Talk:Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)

Asgardian and anonymous: Rather than endlessly reverting back and forth on this, how about a compromise? Since Quicksilver is generally well-known for his original superspeed power, why not include that in the infobox with the precursor "Formerly:"? --GentlemanGhost 01:24, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

In his most recent appearance, X-Factor: The Quick and the Dead, Quicksilver seems to get his powers of speed back. It seems likely that this will be a permanent change, reverting him back to the speedster we all know and love. In light of this, should his infobox still state his 'former' abilities of time-travel, etc? These were temporary abilities he had for a very short time, and it seems misleading to keep them in the main infobox.Primal Zed (talk) 14:45, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe cites Quicksilver as moving at 175mph, nothing like the speed of sound figure showin here. Is there a proper source for his moving at Mach 1? I've had an edit mentioning this reverted, not quite sure why.Nickpheas (talk) 10:44, 25 February 2020 (UTC)

Both Magneto and the Scarlet Witch are indexed under "Jewish Superheroes". Shouldn't Quicksilver be, as well? 38.111.35.2 (talk) 16:55, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

Are they Jewish? I always had the impression that they were Roma. And after the Uncanny Avengers retcon, it's even more questionable.Nickpheas (talk) 12:13, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

Magneto is most definitely Jewish, yes. “ Writer Chris Claremont stated that Menachem Begin was an inspiration for Magneto's development, as David Ben-Gurion was for Professor X … Before the publication of X-Men: Magneto Testament, Magneto's personal background and history were invented[22] in Uncanny X-Men #150 (Aug. 1981). He was portrayed as a Jewish Holocaust survivor; while searching for his wife Magda, a Sinti, Magneto maintained a cover identity as a Sinti.[3] This created confusion among some readers as to Magneto's heritage,[23] until his Jewish background was confirmed in Magneto: Testament.[1][24]“ — from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magneto_(Marvel_Comics)#Publication_history

tharsaile (talk) 13:38, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Said section is #3 in the contents, but #1&2 are so long that it appears halfway down the page. I've never heard of the character until I saw the recent theatrical x-men clip; preceding said section, little mention of the high magnitude of his abilities are given beyond the over-simplified notion of 'extreme speed'. In the case of the X-men, each character is largely defined by a single ability that should be a part of their relative introductions. One should either move the powers above the large blocks of vague-context history, or expand the introduction to greater explain what seems to be one of the most powerful characters in comics, despite their seemingly trivial role in the flexy rainbow they call their 'multiverse'.

• • ED** I've surfed the articles of his siblings, and they suffer from the same issue. [In fact, [Polaris](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_(comics)) has her 'unique powers' description 3/4ths of the way down. From what I've seen, 'comics' seem to follow the same template, so its' very likely this may very well be a mata-issue deserving of rephrasing beyond this specific article; i just don't know where to C&P this comment.

Ghostwo 09:27, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

is Quicksilver part of the X-Men copyright? given his appearance in both movie and the copyright associated... who owns his character? can we have some legal information on him? 116.88.128.63 (talk) 03:17, 1 November 2015 (UTC)

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I think it should be Pietro Maximoff because it is his real name — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kravenger (talk • contribs) 03:26, 19 June 2019 (UTC)

He's had about four different 'real' names while maintaining the same superhero name for over 55 years. What will people actually search for?Nickpheas (talk) 15:59, 6 March 2020 (UTC)

Is there a source for his being Serbian? As far as I can remember he was generally said to be from a made up Balkan microstate. Transia or something like that?Nickpheas (talk) 18:20, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

The infobox refers to him as a "human mutate", but the page does not refer to this term anywhere else, and nor is there a citation for this distinction between "human mutant" and "human mutate." I'm going to remove this term in the hope that someone will restore it with a citation. Airbornemihir (talk) 02:29, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

Done. Airbornemihir (talk) 02:30, 11 April 2020 (UTC)

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Original link isn't working, here's archived copy - https://web.archive.org/web/20131103170413/https://twitter.com/BryanSinger/status/364850784426409984 Gevorg89 (talk) 14:26, 17 June 2025 (UTC)

The Peter Maximoff article should be merged into Quicksilver (Marvel Comics) for the following reasons:

The article is explicitly derivative and non-independent. Peter Maximoff is openly described within the article itself as being "based on the Marvel Comics character Quicksilver." Adaptation-based articles are only justifiable when they contain enough unique, substantial material to stand independently; this one does not.

The character's story is permanently closed. Unlike MCU counterpart characters such as Sam Wilson, James Rhodes, or Hope van Dyne, who have received their own articles on the strength of extensive solo storylines, significant ongoing character development, and confirmed future appearances, Peter Maximoff's entire existence as a character is confined to three films and a single cameo across 2014–2019. Following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, the Fox X-Men film continuity is definitively concluded. No new Peter Maximoff content will ever be produced, making a permanent standalone article increasingly difficult to justify.

The article is too small to stand alone. Its content covers a handful of film appearances and some VFX production notes. Every meaningful detail it contains could be absorbed into the existing Fox Films subsection of the main Quicksilver article without the loss of a single piece of information. The result would not be a bloated main article, it would simply be a more complete and higher-quality one.

Consistency with how the MCU version is handled. The MCU's Pietro Maximoff does not have his own standalone article and is instead covered within the main Quicksilver article. There is no principled reason to treat the Fox version differently, particularly given that the MCU version had a theatrically released death in a major Avengers film, making Peter Maximoff's case for a standalone article comparatively even weaker.

The split should arguably never have happened. The original decision to create a separate article was likely reflexive; live-action adaptations are routinely given their own pages but in this case the character never accumulated enough material to justify the split. Merging now corrects that ModlordD (talk) 02:29, 10 March 2026 (UTC)

@ModlordD:, it is the common practice to allow at least a several weeks for responses to be provided to proposals such as these before acting on them. BD2412 T 15:17, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't know. I had acted upon it apon approval from another more experienced editor ModlordD (talk) 02:19, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

I would also question some of the bases of argument above; for example whether the character's story really is "permanently closed", given the nature of comic book movies, and the recent surprise resuscitations of numerous dead-and/or-gone characters (Wolverine, Professor X, Blade, the previous versions of Spider-Man, etc.). BD2412 T 02:52, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

For posterity I'll mention that mergers don't actually require proposals at all unless there's reason to believe it may be controversial. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:06, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

The fact that the article has existed for over five years and represents the substantive contributions of two dozen editors should suffice to believe that a merge may be controversial. BD2412 T 13:38, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

Support merge as all of the pertinent information can be covered in one place. Note that I endorsed the merge in a discussion on my talk page. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 05:05, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

• Oppose merge. If all of the pertinent information can be covered in one place, then the merger would have added 27k to this article, which is not what has happened here, despite the comic book background of the character only constituting a few lines of the breakout article. Aspects of the character article such as casting of the actor, special effects, and nominations for acting awards, are generally beyond the scope of coverage of the comic book character alone. BD2412 T 20:57, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

  "Pertinent" excludes fancruft. Thebiguglyalien (talk) 23:51, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

  The items I noted are supported by reliable independent sources. Processes for casting actors for such parts or for rendering special effects for particular sets of unusual conditions (in this case, an individual moving at impossible speeds) are of a more general interest than just a fandom. This is what makes such details, by definition, not fancruft, or else we wouldn't have articles on casting and special effects at all. BD2412 T 23:56, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Support The actual info in the split is very minimal and easily condensed into the parent article, where it makes more sense to cover him rather than as a separate split. Splits per version should only be in cases where the coverage warrants such a split (For example, Tony Stark (Marvel Cinematic Universe) and Iron Man are both so iconic with enough coverage that merging them would be unwise). This is not the case here, since the split's info is very limited and easily mergeable with bloating the parent (And in fact most of the merging has already been done). We shouldn't split variants "just because", we should only split when it warrants it, which is clearly not the case here. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 20:12, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

@Pokelego999: What do you mean by "condensed"? What would you remove to effect this? BD2412 T 20:52, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

I mean the way it's currently organized at Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)#In other media is how I'd do it, honestly. Retains all the core information pretty well and gives readers a good summary of the character if they're unfamiliar with them. Magneton Considerer: Pokelego999 (Talk) (Contribs) 21:02, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

I suppose that would not be the worst thing. If merged, I would expect the split article to spring back into being if the character shows up again in the Doomsday arc, as that would be a rather huge development. BD2412 T 21:12, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

Oppose merge It seems that the format for Pietro Maximoff (a hatnote and redirect) seems perfectly reasonable for Peter Maximoff. There is more to the Peter character than to the Pietro character, so fair that it merits its own page. MCU Pietro was in one movie really, where he was the 6th or 7th biggest component, whereas the Peter character is said to have really added to the two main movies he was in and has been covered proportionally more

I would endorse a clearer disambiguator for Peter (Peter Maximoff (X-men film character)?) as it is a little confusing to have effectively the same character split into Pietro Maximoff vs Peter Maximoff. Dizzycheekchewer (talk) 07:08, 15 April 2026 (UTC)

Oppose to merge. To be frank, I am indifferent to the discussion of Peter having his own article or not. However, even if it is decided that Peter is not notable enough, the contents of his page should most definitely not be merged into Quicksilver's article. The information could instead be added to the List of X-Men film series characters page.--PanagiotisZois (talk) 09:50, 27 May 2026 (UTC)