Who Is Kwannon? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Kwannon is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of , with over 665 comic issue appearances. Kwannon is a Japanese assassin for the Hand, who was body-swapped with the X-Man Betsy Braddock. Living in the body of Betsy, she assumed the codename "Revanche" and briefly joined the X-Men before dying of the Legacy Virus. She was later resurrected in her original body and is now the current Psylocke.

Who is Kwannon?

Origin Trained to kill The young girl known as Kwannon was raised to be a deadly assassin by the organization known as The Hand . Taught that her gifts brought mercy to the people vying for power within modern civilization, she was ordered to kill as her master's weapon. It is implied that she had a name before Kwannon, but she has since forgotten it. At some point she began a secret relationship with a boy and bore a daughter. Her master discovered this, killed the boy, and took Kwannon's daughter from her to teach her loss. Creation Kwannon first appeared in X-Men #17 (Feb 1993) and was created by Fabian Nicieza and Andy Kubert , although Chris Claremont originally came up with the initial ideas of the character. Character Evolution The character of Kwannon herself wasn't established until a while after the body swap. The character was introduced believing herself to be the real Elizabeth Braddock, travelling with the X-Men and Psylocke to find out what really happened.

Key facts

Kwannon is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Key That Breaks The Locke". The character is published by Marvel. With 665 recorded issue appearances, Kwannon ranks among the most featured characters in comics.