CAPTAIN JOHANNESBURG

Real Name: Unrevealed

Identity/Class: Alternate reality (Earth-12320) human, British citizen (or her Earth's equivalent thereof), probable magic mutate, probable power enhanced by costume (see comments)

Occupation: Prosecutor, agent of the Corps

Group Membership: Corps (Captain England-522/Henric Lockwood, Captain Windsor, others)

Affiliations: Jamie Braddock, Saturnyne (Earth-9)

Enemies: Fantomex

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Otherworld

First Appearance: Uncanny X-Force I#20 (March 2012)

Powers/Abilities: Assuming she possesses similar abilities to the majority of the Corps (which isn't guaranteed - there are variations), Captain Johannesburg possesses superhuman abilities similar to and presumably at a similar level to Captain Britain's: superhuman strength (lifting 90 tons), flight (up to 770 mph), enhanced reflexes, stamina and senses. Again like her fellow Corpsman, she presumably is powered by interdimensional frictional energies focused in a matrix centered on the island of Great Britain (or whatever name it goes by in her reality). 

Height: 5'10" (by approximation)
Weight: 170 lbs. (by estimation)
Eyes: Unrevealed
Hair: Black

History:
(Uncanny X-Force I#20) - A member of the Corps, Captain Johannesburg was a member of the prosecution team on Otherworld that brought the case against Earth-616's Fantomex for his execution of a child version of Apocalypse.

(Uncanny X-Force I#22-BTS) - Captain Johannesburg presumably fought alongside the rest of the Corps against the undead hordes attacking the Starlight Citadel, aware that if the Citadel was overrun then there would be Omniverse-wide devastation.

(New Avengers III#30 (fb) - BTS) - Captain Johannesburg was presumably slain along with the majority of the Corps when the Beyonders launched an all out attack on the Starlight Citadel (see comments).

Comments: Created by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini.

   Captain Johannesburg wasn't identified in the issue itself, but was named in the script:

• P12-13. The audience rises as Capt. England ushers Fantomex over to the defenses table and chairs. Opal Luna Saturnyne stands high above them on the judges podium looking down with a cold expression on her face. All of the Capt. Britain Corps in the surrounding amphitheater all look at Fantomex with anger on their faces. At the table for the prosecution sits an African woman Capt. Johannesburg, and a fancy English woman Capt. Windsor.
  

    Captain Johannesburg isn't seen in New Avengers III#30, but that tale involved the entire Corps being called in to defend Otherworld from a major threat and then being decimated, so unless she'd died somewhere else prior to that issue she was presumably present but off panel.

    Her name poses somewhat of an unspoken question. As a Corps member, her powers and origin should be tied to the British Isles, regardless of what they are called or who inhabits that region in any given reality; the Corps' power source was for the longest time tied geographically there. However, Johannesburg is a city in South Africa, originally named by Dutch settlers. Now it wouldn't be difficult to accommodate an alternate history where the Dutch rule the British Isles - William of Orange who jointly ruled England, Scotland and Ireland with his wife from 1689 to 1702 was a Dutch prince, so a version of history where (for example) he made the national language Dutch and renamed London as Johannesburg would be just one example out of many that could explain this. However, Captain Johannesburg being described as African adds another layer. Again, realities where African nations colonized the British Isles rather than the other way around are also entirely feasible, but if that was the case then I wouldn't expect her to have a name tied to the Dutch in South Africa. I guess it best makes sense if the Dutch took over the British Isles AND colonized South Africa.

Profile by Loki.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Captain Johannesburg has no known connections to:

• CAPTAIN JOHANNESBURG (Earth-21463) - another Corps member of the same name--Uncanny X-Force I#21
• or any other "Captain" or "Johannesburg" characters

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Uncanny X-Force I#20, p13, pan1 (main image)

Appearances:
Uncanny X-Force I#20 (March 2012) - Rick Remender (writer), Greg Tocchini (art), Jody Leheup & Nick Lowe (editors)

First Posted: 11/04/2026
Last updated: 11/04/2026

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