10 Messed Up Comic Book Moments Everyone Wishes They Could Unsee

4. Ultimate Scarlet Witch And Quicksilver’s “Relationship”

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Unlike her 616 counterpart, Wanda Lensherr Maximoff is the biological child of Magneto. She and her brother Quicksilver were members of his Brotherhood, though the elder Lensherr was openly abusive to his son. With their mother not part of the picture, Wanda began to fill several roles in the life of Pietro, the final one of which is considered taboo in most cultures.

In Ultimates 3 #1, the titular team of heroes is dealing with the PR issues created by the sex tape of Tony Stark and the Black Widow. In his 1940s sensibilities, Captain America suggested that the Scarlet Witch should wear some less revealing clothing in public. Quicksilver slapped his hand away and told Steve that if he touched Wanda again, Pietro would kill him. The Wasp tried to explain to Steve that they loved each other, not as siblings but as lovers.

Although Wanda was shot by a sniper at the end of issue #1, and part of the team is in New York searching for her killer, by Ultimates #3 the other half of the team is in the Savage Land searching for Magneto. There, they discover Wolverine, who details the full incestuous relationship of the Maximoff siblings that he saw with his own eyes.

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