Havok83
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If Marvel owns Captain Britain would they be able to use Betsy just without the Psylocke name since she was there quite a bit prior to X-Men? Seems similar to the Scarlet Witch situation.
Not really. Im pretty sure Psylocke was one of the characters actually named in whatever licensing agreement considering she was without a doubt a mainstream X-man when that was made. And she has since been used. She doesnt even have any significant history outside of the X-men franchise. Her time in the Captain Britain book pre-debut, is really a blip. She's not really a grey area character like Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch
Lets sat a CB series goes forward, Marvel can give him a blonde sister, but they'll have to alter her backstory. She likely may not be a twin and she definitely wont be able to be called Elizabeth/Betsy. It would be a new character inspired by Psylocke, but it wont for legal reasons, actually be her