Who Is Marya Maximoff? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Marya Maximoff is a Marvel comic book character, with over 24 comic issue appearances. Marya is, apparently, the aunt of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. She had raised them, but until recently it was believed that Magda and Erik (Magneto) Lensherr where the twins' biological parents.

Who is Marya Maximoff?

Origin Marya is a gypsy woman whom raised Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver) and Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch) . After their children Ana and Mateo died, she and her husband Django 's were devastated with their loss, and the couple moved on by traveling. It was then that the High Evolutionary brought the devastated couple two abandoned children whom they raised as their own. Creation Marya Maximoff was created by David Michelinie and John Byrne and first appeared in The Avengers Vol. issue 182 (1979). She was always portrayed as being the adoptive mother of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. However, more recently it was hinted in Uncanny Avengers Volume 2 that Magneto and Magda Lehnsherr where not truly the twins' parents. It was hinted by the High Evolutionary that Marya and Django Maximoff where Pietro's and Wanda's true parents all along.

Key facts

Marya Maximoff is of human origin and first appeared in "Honor Thy Father". The character is published by Marvel. With 24 recorded issue appearances, Marya Maximoff ranks among the most featured characters in comics.