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109-540: District X also refers to a comic book series about the neighborhood and its inhabitants. Written by David Hine , the series was a police procedural, starring Bishop and Ismael Ortega , who investigated crimes committed by and against the ghetto's mutant residents. The series also explored Ortega's complicated personal relationships and gradual descent into drug abuse and adultery. It ran as District X for 14 monthly issues beginning in May 2004, then as Mutopia X as part of

218-573: 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

327-471: A burgeoning mutant subculture. Bands such as ' Sentinel Bait' and 'Juggernauts' are mentioned as parts of this subculture, while mutant fashion designers like Jumbo Carnation and nightclubs such as Daniel's Inferno create a vibrant, mutant-oriented nightlife. In this respect, District X may be considered a Marvel Universe analogue to Harlem , the Meatpacking District , or Little Italy , as

436-459: A change in the direction of the line". Comic Book Galaxy noted, with reference to the Mr. M arc (issues #1–6), that "the potential for an excellent book is evident". Comics Bulletin were highly favourable to the series, stating that "[i]t is a rare comic book that is able to breathe new life into a stale genre, and yet that is precisely what District X has managed to do... District X is more than just

545-567: 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

654-572: A cultural center, 'ethnic' enclave and population hub for a disenfranchised minority. Grant Morrison's creation of an analogy to an ethnic ghetto has been praised, with J. Caleb Mozzocco noting that "if the mutants were always being likened to oppressed ethnic groups and minorities, then why not treat them like a real ethnic group, complete with mutant language, styles, culture and a "Mutant Town" in New York City?" David Brothers, writing for 4thletter! , notes that: Morrison turned mutants into

763-569: 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

872-616: A frequent patron at the Café Des Artistes. He falls in love with the Café's waitress, Sylvie Lauziere. When a group of anti-mutant humans start harassing her, Billy steps in and inadvertently kills several humans with his emerging powers. He barricades himself in the Café with Sylvie, which the authorities perceive as a hostage situation. In order to hide the fact that a mutant slaughtered several members of Purity, an anti-mutant movement, Alexei Vazhin orders hitwoman Sashenka Popova to kill

981-539: A large population of mutants whose mutations and/or personalities made them unsuitable for the flashier or more dangerous "super" life. These include: The series, both written by David Hine , was collected into two trade paperbacks : Mutopia X was collected into the trade paperback House of M: Mutopia X ( ISBN   978-0785118114 ) and as part of the hardcover collection House of M, Vol 4: No More Mutants ( ISBN   978-0785138839 ). Academic Martin Lund, in

1090-681: 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

1199-537: A mini-series by Atomeka Press in 1993, and later as a collected graphic novel by Active Images in the US, reprinted again as a colour series by Image Comics . Hine is currently best known as a writer on Marvel Comics titles, like X-Men: The 198 and Civil War: X-Men . One of his projects there was Silent War a six-issue mini-series featuring the Inhumans with art by Frazer Irving . Hine has also written

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1308-714: 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

1417-477: 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

1526-568: A number of What if? stories which look at alternate outcomes to stories like Annihilation and Deadly Genesis . He was also the writer of Spawn for Image comics in issues #151–184. He wrote his own manga series Poison Candy for Tokyopop and the Two-Face issue of The Joker's Asylum for DC . He wrote four issues of The Brave and the Bold with artist Doug Braithwaite , before J. Michael Straczynski started his run on

1635-480: 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

1744-574: A series of independent projects including The Marked and Sonata for Shadowline/Image. In 2018 Hine wrote The Torture Garden for the Judge Dredd Megazine , and later its sequel, Deliverance . Quicksilver (comics) Quicksilver ( Pietro Maximoff ) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . The character first appeared in the comic book The Uncanny X-Men #4 (March 1964) and

1853-406: 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

1962-416: 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,

2071-474: A subculture, a logical extension of what happens when new elements are introduced into society. They were still oppressed, but they actually had some kind of culture to go along with their oppression. He gave them their own Chinatown, their own Little Italy, and made it a point to show that mutants, while not entirely accepted just yet, were more than just mutant paramilitary teams. During the House of M storyline,

2180-487: 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

2289-443: A traditional superhero comic, establishing itself as an entertaining blend of action, crime noir and social commentary". Writing for Sequential Tart, Margaret O'Connell praised the series as an "absorbing, well-crafted tale which effectively combines both crime and science fictional elements", comparing the series to George R. R. Martin 's Wild Cards series, NYPD Blue , and DC Comics ' Gotham Central . Lund believed that

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2398-562: 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

2507-761: A whole has seen a decrease in violent crime. It also has the highest crime rates in the country for narcotics, prostitution, and burglary. Many of the characters featured have mutations more akin to curses than gifts, further exacerbating the neighborhood's poverty and disadvantage. It also has a large underground population, inhabiting tunnels beneath the neighborhood and living in homeless squalor. Many residents are immigrants, such as Bosnian immigrant Dzemal. In X-Men Unlimited #2 , Bishop notes that "there are mutants in District X from every nation on Earth. Every race, religion and culture." Margaret O'Connell, writing for Sequential Tart , describes District X as "the mutant ghetto of

2616-560: 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

2725-569: 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

2834-639: Is a movie star married to entertainment mogul, Daniel "Shaky" Kaufman. Absolon Mercator and Gregor Smerdyakov have founded the Center for Transformation and Illumination and are the center of a spiritual following as they help mutants achieve their genetic potential. Ishmael Ortega is tasked with protecting Mercator from assassination. After the Decimation , Ishmael Ortega's daughter dies. He attempts suicide, before reuniting with his family. District X' s large ensemble cast included: The district also possessed

2943-452: 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

3052-507: Is an official title for the region. The neighborhood is depicted as poor, overcrowded and violent, with a high crime rate and warring mutant gangs. Most of the residents regard it as a ghetto . It is described in District X as having the "highest unemployment rate in the USA, the highest rate of illiteracy and the highest severe overcrowding outside of Los Angeles," even though New York City as

3161-492: Is forced to retire early and Izzy is assigned to serve as the liaison to federal agent, Lucas Bishop. Violence erupts between rival crime lords "Shaky" Kaufman and "Filthy Frankie" Zapruder over a mutant, Toad Boy, and the addictive narcotic he produces (known as 'Toad Juice'). When Kaufman learns of the lucrative sales of 'Toad Juice' in District X, he raids Zapruder's facilities and kidnaps the Toad Boy for himself. However, it

3270-500: 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

3379-585: Is later besieged by X-Cell, a terrorist group composed of former mutants who blamed the United States government for the loss of their powers. After the events of X-Men: Messiah Complex , the neighborhood is briefly taken over by Arcade , working for an ex- Purifier , Taylor. Mutant Town is completely destroyed in X-Factor #31 , 'The Middle East Side is Burning', as a 'back-up' plan by Arcade following his defeat. A series of explosions incinerate much of

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3488-512: 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

3597-478: 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

3706-667: 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

3815-444: 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

3924-477: Is seeking revenge for being cast out by his parents. Bishop convinces many of the Tunnel Rats to rejoin surface society but a small band decides to dwell deeper in the tunnels under Mutant Town. Their journey is cut short by The Worm who massacres them all before being stopped by Bishop and Ortega, who kills him. William "Billy" Bates discovers that he is a mutant, calling himself "The Porcupine" , and becomes

4033-576: Is set in 'Mutant Town'. The series stars the X-Man and FBI agent Lucas Bishop , assigned to the ghetto to investigate rising crime rates among the population in New York's (fictional) '11th Precinct' in Alphabet City. Bishop works with NYPD patrolman Ismael Ortega , an ordinary human married to a mutant ( Armena Ortega ). A major subplot concerned Ismael's relationship with his family, with

4142-444: 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

4251-482: Is the base of operations for X-Factor Investigations , who frequently deal with the aftermath of the Decimation and its effects on the local community. In the Civil War storyline, Jamie Madrox and his team declare 'Mutant Town' a sanctuary for superheroes being pursued by the government. This brings them into conflict with the regular X-Men team, who eventually allow them to have their way. The former 'Mutant Town'

4360-544: 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

4469-468: 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

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4578-730: Is unknown that Toad Juice can be fatal to normal humans; a theft of the drug leads to the death of over a dozen human teenagers. After the death of a human patron at the nightclub Daniel's Inferno caused by exposure to Toad Juice, the police begin a desperate investigation before other unsuspecting addicts face the same fate. This prompts a turf war between Zapruder and Kaufman. Both men are eventually arrested. When Absolom Mercator finally decides to use his powers to try to help others, his efforts backfire and he suffers an intense identity crisis. Believing that he must use his powers to destroy Mutant Town, Mercator warns his friend, Hanna Levy so that she can escape safely. The police intervene and use Lara

4687-564: 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,

4796-648: 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

4905-482: The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies , stated that while District X was introduced during Morrison's run as part of the mutant subculture, it wasn't his main focus. It did reappear in subsequent series such as writer Joe Quesada 's NYX (November 2003–October 2005) with artists Joshua Middleton (#1–4) and Robert Teranishi (#5–7), however, NYX displayed continuity and geography errors such as District X appearing in

5014-477: The Mambo series for 2000 AD . It was originally drawn by Australian artist David Yardin, followed by Filipino artist Lan Medina . The series was mostly inked by Filipino artist Alejandro "Boy" Sicat . All artists involved worked with Brian Haberlin 's Avalon Studios during the series' publication. During the House of M crossover, the series was replaced by the miniseries Mutopia X . Hine continued some of

5123-491: The Marvel Universe version of New York City", and as "a slum where minor-league mutants from all over the globe – often more visibly handicapped or disfigured by their genetic abnormalities than the relatively glamorous and outwardly normal X-Men – have congregated in a disaffected and varyingly dysfunctional clump." Stories set in District X feature a range of mutant-owned businesses, clubs and restaurants, as well as

5232-553: 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

5341-683: 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

5450-548: 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

5559-422: 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

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5668-734: 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

5777-489: 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

5886-502: 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

5995-534: 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

6104-556: The Decimation, the district becomes known as the (fictional) 'Middle East Side', losing many of its distinctive characteristics. The area becomes increasingly depopulated as former mutants seek to live normal lives. In X-Factor , anti-mutant riots grip the district after the Decimation, with agents of the human supremacist group Purity roaming the area in X-Men: The 198 . In Peter David 's X-Factor (vol.3), The former ghetto

6213-507: 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

6322-522: The Illusionist to show Mr. M the devastation he could unleash. This snaps the mutant back to his senses and he willingly returns to his peaceful life of quiet isolation after a short period in jail. A series of brutal murders followed by a mysterious blackout leads to an investigation of the growing underground mutant community, called the Tunnel Rats. Calling themselves "Those Who Live in Darkness",

6431-612: 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

6540-469: 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

6649-786: 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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6758-566: The Lower East Side "rather than in Morrison's Alphabet City and, strangely, given Quesada's above-quoted emphasis on 'keeping the real world real', the Lower East Side's Essex Street was placed within the boundaries of Alphabet City. Thus, although 'Mutant Town' did make a few appearances between its creation and District X, it was not until Hine, Yardin and Medina's series that the place became an area of sustained focus". Lund highlighted

6867-616: 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

6976-469: The Storm " with art by Wayne Nichols, Hugo Petrus, Feigiap Chong and Sansan Saw. From Image Comics, The Bulletproof Coffin with artist Shaky Kane . Hine has co-created Spider-Man Noir for Marvel Comics with Fabrice Sapolsky and artist Carmine Di Giandomenico and has produced graphic novels Lip Hook and The Bad Bad Place , with artist Mark Stafford. He is currently working with Brian Haberlin on

7085-617: 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

7194-463: 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

7303-466: The boy, and pays hush money to the Lauzieres to cover up the truth of the incident. The Scarlet Witch transforms the entire world into a mutant paradise ruled by her father Magneto. This shift in reality turns District X into "Mutopia X", the center of art and culture in the new mutant-dominated world. The denizens of District X find themselves in a newly elevated societal status. Lara the Illusionist

7412-638: 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

7521-498: 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

7630-654: 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

7739-424: 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

7848-479: 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

7957-544: The constraints of human society. [...] While the area was known as Mutant Town, it had every quality of mutants trying to live and grow in the middle of a world where they were still seen as freaks – though that didn't stop the place from existing. There were no major heroic figures to swoop in and save District X". Fields highlighted that even the House of M inversion of the "neighborhood was still defined by its proximity to humans". In his review of issue #3, Paul O'Brien described

8066-588: The crossover House of M event for five monthly issues beginning in July 2005. The rise in Manhattan's mutant population, coupled with racism among normal humans, leads to mutants forming their own community in Manhattan's Lower East Side (described as the fictional 'Middle East Side' in Peter David's X-Factor ). Although humans live in this neighborhood, they form a minority. NYX establishes that District X

8175-407: 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

8284-606: The district is transformed into a rich, exclusively mutant neighborhood named Mutopia X (during the same storyline, Hell's Kitchen is transformed into a human ghetto called Sapien Town). After this story, the residents suffer the ' Decimation ', with most of them stripped of their mutant abilities. Many remaining mutants are moved to a relocation camp on the grounds of the Xavier Institute . Some former mutants remain in District X, with many — like Quicksilver and Rictor – suffering from depression and alienation. After

8393-414: The early 1980s. For Crisis , he drew the series Sticky Fingers (written by Myra Hancock ) in 1989, and wrote and drew a number of short pieces in 1990 and 1991. For 2000 AD he drew Tao De Moto in 1991 (again written by Hancock) and wrote and drew the futuristic police series Mambo from 1994 to 1996. He wrote and drew the black and white horror comic Strange Embrace , originally published as

8502-436: 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

8611-434: 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

8720-672: 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

8829-559: 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,

8938-494: 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

9047-412: 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

9156-404: 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

9265-576: 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

9374-479: The neighborhood "was populated by the kind of mutants that weren't candidates to be X-Men: individuals whose mutations made them recognizably mutant, but didn't have powers to defend themselves. It was a sad reality, as they were attacked by anti-mutant humans often". Bradley commented that during the Decimation storyline, District X initially was a "haven for mutants who were depowered but still had vestigial physical differences and those who retained their powers under

9483-443: The neighborhood, with Arcade's force fields preventing fire fighters from entering the area until the entire district is utterly annihilated. In X-Factor #32 , Valerie Cooper announces that the ruins will be demolished and replaced with suburban housing, and that "in a few decades, no one will even know that this used to be called Mutant Town". District X is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics . The police procedural

9592-557: 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

9701-479: 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

9810-473: The power to get rid of them". Lund commented that the series "tells readers that force in favour of clearing out radical difference in the neighbourhood and making it into a space fit for 'normal' people is natural, rational and logical and in the best interest even of those who might be displaced by gentrification, disproportionately incarcerated in the name of 'law and order', or put at risk of their lives in dangerous shelters. And in doing so, rather than 'keeping

9919-485: The protection of Jamie Madrox's X-Factor Investigations", however, the neighborhood's destruction in X-Factor #32 "was a somber ending for a sad setting". Ashley Fields, for Screen Rant in 2023, commented that District X was "unique" among the various attempts at creating a mutant area, such as Genosha , Utopia , and Krakoa , within Marvel Comics since the idea was "that it was separated, yet still stuck with

10028-591: The real world echoes and caricatures displayed in their portrayal of District X, such as the drug trade and homelessness, and that contemporary Alphabet City "was a contested space" – "the problem bubbling in the modern unconscious, that surfaces in District X, is that these urban Others simply will not go away". Ryan Bradley, for CBR in 2020, also highlighted the development of the mutant subculture in Hine, Yardin and Medina's series where "the mutants living in District X developed their own slang, music, and drugs" and that

10137-421: The real world real', the series lines up with so many neighbourhood representations of the past century and presents for a new readership the middle-class gentrifier's myth of what Alphabet City could and should be". David Hine David Hine (born 1956) is an English comic book writer and artist, known for his work on Silent War and The Bulletproof Coffin . Hine has been working in comics since

10246-567: 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

10355-433: The series as "one of the best things to come out of Reload". In his review of 2004, O'Brien noted that "[ District X has] not been a complete creative success, but at least it's been trying." However, O'Brien was less favourable to later issues of the series; in his review of District X in 2005, he noted that "ultimately, District X feels like a case of potential never quite realised – and not just because it got cut off by

10464-542: The series did not ask readers "to inhabit the world of the dispossessed" but instead readers "are invited on a ride-along , a voyeuristic tour of the slum that once was and might be again, unless the wheels of progress and urban renewal keep turning. Thus, District X condenses, mediates and puts a selection of urban problems on display – crime, drugs, homelessness, increased overcrowding and self-destructive desperation – and proceeds to show how official discipline provides their solution, telling readers that police intervention has

10573-465: The series' plot points in X-Men: The 198 miniseries. Officers Gus Kucharsky and Ismael Ortega are assigned to New York's 11th Precinct, commonly known as District X or 'Mutant Town'. While investigating allegations that Jake Costanza is holding his mutant wife against her will and abusing her, Kucharsky falls under Mrs. Costanza's mutant mental powers and kills them both, before attempting to take his own life. Gus survives and Ortega covers for him. Gus

10682-548: The stresses of his job adversely affecting his home life. The series was part of the Marvel Knights imprint. It started in X-Men Unlimited v2 #2 and then ran for fourteen issues from July 2004 to August 2005. It briefly changed title to Mutopia X for five issues, between September 2005 and January 2006, before its cancellation. The series was written by British writer David Hine , who previously worked on

10791-515: 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

10900-815: The title and he wrote the Deathstroke one-shot, which was part of the Faces of Evil series which deals with the aftermath of Final Crisis . He wrote the Arkham Asylum one-shot for the " Batman: Battle for the Cowl " event. His one-shot lead to a mini series called "Arkham Reborn", the events lead into David Hine taking over Detective Comics continuing the story. Hine has written two series for indie publisher, Radical Comics , FVZA: The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency , with art by Roy Allan Martinez, Wayne Nichols, Kinsun Loh and Jerry Choo. and " Ryder on

11009-454: 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,

11118-467: 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

11227-409: The tunnelers claim responsibility for the blackout and state that they want the city to leave them alone. In recent months, police and social services have put pressure on the Tunnel Rats by destroying their homes and remanding their children into state custody. Tensions with the Tunnel Rats come to a head just as Bishop and Officer Ortega manage to track down The Worm, a hideously mutated young man who

11336-455: 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

11445-835: 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

11554-404: 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

11663-473: 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

11772-411: 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

11881-401: 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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