
Her first and foremost ally is her twin brother, Pietro Maximoff, who stands by and tries to protect her in the wake of their parents’ death. Avenging FriendsĪs she becomes an Avenger, Wanda Maximoff develops a good relationship with many in the Super Hero community. She stands staunchly against the Mad Titan in attempt to prevent him from taking the Mind Stone for himself. Although Wanda opposes Thanos’ goal to end half the life in the universe, he is a much more personal enemy, given her love for Vision and her desire to save his life. Wanda defeats Proxima Midnight to defend her allies, Black Widow and Okoye. Thanos’ quest pits Wanda against two of his followers, Proxima Midnight and Corvus Glaive, and eventually Thanos himself.

Wanda later finds a fearsome foe in Thanos, whose goal to gain all six Infinity Stone sets him on a path to Vision, who holds the Mind Stone. While the relationship between her and Stark does not develop into friendship, they do become teammates as part of the Avengers. However, she comes to see the genocidal Ultron as the true enemy and helps stop his evil scheme. Her initial ally, Ultron, plays off of that rage and manipulates the twins into working for him against the Avengers. Wanda Maximoff’s enemies shift significantly as she changes allegiances.īecause Stark missiles kill her parents and nearly kill her and her twin brother Pietro, Wanda spends much of her youth hating Tony Stark. Under the tutelage of Avengers Captain America and Black Widow, she has learned not only to hone her abilities further, but also hand-to-hand combat and tactical skills. The full extent of Wanda’s considerable powers has likely not been fully documented as of yet.Īs her powers likely come at least in part from the Mind Stone inside of Loki’s scepter, Wanda’s abilities include telekinesis, energy manipulation, and some form of neuroelectric interfacing that allows her to both read thoughts and also give her targets waking nightmares. However, when she and Pietro discovered the true nature of Ultron’s plans, they switched allegiances and joined the fight against him, putting Wanda on the path to become an Avenger. Alongside Pietro, Wanda went on to use these abilities to help the robot Ultron, who shared her disdain for Tony Stark. One of the few survivors of the experiments, along with her brother, Wanda found herself with a variety of abilities. Years later, they both volunteered to undergo genetic experimentation overseen by HYDRA’s Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, using Loki’s scepter, to potentially give them powers. It terrorized them for days as they remained stuck in the rubble, with the deadly device in front of them, the name Stark emblazed on its side.


Another missile landed, but did not explode. Sokovian native Wanda Maximoff and her twin brother Pietro survived an explosion in their apartment building that killed both of their parents.
