Set aside the whole body swap thing for a second. You wanna know how we know Psylocke’s come a long way?
In late 1992/early 1993, Marvel published a three-issue story in X-Men in which the team went to Siberia for Colossus family/Omega Red stuff, and Psylocke (then Betsy Braddock in Kwannon’s body) is depicted on Andy Kubert’s covers as wearing only Jim Lee’s famous purple bathing suit with boots and assorted leg and arm bands.
“But Dan,” you might say, “unstable molecules are insulated. Reed Richards said so in [insert issue of Fantastic Four from the ’90s that justifies Sue’s 4-shaped boob window outfit],” to which I reply, “Shut up, nerd.”
Now? Psylocke (Kwannon) lives in Alaska and actually dresses appropriately, with a jacket and everything.
Nuts, right?
Check out this variant cover by Joshua Swaby for September’s X-Men #22, and keep scrolling for them deet-erinos.
W: Jed MacKay | A: C.F. Villa | VC: Joshua Swaby (A cover by Ryan Stegman and Marte Gracia)
THE LEAD-IN TO NEXT MONTH’S GAME-CHANGING EVENT!
With Z*E*R*O on his heels, Doug Ramsey, A.K.A. REVELATION, arrives in Alaska for the X-Men’s help! Beset on all sides, the X-Men could use a powerful new ally — but Revelation is not just an old friend, he’s the Heir of Apocalypse! And what new age could such an alliance usher in…?
Sept. 24 | 32 pages | $4.99
Dan Grote is the editor and publisher of ComicsXF, having won the site by ritual combat. By day, he’s a newspaper editor, and by night, he’s … also an editor. He co-hosts The ComicsXF Interview Podcast with Matt Lazorwitz. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, two kids and two miniature dachshunds, and his third, fictional son, Peter Paul Winston Wisdom. Follow him @danielpgrote.bsky.social.
