History
A target of affection by Elihas Starr, Maria chose to marry Hank Pym and was about to present a Helmet for communicating with the ants at a symposium at Budapest when she was killed in a terrorist attack. Finishing his late wife's work, Hank believed that Starr had her killed and tried to bring him to justice, but discovered that although Starr was behind an attack on his own life and did steal his technology, Starr has nothing to do with Maria's death and mourned her as much as he did.[1]