William Maximoff (Earth-616)

Billy

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Real Name

William

Relatives

Henry Pym ("paternal great-grandfather"); Ultron ("paternal grandfather"); Alkhema ("paternal stepgrandmother / paternal aunt"); Django Maximoff ("maternal foster grandfather," deceased); Marya Maximoff ("maternal foster grandmother"); Vision ("father"); Wanda Maximoff ("mother"); Mephisto (soul source); Jocasta ("paternal aunt"); Simon Williams ("paternal uncle"); Victor Mancha ("paternal uncle"); Pietro Maximoff ("maternal uncle"); Ana Maximoff ("maternal adoptive aunt," deceased); Mateo Maximoff ("maternal adoptive uncle," deceased); Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff (former "maternal aunt"); Thomas ("brother," deceased); William Kaplan (reincarnation); Thomas Shepherd (reincarnation of brother); Luna Maximoff ("cousin")

Affiliation

Formerly Master Pandemonium

Base of Operations

Avengers Compound, Los Angeles, California; Scarlet Witch and Vision's Home, Leonia, New Jersey

Status

Living Status

Deceased

Identity

No Dual

Citizenship

American

Marital Status

Single

Characteristics

Gender

Male

Eyes

Blue iris

Hair

Auburn

Origin

Origin

Magical demonic hybrid construct

Reality

Earth-616

Place of Birth

Leonia, New Jersey

Creators and Appearances

Creators

Steve Englehart, Richard Howell

First Appearance

Appearance of Death

Vision and the Scarlet Witch (Vol. 2) #12
(September, 1986)

Avengers West Coast (Vol. 2) #52
(December, 1989)

History

Cyclops	Wanda's sons weren't real. They were magical constructs...
Magneto	They were considerably more than that. They had thoughts and feelings. They had minds of their own. They had souls. Wanda may have used magic to give them life, but even the Scarlet Witch can't create a human soul.

Billy and Tommy were twins supposedly born to Scarlet Witch and Vision; in reality, they were magical constructs, created by Wanda's hex powers. It was revealed that she used slivers of Mephisto's life essence to give her children souls. Tommy and Billy were eventually reabsorbed by Mephisto and ceased to exist.

Years later, two young men - Billy Kaplan and Tommy Shepherd - appeared as reincarnations of Billy and Tommy.

Powers and Abilities

Powers

Master Pandemonium claimed that Tommy and Billy possessed mutant powers that increased his own abilities.

Notes

• In West Coast Avengers Annual #1 and West Coast Avengers Annual #3, one of the twins has blond hair, although in others comics they both have auburn hair.
• In West Coast Avengers Annual (Vol. 2) #7, it could be seen that one, and presumably both, of the twins have blue eyes.

See Also

• 17 appearance(s) of William Maximoff (Earth-616)
• 8 minor appearance(s) of William Maximoff (Earth-616)
• 16 mention(s) of William Maximoff (Earth-616)
• 1 image(s) of William Maximoff (Earth-616)

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