Who Is Quicksilver? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Quicksilver is a Marvel comic book character, the alter ego of Pietro Django Maximoff, with over 3,507 comic issue appearances. Quicksilver is a superhuman with the ability to travel at speeds far beyond the average human. He is the older twin brother of the Scarlet Witch. After he and his sister left the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, they became members of the Avengers. Although Quicksilver's loyalties and reliability have long been erratic, his love for his sister has proven constant.

Who is Quicksilver?

Origin Pietro and Wanda Pietro and his twin sister Wanda (Scarlet Witch) always assumed that they were the children of the gypsy couple that raised them, Django and Marya Maximoff . They did not know that they had been adopted. In fact, they were born on Wundagore Mountain to a woman only known as Magda , a woman on the run from her husband who had "become a monster". She appeared at the house of Bova , the midwife to the High Evolutionary , heavily pregnant and stayed for a few weeks until she gave birth. She then immediately fled into a raging blizzard and was never seen or heard from again. Given her weakened state following delivery, it is assumed that she perished. Whilst at Wundagore Mountain , they were also offered for adoption to the Whizzer when his wife died. He did not accept them, but thought that they were his children.

Key facts

Quicksilver is of mutant origin and first appeared in "The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants". The character is published by Marvel. With 3,507 recorded issue appearances, Quicksilver ranks among the most featured characters in comics.