Who Is Captain Cymru? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Captain Cymru is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Morwen Powell, with over 18 comic issue appearances. The Captain Britain of Earth-1282, where Wales is the pre-eminent culture of Great Britain. Captain Cymru is a member of the Captain Britain Corps.

Who is Captain Cymru?

From an earth where Wales, rather than England, was the dominant culture of Great Britain, Morwen Powell was the Captain Britain Corps member from Earth-1282 Captain Cymru was first introduced when Excalibur was called before the Omniversal Hub by Saturnyne because their Cross-Time Caper caused huge amounts of disruption to the space-time continuum. While there, they were instructed to surrender teammate Rachel Summers , codenamed Phoenix. When Excalibur sought to seek an audience with Saturnyne herself, in hopes of a better explanation or her interceding on their behalf, Captain Cymru was one of the Corps members engaged in actively preventing them from reaching Saturnyne. Mowen engaged Alistaire Stuart and who she thought was Kitty Pryde . She shot 'Kitty' with a Plastrix gun, designed to ensnare her and inhibit her phasing ability. However, 'Kitty' was actually Rachel Summers in disguise; therefore, Rachel was able to shatter the Plastrix case using her telekinesis and knock Captain Cymru out. As a member of the Captain Britain Corps, has Captain Cymru was present at hte wedding of Meggan and Brian Braddock . The next time Morwen appears, the entire Captain Britain Corps has ass.

Key facts

Captain Cymru is of human origin and first appeared in "Tempting Fates". The character is published by Marvel. With 18 recorded issue appearances, Captain Cymru ranks among the most featured characters in comics.