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Psylocke: Ninja #5

Writer: Tim Seeley

Art by: Nico Leon

Cover by: Derrick Chew

The Story:

AN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE HAND! Psylocke and Elektra must put aside their differences to save Jubilee from the Snakeroot Clan! But can these two murderous assassins overcome their bloodlust and fulfill their heroic destinies? And will Psylocke’s past with the Hand come back to bite her…or to help her?

In Stores: May 27, 2026

              

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Psylocke: Ninja #4

Writer: Tim Seeley

Art by: Nico Leon

Cover by: Derrick Chew

The Story:

How will Psylocke survive when both Elektra and the Snakeroot Clan attack? And how can she protect Jubilee, when she lands in the crosshairs of Psylocke’s enemies?

In Stores: April 8, 2026

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Psylocke: Ninja #3

Written by: Tim Seeley

Art by: Nico Leon, Dono Sánchez-Almara

Cover by: Derrick Chew

The Story:

X-MEN: MADRIPOOR! Betsy Braddock has teamed up with Wolverine and Jubilee in Madripoor! How will Betsy piece together her old memories while navigating this new body? And can she figure it all out before a vengeful Elektra catches up to her?

Release Date: March 25, 2026

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Spoilers: Continuing her assault on the Chaste’s stronghold, Psylocke advances with singular focus, suppressing intrusive sensory impressions that surface unbidden in her mind—images, scents, fragments of songs. Acting in pursuit of vengeance on behalf of the Hand following Elektra Natchios’ betrayal, she engages the Chaste—Flame, Wing, Shaft, Claw, and Star—in direct combat. Though aware of her telepathic abilities and capacity to deceive or disorient, Psylocke admits a preference for the immediate effects of hand-to-hand confrontation, taking satisfaction in physical engagement despite the power of her mind.

Overpowering the Chaste through disciplined force, Psylocke defeats Stone by fusing physical and spiritual attacks, glancing herself within her own scattered psychic-energy assault and detonating it at close range. With the remaining defenders incapacitated, she advances toward the healing pool where Elektra lies under Palm’s care, declaring that nothing now stands in her way. As Psylocke prepares to eliminate her target, Palm recognizes her not as a willing aggressor, but as a victim—warning that the Hand of the Beast may still have “a finger or two” in her heart.

Before Psylocke can complete her mission, Elektra rises—fully animated by the Beast’s influence—and turns on Palm, driving her clawed hand into the healer’s abdomen and fatally wounding her. As Elektra declares her intent to reclaim what was stolen, the two engage directly. Recognizing she cannot match Elektra physically, Psylocke resolves to rely on her mental powers—not scattered, but targeted—forming a focused totality and manifesting a psychic knife, which she drives into Elektra’s brain, deep into the neural pathways that record memory.

For a moment, the two become linked—“a circuit”—as Psylocke witnesses Elektra’s life: her lover Daredevil, her father, his loss, and the rage that followed as she fell deeper into darkness under the Beast’s influence. As the ancient presence retreats from Elektra’s soul, Psylocke and Elektra are violently repelled—like magnets of the same polarity—and the circuit breaks. Aided by Palm’s chi and Psylocke’s surgical psychic strike, Elektra is freed from the Beast’s influence, regaining consciousness beside Palm’s dying body.

Elsewhere, Psylocke reels from psychic feedback as fragments of identity surface. Intercepted by Matsu’o Tsurayaba, she is pressed to reveal her true name and questioned as to whether she is Kwannon. Psylocke responds by identifying herself as Elizabeth Braddock—Betsy. Realizing she retains memories of her former life, Matsu’o concludes that she is not yet his beloved. Declaring that Psylocke must remain alive if he is to retrieve Kwannon’s spirit, he resolves that Betsy Braddock must remain of use to the Hand.

In the days that follow, the Chaste gather to honor Palm with funeral rites, acknowledging Psylocke’s role in cleansing Elektra’s mind—though they concede that such freedom will not change Elektra’s nature, nor extinguish the anger that has grown within her since her father’s death. In Shinjuku City, Elektra resurfaces within the criminal underworld, vowing that if Psylocke is seen anywhere—above or below—she will be found.

Elsewhere, at the Hand’s private island laboratory in the South China Sea, Matsu’o returns empty-handed and is informed that Psylocke will be assigned a new mission—and a new name—in service of the Hand’s interests in Hong Kong. As he is led to a containment chamber where Psylocke lies suspended in a tank, Matsu’o subjects Betsy to further brainwashing in preparation for her next mission.

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Psylocke: Ninja #2
Written by: Tim Seeley
Art by: Nico Leon, Dono Sánchez-Almara
Cover by: Derrick Chew

The Story:
ELEKTRA MUST DIE! The Hand has given Psylocke a brutal order: kill Elektra! Will Psylocke be able to resist the Hand’s control? And even if she can, how will she evade Elektra’s wrath?!

Release Date: February 25, 2026

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Psylocke: Ninja #1

Writer: Tim Seeley

Art by: Nico Leon

Cover by: Derrick Chew

The Story:

BETSY BRADDOCK: MUTANT, X-MAN…NINJA! Flashback to a time when Psylocke was reborn into the ultimate killing machine. What sacrifice did Betsy make to save the X-Men? Why did the Hand choose Psylocke to be their weapon? And what does it have to do with their former assassin…Elektra?! Discover the answers to these questions and more in a lost story from the X-Men’s past!

In Stores: January 21, 2026

X-Men Monday #325 – Tom Brevoort Talks Betsy Braddock's Complicated Status

AIPT!: This week’s X-Men Monday returns in a big way, welcoming Marvel’s own X-architect, Tom Brevoort, for a wide-ranging conversation on the past, present, and future of the X-Men.

AIPT: Betsy Braddock will turn 50 in 2026. While the Psylocke: Ninja flashback miniseries is appreciated, her absence from the Shadows of Tomorrow teaser is concerning. Will Betsy eventually have a place in present-day stories?

Tom: Betsy turns 50 along with Captain Britain, so we’ll definitely be doing something for Captain Britain’s 50th, and Betsy will definitely be a part of that. Beyond that, it’s kind of wait and see.

I like Betsy Braddock. But Betsy Braddock is hard and kind of a messy situation.

Everybody was well-intentioned throughout all of her storytelling, but that whole thing is a mess. And in coming to the table where it was set when I got here, I made what, to me, felt like the only choice I could make at that point, which is, Kwannon is Psylocke, that’s the state of play. That’s what we’re going to commit to. Psylocke is Kwannon, and she’s in X-Men. Betsy is Captain Britain, she’s with Rachel Summers, and she’ll be in X-Force. 

And X-Force ran its course, but it’s not as simple as just putting Betsy in the other book, or the name is really hers, and the Psylocke history is really hers. It kind of is, but 30, 40, 50 years later, here’s where we are now. 

And the other problem is, even among the Betsy fans, when you actually listen to what they say, they’re all over the road, too. We want her back, but we want her back in this iteration, and we want her back, but not like this. So even they’re trying to figure out what’s the right thing for the character and the story. What’s the story that somebody walks into my office, shows up in my email, or calls me on the phone and pitches me about Betsy Braddock that makes me go, “That’s a great story. I want to see that. I want to make that.” There’s no point in just bringing her back into a book if she’s going to be furniture.

So it’s kind of all of that, which again, is cold comfort and no comfort to people who love that character or any of the characters that haven’t gotten as much spotlight as we’d like. Over the churn of history, every character gets their day or gets their moment. So it’s not that there isn’t a genuine effort, it’s just that the genuine effort isn’t necessarily dedicated to just that one character, but to all the characters that people like or have ideas with.

Psylocke: Ninja #1 Exclusive New First Look, Tim Seeley Talks Betsy's “Big Revenge”

ComicBook.com: Marvel is about to dive into an untold chapter of the X-Men story, specifically that of Betsy Braddock with Psylocke: Ninja. Going on sale in January, the five-issue series will take readers into Betsy’s transformation into a deadly assassin as well as her first encounter with Elektra. Speaking with ComicBook, Tim Seeley opened up about the personal nature of Betsy’s story as she deals with the wild body swap situation, teasing that not only will the story get into everything Betsy is dealing with, but feature some really cool genre combinations as well, offering X-Men fans a wild ride that sounds like something totally new.

ComicBook: You have done a lot of really cool things with the X-Men. What makes Psylocke: Ninja exciting for you?

Tim Seeley: Ninja allows to pick up on an approach I honed with Rogue: The Savage Land, and that’s going back to read some of my favorite 80s/90s comic books and figuring out where there are little gaps that could be filled in with all-new story, that still respects the existing continuity. Savage Land had to be, by design, fairly contained, but with Ninja, I was able to pull in not only Uncanny X-Men issues, but also Daredevil, Wolverine and even New Warriors! So, this is a very personal story for Betsy, but it’s also pretty personal for me, as I smash all my back issues together into something new!

With the X-Men having such a long history full of iconic moments and stories, what did you find particularly challenging about digging into this time in Psylocke’s history?

Well, Betsy Braddock becoming ninja Psylocke is some really dense continuity–it’s also got some conflicting ideas that don’t quite line up! So, I had to focus on what I thought made it a great story in the first place, and that’s Betsy essentially being remade into someone else, then becoming comfortable with, and really adapting to who she was the whole time. I think she has to have agency, while also letting her roll with a very crazy sci-fi body-swap brainwash story–and that takes some serious thinking.

What has been your favorite thing about Psylocke: Ninja?

At its heart, it’s a big revenge story, set in Madripoor, which allowed me to combine some of my favorite genres into something new. It’s a Cyberpunk/pinky violence/martial arts spectacular!

Without spoilers, what is something that you think readers will be surprised by with this book — and what is something about it that surprised you?

Well, I was really surprised at how well you can combine Uncanny X-Men, Elektra: Assassin, Daredevil: Fall From Grace, and the Night Thrasher solo series into a coherent narrative! And hopefully, readers will be surprised to see that I pull it off!