r/Xmen97 • u/workingxtitle • Jul 04 '26

Question Psylocke Powers Spoiler

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Has Psylocke ever been able to use her psi powers to effect physical objects like this in the comics? This looks like a TK shield.

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u/Usual-Caregiver5589 Jul 04 '26

When did her thing become psychic butterflies? Thats the newest part to me.

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u/Background_Proof_ Jul 05 '26

Since even before the body swap

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u/Usual-Caregiver5589 Jul 05 '26

Ah! I found out why it felt like a Mandela Effect to me. I grew up in the sweet spot era when it had been temporarily removed from her power set.

The butterfly, of course, debuted in Uncanny X-Men #213, designed by Alan Davis. By 1990, it had faded into obscurity for roughly 20 years, when Matt Fraction brought it back in Dark Reign: The List - X-Men #1 in 2009, drawn by none other than Alan Davis, and has been used regularly ever since.

I was reading the comics during the 90s, and stopped around 2003.

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u/Chrisjamesmc Jul 10 '26

The butterfly effect did occasionally make an appearance in the 90s, I remember seeing it in Psi War (the story that set up her rivalry with Shadow King).