cover to Captain Marvel #47!
	Nightcrawlers #2 (of 3) Si Spurrier (W) • Patch Zircher (A) Cover by: Leinil Francis Yu Variant Cover by: TBA Connecting Variant Cover by: TBA Marvel Anatomy Variant Cover Also Available 100 Years Since The Sinister Era Began... …Wagnerine and her gene-spliced assassins are Holy Thieves, servants to a cosmic cult. Let the Heist Liturgy be spoken! Loot the ashes of Asgard! Raid the tombs of Otherworld! Pick the pockets of the Marvel Universe and build the sacred weapon! And let us bear witness to the final fate of the First...the fallen fiend who was once known as Nightcrawler.
	Storm & The Brotherhood of Mutants #2 (of 3) Al Ewing (W) • Patch Zircher (A) Cover by: Leinil Francis Yu Variant Cover by: TBA Connecting Variant Cover by: TBA Women’s History Month Variant Cover by: TBA Marvel Anatomy Variant Cover Also Available Battle of The X-Planets! 100 years from now, the Empire of the Red Diamond battles the Cosmic Coalition to decide the fate of a universe. One is the twisted creation of Nathaniel Essex. So is the other one. But between the two... there are rebels. Ororo lives, and her Brotherhood fights on – in an epic space battle that means life or death for everything that exists!
	Immoral X-Men #2 (of 3) Kieron Gillen (W) • Patch Zircher (A) Cover by: Leinil Francis Yu Variant Cover by: TBA Variant Cover by: TBA Connecting Variant Cover by: TBA Putting The "Die" In Diamond Age! Hail the Pax Krakoa! Or perish! But to this hell age is born a hero. Say hello (again) to Rasputin IV...but what can one good chimera do in a universe of sin? The first century of Sinister’s plan has come to an end…and whether it’s better or worse may depend on the symbol on your forehead.

Psylocke by Joshua Cassara

Krakoa Exports Podcast: Tini Howard Talks "Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain"

How was the pitch and what was the original plan for “Knights of X”? Was this meant to be an arc in Excalibur or how you decide to expand this in a series? How the beginning of this series was?

Tini Howard: [Comic books] are like more or less generally pitched and approved in five-issue arcs, and so there was a point where I could have basically chosen to write another five issues of Excalibur and go from there or to pivot to something else. It seemed like one of the biggest criticisms the book got internally, from fans, from friends […] one of its inherent flaws was that it was just stuffed with things […] so I was like “let’s just move houses” […] and wrap up some story elements. A really good way to do that instead of saying hey number 27 has a sharper focus is to just relaunch. […] When I began talking about the second arc of “Knights of X”, it became pretty clear to everyone involved that it should be a Captain Britain book. That was the story I wanted to tell next. The truth is that stories at Marvel are approved in five-issue arcs and I can work with editorial and sales to get allowed to do some things and not allowed to others. I now look in this case and it was genuinely the right move to end this story to pivot to “Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain” as a solo book.

On “Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain”

Tini Howard: The book looks incredible. We’re several issues in and already way ahead. I’ve been really lucky that I’ve been able to do huge things with this character. It’s going to be more about what the rest of the Marvel Universe thinks of Captain Britain, what’s going on back in Britain, what the other heroes think. The core of the book will be seeing Captain Britain with the rest of the Marvel Universe that isn’t necessarily Krakoa- or X-related. Brian is playing a big role in this book. Rachel’s not going anywhere. […] I won’t spoil anything, but I think issue #2 cover is going to excite people when it gets solicited because there’s a crazy team-up that I just had to do. […] It’s very 616-focused because Betsy has power in a realm that is huge and changing all the time and could threaten Earth at any time. She’s really the one person who can control it and put a stop to it. She’s a good person for the Avengers and other people to know.

Is “Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain” a mini?

Tini Howard: Sales determine everything nowadays. Right now, we have five issues planned, but if people pre-order and love it and we do well, then we’ll do more. I’d love to do more.

Hasbro Celebrates 60 Years of the X-Men with 3-Figure Legends Set

BleedingCool: Hasbro is giving Marvel Legends fans more of the Uncanny releases in bundle form with new 3-Pack sets. These figures capture the Uncanny X-Men from issue #275, and the first team has arrived with Banshee, Gambit, and Psylocke.

Each Marcel legends figure is packed with detail, and the matching uniforms are a fun and unique theme. All three mutants will come sixth a variety of swappable parts, with Banshee getting his wingsuit along with swappable hands and secondary screaming head sculpt. Gambit will get his staff, hands, and card-throwing effect, while Psylocke gets hands and her energy sword. The Marvel Legends Uncanny X-Men #275 Gambit, Psylocke, and Banshee set is priced at $77.99 and is set for a Spring 2023 release. Fans can find the set-only fan channel exclusive sites like here and here. To Me, My X-Men!

Psylocke by David Yardin

Psylocke by Olivier Coipel

Captain Britain by Jim Cheung