HEtOHT 6 ft WEK3HT 175 Ib# EYES Blue HAIR Silver
FIRST APPEARANCE
X-Men 4 (March 1964)
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Scarlet Wrtch.
FACTFILE
REAL NAME
Piętro Maximoff OCCUPAHON Adventurer BASE
Ot»cksifvcf possesses Uto mutant abity lorun at suportturrtan spoods over grunt cistances. His top afieed is rilogod to be 175 mph. He can create a wtwiwtncl by mnrting in a dreto: Iks tempor can be a qu»ck
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ESSENTIAL STORYLINES
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Quicksilver
The son of Macneto, Piętro and his twin sister Wanda, the Scarlet Witch grew up never knowing their fathers identity.Their mother. Magda, had fled front Magneto after witnessing his mutant powers in action, and gave birth to lier twin offśpring in the hills of Wundagore Mountain.The children were raised by the gypsy fantily of Django Masimoff. But at maturity, when their mutant powers first showed. Piętro and Wanda were persccuted as denionspawn.
In one attack,Wanda was surrounded by villagcrs who intended to bum ber at thc stake. Rcscue camc in che form of Magneto himself, who had bcen scouring the globe for nuicants to rccruit into his Bkoiherhood oi- Evil Mutams. Using his inagnetie powcrs to seatter the frightened viUagcrv Magneto coiwinced Wanda and Piętro tojoin him and liis Brotherhood.
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evontualt/ tumed against Magneto (in roabty. Ivs long-tost tathor). and becarne n valuod
Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch engaged in a senes ofbattles with the X-Mi n. Howeecr they only remaincd with the Brotherhood because of the debt they felt they owed Magneto. Wlien the first incarnation of thc Brotherhood was dissohed, Piętro and his sister went into seclusion, vowing never again to tise their powers for evil.
Hearing that the Avlngers werc looking tor ncw inembers, Piętro and Wanda resumed their costumed identities, and were accepted as inembers. But all did not rcmain well for long. Quicksilver, overprotcctive of his sister. did not approee of her marriage to the android Vision, causing a rift between them.
Quicksilver was later injured during a mission and nurscd baek to health by ( rym ai ofthc Inhumans.The two werc married and had a daughter. Luna. Since tlien. Quicksilver has worked with the Avcngers, served with the mutant team X-* ‘ as well as leading the Knights of
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