British Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Captain Britain #8 – First Betsy Braddock (later the X-Men’s Psylocke)
*Marvel UK: In 1976, Marvel UK’s first attempt to generate a British-based super-hero was placed into the hands of Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, whose comic-opera interpretation of the UK has become a source of hilarity for generations. But after a shaky start, CB became inextricably linked with the mainstream Marvel Universe, not least because of his psychic sister, Betsy, who – years later and after many, many changes – turned Japanese and became the X-Men’s scantily-clad ninja mind-warrior Psylocke. As you do. This is Betsy’s first appearance in Captain Britain Weekly #8, a copy in VG/FN condition, rather decent considering the flimsy stock of the Marvel UK weeklies, with no creases or marks, tight with excellent, firmly attached staples and flat with just a suggestion of a slight curl at the spine. The puzzle pages have been completed, but in faint pencil only. Nice white to off-white pages and sharp corners.
PICTURED: CAPTAIN BRITAIN #8 VG/FN £175 SOLD