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131-550: The main story, Chaos , ran in Avengers #500-503 and a special epilogue, Avengers Finale . The series would lead to a massive relaunch of the Avengers family of titles: New Avengers, New Thunderbolts, Captain America, and Iron Man; and the launch of Young Avengers. Jack of Hearts , who had been dead before the storyline, arrives at Avengers Mansion . The zombified hero explodes, damaging

262-558: A Burger King unless you repeat it several times. That would tend to make you feel very superior to everyone and very impatient with everyone. Quicksilver also starred in Quicksilver , a regular ongoing eponymous series that began in November 1997 and ran for 13 issues. The character also played a pivotal role in the House of M and Avengers: The Children's Crusade . Quicksilver appeared as

393-428: A Contraxian agent sent to Earth to find Jack. It was at this time Jack learned of his half-Contraxian heritage. Marcy took Jack to Contraxia, where he discovered that his powers had become much stronger, and saved the home-world of his mother by reenergizing its dying sun. The Contraxians could not find a solution for Jack's unstable powers, and he left Contraxia to wander outer space in exile. While wandering space he

524-419: A tongue-in-cheek reference to Avengers Disassembled . In a move which satirized the comic book deaths in that book, it was announced that a character would die in each GLA issue. Dinah Soar , the newcomer Grasshopper , the squirrel Monkey Joe , and Doorman are all killed, and Mr. Immortal commits suicide. However, Doorman was resurrected almost immediately acquiring the powers of Deathurge, Monkey Joe

655-567: A character's motivations, dreams, and memories. They're the perfect insight into why a character becomes a hero (or a villain). As readers, we need origin stories to understand the heroes we love. For a long time, Scarlet Witch and her brother Quicksilver had a half-formulated backstory. At first, they were just members of Magneto's brotherhood. But, eventually, they realized that they were also Magneto's children. The older comics don't give us an up-close look at Wanda's childhood, so in 2011 writer Sean McKeever tackled retelling Wanda and Pietro's story in

786-569: A fast metabolism and can heal more rapidly than the average human. His speed allows him to perform such feats as creating cyclone -strength winds and running up walls or across bodies of water. Pietro's mind can perceive information with a photographic memory short term, becoming faster than the speed of thought , because he can shift his thoughts at a speed faster than normal thought. Also, he can cause vibrations in his body to transfer to solid material and has superior agility and reflexes compared to other mutants. It has been revealed that one of

917-508: A guilt-ridden Beast, learning from Uatu that Cap would have recovered from his illness and abandoned his manipulative relationship with the Witch as he became leader of a new team of Avengers if Beast had done nothing, realizes that he should have left everything alone. In an alternate world, the Avengers were never disassembled, but were subsequently captured by an alien race called the Trellions when

1048-532: A harness rig has a failsafe release to prevent it from catching on fire and forcing you to fly into Kree spaceships and blow up. I mean, duh , who doesn't know that?" Jack of Hearts (Marvel Comics) Jack of Hearts ( Jack Hart ) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #22 (March 1976), and

1179-429: A long series of events, which includes House of M , Decimation , Planet Hulk , Civil War , The Initiative , Endangered Species , World War Hulk , Messiah Complex , Divided We Stand , Secret Invasion , Manifest Destiny , Dark Reign , Messiah War , Utopia , Nation X and Necrosha . All these grim events lead up to Siege written by Brian Michael Bendis in 2010, which ushers in

1310-681: A member of the team, sometimes as an ally, and sometimes as an antagonist. From 1991 to 1993 Quicksilver was a regular character in the first volume of X-Factor . The series emphasized the character's irritability and arrogance, which writer Peter David felt were a natural consequence of his powers, explaining: Have you ever stood in the post office behind a woman with 20 packages who wants to know every single way she can send them to Africa? It drives you nuts! You think to yourself, "Why do I have to put up with this? These people are so slow, they're costing me time, and it's so damned irritating. I wish I didn't have to put up with this." Now—imagine that

1441-646: A mob after she accidentally causes a house to burst into flame. Quicksilver stays with her to protect her. After several confrontations with the X-Men, they depart when Magneto and his lackey the Toad are abducted by the cosmic entity the Stranger . They then travel back to Europe. Pietro and his sister reform and are recruited by Iron Man to the superhero team the Avengers , after they discover they are advertising for new members and want to get support for themselves. Together with

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1572-477: A modern climate. The result was Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver , which finally gave readers the origin story they wanted. If you want to read about Scarlet Witch, but have no idea where to start, this is the issue for you." George Marston of Newsarama ranked Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver 6th in their "The best Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch stories of all time" list, asserting, "In comic books, Wanda and Pietro's time as villains

1703-491: A mutant paradise and Magneto fights to defend his daughter from the Avengers and the X-Men, who all end up dead as the Scarlet Witch's spell is interrupted by Rogue . In the end, Wanda and Cap allow themselves to be taken to oblivion to stop any more harm being done. Only Rogue, Ms. Marvel , Beast , Falcon , Cyclops , Iron Man and Doctor Strange are left – they were the ones who were directly confronting Cap and Wanda – and

1834-499: A new Heroic Age for Marvel, and X-Men: Second Coming by Christopher Yost and Craig Kyle, which sees the slow rebirth of Earth's Mutant population. As for the Avengers killed during Disassembled saga, they have all returned to life in separate events. Hawkeye was rematerialized by Wanda during the House of M story. Ant-Man was rescued by the time-traveling Young Avengers during The Children's Crusade , as Stature brings him away from

1965-510: A new containment suit for Jack. Jack then battled Nebula and Geatar . Shortly after this adventure, Jack fell in love with the alien warrior woman known as Ganymede , though she did not return his feelings. In an effort to save R-76, an outpost manned by the Rigellians , Jack of Hearts was injured in battle with the Servitors . Jack was rescued by a team of Avengers, and succeeded in convincing

2096-496: A part of the crossover, the events of Stormbreaker: The Saga of Beta Ray Bill are a direct sequel to the story in Thor . Although not directly connected with the previous storyline, Bendis's 5th arc on New Avengers is titled "New Avengers: Disassembled", a reference to "Avengers Disassembled". It deals with the events of the Civil War (in which superheroes were forced to register with

2227-424: A reformed Avengers. With half-sister Polaris , Quicksilver spies on their father Magneto, who is now the ruler of Genosha. Quicksilver is banished when he rallies the Avengers against Magneto. Quicksilver plays a pivotal role in the limited series House of M , convincing his now mentally unstable sister Wanda to use her abilities to warp reality and create a world where mutants are in a majority and humans are

2358-473: A regular cast member of the series during Mantlo's tenure as writer. Jack has made various guest appearances in several books over the years, including Marvel Two-In-One , The Defenders , Marvel Premiere , (in a solo story meant to launch the character in his own series) ROM , and Marvel Team-Up , (which served as an intro to his 1984 mini-series) among others. He starred in his own self-titled, four issue limited series from Jan. to April 1984. He

2489-406: A solid beginning for the series." Joshua Davison of Bleeding Cool called Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 a "brilliant character-focused comic," saying, " Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 starts off on the right foot with a ponderous and self-reflective issue for Pietro Maximoff. Ahmed, Nguyen, and Renzi provide a compelling conflict for our hero with brilliant artwork and stunning color. This one gets

2620-416: A strong recommendation. Give it a read." Aaron Berkowitz of ComicsVerse gave Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 a score of 90%, writing, "has amazing characterization. Ahmed writes Pietro near-flawlessly. The plot is also incredibly intriguing. I want to know how Pietro gets out of this mess. However, I wasn't a big fan of the art. Flip through the issue at your local comic shop and decide for yourself. For me,

2751-479: A supporting character in Avengers Academy from issue #1 (August 2010) through its final issue #39 (January 2013). He appears as one of the members of All-New X-Factor , which was launched in 2014 as part of the second Marvel NOW! wave. Writer Peter David 's handling of the character in that book earned the character a 2014 @ssie award from Ain't It Cool News . AICN's Matt Adler commented that David writes

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2882-678: A true hero, working with various other superheroes such as the Defenders . Jack fought the Thing , who was under mental control of the Machinesmith . Jack Hart was then reunited with a college girlfriend named Marcy Kane (who was also a fellow graduate student of Peter Parker, a.k.a. Spider-Man ). Marcy, a scientist, and S.H.I.E.L.D. offered to help find a cure for Jack's dangerous super powers. Jack fought some S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, and his powers were temporarily dampened by Spider-Man. Marcy turned out to be

3013-554: A while by physically imbedding the crystals into his flesh. It was later revealed that Quicksilver actually was a normal child that was put through several experiments by the High Evolutionary which granted his powers in the first place. According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #1 was the 148th best selling comic book in November 2011. Peyton Hinckle of ComicsVerse said, "Origin stories make superheroes. They tell us about

3144-544: Is Petros , Enrique 's assistant in the Spanish Catholic Church. Ultimate Marvel features Quicksilver as Pietro Lensherr as the son of Magneto and a woman named Isabelle. As a teenager, he was capable of reaching speeds of Mach 10 and spent most of his life in the Savage Land . After he and his sister Wanda/Scarlet Witch , defected from their abusive father's Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy , they joined

3275-558: Is "downloaded" into the body of Vision , before being restored to his own body. Quicksilver joins the team after learning that it is Wanda ( Asgardian god Loki in disguise) who brought the team together. After the events of the Secret Invasion storyline the character is publicly exonerated of former crimes, with an unknown Skrull being blamed (although Hank Pym, Maximoff's daughter Luna, and Avengers butler Edwin Jarvis are aware of

3406-448: Is actually Loki in disguise. Enraged, he and the rest of the team travel to the Isle of Silence to set a trap for the god of mischief. After imprisoning Loki in a device designed by Hank Pym, he begins torturing the god for information about Wanda's whereabouts. Loki offers no information about her and manages to contact Thor to beg for his help. Thor arrives and attacks Quicksilver for the way he

3537-504: Is forcefully kissed by the Queen, causing him to mutate into a grotesque human-spider hybrid over the course of many days. As he attempts to return himself to normal, it's ultimately revealed that the Queen's powers are the result of an American military experiment from World War II, and she has returned to seek revenge on the US government for abandoning her after the war. In his final confrontation with

3668-437: Is found that the Scarlet Witch there is actually a Doombot in disguise. The journey takes Quicksilver and his comrades all the way to Latveria so they rescue the Scarlet Witch. After the Scarlet Witch turns herself into the X-Men and the Avengers a fight breaks out between the two groups. After being knocked out along with all the other Avengers and X-Men by his sister, he is finally reunited with his sister. Quicksilver joins

3799-458: Is not really him (" Of course there's chaos magic...I would never use the Eye that way. "). They deduce that Wanda used her magics to make everyone believe Strange had defeated her and Magneto then took her away. The Beast eventually figures out that Captain America, his mind suffering long-term damage from his years in ice, had pushed Wanda to do this, using the deaths to power her. They remake Genosha into

3930-504: Is not their biological father. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch later take a trip to Counter-Earth . After being tracked down and defeated by Luminous (a female who was created by the genetic material of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver), Pietro and Wanda were brought to the High Evolutionary himself. He revealed to them that they are actually the long thought deceased children of Django and Marya Maximoff, Anna and Mateo. He also told them

4061-471: Is one of the most unlikely backbones of the Marvel Universe, with their simple origins growing from a throughline between the X-Men and Avengers to the saga of a family tree that has branches throughout Marvel Comics, and Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver presents a concise and engaging take on their earliest days." According to Diamond Comic Distributors , Quicksilver: No Surrender #1

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4192-655: Is searching for his sister in Wundagore when Magneto and the Young Avengers go to find the Scarlet Witch. After trying to abduct his nephew Wiccan so he can assist him in finding his sister, he is stopped by his father and his other nephew, Speed. After Wiccan suggests that maybe Magneto actually did want to make up for his past, he became angry and said, "Nephew the last time I allowed myself to believe that..... My father tried to kill me". Quicksilver prepares to fight his father but when debris from his rampage strikes his sister it

4323-444: Is seeking answers about their true biological mother, Natalya Maximoff (who gave the twins to her relatives Marya and Django to spare them from a difficult life) and asks him to join her. He refuses and the two fight, although Wanda bests Quicksilver and tells him she never wants to see him again. Natalya's spirit later summons Pietro during their final battle against a physical manifestation of Chaos. The twins reconcile after destroying

4454-444: Is soon revealed that the mutated versions of Blob, Mastermind, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad are clones created by Joseph. Quicksilver has joined the privately owned superhero team X-Factor. When confronted during a press conference by Fatale over his actions meant to repower mutants and his lying about a Skrull having been responsible, Pietro finally admitted in public that he had been responsible and had tried to avoid facing

4585-533: Is the product of genetic experimentation by the High Evolutionary . Quicksilver most commonly appears in fiction associated with the X-Men , having been introduced as an adversary for the superhero team. In later stories, he became a superhero himself. He is the twin brother of the Scarlet Witch and, in most depictions, the son of Magneto and a Sinti woman Magda, and the older half-brother of Polaris . Debuting in

4716-463: Is treating Loki. He is able to outrun the thunder god's lightning but is eventually overpowered. He is one of the Avengers who joins Hercules , Amadeus Cho and their allies in an assault on Olympus Group Headquarters. He battles Amazon warrior women alongside Zeus and helps a wounded Wolverine defeat the Huntsman , stabbing him through the chest with his own weapon. Quicksilver is later summoned by

4847-554: The New Men created by the High Evolutionary , that they are the children of Maximoff, and not Robert Frank. Quicksilver then returns to Attilan (city of the Inhumans) and is revealed to have had a daughter ( Luna ) with Crystal. During the limited series Vision and the Scarlet Witch , Magneto forces Bova to reveal the truth about his missing children, who are revealed to be Pietro and Wanda. After their mother Magda dies in childbirth,

4978-907: The Contraxian race. After being exposed to a vat of zero fluid, Jack underwent a mutagenic change and gained the ability to project concussive energy from his body. After gaining these powers, Jack began his mission of vengeance against the Corporation that killed his father. This led to Jack fighting other superheroes such as the Sons of the Tiger and the Hulk . He also fought the White Tiger . Eventually, he killed Stryke, his father's killer. Later, Jack mistakenly fought Iron Man . Being new to super-heroics, he asked Iron Man to take him on as an apprentice, which he did, to show him

5109-625: The Ghost using Amadeus Cho's technology, to defend Asgard against the Thunderbolts. He single-handedly defeats Mister X who is in possession of the Spear of Odin . Mr. X is not able to react quickly enough despite his abilities and Quicksilver viciously beats him down with a piece of debris. He is seen alongside the other Avengers against the Void-possessed Sentry in the events of Siege. Quicksilver

5240-721: The Infinites to restore R-76. Subsequently, Jack and these Avengers were captured, first by the Shi'Ar , and then by the Ruul acting under the orders of the Supreme Intelligence . Jack and the Avengers eventually escaped to Earth and helped reverse a plan to have Earth consumed by Ego the Living Planet . Jack's return to Earth happened during the period known as the Kang War, and Jack of Hearts

5371-512: The Initiative were largely under the supervision of the legendary Avenger Henry Pym , but Pym had in fact been replaced by a Skrull years earlier. This is an opportunity for "top cop" Norman Osborn , the newly appointed director of H.A.M.M.E.R. (formerly S.H.I.E.L.D. ) to radically redefine how the Initiative will fit into the new order—to his own advantage. Thus, the whole structure (and much of

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5502-542: The Silver Age of comic books , Quicksilver has featured in several decades of Marvel continuity, starring in the self-titled series Quicksilver and as a regular team member in superhero title the Avengers . The character has also appeared in a range of movie, television, and video game adaptations. Two separate live-action versions of Quicksilver have been adapted by two different film studios: Aaron Taylor-Johnson portrayed

5633-658: The Ultimates for amnesty. During the Ultimate X-Men 's Magnetic North story arc, he watched over his father while he was imprisoned in the Triskelion, and threatened to kill him. In The Ultimates 3 , he and his sister are apparently killed by Ultron ; however, Quicksilver later resurfaced at the end of the Absolute Power story arc, and killed Moira MacTaggert . In Ultimatum #5, Quicksilver assassinated Cyclops as he

5764-536: The Whizzer —who was present at Mount Wundagore (the birthplace of the siblings) with his wife at the time of their birth. Frank briefly joins the Avengers, believing Pietro and Wanda to be his children. The Scarlet Witch also becomes romantically involved with her Avengers teammate, the Android Vision . Although Pietro initially disapproves, he eventually gives his blessing to their marriage. Quicksilver features with

5895-422: The entire world was like that... except for you. ... to Quicksilver, as he said in an issue of Amazing Spider-Man many, many moons ago, the rest of the world is moving in slow motion. That must really, really get on your nerves. Quicksilver lives in a world filled with people who don't know how to use cash machines , and want to know all the ways to send packages to Africa, and can never get your order right in

6026-723: The island nation of Genosha . After dealing with the threat, Quicksilver learns of Crystal's relationship with Avenger the Black Knight and leaves, also resigning from X-Factor. Quicksilver takes his daughter Luna and travels to Mt. Wundergore, aiding the High Evolutionary and his Knights of Wundagore against Exodus and the Man Beast . Quicksilver uses the experimental Isotope E to augment his powers, allowing him to move at greater supersonic speeds. A future version of Pietro called "Nestor" appears and reveals that his powers are not speed but rather temporal based. Quicksilver also rejoins

6157-434: The "Zero Fluid", but are actually aspects of his half-Contraxian genetics brought to the fore, as Contraxians naturally have such appearances. Jack originally wore a suit of armor crafted in medieval Europe. His second suit of armor was designed by Torval, and made from alien materials designed to contain the zero energy his body generates. His original suit of armor was later restored and upgraded by Moondragon after Jack

6288-518: The Asgardian Gods in rapid succession. Investigating the genocide of his people, Thor discovers that the universe itself is seeking to eliminate the Asgardians for cheating death by surviving countless previous attempts by the universe to fulfill Ragnarok and wipe out the Asgardians. Ultimately Thor allows himself to be destroyed, as all known Asgardians are destroyed. Captain America and Falcon are in

6419-451: The Avengers for the loss of her children. Strange reveals that the abilities previous ascribed to Wanda's "chaos magick" are actually uncontrolled manifestations of her ability to warp reality, and that she must be taken down immediately before she threatens the world in her current mental state. The Avengers visit the home of Agatha Harkness , and find her long dead, having been killed by Wanda. The Avengers find Wanda, who summons an army of

6550-435: The Avengers gather at the mansion, fearing that Ultron may be behind the attack. Suddenly an armada of Kree soldiers appear in the sky and attack Manhattan. In the ensuing battle, Hawkeye 's arrows are hit, causing their explosives to go off. In his dying moments, Hawkeye takes out a Kree battleship in the blast after taking flight with a commandeered Kree jet pack. In the wake of Hawkeye's death, Doctor Strange appears for

6681-489: The Avengers in battling the vampires' invasion of Earth. Quicksilver was presented as a mutant capable of moving and thinking at superhuman speeds. At times Quicksilver has even been capable of running past the speed of light , exposure to the High Evolutionary 's Isotope E made it possible for the character to run at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 10 and resist the effects of friction , reduced oxygen , and kinetic impact while moving at super-speeds. Also, he has

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6812-570: The Avengers should have their security clearance revoked following the events of Secret War . After Tony drunkenly attempts to pick a fight with the Latverian ambassador, the Avengers UN charter is revoked; Iron Man leaves Hank Pym in the lurch to respond to the "Code White" from Avengers Mansion. Leaving the crashed Quinjet, Vision warns the Avengers of a mysterious plan to destroy the team and then vomits up eggs that spawn Ultron drones that attack

6943-495: The Avengers with his wounded sister. The pair accompany Magneto back to his mid- Atlantic base, where he captures the X-Men and Pietro skirmishes with the X-Man Cyclops . The twins finally realize that Magneto is the true villain. Pietro and Wanda reappear in the title X-Men and are then kidnapped along with several other mutants by the robot Sentinels , and are subsequently freed by the X-Men. The character reappears in

7074-450: The Avengers' past enemies to destroy them, including a version of Rogue , Red Skull , and a group of SS troops. Doctor Strange uses the Eye of Agamotto to put Wanda into a coma. Before the Avengers can decide what to do or how to deal with their losses, Magneto arrives to retrieve Wanda from the Avengers, much to Captain America's dismay and horror. Reluctantly, he allows Magneto to take his daughter with him after he vows to help her with

7205-454: The Avengers. She-Hulk becomes consumed with bloodlust, tearing Vision in half, killing him, and brutally assaulting Wasp and Captain America. She-Hulk is subdued by Iron Man and Captain America and Hank Pym joins them and rushes Wasp to the hospital. Returning, Hank reveals to Cap and the team of Iron Man's drunken outburst at the UN and the UN's decision to revoke their charter. All past members of

7336-525: The Dead , Quicksilver has a series of hallucinations and inexplicably regains his super speed. Escaping jail, Quicksilver rescues an innocent and rediscovers his desire to be a hero. Quicksilver appears in the title The Mighty Avengers and is used as a pawn by Elder God Chthon, with the character's spirit trapped in the arcane tome called the Darkhold . The Avengers defeat Chthon, and Quicksilver's consciousness

7467-512: The Disassembled name complete with the black box white text logo. On November 1, 2006, Marvel released a " What If? " special showing a different outcome to the storyline. In this alternate reality, the Beast, sensing something wrong, investigates afterward. He and Warbird go to see Dr. Strange who claims to have no knowledge of what occurred. Strange uses his abilities to see the event, claiming that

7598-497: The High Evolutionary is defeated and he escapes into a portal with Luminous, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch return to Earth with the Avengers Unity Division. When the second superhero Civil War began, Pietro came to ask Wanda for help, but Wanda refused, because she and Pietro disagreed on which side was right - Pietro not liking the idea of profiling people based on what they might do and Wanda feeling that thinking about

7729-595: The Inhumans and Fantastic Four against the villain Sphinx , and the siblings' origin is explored in the title Avengers when a Romani man by the name Django Maximoff, (who is soon revealed to be their biological father), kidnaps Pietro and Wanda and returns to Mount Wundagore in the country of Transia , where they were born. After a battle with the Avengers against the Elder God Chthon, the siblings learn from Bova , one of

7860-464: The Inhumans' mutations and abilities) and inserts Terrigen crystals into his body—all without permission from Black Bolt. Courtesy of the Terrigen crystals, Quicksilver gains new "time jumping" powers and kidnaps his daughter Luna. Quicksilver discovers the crystals can restore mutant abilities but have an extreme effect on non-Inhuman physiology, causing several deaths. Quicksilver and Crystal meet again in

7991-711: The Kree and the Skrull's fight with the Cotati near Navojoa . When Quicksilver is hit by special spheres fired by the Cotati magicians, Mockingbird and Wonder Man come to his aid and help the Kree and the Skrull turn the tide against the Cotati. Quicksilver recovers his stamina and uses his super-speed to break up the fight and dispose of the Kree and Skrull weapons in the Gulf of California . In Blood Hunt , Quicksilver assists Captain America's branch of

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8122-655: The MCU television series WandaVision (2021), as a nod to his past role. Quicksilver first appears in X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby . The character initially appears as an antagonist to the X-Men, although before long he becomes a member of the Avengers and appears as a regular character in that title beginning with The Avengers #16 in May 1965. He has made numerous other appearances in that title, and other related titles, sometimes as

8253-518: The Queen, Peter stops her from destroying all human life in New York City with a biological bomb. In the course of the battle, he is fully transformed into a monstrous spider, but the transformation has the unintended side-effect of making him pregnant—allowing him to give birth to a perfect replica of his old human self, with all of his memories fully intact. In his new form, Peter possesses the ability to shoot organic webbing from his wrists, eliminating

8384-550: The Red Skull conspires with a corrupt SHIELD agent to kill Captain America using Diamondback, but his plan backfires. During these events Steve realizes his love for Rachel. In the wake of "Avengers Disassembled", two new Avengers series were created. The New Avengers title replaced the Avengers title (with a new No. 1 in December 2004) which ended with issue No. 503 and Avengers Finale (November 2004). This new title continued with

8515-530: The Scarlet Witch, back to the onset of the " Avengers Disassembled " when Jack had been used as a weapon to destroy the Avengers. While there they discovered that he was actually the real Jack of Hearts, summoned by Scarlet Witch. Undead and quite miserable, Jack pleads with Wanda not to go through with her monstrous plan, unaware that he is facing a different Wanda. The pity of this and the horror of seeing Jack blow himself up, shocks Wanda into recovering her memory—and therefore her powers. As an unexpected side effect,

8646-498: The Squadron Supreme) a team of special operatives led by Jill Harper and the superhero known as Battlestar came across a source of zero-point energy which Harper believed could help them stop the zombies. The zero-point energy unexpectedly reformed itself into corporeal form as Jack, who returned to life wearing his original suit for unexplained reasons. Harper managed to revive Jack, who was temporarily amnesiac and fainting from

8777-607: The Taskmaster, who might be her biological father. After arriving at what they thought was an abandoned training camp, they found it still in use and quickly captured the criminals they found there. Quicksilver returned to the mansion and encountered Tigra, who was upset because some of the students assaulted the Hood on her behalf. During a heated exchange Quicksilver managed to convince her that kicking them out of Avengers Academy for trying to help would only turn them against becoming heroes. At

8908-513: The United States. Quicksilver and Hercules lead a strike force to find the Cosmic Cube fragments and restore Captain America and the country to normal. During the "Avengers: No Surrender" storyline, Quicksilver is one of the heroes remaining in the cosmic game between Grandmaster and Challenger. He is frozen because of Scarlet Witch ’s attempt at reviving the frozen Vision, but the process

9039-420: The Vision detected the arrival of their agent Titannus , a brainwashed Skrull super-soldier, accompanying him on a mission to rescue his dying lover only to learn that he had been brainwashed with a fake story to lure the Avengers into a trap. The Wasp was quickly killed, Hank Pym - apparently another Hulk in this reality - was announced missing in action, and Captain America was executed to break their spirit,

9170-515: The Wasp triggered a suppressed memory of Wanda's lost twin children, William and Thomas . The children were magical constructs Wanda created in an impossible conception between her and the Vision. They were lost when both children were magically absorbed by the villain Master Pandemonium, and the memory was suppressed by Wanda's mentor, Agatha Harkness , reasoning that the children were unnatural constructs and better for Wanda to forget. The reawakened memory has caused Wanda to lose her sanity and blame

9301-531: The alien genes from his Contraxian mother. He has superhuman stamina and durability. Jack of Hearts also has the ability to generate "zero energy" within his body and project it as concussive force or intense heat or as a propellant to fly. Jack is sometimes unable to exert complete control over his energies, however. For a short time after restarting Contraxia's sun, he uncontrollably radiated enough heat to melt one of Contraxia's polar ice caps. He can survive unprotected in space. Jack of Hearts's brain has incorporated

9432-536: The apartment of Jennifer Walters ( She-Hulk ), and found that he was now able to eat, drink, and sleep normally for the first time since his accident. As Jack regained his powers, he and Jen became romantically involved, Jack assisting Jen in the Reckoning War conflict as they aided the Fantastic Four. Jack Hart's superhuman powers are as a result of the mutagenic effect of his father's "Zero Fluid", combined with

9563-499: The artificial intelligence of a computerized device called the Scanalyzer, enabling him to think with the speed of a computer and store and retrieve information with a computer-like capacity and efficiency. The left half of Jack of Hearts' body has turned purplish-black from direct exposure to "Zero Fluid". Jack of Hearts' left eye has an opaque white membrane covering the entire pupil. These mutations were not solely caused by exposure to

9694-468: The assistance of Charles Xavier . In the aftermath, the Avengers disband, but reminisce about their numerous triumphs and memories of one another. Pietro Maximoff arrives and apologizes for Wanda, letting them know that Xavier is attempting to fix Wanda's mind, before speeding away. The remaining members accept their losses, discuss Wanda's history, and struggle with forgiveness. Ultimately, they toast to their fallen comrades, including Wanda. As they leave

9825-414: The bimonthly series Avengers: The Children's Crusade which is a follow-up to Disassembled and House of M . The Scarlet Witch's storyline continued in the pages of Excalibur , where Magneto and Professor X tried helping her, to no avail. This in turn led into the House of M mini-series and crossover, also written by Bendis. The event is now considered by Marvel editors as the first part of

9956-632: The camp with his sister. The traumatic separation from their family erased almost all of Wanda and Pietro's childhood memories, with only vague recollections resurfacing in adulthood. Over the next few years, Wanda and Pietro wandered Central Europe, living off the land. The character first appears with Wanda, now called the Scarlet Witch, as a part of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants . The siblings were presented as mutants , with Pietro possessing superhuman speed and Wanda able to control probability . The pair are recruited by Magneto after he saves Wanda from

10087-419: The capacity for his containment suit, Jack of Hearts chose to commit suicide rather than continue living in an isolated containment room for 14 hours a day. Jack took a child murderer who had abducted Cassandra Lang , the daughter of Scott Lang (the second Ant-Man), along with him when he exploded in space. With his uniform destroyed in the blast, the naked body of Jack of Hearts drifted deeper into space. At

10218-431: The cast) of Avengers: The Initiative is disassembled. (Avengers: The Initiative #21-25) Bendis's last Avengers and New Avengers storylines used a red smashed Avengers symbol and a black text box with white text in same font as the Disassembled logo on the front covers of each issue of those stories. (Avengers #31-34, New Avengers #31-34) The 6th story arc of the 4th series of The Ultimate Comics series The Ultimates used

10349-494: The character best and that the "arrogant, impatient speedster" made the title worth following. Pietro and his twin sister, Wanda , were raised by Django and Marya Maximoff, a Romani couple. As adolescents, Pietro Django Maximoff and his sister Wanda discovered that they had peculiar talents. When Django began to steal food to feed his starving family, enraged villagers attacked the Roma camp. Using his phenomenal speed, Pietro fled from

10480-624: The character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) franchise, appearing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) as a cameo and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) while Evan Peters portrayed him in the 20th Century Fox films X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Dark Phoenix (2019), as well as a cameo in Deadpool 2 (2018). Peters later appeared as an imposter Pietro in

10611-470: The children are given by the High Evolutionary to Django Maximoff to raise as his own. Pietro and Wanda reject Magneto when told. His marriage to Crystal is also strained when she has an affair . Maximus the Mad uses technology to cause Quicksilver to become psychotic . This drove him to frame the Avengers for treason as his perceptions are twisted to perceive them as having 'betrayed' him, forcing them to escape

10742-461: The comic book The Uncanny X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby . The character has since starred in two self-titled limited series and has historically been depicted as a regular team member in the superhero title The Avengers . Quicksilver has the superhuman ability to move at great speeds. In most depictions, he is a mutant , a human born with innate superhuman powers. In comic book stories beginning in 2015, he

10873-472: The consequences; by doing this, he earned his daughter's love and respect back, and the two reconciled. Wanda and other heroes and villains experienced a moral inversion during a clash with the Red Onslaught . Quicksilver and Magneto try to talk the inverted Wanda down, but when Wanda attacks them with a curse designed to punish her blood relatives that only affects Quicksilver, Wanda realizes that Magneto

11004-456: The creative team of writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist David Finch . The other title, premiering February 2005, was Young Avengers , which featured teenage heroes, each of whom (except Hawkeye ) related in some way to the legacy of the Avengers. This series was written by Allan Heinberg , a writer for The OC , with art by Jim Cheung . The group was revived by its creators in July 2010 with

11135-399: The death of Bucky, with Scarlet Witch and she eases his trouble. While they engage in a romance, Cap cites that he can not give her the normal life she desires due to his own emotional issues. His apparent romance with the Scarlet Witch ceases just prior to the UN meeting to retain their UN Charter. Wanda, oddly tells him she has no recollection of their romance, indicating that Cap hallucinated

11266-421: The destroyed headquarters, they are greeted by a civilian vigil, bearing candles and signs expressing gratitude for the heroes. After rescuing Force from the corrupt senators who have been trying to kill Tony Stark since he became U.S. Defense Secretary, Iron Man finds himself targeted by an impostor who murders his longtime love interest Rumiko Fujikawa. Iron Man eventually defeats his impersonator and brings down

11397-407: The direct sequel, limited series Silent War when Black Bolt demands the return of the crystals. When Crystal sees how he has mutated, she declares their marriage annulled according to Inhuman law. In the title X-Factor , the crystals are removed from Quicksilver's body by Rictor, leaving him powerless once again. Destitute and jailed for vagrancy in the one-shot X-Factor: The Quick and

11528-436: The effect was usually fatal. The crystals were subsequently forced from his body by the mutant Rictor , leaving him without these abilities. After having a series of hallucinations, Quicksilver saw a woman in mortal danger and felt a desire to be a hero which made him regain his original powers in order to save the woman's life. Later on, Quicksilver regained these enhanced powers of time "jumping" and temporal duplication for

11659-510: The explosion that killed Scott Lang was the launching point of the 2004-05 " Avengers Disassembled ". The character was resurrected as part of one of the Marvel Zombies mini-series where Zero Energy reforms into Jack of Hearts, bringing the character back to life. The Zombies were later defeated with the help of Jack of Hearts. Jack of Hearts first appeared in the black & white magazine The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #22 (March 1976), and

11790-467: The first time since the Dark Dimension invasion several months earlier. He explains to the Avengers that the inexplicable events—Tony's sudden inebriation, She-Hulk and Vision's loss of control, Jack of Heart's resurrection, and the enemies they have encountered—are magical and that their trail leads to Wanda. A flashback reveals that Wanda has lost her sanity after an errant comment about motherhood from

11921-434: The future would have prevented many of their more dangerous mistakes in the past - past precedent made Wanda feel that introducing her powers to a conflict of this nature could be more dangerous than the existing situation, and she resented Pietro still trying to tell her what to do as though she was a child, bluntly informing him that his refusal to learn from his mistakes marked him as a sociopath. Wanda reveals to him that she

12052-535: The government or be arrested) on the New Avengers, and how the team's varying opinions have caused them to break apart. The first three issues featured Captain America, Jessica Drew and Luke Cage's opinions on the matter, all who have heavily weighed against the registration. The next two featured the Sentry and Iron Man, both of whom were for registration. ( New Avengers #21-25) Like the 5th arc of Bendis's New Avengers ,

12183-646: The government-sponsored Freedom Force , and then deal with Quicksilver's new 'team' of LMD-based duplicates of the Zodiac , until the Vision convinces Pietro to stand down by showing him images of his newborn nephews. Quicksilver battles the West Coast Avengers and is captured by the Inhumans and cured of his condition. In an effort to repent for his actions, Pietro aids the Avengers West Coast against Magneto and

12314-551: The inhumans' Terrigen Mist . The mist gives Quicksilver the ability to displace himself out of mainstream time and space and "jump" into the future. He can summon several time-displaced duplicates of himself and appear to teleport by "jumping" into the future and then returning to the present at a new location. By voluntarily embedding fragments of the Terrigen Crystals into his own body, he could empower former mutants with extreme versions of their superhuman abilities. However,

12445-489: The leader Captain America and former villain Hawkeye , the four become the second generation of Avengers, and are later dubbed "Cap's Kooky Quartet". Quicksilver first thinks he should be the leader and would sometimes quarrel with the other members. The Scarlet Witch becomes close friends with Hawkeye and both become loyal members of the team until Wanda is accidentally shot on a mission against Magneto. Quicksilver then flees from

12576-412: The lie). Quicksilver also resumes wearing his original green costume. Quicksilver loses the respect of his daughter Luna when he lies to the Inhumans and claims that many of his past actions were actually perpetrated by a Skrull impostor, although Pym tolerates the lie as he feels that Quicksilver deserves a chance to redeem himself. Quicksilver finally learns that the person he thought was his sister

12707-540: The life of Scott Lang is also saved, as the Young Avengers take Scott back to the future with them when they depart, thus saving his life while preserving the timeline as everyone still 'saw' him 'die' in the explosion. Jack's last words before exploding were, "I'm sorry." Jack Hart returned to life once more in the second issue of the Marvel Zombies Supreme mini-series. While defending scientists at Project Pegasus, (which has been besieged by zombiefied clones of

12838-508: The mansion. Scott Lang is killed in the blast. The Vision pilots an Avengers Quinjet into the partially damaged Avengers Mansion, causing more damage. Elsewhere, Wanda Maximoff arrives at the United Nations, where she speaks with Captain America , who announces that he is ending their fledgling relationship. Tony Stark suddenly becomes drunk and belligerent despite not having imbibed any alcohol at an important UN meeting to decide if

12969-417: The midst of an international scandal between a naval intelligence operation (ONI) and a Drug Cartel with ties to A.I.M when Cap starts having hallucinations; some of them involving encounters with his fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff A.K.A. the Scarlet Witch. Meanwhile, Falcon is gifted a new enhanced costume from Wakanda and uses it to escape the feds. Captain America discusses his past, most notably his guilt from

13100-404: The minority. Thanks to Wolverine retaining his memories, along with the mysterious Layla Miller , many of Earth's heroes regain their memories and battle Magneto, who also remembers and realizes that Pietro is to blame for this mistake. Magneto kills Quicksilver (crushing his body with a robot Sentinel ) in a rage at this perceived 'abuse' of his dream, although the character is resurrected and

13231-561: The monster and Pietro is briefly able to meet his mother before she sacrifices herself to save witchcraft. He has also been revealed to have fallen under the telepathic control of the Red Skull , acting as a 'sleeper agent' in the Avengers as part of the Skull's current campaign. In Secret Empire , Quicksilver joins the Underground, a resistance movement against Hydra, following their takeover of

13362-575: The need for his homemade "web-shooters". While the Avengers face the destruction of their mansion and the invading Kree armada, Wizard and the Frightful Four launch a surprise attack on the Fantastic Four, defeating the heroes and seizing control over the Baxter Building. The Fantastic Four regroup. Following the events of "Disassembled", Captain America is naturally depressed and rekindles a relationship with Diamondback (Rachel Leighton). Meanwhile,

13493-544: The new campus for the Avengers Academy (where the Faculty are offering to train other superpowered youths), Quicksilver is revealed to be mentoring Lightspeed as a teacher's assistant. In the miniseries "Magneto: Not a Hero", Joseph is resurrected under unknown circumstances and forms a new Brotherhood of Mutants with Astra and mutated deformed versions of Blob , Mastermind , Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch , and Toad . It

13624-472: The normal reality restored when the Scarlet Witch witnesses this, telling Magneto he cares more for mutants than his own children. In retaliation the Scarlet Witch has also depowered 98% of the mutant population, which by accident includes Quicksilver. The story continues in the limited series Son of M , with Quicksilver, desperate to regain his powers, exposing himself to the Terrigen Mist (the source of

13755-469: The onset of the " Avengers Disassembled " event, Jack reappeared in uniform as what appeared to be a zombie just long enough to blow himself up, killing Scott Lang and destroying half of the Avengers Mansion. Jack's return was caused by the reality-shifting powers of the Scarlet Witch through methods that have remained ambiguous. Unlike his prior explosion in space, Jack's body was never recovered from

13886-435: The range of Jack of Hearts' explosion. Ant-Man is thus brought to the present along with the Young Avengers. The Vision is successfully rebuilt by Tony Stark after Fear Itself , and Jack of Hearts is restored by a team of scientists of Project Pegasus : during an assault of a pack of zombified clones of Squadron Supreme , a source of zero-point energy aggregates taking the corporeal form of Jack Hart. Although not bannered as

14017-567: The reasons for his abrasive and impatient personality is that it seems to him that the rest of the world is moving in slow motion and that he is constantly waiting for it to catch up. As he once explained, "Have you ever stood in line at a banking machine behind a person who didn't know how to use it?... Now, imagine, Doctor, that everyone you work with, everywhere you go, your entire world is filled with people who can't work cash machines". Quicksilver lost his powers of speed when his sister removed most of his powers, but he gains new powers courtesy of

14148-474: The reserve Avengers taking five years to rescue them and another five to beat back the Trellions sufficiently to stop them trying to re-conquer Earth. At some point, Reed Richards apparently attempted to conquer the world, Iron Man taking on a Doctor-Doom-like apparel to oppose him, killing the Human Torch before Richards sent him to Earth-616 prior to Titannus's arrival on that Earth. This Iron Man has since become

14279-417: The ring of corrupt senators who organized the murder and blackmailed Force. Realizing that his loved ones are being targeted by his enemies, Stark gives a press conference where he announces that he is resigning as Defense Secretary and will no longer actively be Iron Man, in favor of returning to "subordinates" filling the role for him. A mystic force that is the living embodiment of Ragnarok has begun slaying

14410-712: The ropes. Jack teamed with Iron Man, Nick Fury , Guardsman , Jasper Sitwell , Jean DeWolff , and the Wraith , and battled Midas . Jack was briefly turned to a golden living statue by Midas, and then freed from this golden state by Iron Man and Yellowjacket . Jack then aided Iron Man in fighting the Soviet Super-Soldiers on the moon. Jack aided Iron Man against the Rigellian Commander Arcturus. Jack later went off on his own, and fought Hemlock. Later, Jack moved past his mission of blind vengeance and became

14541-555: The ruins. During the adventures of Hercules in Hades, Jack can be seen playing slots to win a chance to return to the living. This is not the intended way the afterlife should operate, according to the characters. Jack wins, and excitedly declares that he is next for resurrection. Iron Lad (the young Kang the Conqueror ) transports the Young Avengers and the amnesiac Wanda, no longer

14672-571: The storyline of Avengers: The Initiative also references Avengers: Disassembled , complete with a banner reminiscent of the original. Issue No. 21, the first in the Dark Reign event, centers on the aftermath of the failed Skrull invasion , and the revelation that the shape-shifting aliens had infiltrated and corrupted the Fifty-State Initiative and Camp Hammond , where the registered heroes were trained. Most disturbingly, Camp Hammond and

14803-414: The stress of becoming human again. Although initially weakened, Jack quickly regained control of his powers and assessed the situation. Using his powers, Jack destroyed the zombies and saved Harper's life after she became infected with the zombie virus. Afterwards, the two shared a romantic kiss. Jack Hart was absent for some time, but eventually returned to a more public life when he literally crashed into

14934-509: The teaching staff of Avengers Academy to teach young students how to become heroes. He does so in order to distance himself from the legacy of his father Magneto. One of the new students, Finesse, figures out that his story about being abducted by Skrulls is a lie. She blackmails him into giving her "private lessons" on everything he learned during his time with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Finesse convinces Quicksilver to help her search for

15065-504: The title The Avengers , and advises the team that Wanda has been kidnapped and taken to another dimension by the warlord Arkon . After Wanda is rescued, Pietro and his sister rejoin the team. During one mission Quicksilver is wounded by a Sentinel and is found by Crystal , a member of the Inhumans . Crystal nurses Pietro back to health, and the pair are eventually married. Pietro and Wanda also meet Robert Frank—formerly World War II hero,

15196-460: The truth where they were not mutants at all, but they had been experimented on by the High Evolutionary. After escaping from the High Evolutionary's experimentations, Pietro and Wanda located the Avengers Unity Division (who had traveled to the Counter-Earth looking for the twins) and helped the inhabitants of Lowtown (a refuge for the High Evolutionary's rejects) from their creator's assault. After

15327-450: The villain Immortus , who has captured Wanda. Although successful, Pietro refuses to return to Crystal and joins the U.S. government-sponsored superhero team X-Factor. The character and Crystal are reunited during the storyline " Bloodties " when the Avengers, X-Factor and X-Men team to stop a group of mutant terrorists who kidnap their daughter Luna, and are responsible for a civil war on

15458-569: The villain Iron Maniac, being kept in stasis in a Helicarrier, while the Titannus of Earth-616 was defeated by a team assembled by Doctor Strange when he detected Titannus's arrival only after Titannus had destroyed most of Tokyo in a rampage, his violent approach leaving the heroes less inclined to trust him than they had been in this world. The GLA miniseries, GLA: Misassembled (2005), written by Dan Slott and pencilled by Paul Pelletier , provided

15589-403: The whole thing. Cap later believes that due to the events of "Avengers Disassembled", Wanda was responsible for his visions and Falcon's aggressive behavior. Peter Parker finds himself locked in a desperate battle with Adrianna "Ana" Soria (aka "The Queen"), a mysterious villainess with the ability to control her minions with powerful pheromones. During their first confrontation, a captive Peter

15720-802: The writing was well worth the read, and may be well worth your $ 3.99." Quicksilver appears in JLA/Avengers . When he and the other Avengers go to the DC Universe , he becomes fascinated with the Speed Force and becomes a rival of the Flash , seeking to steal his powers. A zombified alternate universe variant of Quicksilver from Earth-2149 appears in Marvel Zombies . An alternate universe variant of Quicksilver from Earth-311 appears in Marvel 1602 . This version

15851-508: Was accepted as a member of the Avengers , becoming the fifty-second superhero to join the team, though the traditional welcoming ceremony for new Avengers were deferred given the nature of the crisis they faced. During his tenure, the Avengers teamed-up with the Justice League of America , and fought the Red Skull for unleashing a biological weapon at Mount Rushmore , killing many civilians. When his power levels began to increase beyond

15982-611: Was captured by the Stranger . He later escaped captivity on the Stranger's planet. Jack fought Quasar during his return to Earth; however, Jack exploded when his containment suit was breached in battle with the Presence . Jack was retrieved from space, revived and mentally controlled by Moondragon , and he attacked Kismet . The damage to his armor led Jack to seek aid from the Silver Surfer , who found an alien armorer on Anvil who designed

16113-599: Was created by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Keith Giffen . He starred in his own four-issue mini series and has been a regular character in the Iron Man comics as well as at one point being a member of the Avengers . Jack of Hearts, real name Jack Hart, is the son of scientist Philip Hart (creator of "Zero Fluid") and an alien woman from the Contraxian race. As a young man Jack was doused in Zero Fluid and gained super powers but

16244-516: Was created by writer Bill Mantlo and illustrator Keith Giffen . He was presented as an antagonist for the superhero White Tiger but his origin story in the following issue established him as a hero. His debut appearance in a color comic book was in The Incredible Hulk vol. 2 #214 (Aug. 1977) where he fights the Hulk. He later serves a brief stint as an ally and apprentice of Iron Man , becoming

16375-660: Was later made a regular in The Avengers by writer Kurt Busiek , who explained, "I first ran into Jack in The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu in an issue drawn by Gil Kane and Rico Rival. That great overcomplicated costume and the energy that Gil put into the storytelling hooked me, and I’ve been a fan ever since". Jack Hart was born in New Haven, Connecticut . He is the son of Philip Hart, a scientist who created an energy source called "zero fluid", and Marie, an alien humanoid woman of

16506-473: Was later reversed. He later uses his extreme agility and Scarlet Witch 's powers to catch the beacon trapping his fellow Avengers, but in doing so he had pushed himself to the limit and apparently died. But in the following mini-storyline of Quicksilver: No Surrender , it is revealed that he became stuck in an alternate dimension, ultimately getting himself free and returning to the Avengers. In Empyre , Quicksilver, Mockingbird , and Wonder Man deal with

16637-562: Was not in total control of his powers. In an attempt to control his powers, Jack of Hearts built a containment suit that resembled the Jack of Hearts playing card. The lack of control became a recurring theme with Jack of Hearts, including his stint in the Avengers where he had to spend 14 hours a day in a containment room to prevent self-destruction. When his powers became uncontrollable he chose to leave Earth, exploding in space without harming any innocent bystanders. The return of Jack of Hearts and

16768-537: Was replaced with an identical squirrel called Tippy Toe and Mr. Immortal stayed dead for only a few seconds. Three other Grasshoppers appeared in later issues of GLA, and were all killed in the space of few pages, continuing the parody. A Bongo Comics Free-For-All ( Free Comic Book Day Special) has Comic Book Guy reading, Archie Disassembled . The following quotes: Big Ethel kills Moose to get Jughead's attention? Oh, Brian Michael Bendis , you've done it again. Deadpool (to Agent X ): "Dude, anyone wearing

16899-535: Was rescued from space by the Avengers and thus leading to his connection with the team. Jack is a fair hand-to-hand combatant, has had some S.H.I.E.L.D. combat training, and is a talented poet. In the Silver Surfer TV series, Jack of Hearts is seen as part of Nebula 's crew. Quicksilver (comics) Quicksilver ( Pietro Maximoff ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in

17030-411: Was short-lived, and their prior history wasn't largely explored until years later, through glimpses and scattered stories. But 2011's Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver takes a deeper dive into the histories of the titular heroes, showing their past and the lead-up to their time with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants in a way that wasn't previously told on the page. Wanda and Pietro's history

17161-401: Was the 119th best selling comic book in May 2018. Joe Grunenwald of ComicsBeat asserted, " Quicksilver: No Surrender #1 is an entertaining first issue about a complicated protagonist. This series spins out of the events of Avengers: No Surrender , but is still perfectly accessible for new readers (like me), and only briefly mentions previous events before getting into its own story. It's

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